World HR congress in London

Ramani KANGARAARACHCHI

President Institute of Personnel Management Lalith Wijetunga represents Sri Lanka at the 12th World HR Congress of World Federation of Personnel Management Association (WFPMA) which is being held from April 14-17 at Excel in London this year.

Wijetunga who left for UK to participate at the congress on Saturday said the world HR congress offers a great prospect for HR professionals from around the world to come together to network,learn and shape the future of the professions’s contribution to the changing world at work and being able to participate at this event is a great privilege to the Institute.

The WFPMA is a global network of professionals in people management where Sri Lanka is also a member. Was founded in 1976 to aid the development and improve the effectiveness of professional people management worldwide.

It consists of continental federations which are made up of more than 70 national personnel associations representing over 400,000 people management professionals.

WFPMA holds the biennial World HR Congress to enable HR professionals to build a global community of peers, share experiences and discuss new developments.

A number of master classes namely on Re energising the Organisation, Creating a Culture of Engaging Leadership, Mind and Brain in the 21st Century, Killer Culture are among the today’s events by eminent and world reknown HR Gurus such as Professor Beverly Alimo, Guy Sutton. The event is hosted by the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (CIPD) UK.