Date: Wednesday 8th October 2025
Venue: Hilton Conference Centre
Early-bird Rates (valid until 10th August 2025): FHRD Members – €185.00 excl. VAT, Non-Members – €215.00 excl. VAT
Standard Rates: FHRD Members – €215.00 excl. VAT, Non-Members – €245.00 excl. VAT
| Time | Venue | Agenda Item |
|---|---|---|
| 08:15 | Conference Centre Foyer | Registration and Welcome Coffee |
| 09:15 | Grandmaster Suite | Welcome Speech Opening address and launch of HR Pulse Survey Speaker: Noel Debono, President FHRD |
| 09:30 | Grandmaster Suite | Keynote 1: Belonging in the Future of Work: Creating Human Connection and Community in the Era of Hybrid, AI, and Overwhelm Speaker: Stephanie Cohen – Generative AI Consultant | Learning & Development Specialist | Public Speaking Coach |
| 10:00 | Grandmaster Suite | Keynote 2: People as Power: Leveraging Culture and Talent for Sustainable Success Speaker: Dr Suzanne C. de Janasz – Executive Education Consultant | Affiliate Professor at London Business School |
| 10:30 | Grandmaster Suite | HR Quality Mark Presentation of Certificates and Mementos (8th Intake) |
| 10:45 | Spinola Suite | Mid-Morning Coffee Break and Expo |
| 11:15 | WORKSHOPS (to choose 1) | |
| Grandmaster Suite | W/S 1: Empowering People: Employee-Led D&I Strategies for a Truly Inclusive Workplace Nurit Hattab, Internationally recognised DEI Expert | Award-Winning Consultant | Speaker |
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| Pinto Suite | W/S 2: Lead with Impact: Inspiring & Engaging Teams for Success Tara Alvarez Garcia – Leadership Coach and Founder at TYS Coaching |
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| Vilhena Suite | W/S 3: Building a Legacy: Succession Planning & Retaining High-Potential Talent Margret Barzachka-Nikolova – Senior Director Human Resources at Teva, Bulgaria |
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| 12:00 | Grandmaster Suite | Panel Discussion: Leading the Charge: Transformative HR Practices to Elevate and Empower Your People Moderator: Fabianne Ruggier, Founder at Resona Strategies Panellists: Claudine Attard – Director Management Consulting at PwC Malta Christina Galea – Director of Human Resources at CPHCL Company Limited (Parent Company of Corinthia Group) Clayton Micallef Grimaud – Senior Director (Organisational Culture & Corporate Affairs) at the National Skills Council Daniel Louis Tabone – People and Culture Manager at the Malta Financial Services Authority Dr Vassilis Trochalidis – Partner at Boyden Malta David Vella – Chief People Officer at Premier Capital |
| 12:45 | Spinola Suite | Networking Lunch and Expo |
| 14:20 | Grandmaster Suite | Conference Energizer by TeamBuilding Malta |
| 14:40 | Grandmaster Suite | Keynote 3: Cultivate or Crumble: The HR Strategy for Influencing Multiplier Leadership Speaker: Alex Falzon, Speaker & Coach in Leadership, Sales & Mindset |
| 15:10 | WORKSHOPS (to choose 1) | |
| Grandmaster suite | W/S 4: Fuelling Advocacy: Employee Activation During Organisational Change Cosmina Coman – Founder of Learning Pro | Specialist in Employee Advocacy |
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| Pinto Suite | W/S 5: HR as the Architect of a Well-being-First Culture: Building Organisational Health Through Social Capital Dragan Donkov, Progress Partner for Leaders & Teams at Carob Consult |
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| Wignacourt Suite | W/S 6: Humans, Not Resources: Reclaiming Humanity in Workplace Culture Yasmin De Giorgio – Chief Executive Officer at Shireburn Software | Founder at Sanya Eco Spa |
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| 15:55 | WORKSHOPS (to choose 1) | |
| Grandmaster suite | W/S 7: From Managers to People Champions: Making Line Leaders the First HR Contact Alex Galea – CEO at Mdina Partners/td> |
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| Pinto Suite | W/S 8: Energise Employee Engagement through Personalised Career Development John Mallia – Managing Director at MediaCoop Ltd. |
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| Wignacourt Suite | W/S 9: Elevating Decisions – Leveraging Data for a Thriving Workforce Jonathan Camilleri – Head of HR at KonnektTalexio |
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| 16:35 | Conference End |
