ERIC JAQUITH
Senior Director, Randstad

Topic: CORPORATE RECRUITMENT IS LIKE A CASINO!

Eric brings more than 12 years of recruiting experience. He is a sought-after strategic outsourcing consultant. His clients include global companies Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft, SAP America, Google, Lockheed Martin etc. With dozens of completed projects, he continues to innovate and offers affordable solutions for his clients.

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AMYBETH HALE

Editor/Research Goddess, SourceCon

Topic: CANDIDATE SOURCING: SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS

Amybeth is the Editor at SourceCon, a global website for candidate sourcing news. She has been a recruiting researcher since 2002. Amybeth has spoken & been published at the Social Recruiting Summit, Fordyce Forum, Mashable and AdAge. Northwest Business Monthly magazine hailed her as a rising star in America’s Pacific Northwest business community. Amybeth is known in the sourcing universe as the "Research Goddess."

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BRINDHA BAL

APAC Talent Acquisition Director, Hitachi Data Systems

Topic: STRUCTURING YOUR INTERNAL RECRUITMENT TEAM (CASE STUDY)

In 2000, Brindha started out with an executive search firm PHR Group. Even since, she has taken on leadership roles at HP, Sun Microsystems, Invensys and Hitachi Data Systems. She has first-hand experience in building corporate recruitment teams, staffing transformation projects, and managing other talent acquisition issues across Asia.

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AKI KAKKO

CEO & Founder, Joberate/Lab Of Apps

Topic: FROM TALENT POOLS TO POOLS OF TALENT

Aki is a founder and co-founder of several recruitment services and software application firms focusing on helping corporate clients build their direct recruitment strategies. Aki's firms are constantly discovering new ways to engage with candidates to help his clients attract and hire them effectively.

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SARANG BRAHME

Recruiting Sourcing COE - Training & Social Media Lead, Capgemini

Topic: SOURCING: AT THE HEART OF CAPGEMINI INDIA'S RECRUITMENT

Sarang has been in candidate sourcing for the last 8 years. He has been in various roles including sourcer, recruiter, team lead, client servicing manager, pre-sales, executive hiring and social media & training - but sourcing is his passion. Sarang is a fanatic in the recruitment sourcing concept and believes that candidate sourcing as a function has immense power to change the way recruiters recruit.

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RACHELE FERRI

Global Senior VP for Talent Strategy & Employer Branding, Universum

Topic: WHY EMPLOYER BRANDING MATTERS

Universum is the global leader in employer branding. As Senior VP, Rachele advises the largest organizations in the world, maximizing their strengths as an employer and to develop employer branding strategies with business functions such as HR, Marketing and Communications. Rachele has discussed global recruitment trends in various conferences including China, the UK, Sweden, India and the US. She relocated to Singapore last year to run client strategy for Universum across Asia.

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SATISH VENKATACHALIAH

VP - Ops, South Asia, Allegis Group

Topic: GROWTH WITHOUT RECRUITERS: FUTURE OF TALENT ACQUISITION

Satish has been in HR & Talent Acquisition since 1994. Currently, he is with the Allegis Group; one of the largest staffing firms in the world with over 9000 employees. Satish is responsible for operations such as HR, finance, facilities and administration across South Asia with a headcount of over 1500. Prior to that, Satish held senior HR roles in SAP and Oracle.