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Friday 10th February 2012

GRADUATE DEVELOPMENT FOR WHAT?

Date: Monday 29th March 2010
Venue: Inmarsat Conference Centre, City Road, London, EC1Y 1A
Delegate Fee: AGR members £240+VAT / non-members £310+VAT

SPECIAL OFFER: PAY FOR TWO DELEGATES AND REGISTER A THIRD FOR FREE!


Agenda

09:30 Registrations, Refreshments and Exhibition

10:00 Welcome and Introductions — Bob Athwal, Chair of the AGR Graduate Development Task Group and Graduate Schemes Manager, RWE npower

10:15 What makes a successful executive/senior manager in leading organisations now and in the future?

10:50 Comfort break

11:00 Workshops - Full details of workshops can be found here including Salma Shah's "Developing global players in a global market".

12:00 Lunch and Exhibition

13:00 Repeat Workshops

14:05 Over to You — Facilitated hot topic discussion groups where delegates can reflect on the sessions they have attended and raise issues that perhaps have yet to be discussed. The discussion groups will be facilitated by members of the AGR Graduate Development Task group. Delegates will be allocated to a discussion group in advance to ensure a decent spread of experience and interests.

15:00 Refreshments and Exhibition

15:30 Delivering the Promise! — Perspectives from both the business and the graduates who have completed their training. The panel, including employers and graduates from Centrica, Teach First and Morgan Stanley, will share their experiences and insights with a focus on the key issue of managing expectations. The session will be chaired by Dr Paul Redmond, Head of Careers & Employability Service, University of Liverpool. The employer panellists are Iain Heath (Centrica), Amanda Timberg (Teacher First) and Stephanie Ahrens (Morgan Stanley)

16:15 Closing comments — Bob Athwal

16:30 AGR Graduate Development Awards Ceremony

Bob Athwal will host the announcement of the first ever winners of our new series of awards for best practice in graduate development.
The 5 awards are:
  • Strategic Alignment
  • Career Management
  • Supplier Contribution to the Business
  • Graduate Development Preparation in Higher Education
  • Graduate Induction

17:15  Drinks Reception

18:00 Depart


For more information and to register please go to: http://www.agr.org.uk/Content/GRADUATE-DEVELOPMENT-FOR-WHAT-Graduate-Careers-in-the-21st-Century
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