IMPACT OPEN FORUM

The forum will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Japanese.

Language

インパクト・インターナショナル　グローバルイベント

【Date and Time】
July 20, 2011(Thu)　14:00～17:30 (Doors open at 13:30)

【Venue】
Tokyo American Club 　B3F “Manhattan”
2-1-2 Azabudai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8649 　⇒Map

【Participants】
Executives and Directors, Departments Heads, Corporate Planning Managers, People Development Planning Managers, HR Directors and HR Managers
※We will not accept applications from educational/training organizations or corporate planning consultants.
※Up to 2 people per company will be permitted to attend.

【Number of Participants】
40 people

【Working Language】
The forum will be conducted in English with simultaneous translation in Japanese.
For the dialogue session, groups will be divided up based on language preference (English/Japanese).

Forum

“Changes Happen All the Time”
Changes to the business environment such as diversified market needs, rapid advances in technology, globalization of the market, and more cooperative activities between private and public sectors have forced us to rethink our perspective of what goes on in the “day-to-day” of business.
As companies face these changes to the market and the competitive environment – as well as how businesses themselves are run – professionals involved with people development are increasingly being asked to come up with ideas for developing their people in closer alignment with the actual business drivers and strategies, becoming a real partner to the business, and not only a supporting role.

For this Impact Open Forum, we have invited Mr. Roy White, Senior Vice-President of Global Sales & Marketing Operations for Sony Europe, who will share his thoughts on Sony’s global strategy and “the role of how people development fits as a partner to the business.”
In the second half of the forum, Roy will talk about the challenges faced by Sony Europe when they looked at how they conducted their training, and the challenges and decision making process he faced as they worked to get to what they are implementing today.

In addition, Dave Williams, Founder and Managing Director of Impact International, will come to Japan for the forum and will act as the moderator. Dave will help Roy draw out his thoughts and lead the dialog to create a common value on “how people development should happen to survive through these changing times.”

イベント内容

Roy White, Senior Vice-President of Global Sales & Marketing Operations, Sony Europe

Roy is HR Head for Sony’s Global Sales & Marketing Operations. He joined Sony in 1989 and has held roles in the UK, working with the B2B business and also as Vice President HR Sony Europe, Germany as Head of Compensation and Benefits and Singapore supporting Sony Operations in Asia. Roy is particularly interested in Talent Development and Retention and linking this to CSR.
Roy’s interests include participating in most sports, sports psychology and the use of sport as a tool for developing people.

Event Details

13:30 Doors Open
14:00 Opening Session
14:15 Part 1: “Fact Changes Happen All the Time”
　・Changes are always a fact of life in the Global Market
　・The innovation strategy undertaken by Sony Europe
　・Changes undertaken in people development toward strategic implementation
15:15 Dialogue
　“What are the changes required from people development?”
15:45 Part 2: “Factors which cannot be left out in business leader development”
　・Will just having an MBA not create good leaders?
　・Why a quality experience will develop quality leaders?
　・Decision making by the partner in business?
16:30 Café Dialogue
　“What is important as a partner to business?”
17:30 End