The Cyprus Human Resources Management Association (CyHRMA), organized its 2018 Annual Conference on 6th June 2018 at Hilton Park, Nicosia.

The conference witnessed above 200 delegates, proving that after the overwhelming success of the previous years’ conferences, the CyHRMA Annual Conference has been established the premier destination for HR leaders in Cyprus.

Delegates were mainly Human Resource Professionals. The conference showcased the most disruptive and innovative HR trends.

The Conference began with welcoming speeches by the President of the Board of Directors, Mr. Panayiotis Thrasyvoulou, who welcomed the participants and thanked them for their presence in this important event for the Association. He also thanked Mr. Alexandros Alexandrou for attending the Conference on behalf of the Minister as well as for the Ministry's decision to place the Conference under its auspices, acknowledging once again this great meaning to the Associations values.

An elite panel of global speakers was selected to share insights and ideas on the evolving role of the HR function as well as how we should be approaching this new era.

4 industry experts delivering keynote presentations:

Perry Timms a global & TEDx speaker, consultant and award-winning writer on the future of work took us through his vision, model and ways of being to describe the HR metamorphosis for a transforming world of work.

Alexander Grabner-Jarlung dazzled everyone on "The Art of Storytelling". Alexander took everyone on a journey, or actually several journeys making each one to feel the power and the progression of strategic storytelling. Delegates had the opportunity to ‘experience’ the effects of good storytelling, but most importantly, got the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of why and how storytelling works.

Nebel Crowhurst spoke about embracing a culture of constant feedback in performance management. River Island is three years into a transformation from a traditional performance management approach towards a coaching style of support and feedback. Nebel Crowhurst, Head of Talent at River Island, said that the principle behind the change is the notion that meaningful conversations should be happening all the time, rather than solely during the end of year appraisal.

Ian Bailie with 15 years’+ experience in driving innovation and enabling strategic transformation within HR discussed how companies can prepare for the Future of Work by embracing a data-driven mindset in HR that will empower their people and help drive meaningful conversations with the business about engagement, talent strategy and workforce planning.

It was an extremely valuable day which managed to endeavor in bringing best minds on one platform providing opportunity for debate, discuss, and dissect evolving trends, key issues and challenges.

The event provided a stage gain insights, inspiration, and tools that will enable to bring the best to the practice of human resources in the complex, and ever-changing space of HR environment.

We would like to sincerely thank all Sponsors of the 2018 Conference. Their contribution was decisive in creating an unforgettable Conference. The event was sponsored by Deloitte as Gold Sponsor and CIIM Silver Sponsor, Alfa Mega, Homemate, Stylianos Christoforou Law Firm, Unicars Bronze Sponsors and CyBC as Media Sponsor. The Conference was supported by ΟΕΒ, Audiovibe and Mbloo.