14th World Conference Of Banking Institutes
5 Day Conference Programme
Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5
DAY 1, Monday - 26 March 2001
 - 9:00 - 10:30 Official Opening of Conference and Exhibition: The Prime Minister of Jamaica, The Rt. Honourable P.J. Patterson.
- 10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK & VIEWING OF EXHIBITION
- 11:00 - 11:50 Mr. William Clarke - Managing Director, BNS Ja. Ltd.
President, Jamaica Bankers Association
 Global Issues - "The 21st Century Financial Workplace" 
  • Issues that will impact on the operations of financial institutions:
  • Globalization
  • Technology
  • Changing values
  • The new financial professional.
- 11:50 - 12:15 Question & Answer session.
- 12:15 - 1:45 LUNCH
- 1:45 - 2:30 Professor Compton Bourne
Pro Vice Chancellor & Campus Principal UWI
"Training in a Global Environment"
  • What does the future hold for training
  • Are financial institutions buying into this new role
  • Identify the challenges and opportunities that will be available.
- 2:30 - 3:15 Mr. Rajesh Hukku
Chairman, i-flex solutions ltd.
"The Impact of Technology on Financial Institutions Operations"
  • The new type of financial institution - virtual banking
  • How to make the transformation
  • Y2k learning experiences
  •  Integrating information technology, critical thinking and human resource performance.
- 3:15 - 3:45 COFFEE BREAK & VIEWING OF EXHIBITION
- 3:45 - 4:30 Dr. Herbert Harback
Vice President, Director of Global Executive Staffing & Development - Citigroup
"Critical Factors Essential to the Success of Training and Development Programmes in the Financial Sector"
  • Expectations of organization
  • Why a company should have internally designed programmes
  • Essential components of a successful internal programme
  • Citigroup's experience.
- 4:30 - 5:00 Question and Answer session.
- 5:00 - 6:00 Buyers/Sellers market at the exhibition.
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DAY 2, Tuesday - 27 March 2001
- 8:30 - 9:15 Dr. Marion Williams
Governor, The Central Bank of Barbados 
"The Changing Role of Financial Training Institutes"
  • Identify new initiatives required
  • Leadership required
  • Type of training programmes/skills set required to successfully operate in this global environment
  • Need for organizational modernization of training Institutes.
- 9: 15 - 10:00 Mr. Hendrix Niemann
Director of eLearning Services American Bankers Association
"Alternative Training Solutions":
  • The future of online learning
  • Internet versus classroom training
  • Technologies available
  • Type of investment required
  • Identify action steps to move in this direction.
- 10:30 - 11:00 COFFEE BREAK & VIEWING OF EXHIBITION
- 11:00 - 11:45 Mr. John Unkles
Executive Director Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance "Practical Lessons in Reorganizing your Training Institute"
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Strategic planning
  • Getting council to buy into programme
  • Developing most appropriate delivery channels
  • Marketing the institute's services.
- 11:45 - 12:15 Question & Answer session.
- 12:15 - 1:45 L U N C H
- 1:45 - 2:30 Ms. Rachel Gosling
Head of Faculties & Marketing
The Chartered Institute of Bankers - London
"Identifying, Measuring and Evaluating Training Programmes"
  • Identifying the programmes required
  • Developing the training budget
  • Identifying funding for programmes
  • Methods available for measuring/evaluating
  • The challenge and success of each method.
- 2:30 - 3:15 Panel Discussion
"Re-engineering the Training Function for the 21st Century"
Facilitator: Mr. Sydney Maynard - CEO, Caribbean Association of Indigenous Banks

Presenters: Mr. Ernest King - Asst. General Manager - Human Resources, The Royal Bank of Trinidad & Tobago Limited.
Dr. Anthony Walsh - Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Bankers in Ireland
Dr. Eugenjia Martinaityte - Director, Lithuanian Banking, Insurance & Finance Institute.
- 3:15 - 3:45 COFFEE BREAK & VIEWING OF EXHIBITION
- 3:45 - 5:00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS ( Five Groupings)
" Identifying and developing new partners and strategies for Institutes"
Group Leader - Dr. Chi Schive - President, Taiwan Academy of Banking & Finance.
  • "Current state and future direction of Institutes programmes" Group Leader - Mr. Jacques Grosjean - General Manager, ATTF, Luxembourg
  • "How to quantify the value received from training programmes" Group Leader - Dr. SOC Mwaba - Director, Zambia Institute of Bankers
  • "Human resource skill requirement for the global market"
    Group Leader - Mrs. Jalda Hodges - Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Bankers in South Africa
  • "Skills and competencies in the evolution of 'on-line' banking"
    Group Leader - Mr. Mario Spatafora - General Secretary, EFFEBI, Italy.
- 5:00 - 6:00 Buyers/Sellers market at the exhibition.
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DAY 3, Wednesday - 28 March 2001
- 8:30 - 9:15 Dr. Leahcim Semaj
Chief Executive Officer
Leahcim T. Semaj & Co. Ltd.
"Enhancing Employees' Learning & Performance using Emotional Intelligence - a Trainer's Perspective".
- 9:15 - 9:55 Mr. Michael Phelan
Managing Director
Royal Bank of Canada - Bahamas
"Motivating the Trainer in a Competitive Environment"
- 9:55 - 10:10 Question and Answer Session
- 10:10 - 10:30 Professor Victor Veniminov - President
International Banking Institute of Russia
"The New Unification of Banking Institutes in Eastern Europe - The Association of CIS Bank Training Institutions".
- 10:30 - 10:45 COFFEE BREAK
- 10:45 Departure for Bank of Jamaica.
- 11:00 - 2:15 Tour of Money Museum
Lunch
with Mr. Derick Latibeaudiere, Governor, Bank of Jamaica.
- 2:30 - 2:45 Return from Bank of Jamaica.
- 2:45 - 3:00 C O F F E E B R E A K
- 3:00 - 5:00 WORKSHOP SESSIONS cont'd ( Five Groupings)
  • Identifying and developing new partners and strategies for Institutes
  • Current state and future direction of Institutes programmes
  • How to quantify the value received from training programmes
  • Human resource skill requirement for the global market
  • Skills and competencies in the evolution of 'on-line' banking.
- 5:00 - 6:00 Buyers/Sellers market at the exhibition
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DAY 4 - Thursday March 29, 2001 
Island tour - Exhibition closed

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DAY 5 Friday - 30 March 2001
- 8:30 - 10:30 Plenary Session - presentations from workshops Chairperson
Mr. Rion Hall
General Manager
Human Resource Bank of Nova Scotia Ja. Ltd.
(Each presentation will be for 15 mins. with 8 mins. for questions).
- 10:30 - 10:50 COFFEE BREAK & VIEWING OF EXHIBITION
- 10:50 - 12:00 Panel Discussion
 Theme - " The future of Financial Training Institutes"
Facilitator: Mr. Raymond Campbell
 Chairman, Jamaica Institute of Bankers
Presenters:
  • Mr. Errol Allen
    Chairman, Eastern Caribbean Institute of Bankers
  • Ms. Lynn Jeanniot
    CEO., Institute of Canadian Bankers
  • Mr. R. H. Sarma
    CEO, Indian Institute of Bankers.
- 12:00 - 1:00 Meeting of all Institutes and presentation of bids for 2005
- 1:00 Exhibition and Conference session closed
- 8:00 p.m. CLOSING BANQUET & DANCE
Special Guest Speaker - Mr. Mike Pedersen, Snr. Executive VP
Retail and Small Business Banking - CIBC
Chairman, Canadian Bankers Association
Theme - "Strategies for successful financial institutions in the new global economy".

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