January 25, 2008 AmCham, Dusni 10, Praha 1
Agenda for the meeting: 1. Introduction of new co-chair of the HR Committee – Katka Benešová 2. Report on recent activities: a) HR seminar featuring Petr Draxler, Country HR Leader, and Igor Požár, HR Partner, IBM, was held on January 10, 2008 at IBM Global Services Delivery Center in Brno. Speakers informed attendees about talent management, university-private sector partnership and co-operation and diversity management in IBM...Number of attendees: 11 b) CEO Talks with Aleš Bartůněk, CEO of IBM – number of attendees: 30 3. Activities for this year: a) CEO Talks with Olga Girstlová, GiTy – tentative date: beginning of March, CEO Talks with Ron Adams, Chairman/CEO of Tatra – tentative date: end of February, Mike Short, Managing Director of Plzeňský Prazdroj, Jane Gilson of Microsoft b) HR seminars – Vera Budway-Štrobach of Česká Spořitelna (Corporate Culture and Value), Radek Maršík of Fleishman-Hillard (Crisis Communication), Patrik Schober of Pram Consulting and Frans Hoekman of Hudson accepted invitation to HR Committee to discuss possible topic and structure of their workshop/seminars. c) Planned tours at companies – Tatra – tentative date: end of February/beginning of March, DHL (global center), Sun Microsystems (new technologies), Google (new technologies), Foxconn (Asian company), TPCA (Asian company), Plzeňský Prazdroj, ČSA, Vodafone, Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s., Škoda Auto a.s., Skype, Hyundai
January 15, 2008 Hotel Four Seasons
The informal discussion on leadership, corporate culture, innovations and HR management in the process of IBM turnaround. For senior managers only.
HR Seminar featuring Petr Draxler, Country Human Resources Leader, IBM
January 10, 2008 IBM Brno
IBM Global Services Delivery Center, Czech Republic, s.r.o, Technická 21, Brno 616 00, Gödelova budova Technologického parku - Brno, room F 013. Structure of the seminar: 1. talent management 2. university – private sector partnership and cooperation 3. diversity management
Business Briefing on How applied Mathematics can boost your business?
December 06, 2007 AmCham office
Featuring Ondřej Komenda of inSophy Ondřej Komenda studied the “Mathematical and computer modeling in physics” at the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences in Prague. He is a tireless propagator of mathematical solutions and their enormous benefit when brought from Universities to real life. His company, inSophy, provides mathematical consulting and software solutions for analytically challenging projects in business. These services proved to bring competitive advantage (e.g. by optimizing production, increasing quality of services and optimizing material consumption and the cost) to companies who analyze large datasets, manage complex systems, design technical devices or model risk and reliability. Area, which benefit most are: • Project management - probability modeling, multiagent systems • Manufacturing - multicriteria scheduling, optimization • Marketing research - pattern recognition, data mining • Commodity sales - time series prediction, segmentation • Investments - financial mathematics, analytical modeling • Computer vision - Fourier transform, wavelet analysis • Reliability and maintenance - probability theory, reliability theory Come and see the benefits that these advanced tools can bring to your business.
„How I overcame the crisis of identity“ featuring Aleš Bartůněk, General Manager, IBM ČR
December 05, 2007 ČVUT v Praze, Technická 4, Praha 6
Informal, open discussion moderated by Aleš Vlk.
November 29, 2007 AmCham office
Mission of the HR Committee is to create a forum for the discussion of challenges in the field of human resources and to be a catalyst of change to resolve these challenges. As members of the HR Committee we agree to: - support and work towards our mission - share ideas and suggestions for activities - actively help in designing and organizing at least one Amcham HR event every 8 weeks Our activities are focused primarily on providing Amcham members with insights, latest trends and opportunities for further development in the area of human resources. We are organizing: • HRSeminars and management roundtables. We carefully review each topic to make sure that we provide you with the latest knowledge and networking opportunities. HRSeminars are designed to give you an insight on a particular hot topic. These seminars are only two hours long and they are run by professionals with experience in a particular area. • Surveys among AmCham members on specific HR issues. • HR Committee meetings where new ideas, activities and suggestions are discussed.
"Scientists in management" featuring Jaroslav Doležal, National Executive, Honeywell ČR
November 28, 2007 ČVUT v Praze, Technická 4, Praha 6
Informal, open discussion moderated by Aleš Vlk
BRNO - Business Briefing on Tax Reform with APOGEO
November 27, 2007 Grandhotel Brno - Benešova 18
Get ready for changes brought by the Tax Reform. In Czech language only. We invite all AmCham members and their guests. The Briefing will be followed by Cocktail (5:30 - 6:30 pm)
November 08, 2007 Honeywell (Tuřanka 96, Brno)
Neformální diskusní stůl o překážkách podnikání, ať už jde o infrastrukturální problémy regionu či například zbytečně přísná právní regulace podnikatelských či zaměstnavatelských vztahů. Cílem setkání je shromáždit podněty podnikatelů působících v jihomoravském regionu a iniciovat nápravu nejzávažnějších nedostatků. Agenda setkání je přiložena. Akce se koná v češtině.
Business Briefing on Prague Airport Development in next 3 years & Tour of the Prague Airport
November 06, 2007 Courtyard, Aviatická 1092/8
Business Briefing featuring Stanislav Zeman, Director Marketing & Aviation Business at Courtyard by Marriott Prague Airport, Aviatická 1092/8, Prague - Ruzyně & Tour of the Prague airport - Take-off Runway and Aircraft Servicing on the Apron, Airport Operation and the New Terminal Sever 2; November 6th, 2 - 5 p.m.
November 01, 2007 AmCham office
CANCELED
October 26, 2007 AmCham office
Our mission of the HR Committee is to create a forum for the discussion of challenges in the field of human resources and to be a catalyst of change to resolve these challenges. As members of the HR Committee we agree to: - support and work towards our mission - share ideas and suggestions for activities - actively help in designing and organizing at least one Amcham HR event every 8 weeks Our activities are focused primarily on providing Amcham members with insights, latest trends and opportunities for further development in the area of human resources. We are organizing: • HRSeminars and management roundtables. We carefully review each topic to make sure that we provide you with the latest knowledge and networking opportunities. HRSeminars are designed to give you an insight on a particular hot topic. These seminars are only two hours long and they are run by professionals with experience in a particular area. • Surveys among AmCham members on specific HR issues. • HR Committee meetings where new ideas, activities and suggestions are discussed.