2001 - Melbourne, Australia hosted by BHP Billiton at the BHP Billiton Learning Centre

Sixth Annual Global Forum on
Business Driven Action Learning and Executive Development

2001 Global Forum Attendees

Wednesday 23 May, 2001

Catherine Guelbert Director The Revans Institute for Action Learning and Research, Salford University, UK		The 'Classic' Approach
Joseph A. Raelin Professor of Management Boston College, Boston, USA		Work Based Learning: Theory and Practice
Lars Cederholm President CCT Inc. New York, USA, MiL Senior Associate, Lund, Sweden		Action Reflection Learning ^TM Philosophy
Yury Boshyk Founding Director Global Executive Learning, Opio, France		Business Driven Action Learning, Att 1, Att 2
Richard T. Pascale Associate Fellow Templeton College, Oxford University, UK		"Action Management"

Tom Brown Vice President Human Resources, BHP Ltd, Melbourne, Australia		Australia's Largest Company and Its Learning Centre
Neil McAdam Senior Lecturer in Management University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia		Breaking Frame through Leveraging Cultural Differences: The Texas in Australia
Christopher Bell Executive Manager The Leadership Consortium, Melbourne, Australia		Action Learning Programs in Australia: Lessons Learned from Telstra and the Leadership Consortium
Richard Pearson Managing Director Leadership in International Management (LIM), Hong Kong		Bridging Cultures - The Action Reflection Learning ^TMExperience in Asia
Lars Cederholm President CCT Inc. New York, USA, MiL Senior Associate, Lund, Sweden		Tibetan Buddhism and the Action Reflection Learning ^TM Philosophy
Mika Honjo Senior Fellow The 21st Century Public Policy Institute, Tokyo, Japan		Japan and Japanese Multinational

Taebok Lee President Paradigm Consulting Associates, Seoul, Korea		Korea and Korean Multinationals
Joo-young Son Manager Samsung Electronics Leadership Centre, Seoul, Korea		Samsung Electronics Leadership Centre - Korea

KamChoon Lee
Vice President
Human Resources, Seagate Technology
International, Singapore

TC Tan
Vice President
Human Resources, Philips Consumer
Electronics, Singapore

Allan T. L. Woon
Corporate Vice President
Human Resources, Caltex Corporation,
Singapore

Singaporean and Asia
Pacific Experiences

Gerhard Meier EADS, Munich, Germany		Managing Intercultural Challenges in EADS (European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company)
Cathrine Foss-Stene Vice President People Development, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Stockholm, Sweden		Star Alliance: Action Learning in an Airline Industry Consortium
Lillemor Holm Volvo Car Corporation, Gothenborg, Sweden		Aligning Several Approaches to Action Learning
Jan M. Wilmott Director of Executive Education Boeing Leadership Center, St. Louis, USA		Business Driven Action Learning and Self-Directed Company Consortiums

Thursday 24 May, 2001

Martha A. Gephart and Victoria Marsick Co Directors of JM Institute for Learning in Organizations, Columbia University, New York, USA		Measuring Learning for Innovation and Links to Performance in Companies, Collaboratives and Knowledge Networks
Margaret Driscoll Director Strategies and Venture IBM Mindspan Solutions, Cambridge, USA		Teaching, Learning & Collaborating Pushing the Innovation Curve
Nicolas Rolland M&N e-Intelligence - University of Grenoble II, France		Knowledge Management through Executive Development
Charles Brassard President Impact Coaching Inc, Ottawa, Canada		Leading and Coaching the Learning Organization: Key Success Factors, Practices and Tools

Mikael Edholm Director Marketing and Strategic Business Development L M Ericsson, Palo Alto, USA and Stockholm, Sweden		Action Learning
Miklos A. Vasarhelyi Professor Rutgers University and AT&T Labs, New Brunswick, USA		Cyber Action Learning
Mark Bula Managing Director Manufacturing Practice Root Learning, Ohio, USA		The Future of Learning in Global Corporations
Don MacLean Vice President Business Development Root Learning, Ohio, USA Jeffrey Gandz Professor Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, Canada and Hong Kong, China		The Future of Learning in Global Corporations
		Distance Learning: Lessons Learned
Robyn Williamson Regional Learning Manager Siemens, Australia		Action Learning, e-learning & Enabling Technologies; Sharing & Leveraging Learning and Knowledge

Konrad Fassnacht E Learning Manager Siemens AG, Feldafing, Germany		Action Learning in a Virtual Environment
Kobus Nel Director MacGroup, Johannesburg, South Africa		Anglo Platinum South Africa - A Mastery Approach to Executive Development
Judy Braun Vice President Baxter Institute, Deerfield, USA		Speed to Action
Stephen R. Mercer Vice President Learning and Leadership Development, Boeing Corporation, St Louis and Seattle, USA		Post-Executive Program Learning

Friday 25 May, 2001

Anthony Baird Global Practice Leader Strategy Development, BHP Limited		BHP's Strategic Laboratory and Top Executive Involvement
Juergen Kuehl Head Global Management Development and Education, Ciba Speciality Chemicals, Basel, Switzerland		A Best Practice in Top Level Executive Involvement
Dieter Quiskamp Director Corporate Executive Development, Deutsche Post World Net, Bonn, Germany		The Integration Process of Deutsche Post World Net - Creating Global Management Development
*Margaret Tourloukis* President Leadership Development Network, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA		General Electric - Developing Human Resource Managers by Focusing on Business Results through Action Learning
Bonnie McIvor Head of Learning Unilever Plc, Kingston-on-Thames, United Kingdom		Unilever: Progress Report - One Year Later

Nanette Blandin
Vice President and Director
The Brookings Institution, Washington, USA

Reflections on Brookings
Executive Education Journey

Chantal Fleuret
Global Executive Learning Network -
France,

Patricia E. Levy
Global Executive Learning Network -
Canada & USA,

Åke Reinholdsson
Global Executive Learning Network -
Sweden

The 'Outside-in' Perspective
and the Interview Process

Michiru Yoshino
President
YZ Ltd, Tokyo, Japan

Cultural Factors to Consider -
The Example of Japan

Michael Stanford Director of Partnership Programs IMD International, Lausanne, Switzerland		Evolution of Action Learning - Benchmarks and Success Factors in Leadership Development Programs
*Paola Dubini* Professor Bocconi University, Milan, Italy		It's only Rok 'n Roll;' - Increasing Efficiency and Effectiveness of Action Learning Programs