Live updates: HR Tech Interactive 2017, Malaysia

Welcome to HR Tech Interactive 2017, Malaysia - the third annual edition of Asia’s most innovative, invite-only specialised conference on managing HR in the age of digital disruption. We're reporting live from Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral, with Human Resources' Wani Azahar and Aditi Sharma Kalra on-site.

The most recent updates will appear first:

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With that, we come to the end of HR Tech Interactive 2017, Malaysia. Human Resources would like to thank all speakers, panelists and table hosts in pulling together facts and case studies for insightful presentations. Thanks also to all delegates for their active participation in the event and leveraging on the various networking and interactive opportunities. Finally, but not the least, we thank the following sponsors and partners:

1.   Platinum sponsor – Harrison Assessments

2.   Gold sponsors –

• a.   Accendo
• b.   Pulsifi
• c.   Workday

3.   Silver sponsors –

• a.   Excelity Global Solutions
• b.   Guidebook
• c.   iTalent
• d.   NGA Human Resources

4.   Exhibitor – Ramco Systems

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The final item on today's agenda is a rapidfire round where our esteemed table hosts sum up some of their key takeaways from today's conference as well as from the four table discussions they have hosted through the day. Using PigeonHole, some of the top keywords being mentioned by the speakers have been compiled in the following word cloud:

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Inaugurating the conference is a veteran from the Motorola team, the MD of Motorola Solutions Malaysia. Having been with the organisation for more than 25 years, Dr Hari Narayanan is currently responsible for the company’s operations at its Penang site, which include the supply chain, R&D and the global solutions and services centre.

Today, he gets the ball rolling, with a presentation on deploying HR technology in the age of disruption, affirming that at Motorola Solutions, the cloud buoys the employee's entire journey. In an example, he shares, "From the rewards point of view, our pay grade and salaries, everything is published on Converage. Nothing is secretive - that's the kind of culture we are creating in Motorola."