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Workshop A
Tuesday 11:15-12:15
Compensation and benefits trends in Asia in 2009
Forecasting the future with highlights from Mercer's annual Total Rewards Survey (TRS)

Mercer presenter: Siew Khim Neo, Regional Leader, Mercer's Information Product Solutions Business

Achieving employee engagement
Innovative HR strategies for getting and keeping your employees engaged, committed and motivated to deliver your organization's business goals

Guest presenter: Margaret Hao, Leadership & OD Director for GSK China/Hong Kong.

SESSION CANCELLED

The evolving landscape of retirement plans in Asia
Understanding the ever changing legislative and regulatory activities that impact your organization's pension and retirement plans and what you need to do

Mercer presenter: Allen Wu, China Business Leader Mercer's Retirement, Risk and Finance Consulting Business

Guest presenter: Werner Krieger, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Asia-Pacific Henkel Limited

Developing effective and workable flexible benefits plans
Structuring your rewards programs to capture and deliver on employee preferences

Mercer presenter: Chow Yoke-Fun, Regional Flex Leader with Mercer's Health & Benefits Business

Mercer presenter: Rosaline Chow Koo, APAC Health & Benefits Leader

Leadership pipeline and career paths
Strategies and actions to help accelerate leadership skill development, build the right career paths and ensure you have a program that creates leaders of the future who are fully equipped to deliver on your business objectives

Mercer presenter: Brenda Wilson, Principal Consultant, Mercer's Human Capital business

Guest presenter: Wolfgang M. Lirk, former Vice President Human Resources Asia Pacific, Knorr-Bremse Asia Pacific (Holding) Ltd

Workshop B
Tuesday 15:15-16:15
Leadership pipeline and career paths
Strategies and actions to help accelerate leadership skill development, build the right career paths and ensure you have a program that creates leaders of the future who are fully equipped to deliver on your business objectives

Mercer presenter: Brenda Wilson, Principal Consultant, Mercer's Human Capital business

Guest presenter: Wolfgang M. Lirk, former Vice President Human Resources Asia Pacific, Knorr-Bremse Asia Pacific (Holding) Ltd

The challenges and opportunities of successful employee mobility
Maximizing your talent development through effective employee mobility policies (pay, benefits, careers)

Mercer presenter: Rebecca Powers, Principal Consultant, Mercer's International Consulting Business

Guest presenter: Elizabeth Sibray, Regional HR Business Partner / HR Director, Greater China, Rohm & Haas

Building your employee brand
Within the increasingly relevant context of corporate social responsibility, how to fully align your employee brand with your business strategy, while incorporating the increasing demands for clear and relevant corporate social responsibility

Guest presenter: Linnet Kwok, Deputy Marketing Director, World Wide Fund

Achieving employee engagement
Innovative HR strategies for getting and keeping your employees engaged, committed and motivated to deliver your organization's business goals

SESSION CANCELLED

Compensation and benefits trends in Asia in 2009
Forecasting the future with highlights from Mercer's annual Total Rewards Survey (TRS)

Mercer presenter: Siew Khim Neo, Regional Leader, Mercer's Information Product Solutions Business

Workshop C
Tuesday 16:30-17:30
The challenges and opportunities of successful employee mobility
Maximizing your talent development through effective employee mobility policies (pay, benefits, careers)

Mercer presenter: Rebecca Powers, Principal Consultant, Mercer's International Consulting Business

Guest speaker: Elizabeth Sibray, Regional HR Business Partner / HR Director, Greater China, Rohm & Haas

Developing effective and workable flexible benefits plans
Structuring your rewards programs to capture and deliver on employee preferences

Mercer presenter: Chow Yoke-Fun, Regional Flex Leader with Mercer's Health & Benefits Business

Mercer presenter: Rosaline Chow Koo, APAC Health & Benefits Leader

Compensation and benefits trends in Asia in 2009
Forecasting the future with highlights from Mercer's annual Total Rewards Survey (TRS)

Mercer presenter: Siew Khim Neo, Regional Leader, Mercer's Information Product Solutions Business

Retaining and motivating your sales force in Asia
Effective strategies to deliver on top-line growth for your company

Guest presenter: Brioni Gonsalves, Senior Director, Rewards & Recognition, Asia Pacific and Latin America, Wyeth

Generational challenges in the workforce: Gen Y and beyond
Positioning your HR programs and talent strategy to attract and harness the unique attributes and characteristics of a multi- generational workforce

Guest presenter: Abhijat Mitra, Wipro Limited

Workshop D
Wednesday 10:15-11:15
Attraction & retention
Strategies and pragmatic action plans to ensure that HR supports the business by attracting and retaining the "right" people for you to successfully contribute to your company's business success

Guest presenter: Sunil Srivastava, Xerox

Legislative trends and the China labour contract law
Confronting and understanding the ever changing and complex legal challenges of regulatory activity with practical solutions

Mercer presenter: Garry Wang, Head of M&A Advisory Services, Greater China.

Guest presenters: Andreas Lauffs, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Managing cultural change
Integrating diverse teams to support your desired company culture

Mercer presenters: Wittapon Jawjit, Managing Director, Mercer Thailand

Guest presenter:
Dr. Krisanapol Komolboon, Managing Director, PTT Retail Management Company Limited

SESSION CANCELLED

Understanding and responding to the emerging healthcare environment in Asia
Using your health plan to contain costs, enhance the employee value proposition and improve productivity

Mercer Presenter: Amy Laverock, Mercer's Health & Benefits Business

Guest presenter: Ashwani Dahiya - Vice President Compensation and Benefits Japan, Asia Pacific, Australia, American Express

SESSION CANCELLED

Growing your operations in Asia
Attributes of successful M&A transactions

Mercer presenter: Naohiro Nishiguchi, Asia Leader, Mercer's M&A Business

Workshop E
Wednesday 11:30-12:30
The executive scorecard
Aligning incentives and performance to the Asia market - understanding the growing trends of executive pay practices within the Asia environment

Mercer presenter: Justin Liu, Mercer's human capital business.

Maximizing the return on your HR delivery model
Understanding the impact of employee self-service models in models - the emergence of outsourcing

Mercer presenter: Gary Tok, Greater China Business Leader, Mercer's Outsourcing Business

Mercer presenter: Julia Velixon, Director of Business Strategy, Mercer Outsourcing

Risk and adequacy / governance of pensions
Ensuring consistency and sufficiency of pension plans for the future

Mercer presenters: Vanessa Wang, Retirement leader - Asia (ex-Japan)

Alan Flynn, Investment Consulting leader, Hong Kong

SESSION CANCELLED

Attraction & retention
Strategies and pragmatic action plans to ensure that HR supports the business by attracting and retaining the "right" people for you to successfully contribute to your company's business success

Guest presenter: Sunil Srivastava, Xerox

Managing cultural change
Integrating diverse teams to support your desired company culture

Mercer presenters: Wittapon Jawjit, Managing Director, Mercer Thailand

Guest presenter:
Dr. Krisanapol Komolboon, Managing Director, PTT Retail Management Company Limited


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