08:00 Registration

08:30 Start of the Conference and Opening Remarks by Philip Merry

08:45 Inauguration and Lamp Lighting Ceremony

08:50 Opening Speech by the Guest of Honour.

09:00 SESSION::Using the Psychology of Strengths to revolutionize Performance Management

	The business case for looking at performance management through a new, strengths-based lens
	Benefits of Strengths Based Performance Management
	Practical suggestions for implementation of Strength Based Performance Management
	Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, Author

10:50 Networking Coffee Break

11:20 SESSION: Leadership, Resilience & Productivity across Cutlures

The ability to understand and work with different cultures is a crucial skill in our Global world. This session will provide skills and understanding for building productivity in a multi-cultural workforce.

	How does Happiness impact Productivity
	What is the state of engagement in Asia & Singapore
	How do cultural values impact engagement
	Who are “you” beyond your cultural conditioning
	Clashes of culture in the workplace and how they cause unhappiness
	Culture and profitability – culture’s impact on the bottom line
	What can leaders do to build “happiness across cultures”
	The M-A-C® template for engagement
	Philip Merry, President, Philip Merry Consulting Group

12:20 SPOTLIGHT: FINALIST #1 - The Simply-Happy Search for SINGAPORE’S MOST RESILIENT PERSON

12:30 Lunch with Coaches:

Here is your chance to meet some highly skilled coaches for a special insight into what they do and how they can help you connect with your dreams. These select, handpicked coaches are established masters of their areas of specialty. For more information, please contact Vincent Choy at vincent.choy@alleventsgroup.com

Normala Shamsudin Merry, MSocSc (Counseling), BA, Cert. Ed., Cert. Coach U, CC. HT (Clinical Hypnotherapist)

Sabreena Andriesz, MSocSc CH ACC

Nishant Kasibhatla, Trainer. Speaker. Author
Grand Master of Memory & World Record Holder

Paul Carr, Advisor, Voice Coach

Jerome Joseph, International Speaker & Author, Brand Coach of Brand One
Group Account Director, The Brand Theatre

Coach Profiles can be viewed in detail under the Speakers page.

14:00 SESSION: To Be Announced

15:30 SESSION: Happy for No Reason: How to Experience Happiness Even Through Life’s Adversities

Having things and circumstances - money, success, relationships, health - brings a certain kind of happiness, but this temporary experience of satisfaction or joy soon fades and we have to hurry up and fulfill the next desire to feel happy again. To experience true and lasting happiness, even during life's adversities, we can learn to access the deep state of peace and well-being that already exists within us-beyond the reach of external circumstances. Then, no matter what is happening in life we are Happy for No Reason.

In this transformational workshop, Marci Shimoff, #1 NY Times best-selling author and happiness expert, shows you a breakthrough method based on cutting-edge research in neuroscience and positive psychology for becoming Happy for No Reason. You will discover the keys to raising your happiness set-point, learn powerful techniques for experiencing inner freedom, and hear moving stories of people who are living in the state of unconditional happiness. This program will inspire you and give you practical tools to create a life of genuine, lasting happiness.

Major Topics

	Understanding the new paradigm of happiness
	How to be resilient and courageous in the face of adversity
	Essential keys to raise your happiness set point
	How to create good Happiness Habits
	A 7-step holistic program to for lasting inner peace and well-being

Benefits

	Greater ability to experience happiness in all aspects of your life
	Improved health through making your cells happy
	A sense of feeling plugged into your spirit
	Higher levels of success in your work
	Deeper alignment with your life purpose
	Better communication and enriched relationships
	This dynamic and interactive presentation includes practical exercises that will guide you to experience more genuine happiness every day, no matter what is going on in your life.
	Marci Shimoff Author

17:00 End of Conference Day One and See You Tomorrow