KUALA LUMPUR: Against the backdrop of a shifting global trade landscape, high-stakes AI adoption, and an ever-evolving multi-generational workforce, one question is increasingly taking centre stage on leadership agendas: how do organisations sustain people and performance when change is the only constant?
Emellia Shariff (CEO of MIDP) will open the event, supported by partners of PACC 2025.
With human capital at the very heart of competitive advantage, the People & Culture Conference (PACC) returns for its third edition with renewed momentum, deeper conviction, and an even stronger commitment to transforming Malaysian workplaces.
Scheduled for 5–6 August 2026 at CCEC, Bangsar South, Kuala Lumpur, PACC 2026 will bring together 300 business leaders, corporate decision-makers, and people and culture professionals at a critical juncture where leadership must shift from reactive inclusion initiatives to deliberate, values-driven strategies.
“One of the biggest misconceptions in business is that high performance and employee wellbeing sit at opposite ends of the spectrum. The reality is that wellbeing is not the cost of performance,” says Emellia Shariff, CEO of the Malaysian Institute for Development of Professionals (MIDP), organiser and visionary behind PACC.
“When organisations consistently deprioritise sustainable people management, they accumulate what I term ‘people debt’: silence, disengagement, presenteeism, and burnout. Like any form of debt, the consequences may remain hidden for a time, but they eventually come due.”
Since its inaugural edition, PACC has established a distinctive reputation in Malaysia’s corporate landscape as a trusted forum where senior leaders engage in meaningful dialogue around human capital strategy.
This year’s programme is anchored on two transformative pillars: Leadership & Organisational Resilience, and Employee Experience & Psychological Safety — directly addressing the pressures faced by Malaysian business leaders today.
These pillars underpin nine high-impact sessions designed to equip business leaders, industry players, senior management, HR practitioners, and organisational culture experts with the frameworks and insights needed to advance people and culture initiatives.
What sets PACC apart from its regional peers is its unwavering focus on depth rather than spectacle. There are no superficial panels, recycled slides, or scripted speeches. More importantly, it is not intended to be a passive listening experience.
Delegates will hear from and engage directly with 24 C-suite leaders from some of Malaysia’s most influential organisations: CIMB, Sunway, PETRONAS, Coca-Cola Malaysia, Pharmaniaga, DKSH, Hong Leong Islamic Bank, ExxonMobil, DHL Express, SD Guthrie, Proton, KWAP, TNB, BASF, Women in Tech, Awantec, PLUS Malaysia, and more.
With a diverse line-up of speakers spanning industries and functions, delegates will leave inspired by genuine transformation journeys and equipped with practical, proven strategies to implement within their own organisations.
Beyond the sessions, PACC has earned a reputation as one of the few conferences deliberately designed to foster meaningful networking.
With only 300 seats reserved exclusively for senior leaders, the conference embeds peer exchange and connection into every aspect of the programme, enabling delegates to move beyond superficial introductions towards authentic relationships and collaboration.
PACC 2026 is further strengthened by the support of organisations championing inclusive and sustainable workplaces, including LeadWomen, IWFCI, MyCEB, 30% Club Malaysia, Women in Tech, and Speak Up Malaysia, alongside an expanding ecosystem of partners advancing the people and culture agenda across Malaysia.
Driving the event is the Malaysian Institute for Development of Professionals (MIDP), a leading and award-winning human capital transformation institute dedicated to people and culture excellence in Malaysia since 2010.
As organiser and strategic catalyst behind PACC, MIDP applies the same rigour, intentionality, and depth that characterise all its work: translating honest conversations into meaningful organisational change.
PACC stands as its most public expression—an industry-wide platform to challenge inherited assumptions, explore new possibilities, and leave every delegate better equipped to build workplaces that genuinely work for people.-pr/BNN
