The Illuminate Series: Workforce Transformation – Closing the Skills Gap in Vietnam

Sep 13, 2024 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Classroom 3, Level 2, Fulbright University Vietnam

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Event Description

The needs and demands on current and future employees is constantly increasing, with needs for new skills to enable businesses to be successful. But what are these skills and are employees being prepared today for tomorrow?

No matter if you are a student, an employee, or an employer, we need to be ready for the workforce transformation that is currently ongoing. This event will be a chance to explore the challenges around ensuring the future workforce is prepared sufficiently to meet the employer demands. We will examine the results of last year’s skill gap survey in depth and then work through potential ways forward and measures needed to ensure an appropriate workforce in the future.

Fulbright will share the survey results along with a detailed analysis of the trends, and then we will have a working group session to further discuss, with an eye towards making recommendations that could include how to better leverage AmCham’s advocacy power to help properly prepare future employees.

Key Objectives

Understand the current workforce skill challenges
Share on potential ways forward
Determine a list of key advocacy measures

Audience:

School Leaders / Head of Schools / Directors
Teachers at the K-12 or university level
Educational policy makers
Corporate HR, especially those in L&D field

AGENDA

8:00 AM	Register & Network
8:30 AM	Welcome
8:35 AM	Keynote Speech
9:00 AM	Practical Sharing: Workforce Transformation @Standard Chartered Pham Binh Duong, Lead Practitioner, People Capability, Standard Chartered Bank
9:30 AM	Fulbright Skills Gap Survey Results Fulbright U.S. Scholar Dr. Nathan Gehlert
10:30 AM	Facilitated discussion: Way Forward Facilitated by Dan Bass, Blanchard Solution Expert
11:30 AM	Coffee and Networking
12:00 AM	Event ends

COST

SPEAKERS

Huong Pham

Site Lead of Sustaining Operation, Consumer Hardware, Google

Huong Pham is a seasoned operations and strategy executive with over 20 years of experience driving workforce transformation and operational excellence in diverse industries, including technology, manufacturing, and energy. She has a proven track record of leading large-scale operations, optimizing production processes, and implementing digital transformation initiatives to achieve significant efficiency gains and business growth. As the current Site Lead of Sustaining Operation at Google, Huong is instrumental in developing Vietnam into a strategic site for Google’s Consumer Hardware division. Her expertise lies in building high-performing teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and navigating complex regulatory landscapes. Huong’s passion for innovation and her ability to adapt to evolving market dynamics make her a valuable contributor to any discussion on workforce transformation.

Pham Binh Duong

Lead Practitioner, People Capability, Standard Chartered Bank

With over two decades of experience working for global banks and multinational corporations, specializing in Human Resource Management, Mr. Duong has obtained an MBA from the University of Hawaii in Manoa, a Master of HRM from the Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), and he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Strategic Leadership at Liberty University (US). His career has provided him with a unique blend of academic expertise and practical experience in managing human capital projects on both Asian and global scales. Recently returning to Vietnam after a successful global assignment at Standard Chartered Bank in Poland, he is keen on leveraging his expertise to give back to the community.

One of his core missions is to actively engage in speaking engagements, sharing sessions, and seminars to disseminate best practices in HRM, supporting Vietnamese organizations in their journey towards building future-ready workforces. He believes that collaboration and knowledge-sharing are essential in preparing organizations for the challenges of tomorrow.

Dr. Nathan Gehlert

Fulbright U.S. Scholar

Dr. Nathan Gehlert was born in the USA (though many of his Vietnamese friends and colleagues say his spirit was born in Vietnam). He is a Licensed Professional Counselor and earned his Ph.D. from Loyola University Maryland in 2011. He was honored at graduation as the inaugural recipient of the Barry K. Estadt Medal of Excellence for his work as a clinician, educator, and scholar. Dr. Gehlert keeps an active research agenda in the areas of multicultural counseling, motivational interviewing, personality theory, relationship counseling, and the psychology of religion and spirituality.

Dr. Gehlert is currently a Fulbright U.S. Scholar, working at both the University of Social Sciences and Humanities and Fulbright University Vietnam. He has been active in the counseling field in Vietnam since 2015, teaching and lecturing at Vietnam National University, Fulbright University, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, the University of Economic and Finance, and Hoa Sen University. He particularly enjoys bringing counseling and psychology students to Vietnam for a study abroad course on multicultural counseling.

At his home institution, John Carroll University, Dr. Gehlert has served as Chair of the Department of Counseling since 2018, the same year he was promoted to Associate Professor. He serves in the department as the director and principal investigator of the Integrated Behavioral Health Specialization, a training program that places John Carroll students in underserved communities during their internship semesters. Dr. Gehlert authored the proposal that secured $1.3 million in grant funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration to support the program.

Outside of the University, Dr. Gehlert’s passion for culture, nature, and food has taken him to 40 countries and 49 U.S. states. As an adventurer, he’s an avid paragliding and paramotor pilot. He is also particularly drawn to the solitude of the wilderness and is an avid backpacker. He also enjoys cooking, gardening, and restoring mid-century modern furniture.

MODERATOR

Dan Bass

Solutions Director, Blanchard Vietnam

Dan has had more than 25 years in Human Resources, with extensive experience in Talent Management and Learning & Development. He has also provided consulting services to multinational companies, including many Fortune 500 clients. Clients enjoy the good wealth of experience and expertise that Dan offers, and his exceptional passion about improving business skills for people with a focus on how to help clients translate the learning into sustainable practices at work.

Previously, Dan has held leadership positions in various organizations, including being the Head of Talent Development for Siemens China and the Learning Solutions Director for Mercer. Dan developed talent development programs including performance management process, succession planning, talent review, high potential development, mentoring programs, and assessment centers. Additionally, he worked with various HR subject matter experts to design and develop HR knowledge and learning solutions for teams and organizations.

Dan is currently the Solution Director of Blanchard Vietnam, and a faculty member at PACE Institute of Management.