Agenda
8.30 – 8.50am
Registration and welcome refreshments
8.50 – 9.00am
Welcome address
Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-Chief
9.00 – 9.30am
[Fireside chat]
Immigration compliance in a pandemic-altered world: An employer's guide to global workforce mobility
This intimate 1-to-1 session will provide an update on current immigration policies and best practices in managing the opportunities and risks associated with job candidates requiring sponsorship, how to respond to government challenges and recommended action plan with regard to corporate compliance programmes’ obligations in the region.
Key discussion points to be explored:
- How to tackle the issues around the future of mobility and review major developments expected in Asia in 2023 and beyond?
- How to remain compliant especially when immigration regulations are going through continuous rapid changes?
- What do mobility leaders need to be aware of in terms of tax, immigration and social security compliance with remote employees?
Shazy Tan
Senior Manager, Global Mobility
9.30 – 10.05am
Interactive session 1
You will be engaged in five roundtable discussion topics throughout the day at your table, each topic led by a table moderator.
10.05 – 10.35am
Networking coffee break
10.35 – 11.15am
[Keynote]
Eliminating the illusion of inclusion: Developing diverse and inclusive global ecosystems with positive mobility transitions
Most organisations actively strive for diverse representation in their workplace, but many also now try to ensure that all employees feel included there. Creating a sense of belonging — an employee’s perception of acceptance within a given group — provides HR and mobility leaders with a good opportunity to re-evaluate their inclusion approach and goals.
Key discussion points to be explored:
- What are the best practices to support successful mobility experience of diverse transferees?
- How to create awareness on the barriers that exist for global and diverse talent pools and address them effectively?
- How can the mobility industry address equity challenges through policy, access to information and resources?
- What are some of the short-term and long-term improvement strategies to achieve an inclusive procurement strategy and transfer success?
Karen O. Wilks
Vice President, Strategic Growth
11.15 – 11.50am
Interactive session 2
It’s time to move on to the next topic! Please remain seated at your assigned table and a new table host will come to your table with a new topic discussion.
11.50 – 12.30pm
[Panel discussion]
Elevating workplace experience: Creating a dynamic and desirable destination workplace
- Understanding new hybrid workforce expectations around the office environment and what organisations can do to draw employees back to the office.
- Learning how intuitive and user-friendly technology can support collaboration by delivering seamless and equitable employee interactions.
- Exploring services and amenities that enable increased employee productivity and performance, and promote success.
Moderator:
June Mahadevan
Vice President, Global Mobility – APAC
Panellists:
Annie Lim
VP, Human Resources
Anita Ramachandran
Head of Learning and Talent Development
Diego Diaz de Cossio Reynaud
Vice President, Human Relations
L’Oréal South Asia Pacific, Middle East & North Africa (SAPMENA)
Simon Raper, FCSD
Director, Head of Workplace Consulting, APAC, Cross-Border Tenant Advisory
12.30 – 1.30pm
Networking lunch
1.30 – 2.05pm
Interactive session 3
It’s time to move on to the next topic! Please remain seated at your assigned table and a new table host will come to your table with a new topic discussion.
2.05 – 2.45pm
[Keynote]
Positive work cultures, productive workforce
The success of every business today relies on its ability to maximise the potential of its people while keeping them engaged and ensuring their mental health and holistic wellbeing are looked after at the same time. As talent acquisition and employee retention continue to be in focus this year, the biggest challenge for business leaders would be to navigate achievable approaches and solutions that can address employee needs and build harmonious work cultures in 2023 and beyond.
Key discussion points to be explored:
- What are the issues that continue to plague the world of work?
- Why is it more important than ever for business leaders to recognise stress and exhaustion as important barometers in achieving positive business performance?
- How can business leaders continue to engage their workforce?
- What actions can organisations take to create an environment of belongingness in order for diversity and inclusion to thrive?
- What is the key to unlocking the full potential of employee talent?
Larisa Beckhouse Okeke
Chief Marketing Officer for APAC and Global Head of Research and Insights
2.45 – 3.20pm
Interactive session 4
It’s time to move on to the next topic! Please remain seated at your assigned table and a new table host will come to your table with a new topic discussion.
3.20 – 3.40pm
Networking coffee break
3.40 – 4.15pm
Interactive session 5
It’s time to move on to the next topic! Please remain seated at your assigned table and a new table host will come to your table with a new topic discussion.
4.15 – 4.55pm
[Panel discussion]
Working together: Integrating talent mobility and employee experience
As the conference draws to a close, this session will consolidate thoughts gathered from the keynote, various roundtables, and case study sessions. It’s a great opportunity to identify and share key takeaways!
This panel will summarise learnings based on the conversations from the floor and a discussion on the following questions:
- With the rise of hybrid workforce and many changes to traditional working patterns, how can organisations address altered employee expectations?
- Do mobility leaders need to redesign policies to fit the changing business environment – inflation and looming recession – and what does this mean for COLA and compensation?
- How can you identify areas for change, build a business case, and manage that change?
- What are the latest thinking and recent developments around duty of care, ESG and DE&I?
- Can technology enable mobility leaders to create a successful talent strategy and drive change within the business?
- How can mobility leaders better support, develop and engage key talent?
- How has the pandemic changed the vendor landscape, supply chains and outsourcing – and how has it affected costs and vendor/corporate relationships?
Moderator:
Iris Dayan-Bernal
Global Mobility Manager – APAC
Panellists:
Gina Ong
Product Management Lead
Arabelle Chaw
Director Global Account Management
Sirva
Shazy Tan
Senior Manager, Global Mobility
4.55 – 5.00pm
Closing address
Aditi Sharma Kalra
Editor-in-Chief
5.00pm
End of Talent Mobility 2023
Skills at the heart of talent strategy: Moving to a skill-based talent mobility approach
The success of every business today relies on its ability to maximise the potential of its people through upskilling, development, and mobility from within. A skills-based organisation can help meet future work needs, and organisations can use development assignments to close skills gaps further. Mobility can aid employability by keeping people marketable and organisations talent fuelled.
Key discussion points to be explored:
- How can skills intelligence and a talent marketplace curate learning and facilitate the seamless matching of skills to work?
- Why and how having a skill-based talent mobility approach matters in today’s work environment?
- How can organisations use development assignments to close skill gaps?
Vivien Li
Director HR, Water Quality Platform
Vanessa Teo
Director, Talent Management, Intercontinental
Hybrid work: How to capitalise on this relocation disruptor through your mobility strategy
As we rise from the pandemic, we are faced with an unprecedented number of business, economic, political, and technological trends that will shape the global workforce for decades to come. We will continue to see an acceleration of changes which include the flattening of organisational structures, growing hybrid work models, and advancements in AI and RPA. All of these will have far-reaching implications for how companies manage human resources and relocation services.
This session will help you to reinvent your organisation’s go-to-market mobility strategy, focusing on:
- Mobility of global, regional and local talent by assessing growth and knowledge of employees as well as demand for greater international experience
- Assessment on productivity and ROI of remote versus in-person employees
- Role of AI and RPA in HR and relocation services
- New organisational structures – less hierarchical and effective integration of contractors and employees
- Displacement of middle managers from technology
- Addressing skill gaps by workforce upskilling and reskilling
- Managing a distributed workforce – tax and regulatory issues
Preneet Bindra
Head of Human Resources – Asia Pacific
Tommy Loy
Head of People & Capability
Kmart & Target Australia Sourcing
Sync or lose: Strengthening corporate-supplier partnerships to deliver successful relocation programmes
Having the right strategic partners would ensure international organisations be able to achieve their business goals quickly and efficiently. Suppliers with specialist knowledge and established networks are a critical success factor in agile corporate responses in these fast-changing times – especially where the accent is inevitably on the intricacies of compliance, cost containment and collaboration.
However, sustainable partnerships are built on more than technical know-how and global reach but through effective collaborations.
Key discussion points to be explored:
- How have the pandemic and economic crisis changed the vendor landscape, supply chains and outsourcing – and how have it affected costs and vendor/corporate relationships?
- How do mobility leaders manage expectations, collaborate, or even change business models to overcome the current challenges of the supply chain?
- What are some of the growing supply chain challenges and how would effective corporate-supplier partnerships help to alleviate the negative impact on relocation programmes?
Shumin Yeo
Senior Manager, Global Mobility COE (US, EMEA, Asia)
George Quek
Head of Human Resource
Duty of care: Ensuring the health and safety of globally mobile employees
In today’s hyperconnected world, an event in a distant country can have lasting ripple effects across the globe and with your organisation. Terrorism, disease, crime, and natural disasters know no borders. Employers operating abroad or sending staff to work overseas, whether on an international assignment or a business trip, must take steps to safeguard their health, safety, and wellbeing. Duty of care may be engrained in many organisations’ policies and processes for dealing with risks in the workplace, but this becomes far more complex when that workplace could literally be anywhere in the world. So how do you ensure that you’re providing adequate duty of care for those under your global care remit?
Key discussion points to be explored:
- How has hybrid working impacted your assignees’ mental health and wellbeing?
- How can mobility leaders manage health and security risks and culturally prepare your assignees for challenging locations?
- How have organisations managed difficult issues such as war, terrorism and natural disasters and kept their employees onside?
- What are the expectations and support requirements of employees by location, context and working pattern?
- How should organisations tailor their offering more effectively to employees, whatever their working pattern and location?
Neha Gupta
Head Data and Analytics, APAC
Guia Trinidad
Global Mobility & Immigration (GMI) Business Partner
Getting ahead: Building a solid global talent acquisition strategy
The evolving business landscape calls for companies to reevaluate their talent acquisition strategy to adapt to the changing market needs. How can companies build a solid global talent acquisition strategy to thrive in 2023 and beyond?
Key discussion points to be explored:
- How to identify and attract more diverse talent to serve a rapidly changing environment
- How to future-proof your talent strategy
- How to address operational efficiency and business critical needs whilst developing the talent needed now and in the future?
- How a global employment platform can help companies hire top international talent
Charles H. Ferguson
General Manager, APAC
Graham Lim
Senior Partner Manager, APAC
Dhilip Kumar Raju
Head of Staffing, Asia Pacific