Time

Topic

Speaker

Company

Day 1: Wednesday, August 20, 2008

16:00 onwards 

Registration

15:00 – 17:00

HR Director Workshop: Virtual Learning Environment (Invitation only session) @ Lobby Level Jade Room 4

Lauge Sorensen

Director, Learning & Development
IBM HR, Global Integrated Services Team
IBM Corporation

18:00 – 19:00

Networking Activity Ice Breaker:

What HR Can Learn from Sports @ Garden Level Ballroom Foyer

Rick Dell

Major League Baseball

19:00 – 21:00

Welcome Dinner @ Lake View, Chinese Restaurant, 5th Floor

Day 2: Thursday, August 21, 2008

08:00 – 08:45  

Breakfast @ Lobby Level Le Cafe Restaurant

08:45 – 09:00

Opening Remarks & Speaker Introduction

Beecher Ashley-Brown

Chairman

Human Resources Committee

AmCham Shanghai

09:00 – 09:45

Keynote speech: Business Leaders’ Perspective on What is Needed to Drive Business in the Future

Kenneth Yu

Managing Director, China Region

3M China

09:45 – 10:30

Global Leadership

Helen He

Head of Executive Development

GE Asia Pacific

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:00

Building Globally Capable Leaders – Program Design with Proven Results

Joan Popovich

HRD Greater China

Corning China Regional Headquarter

12:00 – 13:30

Lunch @ Lobby Level Le Cafe Restaurant

Workshop Session 1

Timing

Workshop 1

Workshop 2

Workshop 3

13:30 – 14:30

Moderator:

Panelists:

Defining and Assessing Global Competency Gaps

Ulf Bosch, Senior Manager, Watson Wyatt Worldwide

1. Tracy Chen, HR Director, Timken

2. Charlence Ge, HR Director, Carrier UTC,  Commercial Refrigeration Asia

3. Priscilla Leung, HR Director, BASF Greater China

4. David Li, Head of Human Resources, Evonik Degussa (China) Co., Ltd

5. Lin Lin, Human Resources Leader Asia Pacific, Global Business, Honeywell Special Materials

China’s Contribution to the Global Talent Pipeline

Brian Fenerty, Practice Leader, Auto Team, MRI China

1. David Fox, Director, Strategic Talent Management Practice,

eGate Consulting

2. Stephen P. Jarnecke
Human Resources Director - China Operations, John Deere (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

3. Tony Ling, VP HR, AstraZeneca

4. Dean White, Human Resource Development Manager - Asia Pacific, Talent Management - Center of Expertise, Du Pont China Holding Co., Ltd.

5. Sheila Peng, Human Resources Director, Chrysler Asia Operations

Developing Your Global Development Program in China

Judy Feng, Director-Talent Management, Baxter Asia Pacific Region

1. Nina Dankfort-Nevel
Chief Learning Officer Asia Pacific, GE Learning Center  

2. George Gu, L & K Leader and Learning Development Competency Leader,  
IBM China Global Delivery

14:30 – 15:00

Coffee Break

15:00 – 16:00

Repeat Workshops 1-3

16:00 – 16:30

Coffee Break & Group Photo

16:30 – 17:30

Team Building Activities

18:00 – 20:30

10^th Anniversary Celebration Dinner @ Garden Level Ballroom C

Day 3: Friday, August 22, 2008

Workshop Session 2

Timing

Workshop 4

Workshop 5

Workshop 6

07:30 – 08:30

Breakfast @ Lobby Level Le Cafe Restaurant

08:30 – 09:30

Moderator:

Panelists:

Best practices with International Trainee Programs

Moderator: Patrick Moreton

Associate Dean and

Managing Director, The

Washington University-Fudan University EMBA Program

1. Terence Cuddyre, Managing Director, Citibank (China) Co., Ltd.

2. Michael Pross, Regional Director of Human Resources, China, Starwood

3. Daphne Xiao, VP HR, Unilever China

4. David Zhang, VP HR, Philips

Getting the Return on Your Investment through Performance Management

Rosa Lee, Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, Organizational Effectiveness & Change Management, Human Resource, DuPont China Holding Co., Ltd.

1. Helen Chen, PhD
Deputy General Manager,
Personnel Decisions International - PDI Shanghai
2. Benjamin Lu, HR Director, Spansion (China) Limited

3. Christina Yu, Greater China HR Director, The Dow Chemical Company

4. Gary Zhang, VP, Human Resources Director, GlaxoSmithKline (China/HK)

Leveraging Expatriates to Groom Global Talent

David Binnion, Senior Partner, Indigo Consulting Group

1. Catherine Cagigal, Vice President for HR, Pentair Asia Pacific

3. Eugene Eu, HR VP, Johnson & Johnson (China) Ltd.

4. Stephen P. Jarnecke
Human Resources Director - China Operations, John Deere (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

09:45 – 10:45

Repeat workshop 4-6

10:45 – 11:15

Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:15

Personal Journey to Success of a Chinese Executive

Bian Cheng Gang

Peter Huang

12:15 – 12:30

Closing