Memo from EDWIN COHEN, Conference Chairman, Editor/Publisher and CEO, GLOBALHR News™Media
Hello and Good Day to you, my friends and a warm welcome to you once more. I am grateful for your kind attention and please understand that I am truly honored to be able to produce another London conference; this will be our 7th in the series. To quickly provide some perspective, our 1st conference in London was presented during November 1997. What a different world we live in today! How has it changed for you?
For the purpose of today's conference, I ask you to please consider the impact of the "internet" and equally the impact of increased "world trade or globalisation" on how you manage your business... on the definition of "effective leadership" ... on how you deliver "customer service" ... and in the world-we-live-in-today, how you "manage risk".
We will gain a "360 perspective" as a result of today's corporate-oriented, continuing education course
And now I want to say that I am honored to be able to produce this conference with WILLIS in their beautiful and state-of-the-art world headquarters. WILLIS GROUP HOLDINGS is a leading global insurance broker, developing and delivering professional insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world.
I promise that you will not be disappointed in the quality and you will take-away practical information and guidance, new insight, and very likely new contacts. I have organized this conference with the goal to help you and prepare you for a fast-start in 2011. If you have any questions or suggestions please know that I listen and I welcome your contact ... ed@globalhrnews.com
To help you prepare for this conference, I invite you to consider the following:
DO YOU HAVE A "GLOBAL MINDSET"?
CAN YOU DEFINE IT AND MEASURE IT?
DO YOUR CUSTOMERS HAVE A GLOBAL MINDSET?
WHAT IS YOUR ORGANISATION'S CAPACITY RIGHT NOW FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS?
Having a GLOBAL MINDSET is fundamental to sustainable international business growth.
GLOBAL MINDSET can be defined this way:
Individual characteristics that help global leaders better influence individuals, groups, and organizations.... unlike themselves.
People who have a GLOBAL MINDSET within the organization would know their customers just as they might know their customers in a neighboring state or region. They have at least a basic understanding of things such as global cultures, language and global history.
As we know, the days of being able to rely on products and services selling themselves because they are "the best" or simply at the lowest-price are going away or already gone in most instances. Consumers/Buyers want to know that you at least know some basics ...such as "respect" for their culture and many would want to have a dialog... to get to know you and let you know something about themselves. It seems like a good idea... however, many people in today’s workforce have little "cultural interest" outside their own country or region. Increasingly, as World Trade competition intensifies it is becoming all too visible.
As an independent business, GLOBALHR is able to be an advocate for change...for "next practices" and innovation... for the common good.
Intercultural Training Services are relatively inexpensive and quite practical when provided and integrated on a day-to-day basis. Organizations will reduce risk-of-failure and therefore save huge sums (possibly enhancing profitability as a result) due to instances of less error and of greater efficiency day-to-day.
Providing professional development skills and the resulting personal growth creates a greater Human Capital Asset. Intercultural Training is the #1 solution to the “problem” of doing business internationally.
Firms who can efficiently execute global strategic and operational advice (sales, customer services, communications, engagement, loyalty) are going to have advantages on their competition in the World Trade environment. It is a perfect foundation and “integrative” not an “additive”… on which to build global strategy, operating processes, capital raising, restructuring, and merger/acquisition.
For your benefit, our conference Faculty is excellent; each has earned distinction in their field; and, they were selected because each has proven "presentation" skills. You will have a measurable "take-away" and via audience participation an enhanced "IQ".
Please prepare for this conference by thinking about participating
in the spirit of "collaboration and idea exchange" throughout the day. We will have...
COMMENTARY BY THOUGHT-LEADERS... WITH AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ON THESE THEMES:
Managing Risks: Financial, International Assignments, Geo-Political, macro-Economic, Regulatory, Piracy, Kidnap/Ransom, Changing Demographics, and ... Catastrophe “Black Swan” events
Managing Risks: Aligning People Policy with Profit Goals; Mobility - Organization Development - Total Rewards - Retention - Succession
Today's business of HR = Alignment & Collaboration with the C-suite
What do CEOs expect from HR Leadership for a better 2011?
Being an Effective Leader Today; impact of globalization & internet.
Today's Global Business = Building Customer Satisfaction from the Inside-Out
Our objective for this conference is to enhance the group's "collective IQ" and encourage
Alignment & Collaboration across silos and across divisions with the C-suite objectives in order to get to the "Next Practices" innovation ...A NEW GLOBAL MINDSET.
GLOBALHR
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Thursday, the 16th of September 2010
From 08.00
CHECK-IN DESK OPEN IN THE SPONSOR AREA
COFFEE & NETWORKING
MEET THE DELEGATES
08.50 to 09.15
OPENING REMARKS & PURPOSE
Mr. ED COHEN, GLOBALHR
Mr. BILL ROSE, Conference CoHost and President of US-based WILLIS RELOCATION RISK GROUP
09.15 to 09.50
OPENING KEYNOTE
WORLD TRADE'S IMPACT ON GLOBAL TALENT MANAGEMENT AND TOTAL REWARDS, SUSTAINABILITY AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY...
AND THE CRITICAL ROLE OF RISK MANAGEMENT
Keynote Presenter
Mr. Alain Bicqué,
Vice Chairman - Global Employee Benefits Practice
Willis International Limited
Alain Bicqué heads the Employee Benefits Practice for Willis International, a part of the leading global insurance broker. Willis is developing and delivering professional insurance, reinsurance, risk management, financial and human resource consulting and actuarial services to corporations, public entities and institutions around the world. Willis has more than 400 offices in nearly 120 countries, with a global team of approximately 20,000 Associates serving clients in some 190 countries international.
Based in London, Alain oversees the activities, strategic choices, development as well as the financial performance of the local employee benefits units in the different countries.
With almost 20 years experience in the employee benefits and insurance industry Alain has developed a thorough knowledge of local social security systems, HR policies and employee benefit plans in various countries. He started his career with Citibank N.A. in Brussels and then moved to Van Breda International, a Belgian broker specialised in international medical and expatriate plans. Prior to joining Willis in 2001 he also worked for the multinational pooling networks MIA/ING and Insurope.
Over the years he has been a regular speaker at several international forums around the globe.
Alain is holding a Master Degree of Commercial Sciences from the Hogeschool-Universiteit Brussels and is a Main Committee Member of the International Employee Benefits Organisation (IEBA).
09.55 to 10.30
Legal keynote: Employment Law
SENDING STAFF OVERSEAS - WHOSE LAW APPLIES?
The UK Courts have recently delivered several important judgments in cases in which workers have been sent to work all or part of their time overseas. The rules as to which law applies will differ according to the type of claim - a discrimination case might not be heard in the same country as a claim for unlawful dismissal, for example.
The rules become even more complicated when the laws of the European Union and its individual member states are taken into account - a real legal maze.
Presenters
Mr. GARY FREER, Partner with McGRIGORS LLP
Ms. SARAH HOWLETT, Partner with McGRIGORS LLP
Gary Freer/Sarah Howlett will explain how things got this bad and suggest practical ways to steer you through when planning, managing and terminating international assignments.'
ABOUT THE EXPERTS
Sarah Howlett is a Partner in the employment & pensions team and is based in our London office.
Sarah has over 12 years of experience advising clients on all aspects of employment law. In particular Sarah regularly advises on restrictive covenants, executive recruitment, and severance, large scale redundancies, transfer of undertakings and changing terms and conditions. Sarah also advises on status issues, termination payments and the employment aspects of tax savings schemes involving salary sacrifice.
Recent Successes:
* advising on the employment law issues arising out of a major restructuring involving over 800 employees across the UK
* advising an investment bank on the reorganisation of its temporary workers
* advising agencies and end users on the impact of the Agency Workers Regulations
* advising a major global organisation on the transfer of employment of its offshore employees from various jurisdictions to a central employment company
* advising on a complex high court injunction application concerning alleged conspiracy and breach of fiduciary duties
* advising on a large scale international outsourcing
Clients for whom Sarah currently acts include Balfour Beatty, BP and KPMG.
Gary Freer is a Partner in the employment & pensions team and is based in our London office.
Gary has 25 years experience of advising and representing clients in all aspects of employment law, including in particular Executive Severance, team moves (including drafting and enforcement of garden leave clauses and restrictive covenants), unfair and wrongful dismissal, and all kinds of Tribunal claims. He also advises on transfer of undertakings (TUPE), particularly in relation to corporate and outsourcing transactions and on global mobility issues concerning expatriates.
He is highly rated in the 2009 Edition of the Legal 500 which quoted a client as saying that he "always gives well-considered advice which is both legally robust and commercially reasonable."
Gary was recently elected the Chairman of the Employment Committee of the City of London Law Society. He is a regular speaker and writer on employment law issues and has in the past twelve months spoken in New York, Paris, Zurich and Geneva.
10.30 to 11.00
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK in the sponsor resource area
11.00 to 11.40
Global Corporate Benchmarking
LINKING COST-EFFECTIVE MOBILITY POLICY & PRACTICE with GLOBAL TALENT and the BUSINESS GOALS
Presenter
Mr. THOMAS EFKEMANN is the Head of Global Mobility, SAP AG, based in Frankfurt.
Thomas Efkemann has been the Head of HR Global Mobility since 2007. He is also an Attorney at Law and a Certified Tax Consultant. His earlier responsibilities included being Senior Consultant responsible to develop International Business Traveler risk program and tax expert (2003 – 2005); Manager Global Mobility Americas Team and Mobility project office (2005-2006); he was a Consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers - International Assignment Solutions and Human Resource Consulting (2001-2003). And Mr. Efkemann is also a Director of ImmoNet GmbH (Internet startup).
Delegates will learn about the CISCO relocation policies and how/why the company believes the policies support every talent requirement scenario faced on a global basis. Delegates will explore cost, rationale, and policy components... and how they enable CISCO to move and develop global talent.
Presenter
Ms. SHAUNA PAGE, CISCO SYSTEMS HR/Relocation Manager and in this role, leading relocation and immigration, expatriate tax and compliance,the for European markets and for the Emerging markets.
Shauna has been at CISCO managing the relocation program for 10 years. She has also managed relocation programs at Goldman Sachs, at Experian, as well as being in Account Director roles at Cartus, and at Ernst & Young LLP.
12.30
NETWORKING LUNCHEON in the sponsor area
Announcement & Presentation
GLOBALHR INNOVATOR AWARD
Presented for demonstrated excellence and ingenuity.
13.40 to 14.25
Legal keynote: Business Immigration
IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE TIER 2 WORK PERMIT: cap on the number of sponsored migrants
On 19 July 2010 the UK Border Agency introduced an interim limit on applications submitted under Tier 1 (General) and Tier 2 (General) of the UK Points Based System. The UK government intends to make this cap for Tier 2 (General) migrants permanent in April 2011.
This education session by Fragomen will focus on the cap imposed under the Tier 2 scheme, the effects on employers of non-EEA nationals, as well as suggestions on how to plan future mobility.
Presenter
Mr. ANDREW BARNETT (Solicitor),
Fragomen LLP
ABOUT THE EXPERT
Prior to joining Fragomen, Andrew Barnett practised as an Associate in the London office of full-service, US-based international law firm Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan, where he headed the Corporate Immigration department. Andrew Barnett is Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales. His Representative Experience includes:
Assisting top clients of the London practice with applications and training under the UK’s new Points-Based System.
UK Client Services Manager for key clients of the London practice in diverse industries such as consumer product manufacture; accountancy; computer manufacture and sales; internet retail; film and media; telecommunications.
Global Client Services Manager for one of the London practice’s biggest clients in the Information Technology sector.
Advising clients on corporate immigration strategy with focus on costs-saving methods.
Implementation of new clients.
14.25 to 14.40
COFFEE BREAK
in the sponsor area
14.45 to 15.15
Benefit Planning
EXPAT POPULATION: MOBILE, RICH and HAPPY? What about my Retirement Plan?
Presenter
Mr. STEVE J CHAPMAN is the International Sales Manager of AEGON Global Pensions.
15.20 to 16.00
Global Corporate Benchmarking
MOBILITY POLICY FOR THE RECOVERY; WHAT'S DIFFERENT?
Presenter
Mr. M. YANN SCAVENNEC, Responsable Mobilite Groupe for ALTRAN, a Paris-based European leader in innovation consulting and high technology. Yann coordinates a network of mobility experts in 20 countries and manages policies, expatriation, inpatriation, and international assignments.
Yann Scavennec has been working in the Human Resources field for a decade now. He started his career in Executive Search and Business Intelligence before joining the recruitment division of ALTRAN in 2001. He then moved to London in 2002 and became Recruitment Manager for the UK and Ireland. During 4 years he recruited business managers, managing and engineering consultants. He also developed relationships with the major British and Irish Universities. Yann graduated from the Sorbonne University and ESSEC Business School. He holds a Master’s degree in German, one in international trade and another one in HR.
ALTRAN Group’s 17,500 consultants, operating worldwide, cover the entire range of engineering specialties, including electronics, information technology, quality and organization. They assist corporations throughout the innovation process, from technological monitoring, applied basic research and management consulting to industrial systems engineering and information systems, in most sectors, such as: automotive, aeronautics, space, telecommunications… Founded in 1982, ALTRAN operates in 20 priority countries. In 2008, it generated a turnover of €1,650 million.
16.00 to 16.30
Theme Keynote
INDUSTRY NEW RISK MANAGEMENT: Piracy, Kidnap & Ransom, Catastrophe... and more
Session Leader:
Mr. BILL ROSE, President of US-based WILLIS RELOCATION RISK GROUP. With over 300 offices in more than 100 countries, Willis is the third largest insurance brokerage and risk management consultancy firm in the world and continuously looking for innovative solutions to risk management for the relocation industry.
Commentators will include a variety of experts and business managers:
16.30 to 17.30
Open-forum Discussion with Commentator-Thought Leaders
The
GLOBALHR TALK SHOW ... Hosted by Ed Cohen
Discussion themes
GLOBAL CUSTOMER SERVICE in the NEW ECONOMY =
Building Customer Satisfaction from the Inside-Out...
THE CHALLENGES...
STRATEGY...
TACTICS...
SOLUTIONS FOUND !
Commentator-Thought Leaders will include...
Ms. TRACY FIGLIOA, Head of Global Mobility - EMEA - HSBC
Ms. SHARON LORIMER, MA DBM MBA, is the
founder of doshebu.tv . Sharon is a photojournalist as well as a human resources consultant.
Mr. ANDREW FINNEY, Managing Director, HCR Group
Mr. LIAM JAMES, Director - Search Practice;
BLUESKY HR Group (London - Hong Kong - New York)
Mr. PETER WELTENIUS, Managing Director, EXPECT MOVE Ltd.
17.30
RECEPTION in the Sponsor area
..............
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RELATED BACKGROUND
GLOBALHR has produced over 200 education Conferences which are by-design, 1-day education conferences typically for 30 to 75 senior-level corporate managers and expert Provider delegates. These are not sales events, however we do have cosponsors. Some conferences are larger: London, Houston, Seattle, Silicon Valley, New York. Conference format acclaimed by corporate managers for the collaborative, learning environments. We provide delegates with ample time for relationship-building. Each conference has a business social on the evening prior. Conference venues are perfect for discussing issues, exchanging ideas … solving problems … making decisions for the common good.
In October 1984 we produced our 1st-ever conference… at Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce. In that era we were primarily in the business of publishing and advertising sales and we were very actively promoting Southern California for economic development, business destination and engineer recruitment. We invented, organized, published and marketed globally CALIFORNIA BOUND®, a guide to the region which became official guide of the LA Chamber and utilized for recruitment/relocation by major employers and Relocation Management Companies globally. We also produced the 1st video relocation guide on LA Metro. Feb ‘06 was our 1st Latin America conference - Panama, followed by Sao Paulo twice (‘07 + ‘09), Rio in ‘08, Mexico City ‘08. From Jan’09 thru Dec’10 we organised/produced/hosted …42 "live" peer-to-peer education conferences: 10 in Europe, 1 in Brasil, 31 across America. Total audience-count just under 3000; corporate delegate ratio will have averaged 55% and this would include approximately 1500 corporate participants. We are honored.
UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE
You, as a delegate, will take-away practical information and techniques that work. Our Faculty has experience, practical know-how, in-depth knowledge, and they have proven delivery skills. And, if you do not meet new people who can help you and your business and/or if you cannot take-away practical guidance then I will give you a Complimentary Registration to your choice of one GLOBALHR Conference worldwide produced within 7 months of this Sep 16th conference. This is my promise to you. Questions? Please contact me, Ed Cohen, Conference Chairman, CEO...
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Memo from EDWIN COHEN, Conference Chairman, Editor/Publisher and CEO, GLOBALHR News™Media
