The Asia HRD Congress™ started off as half day Trainers Meet Trainers (TMT)® sessions in the late seventies on a complimentary basis. Most of the sessions were run by only one speaker. In 1985 the event was addressed by George Webster, then Executive Director of the Institute of Training & Development (UK) and the 1990 event by Jeremy Spoor, then President of SMR. About 40 to 70 persons attended each year.

In 1993, we decided to organise a one-day conference and the response was fantastic. We focused on learning and networking. This meant we needed to increase attendance. This was achieved by keeping the fee low and quality of the sessions high, with outstanding speakers. In 1993, there were about 350 participants.

Due to popular demands, we organised a 2-day TMT® Conference in 1994. We had 600 participants for this event. In 1997 the TMT® Conference attracted more than 1,000 participants from Malaysia and abroad.

The TMT® Conference was last held in 2001 as Trainers-Meet-Trainers Asia before it expanded in scope and evolved into The Asia HRD Congress™ in 2002 when TMT® entered its 25th Silver Jubilee Year. Workshops gained a new look. Post conference workshops were introduced.

For the first time in 2006 The Asia HRD Congress™ was held on a large scale outside the country i.e. in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The Asia HRD Congress™ in 2007, was brought back to Malaysia to coincide with Visit Malaysia Year 2007. YBM Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor graced the opening of the event.

TMT® is now a separate event while The Asia HRD Congress™ is poised to be the learning event of the year thus achieving our objective in helping people learn and perform at the workplace to superior standards. The Asia HRD Congress™ aims to attract delegates from all the Asian countries and making it a congregation of Asian talents sharing and learning towards advancement in knowledge and skills.