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ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Frankfurt – February 29 – March 2, 2012
Key Human Resources Issues for the Next Decade
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm Welcome Drinks and Finger Food Hosted and Sponsored by CMS Hasche Sigle
Barckhausstraße 12-16, 60325 Frankfurt am Main,
Tel: +49 (0) 69 71701 - 0
Thursday, March 1, 2012
8:00 am Registration Opens/Continental Breakfast:
Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof
Am Kaiserplatz
60311 Frankfurt, Germany
+49 (0) 69 215 02
9:00 am Welcome by Allen Powley, GlaxoSmithKline, Chair of XBHR and
Gerlind Wisskirchen, CMS Hasche Sigle, 2012 Conference Chair
9:15 am Workforce Planning
Optimal allocation of personnel resources around the globe to maximize organisational performance. The imbalance between vacancies and the availability of the right competences (talent shortage; skill mismatches etc)
Talent Mobility (i.e. expats): the solution for demographic trend and talent gap?
Moderated by: Caroline Dhir, Ernst & Young
Allen Powley, GlaxoSmithKline
Ulrich Bormann, Evonik
10:45 am Break
11:00 am Talent Management
Managing top talent and low talent; addressing the gap between business expectations and HR achievements (low talent management and management of competences versus acknowledgment of low performance); protecting the investment in top talent (through most effective use of restrictive covenants etc)
Moderated by: Gary Siniscalco, Orrick
Beatrice von Brauchitsch, Hertz
Michael Burd, Lewis Silkin
12:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Post-Merger Integration – HR Challenges
Moderated by: Günter Frei, Avaya
Gerlind Wisskirchen, CMS Hasche Sigle
Martina Blümling, PerkinElmer
Heike Müller-Simon, Unisys Outsourcing
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm Demise of Unions and Collective Bargaining?
Unions strive to achieve International Framework Agreements and target MNC at their weakest spot
Moderated by: Ajay Raghavan, Trilegal
Johan Lubbe, Littler Mendelson
Gunda Niehaus, Procter & Gamble
Michael Wöhler, Terex
Patricia Burke, The ServiceMaster Company
4:45 pm Closing Remarks
6:30 pm Reception and Gala Dinner
Hosted and Sponsored by Epstein Becker Green, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Sherrard Kuzz LLP and Thouvenin Rechtsanwälte at Holbein’s Restaurant im Städl, Holbeinstr. 1, 60596 Frankfurt
Keynote Speaker: Michael Beyer VP Europe, Avaya
Friday, March 2, 2012
8:00 am Continental Breakfast
8:45 am Human Resources and Employment in Changing Times
Are working relationships fundamentally changing – away from employment with a single employer, and perhaps away from employment at all? What does this mean for human resource professionals?
Is the workplace changing to meet the needs of older workers and the ´millennials´? Does it need to?
Moderated by: Bettina Bender, CM Murray
Erin Kuzz, Sherrard Kuzz
David Garland, Epstein Becker Green
10:15 am Break
10:30am Annual General Meeting
10:45 am Open Forum to Discuss Hot Topics
Moderated by: Mike Delikat, Orrick
Baba M. Zipkin, IBM
12:15 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Changes in Company Culture and Organisation (e.g. expansion of operations in new markets)
Moderated by: Filip Saelens, Loyens & Loeff
Ramona Bauer, Ruia Global Fasteners
2:45 pm How to Develop a Global Leadership Team?
Improvement of leadership development: internal-development programmes and corporate universities
Moderated by: Roselyn Sands, Ernst & Young
D. Jan Duffy, Management Practices Group
4:15 pm Closing Remarks
4:30 pm Business Meeting of Executive Board
6:30 pm Optional Dinner