
About Past 2008 (Mumbai)

12th - 14th February, 2008 | Taj Lands End (Bandra), Mumbai
Theme: "Employer Branding / Talent Management - Perspective & Challenges"
Chairman : Arun Arora, President, Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd.
Key Note Address : Curt W. Coffman, Workplace Consultant & Co - Author of "First, Break All The Rules: What the World's Greatest Managers Do Differently

22nd - 23rd August, 2008 | The Oberoi, New Delhi
Theme: "Employer Branding / Talent Management - Perspective & Challenges"
Chairman : Arun Arora, President, Bennett, Coleman and Co Ltd.
Key Note Address : P Brett Minchington, Managing Director, Collective Learning Australia & Co-founding Partner, Employer Brand Institute Dr. Marshall Goldsmith
- Harish Mehta, Chairman, Onward Technologies Ltd.
- Prof. Roger Kaufman, Ph.D., CPT, Professor Emeritus - Florida State University & Distinguished Research Professor - Sonora Institute of Technology (Mexico) & Director - Roger Kaufman & Associates
- Prof. P. V. Ramana, Chairman - ITM Group & Chancellor - ITM University
- Amit Gilboa, Human Rhythms
- Dr. Naresh Malhan, MD, Manpower Services India Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. David Weiss, President & CEO, Weiss International Ltd.
- Tom Maddison, VP - HR (Developing Markets & Corporate Operations), XEROX
- Stephen Haines, Founder & CEO, Haines Center For Strategic Management, USA
- Rajeev Dubey, President (HR & Services) & Member of the Group Management Board, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
- Yandong Xu, Senior VP & Head of Asia Pacific Operations, Change International Ltd.
- Marie-France Van Vooren, HR – Director Geographies & Functions, Dow Corning
- Frank Mulligan, Host of HR, China Director, Accetis International
- Sudhir Mysore, Solution Architect - Human Capital Management, SAP India Pvt. Ltd.
- Sanjay Muthal, President - HR, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.
- Bob Pike CSP, CPAE - Speakers Hall of Fame & Chairman / CEO - The Bob Pike Group & Founder / Editor - The Creative Training Techniques newsletter & Chairman of the Executive Board - Center for Faith Walk Leadership
- Sudheer Koneru, MD - India, SumTotal Systems, Inc.
- Uday Kulkarni, Senior VP & Head, Aptech Ltd.
- Dr. Prasanth Nair, Head - HR, Thomas Cook (India) Ltd.
- Prabir Jha, Senior VP & Global Chief of HR, Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.
- Dr. Prasad Medury, Partner, Amrop International
- S. K. Palekar, Sr. VP - Marketing, Eureka Forbes
- Ravi Venkatraman, Director, Xerox Global Services
- Sanjay Silas, Managing Director, Axis Sales
- K U Rao, Chief Executive, Diligent Media Corporation Ltd.
- CHAIRMAN: P. R. Joshi, President, Group HR & Corp. Comm., Cadila Health Care Ltd.
- Frederick A. Miller, CEO & Lead Client Strategist, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
- Dr. Prasad Medury, Partner, Amrop International
- Judith H. Katz, Executive VP & Client Brand Lead, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc.
- Levent Arabaci, VP - Global HR Shared Services, Hitachi Data Systems
- S. K. Dutt, Head - HR (Talent Management & Employer Branding), Heavy Engineering Division, Larsen & Toubro Ltd.
- Carlos K. Aguilar, JR. "Pido", Founder, Abundance
- Niharika Davar, Director - HR, DHL Lemuir Logistics Pvt. Ltd.
- Narayan B. Gad, Chief Executive - Formulations, Panacea Biotec Ltd.
- Ashish Patel, Sr. VP - HR, Radhakrishna Foodland Pvt. Ltd.
- Sanjay Muthal, President - HR, Nicholas Piramal India Ltd.
- Dr. Charles C. Manz, Nirenberg Chaired Professor of Leadership, Isenberg School of Management
- Niharika Davar, Director - HR, DHL Lemuir Logistics Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Craig L. Pearce, Associate Professor of Management, Peter F. Drucker & Masatoshi Ito Graduate School of Management, Claremont Graduate University & President - CLP Associates
- Deependra Chumble, Global Head - HR, Hexaware Technologies Ltd.
- Anand Pillai, Sr. VP & Global Head - Talent Transformation & Intrapreneurship Development, HCL Technologies Ltd.
- Anjani Kumar, Senior VP & Head - HR, IT & Technical Operations, Sony Entertainment Network, India
- Nandita Gurjar, VP & Global Head - HR, Infosys Group of Companies
- Nina E. Woodard, Executive Director, Strategic Human Resource Management Pvt. Ltd.
- Koko Nakahara, CEO & President, Instructional Design, Inc.
- Alfredo Castro, President - MOT International Programs & President – Brazilian ASTD Global Network Board
- Bhawana Mishra, Business Director, SHL India Pvt. Ltd.
- Raja Sekhar Reddy, Director & COO, Global InnovSource Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Pramod Khera, CEO & MD, Aptech Ltd.
- Dr. Mukesh Aghi, CEO, Xansa India Ltd.
- Ivy Mukherjee, Regional Head (South) - Human Capital Group Watson Wyatt Worldwide
- Anurag Batra, Editor-in-chief and Publisher, exchange4media Group
- Ashish Dehade, Managing Director (West Asia), First Advantage Pvt. Ltd.
- Pradeep Kar, Founder, Chairman & Managing Director, Microland Ltd.
- Madan Padaki, Co-Founder & CEO, MeritTrac Services Pvt. Ltd.
- Jonas Ang, Sr. Director HR, Kelly Services
- Adil Malia, Group President HR, Essar Group
- Prabir Jha, Senior VP - HR, Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd.
- Prince Augustin, Sr. VP - Human Capital (Automotive Sector), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
- Nick Hutton, CEO, Universitas 21 Global
- S. Y. Siddiqui, Managing Executive Officer & Admin. (HR; Finance & IT), Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.
- Joji Gill, Group Director - HR, Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.
- Dr. Y. V. Verma, Director - HR & MS, LG Electronics India Pvt. Ltd.
- Sudhakar Rao, Director - Value Engineering, Industries & Solutions, SAP India Pvt. Ltd.
- Roopa Sheshdari, Manager - Talent Management, HDFC Bank Ltd.
- Aparajit Chatterjee, Vertical Head - Whole Sales, HDFC Bank Ltd.
- Puneet Jetli, VP & Head - People Function, MindTree Ltd.
- Zafar Aziz Osmani, Sr. EVP & Chief Executive HR & OD, MEMC, Habib Bank Ltd.
- Nina E. Woodard, SPHR / GPHR, Executive Director, SHRM
- Abhijit Bhaduri, Director – HR (SMSG)- Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt. Ltd.