Eminent speakers at CPM Regional Management Conference
View(s):The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (CPM) will be organising the CPM Regional Management Conference 2017 (CRMC 2017) in collaboration with the Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) at the BMICH on September 26-27. The AMDISA consists of management institutions in the South Asian Region.
CRMC 2017 will be represented by members from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Maldives, Bhutan and Afghanistan. Sri Lanka will host the Board Meeting of AMDISA on September 26 which will be held at the PIM. Sri Lankan members include PIM, CPM, University of Sri Jayawadenapura, NIBM, SLIDA and University of Moratuwa, CPM said in a media release.
The theme of this international forum is “Transformational Leadership:Turning Ideas into Action”.
The conference will be inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Special Assignment. The keynote speaker will be Prof. Errol D’Souza, Director-In-Charge of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India (IIMA). President of AMDISA and Dean of the National University of Maldives Shathif Ali; Vice President of AMDISA and Chairman of Board of Governors, University of Management and Technology, Pakistan Dr. Hasan Sohaib Murad and Director of IIM Bangalore, India Prof. G. Raghuram will address the inaugural session together with the President of CPM, Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala who is also the Immediate Past President of AMDISA.
The conference aims to bring together management experts, scholars, practicing managers, business leaders, policy administrators and academicians from leading business schools from South Asia on a platform to discuss various connected issues and share their research findings, the CPM said. Four core themes will be lined up in the technical sessions to be held on September 27. The morning sessions will discuss “The Transformational Role of Management” and “Management Development: Challenges and Success Stories” while the evening sessions will deal with “Management Development in a Digital Environment” and “Turning Ideas into Action: Strategy and Execution”.