Building on the successful HR Conferences of 2005-2011, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China Shanghai Chapter is delighted to host its 8th annual HR Conference on November 30, 2012 at The Longemont Shanghai. By featuring dialogue and presentations from top business leaders on best practices and trend watching, this year’s conference entitled “HR Innovation: Efficiency & Productivity Optimization”, highlights the need for companies operating in China to develop new approaches as China’s business and related labour environment matures.

With increased labor cost, intensified competition from global, regional and local competitors and growing complexity of the China organization, HR today is no long business as usual.
- Where do we stand as an employer in the eyes of Chinese talents?
- How can we feel at home in China?
- How can we drive HR initiatives from China to global HQ?
- How can we do more with less with our China organization?

The conference will unite both Chinese and European CEOs, HRDs, Innovation leaders to share experiences, best practices and insight, to brainstorm out-of-the-box ideas, to dialogue on trends and thoughts.

During the conference, attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about the many services offered by our sponsors. This full day event has a reputation for receiving a large turnout of HRDs, HR managers and industry professionals.

 
08:30 – 09:00 Registration   
09:00 – 09:15 Welcome Speech, Dirk Moens, Secretary General, European Chamber

09:15– 09:45 CEO Speech, Dr. Hans-Josef Ritzert, President Greater China Region, Evonik    
09:45– 10:45 CEO Panel on “Creating a Talent Strategy for Organisational Innovation”
Panellists:
- Dr. Hans-Josef Ritzert, President Greater China Region, Evonik
- Dr. Ye Guohong, President ZF China
- Min Yi, CEO China, MTR
- Sun Yunlong, Deputy Chairman of the Board, ZhengRong Group
- Phil Ren, Founder and CEO of mingdao.com
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Willem Burgers, Dean of Faculty –NIMI
 
10:45 – 11:15    Coffee Break    

11:15 – 12:30    Industry Roundtables on “Creating a Talent Strategy for Organisational Innovation: An Industry-level Perspective”

Automotive moderated by
- Stefan Sack, CEO, Comau (Shanghai) Engineering Co., Ltd.; Board Member Chair of the European Chamber’s Auto Components Working Group, Shanghai

- Hans Wolf Stremme, Signium Management Consulting (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Chemical moderated by
-Ulrich Liman, Senior Vice President, Bayer Material Science China
-Julia Zhang-Zedrosser, Practice Director, Chemicals & Materials, THE MRI China Group

Research & Development moderated by
- Piet Derks, General Manager R&D Lighting China; Board Member Chair of the European Chamber’s R & D Forum, Shanghai
- Axel Lohbeck, Group Vice President R&D, ABB China Ltd.

Services moderated by
- Catherine Jing, CRO China and Deputy General Manager Shanghai, Rabobank International: Co-Chair of the European Chamber's Banking Working Group
- Arthur Zou, Chief Representative, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

12:30 – 14:00    Lunch & Networking 

14:00 – 14:15    HRD Introduction Speech, Gu Jiadong, Honorary Chairman, SHRCA, Vice Chairman, Shanghai Services Federation

14:15 - 14:45    HRD Speech, Angelo Puglisi, Head of Human Resources, Asia Pacific, Benteler Automotive Asia Pacific

14:45 – 15:45    HRD Panel on “Implementing a Talent Strategy for Organisational Innovation”
Panellists:
- Gu Dawen, HR Director ZF China
- Angelo Puglisi, Head of Human Resources, Asia Pacific, Benteler Automotive Asia Pacific
- Luo Xuebing, Deputy Director, HUAWEI Shanghai R&D Center

Moderator: Rolf H. Koehler, General Manager, Freudenberg Management (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

15:45 – 16:10    Coffee Break & Networking    

16:10 – 17:00    HR Practice Roundtables on “Innovative Practices for Boosting Productivity”    Moderators

Shared Services moderated by
- Wei Lu, Chief Operation Officer of CDP Group Ltd
- Michiel Van Duin, HR Shared Service Head of Novartis

Recruitment moderated by
- Dan Zhu, Managing Partner, SRC; Chair of the European Chamber’s HR Working Group
- Ma Yongwu, Dean of Tencent Academy

Training & Development moderated by
- Yvonne Li, National Education Manager at L’Oreal Professional, and Vice Chair of the European Chamber’s HR Working Group
- Eugene Yang, Assistant Dean New Huadu Business School

Legal moderated by
- Iris Duchetsmann, Head of China Labour Law Group, Salans; Board Member and Vice- Chair of the European Chamber’s HR Working Group, Shanghai   

- Daniel Hein, Head of Human Resources Asia/Pacific, Germanischer Lloyd

17:10 – 19:00    Cocktails & Networking    

Registration
Please register through this website (button above)
For any further enquiries, please contact Ms Zhao Yang at yangzhao@europeanchamber.com.cn or 6385 2023-117.

Background on the European Chamber HR Conference

The annual European Chamber HR Conference has evolved into one of the premier gatherings of industry decision-makers and HR professionals, averaging more than 200 participants. The format of bringing together renowned business leaders over the course of the day as speakers and panellists means that the most critical and topical of HR issues are debated at both the strategic and working levels. This has given the HR Conference an unrivalled scope of both high-level insight and practical application.

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