‘Conductor of people’ key note speaker at APAC conference
‘Conductor of people’ key note speaker at APAC
health conference
Itay Talgam is a world-renowned orchestral conductor turned ‘conductor of people’ and has taught leadership to Fortune 500 companies, non-profits and universities, and at conferences around the world, including TED, Google’s Zeitgeist, and the World Economic Forum at Davos.
In September he will visit New Zealand as a keynote speaker at the APAC Forum, Asia-Pacific’s premier healthcare conference, this year being held at Auckland’s SKYCity Convention Centre.
After conducting orchestras for many years Itay has come
to appreciate that making music, in whatever culture and
context, can provide stimulating insights into familiar
management concerns such as leadership, teamwork,
creativity, mentorship and personal development. Music
making embodies knowledge, innovation, individual effort and
collective achievement – as does any successful
organisation.
“As we make our way up the ranks, we
become less connected to the front lines and may often know
less than we feel comfortable admitting. Itay Talgam
encourages us to open our minds and shows us that our
ignorance can be our greatest advantage,” says fellow
author Simon Sinek in review of Itay’s latest book The
Ignorant Maestro: How Great Leaders Inspire Unpredictable
Brilliance.
A native of Tel-Aviv, Itay Talgam received
his Artist Diploma in conducting from the Jerusalem Rubin
Academy. He then studied in France, Italy, and the US. He is
also a graduate of General Philosophy studies at the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem.
He delivers talks – in
government, academia, business, education, and therapy –
anywhere the creation of human harmony through cooperation
is desired. His talks have been experienced either directly
or online by millions of participants and viewers.
The
APAC Forum, where Itay will deliver one such talk, will this
year take place over 23 to 25 September at Auckland’s
SKYCity. The conference is pitched at health professionals
with the desire and aptitude to influence change.
Last year the APAC Forum convened in Melbourne and attracted over 1500 delegates including senior managers, board and policy makers, clinicians and quality improvement specialists from throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Ko Awatea, the organisation behind the conference, has recently announced the conference’s programme and, with it, the ‘big name’ speakers they’ve attracted from around the world including Ruby Wax, Professor Charles Vincent and Itay Talgam. The APAC programme provides access to approximately 130 speakers (a combination of the best New Zealand has to offer as well as world-renowned experts) across 42 sessions.
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