Heads of University Management & Administration Network in Europe

HUMANE Spring Seminar in Amsterdam

     From human resource management to talent

management in 21st century European universities

               Hosted by the University of Amsterdam

Time

Session

Lead speaker

Day one, Thursday March 28

12.00

Registration followed by buffet lunch

13.30

Welcome

Calluna Euving 

Theme: talent management and business strategy 

13.40

Future trends and challenges in HE talent management 

Amber Wigmore Alvarez 

14.15

What is your talent philosophy? 

Nicky Dries 

14.50

Coffee break

15.20

Paying it forward: small group-work brainstorm on key messages to take forward into workshop on day two  

Theme: talent management in knowledge intensive organisations  

15.55

Case study: Talent management in an international R&D organisation. Is managing knowledge workers mission impossible? 

Hubert de Neve 

16.30

Leading cultural change and employee engagement in knowledge intensive organisations

Daniello Boszhard

17.10

Paying it forward: small group-work brainstorm on key messages to take forward into workshop on day two

17.30

Return to hotels

19.00

Drinks reception

19.30

HUMANE Seminar dinner

21.00

Return to hotels

Day two, Friday March 29 

Theme: developing academic and professional leaders of talent: new models of performance development in academic settings 

09.00

Case study: developing a strategic organisational development capability in a research intensive university

Alice Chilver 

09.35

Workshop.  Farewell HR, hello people: reimagining the design of HR in the higher education world 

Alice Chilver and Ian Creagh 

10.10

Coffee break

10.40

Building excellence together: performance in knowledge intensive organisations

Riitta Silvennoinen

11.25

Workshop.  The building blocks of an effective performance development framework in a university setting 

Riitta Silvennoinen and Ian Creagh

12.10

Plenary session: key lessons from the seminar and workshops for building talent management capability 

Calluna Euving 

13:00

Close 

                         Note: the programme is subject to marginal change. 

Speakers:

Ms Calluna Euving, Secretary General, University of Amsterdam & seminar host

Dr Nicky Dries, Research Centre for Organisation Studies, KU Leuven

Dr Amber Wigmore Alvarez, Chief Innovation Officer, EFMD Global Talent

Dr Hubert de Neve, Former Executive VP Human Resources IMEC International, & Executive Coach 

Ms Alice Chilver, Director Organisational Development, UCL

Ms Riitta Silvennoinen, Chief Human Resources Officer, Aalto University

Mr. Daniello Boszhard, Senior Talent Management Consultant, Hudson Talent Management

Ian Creagh, Strategy Consultant, HUMANE