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Conference Key Note Speaker

Professor Dr. Joseph W. M. Kessels
Chair Human Resource Development
University of Twente
The Netherlands

Professor Dr. Joseph W.M. Kessels (1952) is professor
of Human Resource Development at the University
of Twente, where he also served as Dean of TSM
Business School. From 1995- 2000 he held a similar
chair at the University of Leiden. In 1977 he founded
Kessels & Smit, The Learning Company, a consultancy firm
specializing in HRD topics. Joseph Kessels has a specific
research interest is in the characteristics of learning
environments that support knowledge productivity and
that facilitate innovation. As a consultant he conducted
projects for national and international government bodies,
education, health care, industry, banking, transport, and telecom.
He consulted with a number of leading international firms.

Professor Kessels will present recent research on the
related topics of human resource development, knowledge
productivity, social capital and innovation, and draws implications
for Rwanda Vision 2020.

TCM Academic Journal

Qualified papers presented at the conference will be
published in TMC Academic Journal. Double-blind peer
review process applies to all papers.
More information about TMC Academic Journal can be accessed at
http://www.tmc.edu.sg/academiccenter/g-tmcjournal.html

welcome

Conference Chairman

Dr. Benjamin Akinyemi

Rwanda is currently a country in transition. It is transforming from an agrarian to the knowledge-based society as enshrined in its vision 2020. Attaining this vision largely depends on the quality of the nation's Human Resource. Strategic Human Capital Management is the most powerful lever for innovation and growth in the knowledge economy. Kigali Institute of Management (KIM) is supporting the government's development-policy objectives by organizing an international conference in this regard

Conference Sub-Themes

1. Education Reform for the Knowledge-Based Economy
2. Skills Development in the Knowledge-Based Economy
3. Adult Education and Life-Long Learning
4. Technical and Vocational Education and Training
5. Vocational Training Systems
6. Information and Communication Technologies for the Knowledge-Based
7. Investment in Human Capital for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development
8. Research and Development in Science and Technology for the Knowledge-Based Economy
9. Challenges, Opportunities and Progress towards the Knowledge-Based Economy in Rwanda
10. Strategic Talent Management for the Knowledge-Based Economy