Annual International Human Resources Management Conference – Santa Clara, CA
Date: 7/26/06 - 7/27/06
| INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE Santa Clara, California Day 1 – July 26, 2006 |
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| 8:00-8:30 | REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING BREAKFAST |
| 8:30-8:45 | WELCOMING REMARKS AND OVERVIEW William R. Sheridan, Vice President – IHR Services, National Foreign Trade Council |
| GENERAL SESSIONS | |
| 8:45-9:45 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Peter Brew, Director, International Business Leaders Forum (U.K.) |
| 10:00-11:00 | GLOBAL TALENT MANAGEMENT: Supporting the Business Goals with Talent Predictability, Performance and Productivity Metrics Jennifer Green, Senior Director – Human Resources, Synopsys |
| 9:45-10:00 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |
| 11:00-12:00 | A) GLOBAL EQUITY REWARDS: Current Issues and Trends John Cunha, Director – Executive Compensation & Services Global Human Resources, HP Matthew Pera, Global Equity Design Manager, IntelMarlene Zobayan, Senior Manager – International Assignment Services, Deloitte Tax LLP B) SUCCESSFULLY INTERGRATING CROSS-BORDER MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS: |
| 12:00-1:00 | LUNCHEON |
| GENERAL SESSION | |
| 1:00-2:00 | GLOBALIZATION: Export Controls, Free Trade Agreements, Homeland Security & Intellectual Property Protection William A. Reinsch, President, National Foreign Trade Council |
| 2:00-2:15 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| 2:15-3:15 | IMMIGRATION UPDATE: Overcoming In-Bound & Out-Bound Barriers to Business Related Immigration Kathy Curtis, Global Mobility Manger, Flextronics Cynthia I. Lange, Partner, Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy LLP |
| 3:15-4:30 | RECRUITING, RETAINING AND RELOCATING EMPLOYEES INTO & OUT OF CHINA Sue Evens, Director – Consulting Services, CartusRobert Hartley, Assistant Vice President – Global Compensation & Benefits, Applied Materials |
| 4:30-6:00 | Networking Reception Hosted by: |
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| Day 2 – July 27, 2006 | |
| 8:00-8:30 | NETWORKING BREAKFAST |
| GENERAL SESSIONS | |
| 8:30-9:30 | KEYNOTE SPEAKER Kevin O’Connor, Executive Vice President – Human Resources, Solectron |
| 9:30-10:15 | INDIA – Sourcing and Retaining Talent Sam Balaji, Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP |
| 10:15-10:30 | REFRESHMENT BREAK |
| BREAKOUT SESSIONS | |
| 10:30-11:30 | C) STEALTH EXPATRIATES – What You Don’t Know Will Cost You Paul Benson, Worldwide Strategic Programs, Intel Lorraine Cohen, Director, Deloitte Tax LLP Cynthia I. Lange, Partner, Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy LLP D) GLOBAL MOBILITY PROGRAMS – How to Quantify Value to Corporate Strategy |
| 11:30-12:30 | E) RISK MANAGEMENT: Approaches to Mitigating International HR Related Risk Mike Timmer, Regional Director – Western Region, Generali Employee Benefits F) IHR ISSUES IN HOT & COLD PLACES (Asia, Middle East, Russia…) |
| 12:30-1:15 | LUNCHEON |
| GENERAL SESSIONS | |
| 1:15-2:15 | UPDATE ON GLOBAL BENEFITS Marc Reinhardt, Vice President, Generali Employee Benefits |
| 2:15-3:00 | GOVERNANCE! GOVERNANCE! GOVERNANCE HR MANAGEMENT IN THE CORSS HAIRS: Ignorance is Not Bliss Scott R. Flicker, Partner, Deloitte Tax LLP Kristen D. Nevarez, Associate, Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy LLP |
| 3:15 | CONFERENCE WRAP-UP William R. Sheridan, Vice President – IHR Services, National Foreign Trade Council |




