Day 1

Optional Workshops are available prior to the commencement of the conference. Please click HERE to learn more.

1pm: REGISTRATION AND WELCOME COFFEE

2:30pm: WELCOME REMARKS

Jason Starr, Editor, search-consult and President
Dillistone Group Plc

2:40pm: EFFECTIVE GLOBAL TALENT MANAGEMENT

Dr. Dagmar Wilbs, Head of Human Capital Practice
Mercer (based in Germany)

Managing talents on a global basis is one of the most critical challenges organizations face today. Being already demanding in a national business, the effective identification, development, and retention of high performing employees in critical jobs is far more complex in multinational environments. For example, in emerging markets like the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), the increasing shortage of highly skilled talents, combined with the high turnover rates of these fast developing competitive markets, make Human Capital a key success factor. A proactive exposure with these aspects from both, local companies as well as multinationals, therefore is key to avoid talent shortage, leadership gaps, and deficiencies in human capital management.

A successful Global Talent Management approach in these regions is driven by the organization's business needs, as well as strongly impacted by regional market and cultural specifics. External recruiting sources and processes must be defined specifically, internal development programmes need to consider local environments, and levers for higher retention rates must be identified. As a consequence, an integrated as well as differentiated global Talent Management Approach is key to manage the extreme imbalance of supply and demand of talents in these regions.

3:20pm HOW COCA-COLA SATISFIES ITS THIRST FOR GLOBAL LEADERSHIP TALENT

John Goldberg, Director Executive Talent Acquisition
The Coca-Cola Company (based in the USA)

Worldwide, the Coca-Cola Company recruits around 75 senior executives every year. John Goldberg, Director of Executive Talent Acquisition, is responsible for each of them. In this presentation, John will discuss the different strategies followed, and put forward proposals as to how corporations - and search firms - should build capability in order to recruit leaders today and in the future, and the challenges and opportunities organizations are faced with in doing so.

4:10pm - 5pm: PANEL DISCUSSION: TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL TALENT MANAGEMENT

Moderated by Jörg Rischke, Managing Partner, Oliver Wyman –
Delta Organization & Leadership (based in Germany)

Panelists:
- Syed Ali Abbas, Executive Director Human Resources
AT&T Asia Pacific and India (based in Singapore)
- Dr. Daniel Dirks, Head of Group Human Resources
Allianz SE (based in Germany)
- Alexander Hiller, Global Head of Talent & Leadership
Deutsche Bank AG (based in Germany)
- Karl-Heinz Reitz, Director Learning and Talent Management
SAP AG (based in Germany)
- Marjolein Stead-Grijsen, Director Human Resources EMEA
Lexmark (based in Switzerland)

6pm: DRINKS RECEPTION

7pm: GALA DINNER

After Dinner Speaker - Parag Paranjpe, Senior Director, Human Resources, ICICI Venture, India’s largest Private Equity Fund.

In this presentation, Parag Paranjpe will discuss how he works with his portfolio companies to acquire, retain and develop talent.

Day 2

8am: CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

9:15am: WELCOME REMARKS

Jason Starr, Editor, search-consult and President
Dillistone Group Plc

9:20am: HOW GREAT COMPANIES MANAGE EXECUTIVE SEARCH ACTIVITIES

David Lord, Founder
Executive Search Information Services (based in the USA)

10:05am: PANEL DISCUSSION - EXECUTIVE SEARCH ACROSS BORDERS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

Moderated by David Lord, Founder
Executive Search Information Services (based in the USA)

Panelists:
- Ulrich F. Ackermann, Member of the Board of Directors
TRANSEARCH International Partners Plc (based in Germany)
- Rolf Heeb, President
AIMS International (based in Germany)
- Nirmit Parekh, Chairman
Penrhyn International (based in India)
- Miguel Ángel Zuil, Partner
Boyden (based in Spain)
- Other panelists TBA

10:50am: NETWORKING BREAK

11:25am: INTEGRATING EXECUTIVE RECRUITING INTO TALENT PLANNING

Simon Mullins, Director, Executive Recruiting
Microsoft Corporation (based in the USA)

12:10pm: THE STAGES OF EXECUTIVE ONBOARDING - ACCELERATING LEADERSHIP TRANSITIONS

George Bradt, Managing Director
PrimeGenesis (based in the USA)

Moving into a new position of leadership is one of the toughest challenges people face. Nearly half of new leaders fail in their first eighteen months. Often, failure is the result of crucial mistakes made in the very beginning. Critical mistakes made so early can be devastating for companies and leaders alike. But how can organizations and new leaders avoid them?

Learn how new leaders can take charge, build their teams, and get great results in new roles faster than anyone thought possible. This is important because of the time value of accelerated performance and because delivering better results faster is the best way to reduce the risk of failure in a new leadership role. This talk focuses on how to manage onboarding as a process with discrete steps, invest in pre-boarding preparation before the start, and the need to focus on accelerating team performance after the pivot point of day one.

Attendees will be ready to manage the different stages of onboarding to deliver better results faster and to help others do the same. In this session you will learn to:
- Leverage the fuzzy front end between acceptance and day one to get a head start with pre-boarding conversations structured around learning, expectations and implementation
- Manage Day One and the all-important initial impressions
- Put in place building blocks of Tactical Capacity in the first 100 days in a new role to accelerate the development of a high performing team and deliver better results faster
    o Shape the team culture with an on-going COMMUNICATION campaign
    o Get buy in to the one burning IMPERATIVE
    o Use key MILESTONES to drive team performance
    o Invest in EARLY WINS to build team confidence
    o Get ADEPT in the right ROLES with the right support

1:00pm: NETWORKING LUNCH

2:30pm: BUILDING HIGH PERFORMING ORGANISATIONS

Stephen Sidebottom, Head of HR
Nomura International Plc (based in the UK)

In this discussion, Stephen will discuss strategies for:
    o Attracting and managing high performing talent
    o Engaging with talented people to drive business performance
    o Building on business and personal strengths
    o Creating a culture of excellence

3:15pm: PANEL DISCUSSION - THE TALENT NEEDS OF EMERGING MARKETS

Moderated by Nancy Garrison-Jenn, Consultant / Writer
The Economist Intelligence Unit (based in the UK)

Panelists:
- Ignacio Abia, President & CEO
Olympus Imaging Europe GmbH (based in Spain)
- Keith Dugdale, Director, Global Recruitment
KPMG (based in the UK)
- Peter Haddad, Talent Acquisition Executive
Lenovo (based in the USA)
- Anna Patrono, Director Talent Acquisition and Management
Whirlpool Europe (based in Italy)
- Stanislaw Wojnicki, Group HR Head
The National Bank of Kuwait (NBK)(based in Dubai and Kuwait)

4:00pm: CLOSING REMARKS

Jason Starr, Editor, search-consult and President,
Dillistone Group Plc

* The agenda and speakers are subject to change.

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