COMANA 2012 - The Conference for Managers
COMANA 2012 aims to be a platform for all managers to participate and gain further insights into tapping their creativity and initiating innovative ideas. It will also be an opportunity for all managers from various sectors to meet and extend their network.
Objectives
To understand the crucial roles of a manager in creating an innovative and creative working environment;
To explore and foster cost-effective work cultures capable of meeting the challenges of the future;
To encourage managers in developing strategies for continual self-improvement;
To imbue innovative and creative skills among managers by siphoning knowledge from the captains of industry and subject matter experts.
To identify and utilize appropriate management tools to extract creative juices of the whole workforce towards continual development of the organization.
Programme
Registration Day (Wednesday, 16 May 2012)
1400-1700 Registration
Day 1 (Thursday, 17 May 2012)
0800-0900 Registration
0900-1030 Opening Keynote Address : Leadership & Innovation by Prof Emeritus Dato’ Dr Zawawi Ismail, Chairman, Board of Directors, USM
1030-1100 Refreshment
1100-1300 Paper 1 : Re-engineering Innovation by Prof Dato’ Dr Mohd Yusof Hj Othman, Professor, Department of Physics, UKM
1300-1400 Lunch / Zohor Prayer
1430-1630 Paper 2 : Geared For Innovation: Changing Mindsets by Prof Dr Abd Rahman Deen, Profesor, Faculty of Business Management, UiTM Sarawak
1630-1700 Refreshment & Break
Day 2 (Friday, 18 May 2012)
0800-1000 Paper 3 : The Challenges to Academic Autonomy by Wan Saiful Wan Jan, Founding Chief Executive, IDEAS
1000-1030 Refreshment
1030-1200 Paper 4 : Towards Financial Autonomy by Fazlur Rahman Zainuddin, Chief Financial Officer, Naza Group of Companies
1200-1430 Lunch & Friday Prayer
1430-1630 Paper 5 : Spotting the 8th Monkey: Prequel to Problem Solving by Datuk Dr Mohamed Arif Nun, Chief Executive Officer, Multimedia Development Corporation
1630-1700 Resolution & Closing
Registration is online, please visit the COMANA 2012 website for further details
