Assessment Centres – Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
AC ACADEMY TRAINING WORKSHOPS
11 & 12 March 2019 – Sandra Schlebusch presented “Module 2: The Design and Development of an Assessment Centre (Designing Centres 101)”
11 – 13 March 2019 – Anne Buckett presented “Module 3: Designing Simulations (Designing Simulations 101)”
PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS - WEDNESDAY, 13 MARCH 2019
Workshop presentations are available upon request (from info@acsg.co.za) by delegates that attended the specific workshop(s)
Petrus Nel - Introduction to Assessment Centres
Martin Kleinmann – How to Select Leaders and Subordinates? The Usefulness of Established Research Approaches
Sandra Schlebusch - Introduction to Development Centres
Paul Vorster – Selecting and Assessing the “Good” – How to Select Ethical Employees using Assessment Centre Technology
CONFERENCE - THURSDAY, 14 MARCH 2019
Welcome – Jaco de Jager (Chairman: ACSG)
International Keynote Address
Martin Kleinmann – Assessment Centres: A Conceptual Review (this presentation is available upon request from info@acsg.co.za)
Plenary Sessions
IGNITE – Martin Lanik (Convenor) – From “Once & Done” Assessment Centres to a Continuous Process
- Sandra Schlebusch – Creating Behaviour Change = Creating Mobility
- Linda Hall – Assessor Training
- Carl Herman – Cultivating Entrepreneurship
- Michelle Brown – From “Once & Done” Assessment Centres to a Continuous Process
Mini-symposium – Lara Roll, Ederick Stander & Marius Stander – Global Leadership Development: The Power of Talent Development Centres, a Case Study across the Globe (this presentation is available upon request from info@acsg.co.za)
Open Space Sessions
Kevin Distiller – Gamification versus Gimification
Deon Meiring – Insights and New Developments from the 41st International Congress on the Assessment Centre Method held in the UK
Anna Baczynska – Managerial Competencies versus Leadership Competencies: Which to use during and AC
Sandra Schlebusch (Convenor) – Universities’ Role in Enabling AC Practitioner Confidence
- Francois van der Bank – Stellenbosch University
- Marius Stander – North-West Univeristy
- Linda Fourie – University of Johannesburg
- Petrus Nel – University of the Free State
- Deon Meiring – University of Pretoria
CONFERENCE – FRIDAY, 15 MARCH 2019
Local Keynote Address
André Roux – The 2030 Landscape: Forewarned is Forearmed
Plenary Session
AC Mock Trials – ACs under Scrutiny
Vignettes and verdicts are available upon request (from info@acsg.co.za) to delegates that attended this specific plenary session
Open Space Sessions
David Bischof – A Review of the Current South African Testing and Assessment Landscape and the Implications of a Revised Approach to Assessment Evaluation Criteria (this presentation is available upon request from info@acsg.co.za)
Jeremy Francis – Why Assessment Centres won’t Work in the Caribbean (and how they can)
Pieter Bronkhorst – How Artificial Intelligence is Radically Transforming Assessment Centre Simulations
Jürgen Becker & Anne Buckett – Alternative Techniques for Investigating the Construct Validity of AC Ratings (presentation may be available upon request from info@acsg.co.za)
Martin Lanik – Development Centres that Last – Just 5 Minutes a Day
Panel Discussion – Hendrik Bronkhorst, Danie Oosthuizen (Convenor), Ederick Stander & Chris Swart – Traditional Assessment and Development Centres: Something of the Past?
