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In today’s heightened regulatory environment, the complexities inherent in international expansion and assignments can create significant corporate risk. Conference Delegates will discuss an overview of what risks organizations need to be concerned with when utilizing international assignments to support global business needs.
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| KPMG LLP, 500 E. Middlefield Road, Mountain View, California 94043
• Networking Dinner JAN 27th @ Don Giovanni's ... please RSVP
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| news@globalhrnews.com; come and learn new things, meet new people |
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PROGRAM GUIDE
January 27th
from 8am
CHECK-IN desk opens
Enjoy Coffee and Networking in the sponsor area
8.45am
CONFERENCE PURPOSE and DELEGATE INTRODUCTIONS
Delegates will be introduced and asked to comment on how 2010 will be different in their organizations.
Session Leader:
ED COHEN, Program Developer
Editor, GLOBAL HR News™, and Broadcast Host, GLOBAL HR TALK™ RadioShow
9.30am
Opening Keynote
BUILDING A BUDGET AND BUSINESS CASE FOR YOUR CEO TO APPROVE FUNDING AND ACTION FOR YOUR INITIATIVE/PROJECT
Delegates will learn practical steps to take:
Techniques to define your needs in clear financial terms. Enhance your influence, gaining broader organization buy-in during chaotic times. Overcome limited resources, dealing with budget and people constraints, to get things done. Build buy-in and consensus for your initiative across the organization
Presented by
Mr. SCOTT HAMILTON, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of ALLIGN, a global-to-local advisory firm that helps organizations tap the full potential of their workforce and leadership through superior internal/external alignment programs.
Scott has devoted over 20 years to the successful improvement of executive and workforce performance in “Fortune 500” through mid-market companies. From his experience as a senior corporate executive and external advisor, Scott has helped leaders to improve their personal effectiveness in managing and leading teams to create powerful working relationships and achieve greater business value. His executive and organizational coaching expertise includes leading major change management programs, developing strategic talent and workforce development programs, internal branding for external market success, improved leadership team performance sessions and the pioneering use of “collective intelligence” alignment programs. He has worked with leaders at all levels in building on their strengths to maximize team commitment, focus and results in both start-up and established businesses. Scott’s industry exposure has been both broad and deep. He has held executive roles in HR, OD and Operations the execution of major strategic initiatives in such companies as McDonald’s, Nestle USA, Bergen Brunswig, AlliedSignal Distribution and DirecTV. Scott has also managed business and executive consulting practices that coached hundreds of leaders and their organizations through large-scale change efforts, teambuilding, and merger and acquisition/integration activity teams, and developed in-house executive development programs. Scott’s particular expertise is in executive and engagement programs that bring measurable value to initiatives such as strategic visioning, internal brand development, advanced employee engagement programs , change management, succession planning, strategy execution programs and leadership team building. He is the co-founder of Allign, a company that has developed and introduced a proprietary process that integrates leadership vision and performance expectations to align all stakeholders into unified, accelerated and positive action (AllignMaps™ and LineofSite Scoreboards). Scott is a frequent keynote speaker to CEO groups, Trade associations and Industry conferences on organization innovation and alignment topics among others.
10.20am to 10.40am
COFFEE BREAK
10.40am to 11.30am
Tax update
MOVING WITH EQUITY:
HAVE YOU PAID THE RIGHT "TAX MAN" ?
As taxing authorities sharpen their focus on generating revenue from incentive compensation awards, managing trailing global tax obligations becomes more difficult as your talent moves around the globe.
This session will address what the business issue is, why you should be concerned and what are some suggested steps to address to this complex issue.
Presenters
Mr. PRISCO MORELOS is a manager in KPMG’s International Executive Services (IES) Tax practice in the Silicon Valley
Mr. RAJIV THADANI is Tax Managing Director, International Executive Services, with KPMG LLP, and is based in Silicon Valley.
MORE ABOUT THE KEYNOTERS
Prisco has more than five years of experience in international assignment tax compliance and consulting for clients with international assignment programs. Prisco is responsible for a broad range of U.S. multinational clients with international assignment programs doing business across the globe. Prisco’s current and past clients include technology and financial services industry leaders. He has extensive
experience across all areas of the assignment life cycle from initiation through completion. Prisco serves as a global point of contact and works closely with the KPMG’s global network in communicating client policy and procedures to facilitate smooth service delivery around the world. His international experience includes an expatriate assignment to KPMG’s Singapore member firm within the IES Tax practice. Prisco holds a BS degree in business administration from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis
Obispo, with a concentration in financial management and public accounting. He is an IRS enrolled agent. Prisco is a director for the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and Accounting.
Rajiv is an engagement lead for a variety of high technology client’s expatriate tax programs in the Silicon Valley area. He is responsible for managing the delivery of global tax consulting and compliance service for international assignees of multinational corporation. Rajiv joined KPMG in 2001 having previously worked with Arthur Andersen. Rajiv has over fourteen years of experience providing a vast array of international tax and human resources services. Rajiv specializes in clients that are just starting their global assignment program. Rajiv provides tax compliance and advisory services to companies with internationally mobile employees with a focus on individual income tax consulting and compliance. Rajiv has also advised numerous clients on payroll tax compliance, assignment policy issues, and other related human resource advisory projects. Rajiv also specializes in addressing short term assignment issues for cross border employees. Prior to relocating to the U.S., Rajiv has worked in Belgium, United Kingdom and India and is intimately familiar with the tax and HR challenges that accompany the international assignments. Rajiv has authored an article for KPMG’s Expatriate Administrator. Rajiv is regular presenter at internal KPMG meetings and has also presented at various external Seminar and Conferences. Rajiv is the co-chair for KPMG’s Asian Pacific Islander Network chapter in Silicon Valley. English is his Primary Language and
Hindi is a Secondary Language. His Education, Licenses & Certifications now include:
Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bombay University in India; Chartered Accountant in India; he is an Enrolled Agent in the U.S..
11.35am to 12.30pm
"Take-Away" Theme Keynote
IS YOUR WORK-LIFE MANAGING YOU?
OR... ARE YOU MANAGING IT?
Leaders at all levels in business are overwhelmed today with the pressure to achieve profitability, their career goals, and to be fulfilled personally.
The loss of control, the inability to achieve a satisfying work/life balance, not to mention a balanced perspective in the workplace between people and profitability is leading to burnout among record numbers.
Surveys suggest that more than 30% are “looking for another company” when the economy recovers, and even more leaders are losing the commitment of their employees. Negative stress and reactive, negative energy is the result.
Take a break and learn some ways in which leaders can gain control of their reactions to the demands they face, a tool “the wheel of life” that enables them to take stock of what’s important, and a proven method, “million dollar” question that enables leaders to visualize a more successful leadership model.
You will learn from a very successful VP HR at a Silicon Valley firm who has benefitted from incorporating some of these techniques into her own work life.
Presenter
Ms. JENNIFER GREEN, Leadership Coach, Principal Consultant
Green Global Resources - Premier HR
www.greenglobalresources.com
MORE ABOUT JENNIFER
Jennifer Green, IPEC certified coach and a Human Capital Institute (HCI) Master Human Capital Strategist, has extensive human resources experience designing and building strategic talent management and total rewards for global companies, including Magellan Navigation, BEA Systems, Synopsys, KLA-Tencor, Rosche, and Seagate. Invited to speak at various forums such as Northern California Human Resource Association, Sacramento H R Association (SAHRA), National Foreign Trade Council (NFTC), on talent management and total rewards topics, has also published white papers and is publishing a book on “Cowboy Leadership – What We Can Learn from the Code of the West” which will be available on Amazon.com this spring. She has focused recently on building a Green Executive Leadership Center for Excellence, working with other organizational developers and coaches to provide leaders at all levels with the skills and knowledge to achieve their goals for profitability, without sacrificing their concern for people and their own personal relationships. Jennifer has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Oregon, plus post-graduate studies in an MBA program.
12.30pm
WORKING LUNCHEON
Delegates will discuss prospects for 2010 "NEXT PRACTICES" and "INNOVATION" in their organizations
1.30pm to 2.15pm
HOW TO BUILD A MARKET-DRIVEN CULTURE IN YOUR ORGANIZATION THAT ALIGNS THE BUSINESS WITH PROFIT GOALS.
Delegates will learn how to Measure the seven (7) critical employee behaviors proven to drive profitability; learn to Discover the seven (7) market-driven behaviors found in best practice companies that influence business performance...and delegates will learn how to Make the business case for a market-driven organization to your CEO.
Presenter
Mr. CHRISTOPHER L. BROWN is the CEO and Co-founder of MarketCulture Strategies Inc.
Chris specializes in internal culture transformations and marketing toolset development. His previous post as Marketing Director for Hewlett-Packard, South Pacific Region, provides him the first-hand knowledge of the challenges facing corporate sales and marketing teams. Mr. Brown also serves as Executive Vice President for Programming for the American Marketing Association, Silicon Valley Chapter. MarketCulture Strategies (MCS) is the global leader in assessing the market-centricity of an organization and its degree of Market Sense-Ability to customers, competitors and environmental conditions that impact business flow. MCS works closely with the C-Suite and other consulting groups to focus and adjust corporate vision and values around the right set of beliefs, behaviors and processes to engender more dynamic organizations, predictable growth, and customer lifetime value. Based on years of research and extensive validation testing, the firm’s unique Market Responsiveness Index (MRI)TM is a powerful auditing system to measure and assess an organization’s ability to thrive in today’s fast-changing and highly competitive marketplace. It allows companies to determine their clarity of purpose, collaborative capacity, and level of attention to customers’ needs, competitive threats, and market and business environmental changes. The MRI audit is essential to the MCS Market Culture Model, a disciplined and structured approach to measuring and improving the capacity of an organization to understand and respond to customers, market dynamics and competitive developments.
2.15 to 2.25pm
BREAK
2.25pm to 3.10pm
REDUCING THE RISK OF FAILURE IN AN INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT ... help grow company profitability. This session will feature using WEB 2.0 technology and will be a focus on Dual-Career situations, recruitment, work productivity, and on retention of key people.
Presenter
Ms. SUSAN MUSICH, a Global HR & Mobility Consultant and certified Global Career Development Facilitator based in Washington DC. Susan has written 13 books on international career transitions—including her most recent book, AFRICA JOB SEARCH. She has authored more than 300 articles. Susan specializes in solving business problems by addressing the international career mobility of skilled professionals and the cultural aspects related to global career transitions. Susan developed The World Bank’s first online Country Briefing Center as well as co-developed its first Global Mobility Center to provide key transition support to staff and families moving to 120+ global destinations. Susan also works with 11 organizations of the United Nations to address their challenges with dual career issues. Susan has provided career and mobility support to more than 50,000 international professionals and individual services to more than 10,000 international, skilled professionals coming from any of 180+ countries and moving to and working in more than 140 countries. Susan earned a Masters degree in Counseling and Development. She has lived in Mexico, the Philippines, and Costa Rica, and has delivered presentations and training activities in 20+ countries. Susan is the Founder and Managing Director of PASSPORT CAREER™, LLC (www.PassportCareer.com), which addresses the dual-career issue by providing online, self-service job search support to spouses in career transitions. Susan has 20 years of experience working with international organizations, including Accenture, the World Bank/International Finance Corporation, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations, the U.S. State Dept., the Inter-American Development Bank, the Peace Corps, and others. Susan is also a speaker at international HR, business and trade conferences, and among other honors Susan was recognized in 2007 with the GLOBAL HR News™ COMMUNICATOR AWARD. She has been interviewed by television, newspapers, magazines and online programs, and interviewed twice by GLOBAL HR TALK™RadioShow.
3.15pm to 4pm
EXPAT COACHING, TALENT MANAGEMENT and INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
With all the cost-cutting initiatives and reductions in the international workforce we have seen over the last two years, the optimal integration between talent management and international mobility is the very next competitive advantage which a few international corporations have already successfully acquired.
This session will describe these essential practices in order to assess, grow and retain your successful mobile workforce for the decisive years to come and will reveal best-in-class approaches.
Presenter
Mr. ALAIN VERSTANDIG, President and CEO, NET EXPAT, Inc.. NET EXPAT has made its reputation as one of the global market leaders and most innovative specialist in assessing, training and coaching internationally mobile employees. NET EXPAT has offices in 45 countries across America, Europe and Asia.
Alain Verstandig graduated with an Engineering degree in 1986. After 18 months of intensive traveling through more than 50 countries, he decided to supplement his technical background with an MBA. He has over twelve years of experience working for major multinational corporations where he acquired first-hand knowledge of the international private sector. Over these years, he gained experience in various fields of management and was expatriated on several occasions. In 1998, Alain Verstandig founded NET EXPAT, which currently helps over 200 International Corporations and thousands of their mobile employees a year through a series of Career & Life transition programs. www.netexpat.com and email, info@netexpat.com
4pm
REVIEW.... BUILDING YOUR BUDGET
Scott Hamilton, ALLIGN
4.20pm
RECEPTION
from 6pm
SILICON VALLEY Leader Networking Dinner...
Don Giovanni's in Mountain View.
January 28th
8.30am
Enjoy Coffee and participate in the...
GLOBAL HR News
TALK SHOW IDEA EXCHANGE. Host ED COHEN is also the Broadcast Host of GLOBAL HR TALK™Radio Show and Editor of GLOBAL HR News™
COMMENTATOR-THOUGHT LEADERS will include ...
Ms. JANAKI TENNETI is Mobility Tax Manager with INTEL. Janaki has over 15 years of experience in the global mobility tax arena moving employees across borders in the most tax efficient manner. She has extensive experience of advising on overseas tax planning, international social security issues, expatriate policy development, and international remuneration planning addressing the international tax, and program administration needs of cross border people movement. She oversees the global mobility tax program at Intel and is responsible for developing and implementing mobility tax policies and procedures world wide for its mobile population.
Ms. THERESA DADONE is SVP of HR for Accuray.
Theresa and her team is chartered with developing and implementing the Human Capital Strategy that aligns with and drives Accuray business success. Prior to joining Accuray, Theresa served as Vice President of Human Resources at Hewlett Packard Company. In that role, she was responsible for human capital strategy development and implementation for two of the company’s global functional units. She was also responsible for the management of the company’s premier employee career development program and the development of a similar program for all of global Marketing. While at HP, she also established and implemented the cross company HR Mergers and Acquisitions Integration platform and team. Theresa has also held executive HR management positions at Healtheon/ WebMD, Synopsys and Novell, Inc. In these roles, she was responsible for all aspects of Human Resources including worldwide responsibility for design, development, delivery and governance of global HR functions (i.e, Compensation, benefits, staffing, Workforce Development, Diversity, employee communication, etc) as well as directing the HR aspects of mergers and acquisitions for these rapidly growing companies. Theresa holds degrees in Clinical Psychology and Cultural Anthropology from San Jose State University. She is the recipient of numerous awards and recognition for her work in effectively managing the global HR components of merger and acquisition integrations as well as her leadership in developing and managing effective employee communication programs.
MORE ABOUT ACCURAY
Accuray’s leadership in developing the most advanced robotic radiosurgery system has brought the superior tumor treatment capabilities of the CyberKnife System to more than 70,000 patients around the world. Since the launch of the CyberKnife System, Accuray has undertaken an aggressive strategy to develop system upgrades that facilitate clinicians’ ability to treat tumors anywhere in the body with the highest levels of accuracy. Currently, Accuray has more than 180 CyberKnife Systems installed worldwide and a large body of peer-reviewed papers supports its clinical practice. Today, Accuray is committed not only to continuing its tradition of advancing the field of robotic radiosurgery, but also to providing its customers with the highest level of support in their ongoing efforts to fight cancer.
Accuray's history began when John R. Adler, M.D., professor of neurosurgery and radiation oncology at Stanford University Medical Center, developed the CyberKnife® System in 1987 after completing a fellowship in Sweden with Lars Leksell, M.D., the founder of radiosurgery. With the CyberKnife System, Adler’s vision was to develop a non-invasive robotic radiosurgery system with superior accuracy for treatment of tumors anywhere in the body. The revolutionary concept reached far beyond the practice of radiosurgery at the time, which restricted radiosurgery to the treatment of intracranial tumors.
After his initial work developing the CyberKnife System, Adler together with a group from Stanford and a manufacturer of linac technology teamed up and founded Accuray Incorporated in 1990. Cleared by the FDA for the treatment of head, neck and upper spine tumors in 1999, the CyberKnife System was the first and only commercially available radiosurgery system to combine image guidance and computer controlled robotics giving birth to the next generation in intelligent robotic radiosurgery.
In 2001, Accuray received FDA clearance to introduce enhancements to the CyberKnife System for the treatment of tumors anywhere in the body. Unlike traditional radiosurgery systems that can only treat tumors in the head and neck, the CyberKnife System was cleared to treat both intracranial and extracranial tumors. And because of its extreme precision, the CyberKnife System does not require invasive head or body frames to stabilize the patient’s movements.
In 2004, Accuray continued to show its leadership in the field of radiosurgery when it received FDA clearance for the Synchrony® Respiratory Tracking System. Synchrony System allows clinicians to continuously track, detect and correct for tumors that are affected by respiration such as those in the lung, liver and pancreas without breath-holding or gating techniques. Unlike with traditional radiation therapy, the Synchrony System enables patients to breathe normally throughout their treatment while maintaining extreme accuracy and minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue.
In 2005, Accuray introduced the Xsight® Spine Tracking System, which made it possible to automatically track, detect and correct for tumor movement throughout the treatment without implanting radiographic markers or fiducials. With Xsight, patients are given a comfortable treatment option for the delivery of radiosurgery with sub-millimeter accuracy along the entire spinal region, while physicians using this system could save time and provide better care to more patients.
Over the years Accuray has evolved the CyberKnife System to take advantage of new technologies and faster computers in order to provide the best system for radiosurgery treatments. In November 2005 Accuray introduced its fourth generation CyberKnife System which delivers faster treatments with greater flexibility making extracranial radiosurgery easier than ever before. In fact, in the quarter ended September 30, 2006, extracranial treatments represented more than 50 percent of CyberKnife System procedures in the United States, including those of the spine, lung, prostate, liver and pancreas.
TALK SHOW will be fast-paced; a lively atmosphere. Delegates will collectively learn more about how companies are responding to the new economy and how they are looking at innovation. The great inventor Einstein once said something like ...You cannot do things the same ways if you want to get to new results. TALK SHOW has a goal to enhance the group's "collective IQ" so that delegates take-away new information and guidance for identifying and perhaps developing a "next practice" approach in their organizations on the next business day. Come and learn new things, participate with other bright people, and thrive in 2010!
9.30 to 10.15am
Morning Keynote
SPECIAL PRESENTATION...
RISK MANAGEMENT and GLOBAL MOBILIY
In today’s heightened regulatory environment, the complexities inherent in international expansion and assignments can create significant corporate risk.
This session will discuss an overview of what risks organizations need to be concerned with when utilizing international assignments to support global business needs.
Presenter
Mr. STUART REID, Senior Manager
KPMG LLP
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Stuart has over 18 years of experience working with multinational companies in addressing the international tax, human resources and program administration needs of their international assignment programs. He works closely with human resources management in developing and implementing international assignment policies and procedures. His clients range in size from those first embarking on international transfers, to those with hundreds of current assignments.
10.15 to 10.30am
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK in the sponsor area
10.30 to 11.15am
Keynote
“The GLOBAL BUSINESS of HR
Aligning for ROI in an Un-aligned World” .... Reset and Move the Organization Forward in 2010
Ø Reframing executive perspectives on global workforce challenges
Ø How to build your business case for action
Ø “Influencing UP - improving your personal effectiveness at persuasion
Ø Driving results via alignment and true employee engagement
Presenter
Mr. SCOTT HAMILTON, Co-Founder and Senior Partner of ALLIGN, a global-to-local advisory firm that helps organizations tap the full potential of their workforce and leadership through superior internal/external alignment programs.
11.20 to 12.15pm
Corporate Keynote with audience-interaction
CHINA: Attracting and Retaining Top People
Presenter
Ms. CAROL M. OLSBY, GPHR, GRP, is the Director, Human Resources - Americas & Asia, for Helsinki-based TIETO Corporation. Carol is based in Seattle region and divides her time between China, Europe, and the US.
ABOUT THE KEYNOTER
Carol has extensive human resources experience designing and building high-growth, high-technology companies, including Tieto, Bainbridge Networks, WesTower, Universal Avionics Systems, GTE Spacenet and American Satellite. She is currently employed with Tieto a company employing 17,000 employees worldwide. Carol is in a global role as the Director, Human Resources – Americas & Asia. She is currently the WA SHRM International Director. Carol co-founded the Global HR Consortium, the society for international human resources professionals. She founded and chairs the HR Roundtable, the northwest’s society for high-technology human resources professionals. She has represented technology companies as a technical expert lobbyist on human resources issues. All the lobbying efforts she has been involved in were successful resulting in amendments to Washington State laws. Carol has an MS in Human Resources from Chapman University and a BS in Business from Columbia Union. She also participated in an Executive International Business Program through IFL/Stockholm School of Economics.
12.15pm
WORKING LUNCHEON
"Next Practices" table-discussions
12.55pm
Luncheon Keynote
UPDATE ON BUSINESS IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT AND THE US CONGRESS
Presenter
Ms. CYNTHIA LANGE, Partner;
Co-Chair of the firm's Corporate Compliance Practice
FRAGOMEN DEL REY BERNSEN & LOEWY LLP
ABOUT THE KEYNOTER
Cynthia Lange leads the firm’s High Tech practice in the heart of Silicon Valley. As the Managing Partner of the firm’s Northern California practice, she directs the strategic representation of companies ranging from large fortune 500 companies to small start-up companies in the firm’s “e-group.”
She has worked with numerous companies to set up and manage worldwide immigration compliance programs. Cynthia is a long time Adjunct Professor at Southwestern University School of Law where she has taught since 1988. She also frequently lectures on corporate immigration and, as a thought-leader in the industry, she has written numerous articles on business immigration law matters.
Cynthia is also the Managing Partner in charge of the firm’s I-9 Service Center, which offers state of the art electronic I-9 tools and advisory services for proper I-9 and E-Verify completion. She specializes in government investigations, audits and establishing compliance programs for companies.
Cynthia joined Fragomen over 22 years ago, after beginning her career at the U.S. Department of Justice as an INS trial attorney. She is a Member, American Bar Association; Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA); Member, Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA); Member, Association of International Educators (NAFSA); Member, California Minority Counsel Program (CMCP); Member, Northern California Human Resources Association; Member, Santa Clara Bar Association; Member, San Francisco Bar Association.
Cynthia Lange is Admitted to the Bar in California, District of Columbia, and New York. With respect to Court Admissions: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; and U.S. District Court, Southern District of California. Her formal education includes: Southwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1985;Brigham Young University, B.A., Phi Kapa Phi Honor Society, 1981.
1.35 to 1.45pm
BREAK
1.45pm to 2.20pm
Keynote, Technology for 21st Century Dialog
ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS FOR INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNEES IN 2010
1. WHAT ARE ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKS?
a. Definitions
b. Examples: Facebook, MySpace, Linkedin, etc..
2. WHAT'S ONLINE FOR EXPATS TODAY?
a. Blogs and Forums
b. Examples: expatexchange.com, reloblogger, etc…
c. Social Network: Internations.com
d. The Good and the Bad
3. ANYTHING FOR CORPORATIONS AND THEIR ASSIGNEES?
4. WHAT WOULD AN IDEAL SYSTEM LOOK LIKE?
a. Connects families, not just assignees
b. Destination orientation by users
c. Advertising Free
d. Controllable by Company HR
e. Can be intra-company
f. Not open to the general public (private)
g. Personal Site for deeper destination and HR information.
Presenter
Mr. MICHAEL CADDEN, Managing Director-
International Operations
LIVING ABROAD LLC
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Michael Cadden began in the Global Mobility profession with Craighead Publications in 1995. Soon after joining he became the driving force behind converting 1000s of pages of country-specific information from paper to online. With that success he later became a principle and Managing Director of Living Abroad LLC in 2002 and is behind its highly successful transformation, culminating with the acquisition of the legacy Craighead business in 2008. He has created several breakthrough presentations and delivered them dozens of times in the USA, Latin America and Europe. Winning topics have included “10 Year Trends in Global Mobility” (2005), “The Dark Side of Short-term Assignments” (2006), “Relocating Generation Y” (2007), “Technology and Global Mobility” (2008) and “Technology vs. Global Employee Privacy” (2009). Additionally, he has moderated a number of NFTC Global Mobility panels. He was named “Man of the Year” in 2007 by Global HR News. Michael is also the creator of the industry’s cartoon icon, “X Pat” Moose. Prior to 1995, he worked in various marketing and management roles with high tech firms Texas Instruments, Digital Equipment and Data General. Education includes Boston University (MBA) and Boston College (BA). He has obtained GMS (Global Mobility Specialist) designation from the ERC. Michael lives with his wife in Norwalk CT and has 4 children. Outside interests include History, Birding, Yoga, Hiking, Science and World Affairs.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Since 1990, Living Abroad LLC has built a solid reputation as a leading source for reliable and accurate international relocation destination information.
Their International Resource Center has online information over 155 international destinations and hundreds of links. It contains essential information on visas, housing, schools, finance, healthcare, and business practices. Online Tools include: International Move Planner, Help Desk, and DFA Culture Compass. For HR they have a Visa & Passport Real-time Database and AIRINC Housing Costs. Traditional, short-term, localized and commuter assignments minimize information searches, reduce the stress of relocation and minimize calls to HR.
Living Abroad LLC has just announced the world’s first private social network, OurWorldConnect.
Living Abroad LLC is independently owned and operated with international headquarters in Norwalk, CT and European headquarters in Belgium. They have a cross-section of Global 1000 corporations as clients and are members of the following industry organizations: Worldwide ERC, SHRM Global, Forum for Expat Management and NFTC.
Information about Living Abroad LLC can be found at www.livingabroad.com
2.30pm to 3.15pm
Afternoon Corporate Keynote
HARDSHIP & DANGER & VOLATILE ECONOMY:
Meeting challenges of managing international assignments and the assignees
Presenter
Mr. BRADLEY CLIPPINGER is the Global International Assignment Manager with
BECHTEL Corporation, and is based in metro Phoenix.
ABOUT THE KEYNOTER
Brad has been responsible for policy design, expatriate management, Int’l compensation, immigration and outsourcing. Brad manages the end to end expatriate process for Bechtel which has 2,000+ expats located in 41 countries. He has been in this current role with Bechtel for almost three years.
Prior to joining Bechtel in March 2007, Brad was the IHR Manager for Alcoa in New York City. His other previous HR experience was with Alcoa in New York City and GTE/Verizon in Stamford CT and Dallas TX. He has made presentations dealing with expatriate issues at the CT Society for Human Resource Management Special Interest Group in Stamford CT and seminars with Deloitte. Brad has visited a number of countries in The Americas, Europe and Asia to connect with his expatriate and management population. Brad holds a BA degree in Business from The University of Connecticut.
3.15pm to 4pm
Corporate Keynote
INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENT EVOLUTION:
KEEPING UP WITH THE BUSINESS
Developing and maintaining a broad but flexible strategy while continuously aligning with the business is a challenging dynamic, especially in an economically challenged environment.
Through this presentation, participants will learn about CISCO – THE HUMAN NETWORK - and how the international assignment strategy went from a limited binary program to one filled with choice and flexibility that can continuously evolve to adjust to the business needs.
Presenter
Ms. KATHY CURTIS, SCRP, GMS is the Senior Manager of Global Relocation and Immigration for CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., headquartered in San Jose CA.
ABOUT THE KEYNOTER
Prior to joining Cisco, Kathy was the SR Global Mobility manager for Flextronics International USA, Inc. Kathy has over 30 years in the global mobility arena with experience on both the service and corporate side. Prior to joining Flextronics, Kathy was a partner in Transition Solutions Group, a consulting/auditing company working exclusively with corporations. Kathy was also at GMAC Global Relocation Services, KPMG LLP and Worldwide Relocation Manager for Apple Computer.
Kathy is an active member of ACIP, WIPA and ERC. Kathy has served on numerous panels and has taught several of the GMS classes for ERC. Kathy was president of ERC in 1997 and was inducted into the Hall of Leaders in 2000. She has been on the Board of Directors for WIPA, Western International Personnel Association, a local Bay Area HR group focusing on global mobility and is involved in Mobility Leadership, an online networking group.
4pm
Brief Summary of the conference Next Practice “take-aways”
SCOTT HAMILTON and ED COHEN
NETWORKING RECEPTION
Adjournment
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