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At 2014 Beijing APEC President Xi pointed out that a new norm of China's economy has emerged. Growth gear has shifted from high to a medium-to-high speed, economic structure is constantly being improved and upgraded, and the economy is increasingly driven by innovation instead of input and investment. With the gear shift, we have seen a new norm in Talent Acquisition & Cultivation. Chinese companies are going global under the Belt & Road Strategy. Chinese talents who have overseas experience and exposure are on high demand. For European business operating in China, we have also seen many changes, such as Shanghai now has emerged in the top three of cities with global R&D centers, with radiation effect to rest of Asia. A more diversified team of talents are expected to support regional business initiatives. Talents are also expected to drive further local application and adaptation. For manufacturing, more European companies are setting up their network further in the North and West. The post 90s generation seeks personal influence & linking via social media, and talents with frontier management, market penetration and strategic insight are being chased while experienced professionals who are only good at following routines and taking instructions are being asked to leave.

More than ever, HRBPs and Hiring Managers are being challenged in their Talent Acquisition & Cultivation approaches and methodology. HR Shared Service Centers are being asked to be proactive and professional in service responsiveness, HR Mobility is asked to come up with more localized mobility solutions to support re-location of talents to cities abroad and (2nd/3rd tier cities ) in China. HR vendors are being asked to switch from dispatching to outsourcing (with a two year migration time to reduce current dispatching employees to 10% of total headcount) under new regulations. Such expectation calls for New Norm in Talent Acquisition & Cultivation in the era of Innovation. We are here today to brainstorm and search ideas for our new way of working in HR.

Agenda
11.30-12.00 Registration at Shui On Plaza Lobby
12.00-13.30 Shuttle bus to the event venue (please note that the bus will leave on time. Payment cannot be done on the spot.)
13.30-14.00 Arrival
14.00-14.20 Welcome remarks and introduction to the premises, Mr. Weng Wei, General Manager, Shanghai FTZ United Development
14.20-14.40 HR Challenges in a changing Environment, Bernard Vanhecke, Vice President of HR North and South East Asia, Bekaert
14.40-15.00 A Few Thoughts on HR Management, Li Qinseng, General Manager, Jiangsu Acebright Pharmaceutical
15.00-15.30 Coffee Break
15.30-17.00 Panel discussion, moderated by Professor Ding Chun, Fudan University

Panelists:

Li Qinseng, General Manager, Jiangsu Acebright Pharmaceutical
Liu Jie, Deputy General Manager of HR Department, China Construction Bank
Jan Anne Schelling, Vice President HR, DSM (China) Ltd. (online)
Bernard Vanhecke, Vice President of HR North and South East Asia, Bekaert
Dan ZHU, Adjunct Faculty & Director of Europe China Center / Shanghai, Antwerp Management School

17.30-19.00 Transportation to Shui On Plaza

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Our Speakers

Chun DING, Professor of Economics, Jean Monnet Chair, Director of Centre for European Studies as well as Dutch Study Centre of Fudan University
Professor Chun DING is specialized in European integration, European Economy, mode of European welfare state, social protection system, and China Social Security. He is the vice president and Chief Secretary of Chinese Society for EU Studies, the senior researcher in Institute of European Integration Studies (ZEI) at Bonn University, Germany, AB Member of Centre of European studies, Gothenburg University, Sweden and Member of Global Agenda Council on Europe of World Economic Forum. He acts as the editor in chief of World Economy Outlook and Chinese Annual Report on European Economic Development. He has published over 150 articles, theses, and treatises on academic periodicals and journals home and abroad. 

Li Qingsen, General Manager, Jiangsu Acebright Pharmaceutical
Mr. Li Qingsen is an HR professional who has more than 30 years’ management experience in different types of companies (MNCs, SOEs and mixed ownership enterprises).
Mr. Li was the Vice President and HR Director of Beijing Novartis (including the merged Ciba – Geigy). After 12 years in Novartis, he joined Taikang Life Insurance Group and served as Head of HR Department and Training Center (Enterprise University). In 2008, Qingsen became Vice President of Simcer Pharma Group (Head of HR Department, Training Center and Simcer Business School). Now he is the General Manager of Jiangsu Desano Pharma. Ltd.

Liu Jie, Deputy General Manager of HR Department, China Construction Bank
In addition to his position as Deputy General Manager of HR Department, China Construction Bank, Mr. Liu is Chairman of HR Management Professional Committee of Shanghai Banking Association; Member of Financial Professional Committee of Shanghai Financial Association; Senior Supervisor of China Construction Bank Shanghai Branch; Professor of EDP Program at Fudan University School of Economics; Adjunct Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University Overseas Education College and Researcher at SJTU Institute of International Leadership; Adjunct Professor at Shanghai International Banking and Finance Institute; Guest Professor at the Training Center of China Construction Bank HQ; and Specialist of the Leadership Development Program at China Construction Bank HQ.
Mr. Liu Jie has abundant HR management experience, especially in leadership development, corporate culture establishment and staff training.

Jan Anne Schelling, Vice President Human Resources, DSM China
Jan Anne Schelling (Dutch) has acted as DSM China Human Resources Vice President since August 2013. As a member of the DSM China Leadership Team and Global HR Leadership Team, he leads the China HR Platform to ensure consistency of HR practices and resource sharing in China. He started his career at DSM early in 1997, initially in various technical support and plant management functions in the Netherlands. In 2007 he moved to China, as General Manager and Manufacturing Director of DAI (currently DSP).
Main topic of his interest is to develop talents and organizations towards high performance, for instance in the Netherlands he implemented in his organization a self-steering concept and a culture of continuous learning. Since 2011, Jan Anne switched his career to HR, focusing on talent management and restructuring and improving the efficiency of the organization.
As DSM China HR Vice President, he leads the HR transformation in DSM China to further professionalize the HR function, and improve areas such as reward system, talent acquisition and talent development with emphasis on change management. Jan Anne obtained a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering at Delft University of Technology. He is married, and enjoys running and visiting art exhibitions. In his spare time he supports his wife with her gallery in jewelry art and ceramics in Beijing.

Bernard Vanhecke, HR Vice President, North & SE Asia Bekaert
Bernard Vanhecke joined the Bekaert Group in 1990 as a recruitment and training manager, after working as consultant of Organization Development and TQM for Bekaert for two years. Throughout the following 25 years, Bernard Vanhecke has taken up several HR management positions for Bekaert for different regions and Business Units.
In 2012, Bernard Vanhecke was appointed Vice President HR responsible for North & SE Asia Bekaert, and he became a member of the Bekaert Asia Executive Committee. He is based in Shanghai China, Bekaert’s Regional Headquarters for Asia.
Bernard Vanhecke holds a Master in Psychology, University of Leuven (1979) and a Postgraduate Psychoanalysis at the University of Ghent (1983), complemented with a General Management Program at Columbia University in NY, 2011. Having led the HR team in Asia region with focus on Organization Develop and Talent Management, Bernard Vanhecke values international diversity and experience as a competitive advantage of doing business effectively.

Dan ZHU, Adjunct Faculty & Director of Europe China Center / Shanghai, Antwerp Management School
Dan is an experienced HR specialist with expertise in Talent Detection & Leadership Development. Since 1998 she has been serving MNCs in China. She started her career as a university teacher from Wuhan University in 1988, and later held various commercial functions in Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands and Perfetti Van Melle in China.
She is a guest lecturer on China HR & Leadership at CELAP (中国浦东干部学院), and Nyenrode Business University (the Netherlands). She is also a trusted advisor to Shanghai Municipality's Bureau of Organization in Attraction & Management of High Level Talents and Foreign Experts.
Dan holds an MBA degree from Nyenrode Business University in The Netherlands, a Master of Education from Emory University in USA and a Bachelor degree from Wuhan University in China. In her spare time, she practices Chinese calligraphy and appreciates Traditional Landscape Paintings from Song & Ming Dynasties.

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