HOME CONTENT MEDIA CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS ABOUT US PAST ISSUES SUBSCRIBE California's Silicon Valley, 30 Jan 08   Conference Themes COLLABORATION and INNOVATION GETTING TO THE RIGHT GLOBAL STRATEGY on INTERNATIONAL ASSIGNMENTS™     to be held at... SILICON VALLEY CAPITAL CLUB • contact 619 297 5700 for more info downtown San Jose     GLOBAL HR NEWS CONTINUING EDUCATION 7am CHECK-IN DESK OPENS CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, COFFEE and...NETWOKRING 8.15am OPENING REMARKS INTRODUCTIONS Ed Cohen, Conference Producer and Publisher GLOBALHR NEWS 8.30am to 9.40am OPENING KEYNOTE Getting to the Right Strategy... UNDERSTANDING INTERNATIONAL POLICY TRENDS This session will explore the current issues and the challenges in International Assignment Management, and discuss and review the results of the recent KPMG International Assignment Policy and Practices Survey. We will help you build the case for and against these concepts within your own organization. Presented by Conference Co-Host: JOHN McLEARIE, Partner, KPMG LLP ABOUT John McLearie is KPMG West Region IES Partner in Charge, based in Costa Mesa, California, since February 2007. Prior to that John was the IES Practice Leader and Office Managing Partner in KPMG LLPs branch in Paris where he spent the last 9 years. He was also, during the past 9 years, a member of the KPMG Global and European IES Steering Committee. John has over 25 years of experience, in consulting with multinational companies, relating to IHR policy issues, US and European transfer planning issues. 9.45am to 10.15am COFFEE BREAK 10.15am to 10.55am LEGAL UPDATE: WORLDWIDE IMMIGRATION and GOVERNMENTS; WHAT'S HAPPENING? CYNTHIA LANGE, Managing Partner Northern California FRAGOMEN 11am to 11.40am TALENT MANAGEMENT AND GLOBAL COMPENSATION... DEVELOPING AND MANAGING A WORKFORCE PLAN RELIES ON A GLOBAL COMPENSATION STRUCTURE JENNIFER GREEN, Principal Consultant, GREEN GLOBAL RESOURCES SYNOPSIS Workforce Planning starts with HR teaming up with Finance to strategize, capture and trend relevant “cost” data that makes explicit what impact labor costs have on the company’s profitability, particularly among high tech companies where labor rates are the biggest factor in the expense line. Using labor (both direct and indirect) cost data as leverage, it is easier to get attention paid to the importance of reducing labor costs and drive human capital investment and resources iin locations where costs are low, and productivity is higher. How to measure the costs and how to measure productivity is a challenge but by capturing costs (inputs) and measuring productivity (output) in terms of revenue and performance, you will be able to understand the true value of the lower cost regions. It's not just about lowered labor costs. It's also about productivity and performance. Where are your highest performers? What are your skills requirements now and in the future? What are labor cost trends? Global Compensation Programs provide a framework from which to compare apples to apples, across the globe. Having the same criteria for job levels simplifies the process. How many career and senior level engineers and where will you find them? Having a common frame of reference across the globe in terms of skills and competencies facilitates communication about the cost and productivity of your workforce. 11.50am to 12.35pm EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES .... for global business and mobility JAMES CADDEN Managing Director ONE OCEAN TECHNOLOGIES MICHAEL CADDEN Managing Director - International Operations LIVING ABROAD, LLC Summary: Technology has leaped ahead in the past decade, but much of global business is conducted using tools from 1998, especially the global mobility community. For example, decade-old technology, such as instant messaging and blogs are just emerging into the corporate business world. There is so much more happening that we need to know about. This highly engaging, controversial and lively one-hour presentation introduces the audience to the emerging technology trends and how they are likely to impact their working world. Technology Topics you will better understand: OVERVIEW: '98-'08; MOBILE DEVICES: No longer just a phone, a tether for your global nomads; MASSIVE DATABASES: software enabling top-power...Mass Collaboration ...The wisdom of the globally connected crowd... Video...10,000+ TV channels across the planet; WEB APPLICATIONS: your whole business, online. Offices - a thing of the past? SATELLITE INTERNET: Never need a hot spot again. No place is remote; OUTLOOK TOWARD '12 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. Michael has created several breakthough presentations and delivered them dozens of times in the USA, Latin America and Europe including being featured during Global HR News Conferences. Popular winning topics have included “10 Year Trends in Global Mobility” (2005), “The Dark Side of Short-term Assignments” (2006) and “Relocating Generation Y” (2006/7). In 2008 he is launching "Emerging Technologies Impacting Global Business and Mobility". Additionally, he has moderated a number of NFTC Global Mobility panels and he received the GlobalHR News Communicator of the Year Award - 2007. Michael is also the creator of the industry’s cartoon icon, “X Pat” Moose. Michael graduated from Boston College with a BA in Economics and with a MBA from Boston University. 12.35pm WORKING LUNCHEON 1.25 - 2.10pm LUNCHEON KEYNOTE INTERNATIONAL EMPLOYMENT LAW...How to Terminate Employees While On Assignment E.JOHAN LUBBE, Partner, JACKSON LEWIS LLP MARK ASKANAS, Partner, JACKSON LEWIS LLP 2.10 - 2.25pm BREAK 2.30 - 3pm INTERNAL BRANDING SCOTT HAMILTON is founding partner of ALLIGN™ (www.allignteam.com) "Aligning Actions to Improve Performance". Scott Hamilton has devoted more than 20 years to improving organizational performance in Fortune 500 and mid-market companies. As both a corporate executive (Nestle, AliedSignal, Aramark, McDonald's) and external advisor, he pioneered the use of unique methods to align the workforce with corporate vision. His strategic execution improvement programs bring measurable value to the implementation of business initiatives. His ongoing research focuses on improving bottom-line performance - e.g., strategic execution, acquisition integration, enterprise systems implementation, creating innovative cultures, and restructuring. Scott is known for his pioneering research in the concepts of collective intelligence and business metrics, including Contribution Scorecard™, Market IQ© , and LineofSight™ business tools. He is a frequent keynote speaker at industry events, associations and company retreats on topics regarding strategic execution, internal branding, alignment, and other topics. ALLIGN™ is a conculting firm that helps organizations move into new “spaces” and accelerate the execution of their plans. While recognizing the importance of great strategy, this is to no avail if the window of opportunity closes or the execution is flawed. 3.10 - 3.35pm IDENTITY THEFT PROTECTION DURING MOBILITY PROCESS...TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION John L. Heithaus, SCRP;Chief Customer Officer, Orion Mobility Synopsis: Identity Theft...This streamlined program will discuss methods of protection that corporate relocation managers, relocation management firms and individual transferees can take to reduce the likelihood that an ID Theft will occur. Identity Theft is one of the nation's fastest growing crimes, so pervasive that President Bush has established a task force to combat it. That group issued recommendations last year, creating a National Identity Theft Law Enforcement Center to help local agencies coordinate investigations. 8.3 million, or nearly 4 percent, of American adults were victims of identity theft in 2005, according to the latest figures from the Federal Trade Commission, which enforces identity theft laws. Of those victims, 1.8 million had accounts opened or other types of fraud committed with stolen information. The rest had their credit cards or other financial accounts hijacked. Unfortunately, people in the middle of a relocation, and their families, are particularly susceptible to exposure due to the logistics of the relocation process. ABOUT THE PRESENTER John’s twenty-five year career in relocation spans executive positions with Merrill Lynch, Cartus, Monstermoving.com and Prudential Relocation. He also served as Vice President, Membership for the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council (ERC) and helped create valuable strategic alliance programs benefiting the association’s worldwide members. Educated at Iona College, Manhattan College’s MBA program and Georgetown University’s McDonough Graduate School of International Business, he is currently matriculating for a PhD in Organizational Theory and Design from Warren National University. Heithaus received ERC’s coveted President’s Award in 1996, in addition to three Distinguished and two Meritorious Service Awards, for his contributions to the industry’s educational and technological initiatives. He also holds the SCRP designation from WORLDWIDE ERC. 3.40 to 4.20pm POLICY UPDATE: HOW TO "GO GLOBAL" ... AND SURVIVE! ALAN FREEMAN, GPHR, Chairman & CEO LOF International Human Resources Solutions, Inc. SYNOPSIS: When companies make the decision to venture into the international marketplace, it often falls upon the HR function to “put together a package” to send first-ever international assignees to new locations around the world. Often, other than having heard that the terms “expatriate” and “expensive” are inextricably linked, those challenged with establishing these approaches don’t have the necessary experience nor know where to start. This session will provide a look at options for program structure, delineate the many independent variables that must be taken into consideration and offer an approach for building a practical program that is truly appropriate to each individual company and its business circumstances. 4.20pm to 4.45pm THE CULTURE KEYNOTE “INTER-CULTURAL PREPAREDNESS" DELAYNE ROMSON, Dean Foster Associates This streamlined presentation will explore some of the key cultural mountains that need to be overcome for global success, and how cultural differences actually determine the roles that different countries play as they assume their place in the global economy. 4.45pm to 6pm BURNING ISSUES...an "open forum" Talk Show FORMAT: Commentators with audience participation. Topics include: COST ESCALATION VS. COST CONTROL: What to do about it... How to Manage Expectations “DEFINING GOING GREEN” and the 3 P’s – Predictability, Productivity, and Performance. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: MANAGING THE PHASES ...Due Diligence, Transition, Integration... DO'S and DON'TS WORKPLACE ISSUES: International Employment/Labour Law Tax planning, Compensation, Localization and assignment management - cost benefit analysis Skills Shortage and the "Talent Gap" Currency Rates and Salary Pressures Managing Outsourcing/Offshoring... Career Development; Recruitment; Workforce Planning SESSION MODERATORS / FACILITATORS: Jennifer Green, Principal Consultant, Green Global Resources Ed Cohen, Publisher GLOBALHR NEWS DISCUSSION LEADERS include: KRUTI SHAH, International Compensation Specialist; Mattel, Inc. STEVE REYNOSA, Director Human Resources, Virtualization Management; Citrix Inc. KATHY CURTIS, Manager, Global Relocation and Immigration; Cisco Systems BEVERLY WEBB, International Relocation Program Manager; HP DOUGLAS JOHNSON, Manager, HiFX, INC. PAUL GRIFFIN, Partner, Norton Rose (UK) JAN ALLEN, CEO, Journey's End Relocation SCOTT HAMILTON, Partner, ALLIGN™ E. JOHAN LUBBE, Partner, JacksonLewis LLP JOHN McLEARIE, Partner, KPMG KKP 6pm RECEPTION From the Conference Producer: AN UNCONDITIONAL GUARANTEE With respect to this education conference, if for any reason you do not "take-away" practical information and application techniques and new ideas and new contacts who can be helpful to you and your business mission or your professional development, tell us and we will immediately credit your paid attendance to your choice of one other GLOBAL HR NEWS Conference™ of your choice, worldwide. GLOBAL HR NEWS™ has been fortunate to have been acclaimed for providing continuing professional education conferences within a unique, collaborative learning environment enabling delegates to better share ideas, learn practical application techniques and gain valuable insight, as well as enhance established relationships and be able to meet bright, new people. Our Conference Delegate audiences have included corporate executives, senior Human Resources Directors including Compensation/Benefits experts and HR professionals and a wide variety of Employee Mobility Managers, top management consultants, experts in Tax, Legal and Finance, and also many of the world's best "mobility" service-providers, products and their vendors... located in key HQ cities of Latin America, Europe and across the US. Come and learn, meet bright, new people, and THRIVE within a unique, collaborative working environment. It's my promise to you! -- Ed Cohen, Conference Producer Publisher GLOBAL HR NEWS www.globalhrnews.com +1.619.297.5700 CONFERENCE BUSINESS SOCIAL: Reception & Dinner Program happens from 6.30pm on 29 JANUARY at the fashionable HOTEL SAINTE CLAIRE, providing the most authentic Italian dining experience outside of Italy. Please RSVP asap to Ed Cohen via phone +1.619.297.5700 or email news@globalhrnews.com . Each paid conference registration includes one Dinner event guaranteed seat. Additional Dinner event registrations can be purchased separately @ $100/person because this special event is open and available to guests of delegates and to industry professionals who cannot attend the education conference on 30 January. ABOUT US… GLOBAL HR NEWS www.globalhrnews.com covers World Trade's Effects on Strategy, Employees, and Cultures™ ....and is a Southern California-based independent media company specifically involved with organizing Continuing Professional Education Conferences in North America, Latin America, and Europe, to date; and, creating and distributing Public Relations Communications via its owned/operated trade publications and radio channel. As a media company our products and services are sponsored by fine companies around the world. GLOBAL HR NEWS works exclusively on behalf of a unique clientele on an increasingly global basis: multinational companies who deploy staff on international assignment; companies who relocate staff domestically and are now "going global"; experts in Talent, Compensation/Benefits, Tax, Legal, and Finance; top management consultancies; and the world’s most accomplished “mobility” service-providers and solution-focused product vendors. Our tagline means something to us because we work on behalf of our clients… HELPING YOUR BUSINESS IS OUR BUSINESS™ CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Each Registration Fee (see below) covers the January 30th conference education course; continental breakfast, coffee breaks, Luncheon. NOTE about DISCOUNTS: Contract Advertisers in Global HR News Magazine get very special discounts on conference registrations...SAVE MONEY. You are welcome to participate. 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