James Moss-Solomon SOME 130 chief executive officers, corporate planners, information technology managers and other strategic personnel are expected to attend the Jamaican Institute of Management's annual convention from tomorrow until Sunday at the Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort in Montego Bay.
The theme of this year's convention is "Benchmarking for success - ideas from which to Learn and Earn." Participants will hear from some 20 local and overseas based business leaders on practical ideas that can implement to enhance their organisations' growth and development objectives.
Conference chairman, Mr. James Moss-Solomon said JIM chose the theme of this year's convention in acknowledgement of the fact that companies will need to identify and implement best practice measures if they are to survive in the current competitive economic environment.
Included in the line-up of visiting speakers are Dr. Carl Ross, head of Sovereign Research for Emerging Markets at Bear, Stearns & Company, who will speak on "Creating the Ideal Investment Climate"; Dr. Johnetta Cole, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Women and African Studies at Emory University, who will speak on "The Century for Women"; and Mr. Todd Bowman, director of Quality Control at the Ritz Carlton Hotel who will present on "Best Practices in HRM".
Local speakers will include Dr. Blossom O'Meally Nelson, Mr. Herman Athias, Mr. Ken Sylvester, Dr. Trevor Hamilton, Ms. Nsombi Jaja, Professor Errol Miller and Mr. Richard Downer.
Highlights of the convention are an opening presentation tomorrow Friday, by Mr. Francis Wade and Mr. Carlos Pundik, president/founder and executive director, respectively of FRAMEWork Consulting; a trade mission with 30 exhibitors from the Dominican Republic and the Fellows' Luncheon on July 1, at which the guest speaker will be Dr. Phil Perkins, senior vice-president at Bush Brothers & Co. Governor-General Sir Howard Cooke will be guest speaker at the awards banquet.
JIM was established in 1967 and has over the years built a reputation for world-rated programmes that have led to its accreditation by the University Council of Jamaica as well as in the American Council of Education.
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