Agenda ⇽ AmCham China 17th Annual HR Conference

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 8^AM to 6:30^PM

8^AM - 8:45^AM

Registration

8:45^AM - 8:50^AM

Opening and Kickoff
James Zimmerman

James Zimmerman
Chairman at American Chamber of Commerce in China
James Zimmerman is the 2016 Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China, and also served as the chairman in 2007, 2008, and 2015, and as a vice chairman in 2005 and 2006. Mr. Zimmerman is the managing partner for the Beijing office of the international law firm of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, and is the author of several publications concerning trade and China related issues, including the well-recognized China Law Deskbook, a publication of the American Bar Association (now in its 4th edition).

Mr. Zimmerman has been a registered foreign lawyer with the Ministry of Justice since 1998 and is recognized as one of Asia’s leading business lawyers in the AsiaLaw Leading Lawyers Survey and is listed as a Leading Individual in the category of Corporate/M&A for foreign law firms in China of the AsiaPacific Legal 500: The Guide to Asia's Commercial Law Firms. Mr. Zimmerman is a member of the California Bar (since 1988) and admitted to practice before the United States Court of International Trade and various other federal courts.

Mr. Zimmerman served on the board of the International Institute of Conflicts Prevention & Resolution (2009-2012) and the Business Advisory Council of the United Nation’s Greater Tumen Initiative (2009-2011). Mr. Zimmerman also serves on a number of non-profit boards focused on child health and education issues in China and is active as a fundraiser for charitable organizations. He has lived and worked in Beijing since 1998.
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8:50^AM - 9^AM

Overview of the Conference
Lydia Zhou

Brief introduction and overview of the theme of conference; Present the HR Report.

Lydia Zhou
HR General Manager at ConocoPhillips

9^AM - 9:40^AM

Keynote: China Economy and Impact on Human Capital
Steven Zhang

Steven Zhang
Chief Economist and Head of Research at Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities
Steven Zhang is the Chief Economist and Head of Research at Morgan Stanley Huaxin Securities. Before this role, he was Senior Economist of UBS. Before UBS, he was the China Economist of Morgan Stanley (Asia), and Research Analyst at International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Steven has deep insights and thorough understanding in large financial institutions in China. He was engaged in the research of ICBC and ABC’s Hong Kong IPO when working at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse respectively. He is an active columnist for many mainstream media including Sina, Tecent and Caiijng Magazine.
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9:45^AM - 10:35^AM

Executive Dialogue
Alex Peng•Alan Beebe•Audie Wong•Sylvia Pan

Small group dialogue between the heads of several companies, Chinese and American MNCs. Topic will focus on
-expectations of leaders in human resource
-2017 demands in human capital

Alex Peng
Chief of Strategy at Microsoft Greater China Region
Alan Beebe
President at American Chamber of Commerce in China
Audie Wong
President at Amway China
Sylvia Pan
Vice President at United Family Healthcare

10:40^AM - 11^AM

Coffee Break

11^AM - 12^PM

Keynote: Cognitive computing changing the HR profession
Obed D. Louissaint

Obed D. Louissaint
Vice President of Human Resources and Research at IBM Watson and Cognitive Solutions Units
Obed D. Louissaint serves as IBM vice president of human resources for IBM Watson, Cognitive Solutions and Research and technical talent. In this role, Obed is responsible for the people strategies and investments for several of the company’s fastest-growing and most strategic parts of the information technology market – Watson, Watson Health, Watson IoT, education, security and commerce.

Obed was most recently vice president human resources of the HR Partner Organization, with global responsibility for the HR business partners who advise over 40,000 managers across the enterprise. The HR generalists are the client facing segment of the global team of HR professionals and collaborate with each of the functional disciplines to administer corporate policies and people solutions.

During his tenure, he has held successive HR roles across multiple geographies, business units and at the enterprise level leading diversity, workforce programs, and delivery centers across growth markets. Obed has led HR teams within several growth businesses to reinvent recruitment, talent management, compensation/incentives, and global mobility policies.

Obed is a graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Industrial Labor Relations with focus in Economics & Organizational Behavior. He is a trustee of the Student Agencies Foundation, on the Management Advisory Council for the National Academy of Minority in Engineering and a member of the INROADS alumni association.
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12^PM - 1^PM

Lunch

1^PM - 2^PM

Panel: Women in Leadership
Horst Gallo•Carol Li Rafferty•Lan Gao •Sarah Kemp•Cathy Yu

Horst Gallo
Vice President HR Greater China Group at IBM
Carol Li Rafferty
Managing Director of Yale Center Beijing
Lan Gao
Vice President of Human Resources at Lenovo DCG
Sarah Kemp
Minister Counselor for Commercial Affairs at U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China
Cathy Yu
Director of Human Resources Talent and Development at General Motors China

2:10^PM - 3:10^PM

Break-out Session A: Retaining Talents in Changing Times
Frank Gallo•Carmen Law•Alex Lee•Amanda Ou

(Ballroom C)
Every HR professional in China has been challenged to develop great retention programs. We have all had many opportunities to learn about and discuss talent retention. But the challenges in 2016 in China are different from anywhere else in the world at any other time. On the one hand, we have a booming job market where the most talented are regularly recruited. On the other hand, we have a relatively sluggish economy that demands that we keep our best performers on board. In this panel, our experts will share their own stories of how they have been been working to address both of these retention challenges.

Frank Gallo
Founder & President of Calypso Consulting
Carmen Law
Chief Human Resources Officer at New H3C Group
Alex Lee
Executive Recruiter at Dell Computers China
Amanda Ou
Head of Global Strategic Accounts at LinkedIn China

3:10^PM - 3:30^PM

Coffee Break

3:30^PM - 4:30^PM

Break-out Session A: How to engage the millennium generation to foster innovation and growth
Nimo Firooz•Margaret Ren•Shaun Renwick•Yang Shu

Innovation is vital to future economy. The panel will provide expertise opinions about how millennium generations work and think differently to achieve innovation and growth, what difficulties we are facing and how leaders should guide and assist the millennials to reach the common goal.

Nimo Firooz
Senior Director of Career International
Margaret Ren
Principal Consultant, Leadership Consulting at Aon Hewitt
Shaun Renwick
Human Resources Site Director of Procter & Gamble Beijing Research & Development Center
Yang Shu
Talent Acquisition Director of Alibaba Group

4:40^PM - 4:50^PM

Lucky Draw

4:50^PM - 5^PM

Closing
Frank Gallo

Conference summary and closing remarks

Frank Gallo
Founder & President of Calypso Consulting

5:10^PM - 6:30^PM

Wine Reception

Tuesday, June 28, 2016 2:10^PM to 4:30^PM

2:10^PM - 3:10^PM

Break-out Session: Driving an innovation culture
Rina Joosten•Vivian Liu•Elisa Mallis

Rina Joosten
Co-Founder and CCO of Seedlink Tech
Rina Joosten is entrepreneur, board member and publicist.

Since 2002 she works on the subject of innovation in both China and Europe. Rina is co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of technology venture Seedlink Tech in China. Besides, she is the founder and currently serves as a Board Member of international HR consultancy International Top Talent. Rina held various management positions at a global science@based company active in health, nutrition and materials. Here she focused on the commercialization process of R&D and innovation. At Seedlink Tech, Rina heads Strategy and the Marketing & Sales organization in China.

Rina is Board member of the Benelux Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai. Here, she chairs the Innovation Platform with R&D and Technology Directors of multinationals. Rina is advisor and coach of Xindanwei ‘Ask Lab’ (top 10 most innovative Chinese companies in 2013), New Venture and various technology start-ups. She serves as a jury member for the HULT prize in Asia, an initiative to steer social entrepreneurship by the Bill Clinton Foundation. She is associated with Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Wageningen University and Tiasnimbas as a speaker and trainer.

Rina is a regular speaker and writer for both Chinese and European media on entrepreneurship, innovation, human capital and China. In 2011, she appeared in a documentary of a Dutch television show on her role in the venture International Top Talent.

Rina has an MSc in Medical Sociology and an MA in Journalism from Groningen University. She is married and has three kids.
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Vivian Liu
Head of Human Resources at Amazon Web Services
Vivian Liu currently the Head of Human Resources in Amazon Web Services, she directs the HR business to support AWS China in partnering with country leaders in delivering the full spectrum of both strategic and tactical HR services, programs to employees and managers. Before AWS, Vivian was HR Director for VMware China Research and Development Center. She brought with her 19+ year’s HR experience, with 3 years abroad in Finland and Dubai, 10 years leadership and people management experience in IT industry. She holds many years of HR strategic leadership experience from companies such as Nokia, Oracle and VMware Information Technology, where she led the HR team to work on strategic human resources management, diversity program, performance management, employee retention, learning and organizational development, she also obtained International working experience when she worked for Nokia Headquarter, Finland. There she focused on HR management for sales and marketing staff, as well as on curriculum development and professional & effective capacity building. Vivian was Nokia's first China National to work in Nokia China Institute; she was responsible for various human resource services, succession planning, electronic management in E-HR services. She has special expertise in organizational development, team effectiveness, and talent development.

Vivian holds HBDI, MBTI, DISC, Leadership 360 Assessment, CPCC Co-active coaching qualifications, and also the DDI, Situational Leadership, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and Six Thinking Hats Certified Instructor certificates.
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Elisa Mallis
Head of Executive Coaching at MDS
Elisa Mallis is an experienced Executive Coach, Speaker and Human Capital Consultant with a passion for developing people and their global mindset. She has coached numerous managers and senior leaders across the United States, Europe and Asia over the last 14 years. She is known for her ability to successfully blend a focus on values, purpose and meaning with practical actions and results.

As Head of Executive Coaching at MDS, Elisa leads a team of highly qualified Executive Coaches to deliver world class leadership development and executive coaching solutions.
Prior to MDS, Elisa spent 10 years at Accenture, working as a Management Consultant in the areas of human capital strategy, talent management, coaching and leadership effectiveness. A few of Elisa’s current and past clients include Microsoft, Swiss Reinsurance, Total, Vodafone, Toshiba, Ingersoll Rand, The Irish Police Department, Scholastic Publishing, Lloyds TSB and the UK Department of Work and Pensions. In addition, Elisa is a coach for members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Leadership Fellows Program.

As an executive within Accenture, Elisa developed the Human Capital Strategy for nine countries in the Asia Pacific region, including China, and led the development of the Culture Change portion of Accenture’s Global Human Capital Strategy from 2008 to 2010. Prior to working in Asia, Elisa provided consulting and coaching to numerous Accenture Fortune 500 clients across the United States and Europe. She led teams of up to 35 people on multi-million dollar transformation projects and also led the development of several large coaching initiatives within Accenture. Before joining Accenture, Elisa worked as a therapist for several years, supporting and developing programs for community mental health centers in the New York City Bronx.

Elisa has earned a Masters in Organizational Psychology and a Master of Education in Counseling Psychology both from Columbia University in New York City. She completed her initial coach training in 2002, is a Results Certified Coach and received her ACC credential from the International Coach Federation. Elisa is also an accredited practitioner for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® and the Leadership Effectiveness Analysis™ (LEA) 360.

Elisa was the Chair of the European Chamber of Commerce in China’s HR Forum from 2011 to 2013, leading two Human Capital Conferences with over 150 participants. From 2005 to 2009 Elisa served as the Selection Committee Chair for the International Spirit at Work Awards. Elisa has also been a frequent speaker and workshop leader at a number of Human Capital, Leadership and Coaching Conferences in the US, Europe and China. For the last seven years Elisa has been based in Beijing with her husband and their two little boys.
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3:10^PM - 3:30^PM

Coffee Break

3:30^PM - 4:30^PM

Break-out Session: The value of HR in the world of change and transformation
Lin Gao•Wang Jun•Annie Li•Pro. John Yang

(Ballroom C)

Lin Gao
Partner at Intellect Associates
Wang Jun
Director of Organizational Development and Talent Management
Annie Li
Founder of Beijing Change Mag Consulting
Pro. John Yang
Co-Dean, BiMBA at National School of Development at Peking University

Agenda

James Zimmerman

Lydia Zhou

Steven Zhang

Alex Peng

Alan Beebe

Audie Wong

Sylvia Pan

Obed D. Louissaint

Horst Gallo

Carol Li Rafferty

Lan Gao

Sarah Kemp

Cathy Yu

Frank Gallo

Carmen Law

Alex Lee

Amanda Ou

Nimo Firooz

Margaret Ren

Shaun Renwick

Yang Shu

Frank Gallo

Rina Joosten

Vivian Liu

Elisa Mallis

Lin Gao

Wang Jun

Annie Li

Pro. John Yang

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