As the World Turns Conference
Agenda:
DAY 1: Friday, June 5, 2009
8:30–9:00 AM Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:15 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:15–10:40 AM Globally Aligning Compensation and Benefits
Moderator: Susan P. Serota, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York
Panelists:
- David Dysert, Ernst &Young LLP, Cleveland
- James P. Klein, Deloitte LLP, New York
- Evan Howard, Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Toronto
10:40-10:55 AM Break
10:55–12:20 PM Starting Up in a New Country
Moderator: Donald C. Dowling, Jr., White & Case LLP, New York
Panelists:
- Sally M. Sommers, The Western Union Company, Englewood (Colorado)
- Carole Corcoran, International Crisis Group, New York
- Jeffrey A. Margolis, The Margolis Law Firm, New York
12:30–1:45 PM Lunch
1:45–3:10 PM Non-Competes and Intellectual Property: Whose Law Applies?
Moderator: Peter A. Susser, Littler Mendelson P.C., Washington
Panelists:
- Paul Callaghan, Taylor Wessing LLP, London
- Jeffrey Goodman, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Montreal
- Charles H. Kaplan, Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP, New York
- Laura S. Schnell, Eisenberg & Schnell LLP, New York
3:10–3:25 PM Break
3:25–4:50 PM Cross-Border Class Action Litigation
Moderator: Peter Mantas, Heenan Blaikie LLP, Ottawa
Panelists:
- Adam T. Klein, Outten & Golden LLP, New York
- Michael J. Puma, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia
5:00–7:00 PM Reception
DAY 2: Saturday, June 6, 2009
8:30–9:00 PM Check-In and Continental Breakfast
9:00–9:15 PM Welcome
9:15–10:35 PM Employee Data Privacy Inside and Outside the E.U.
Moderator: Alan M. Koral, Vedder Price P.C., New York
Panelists:
- Patrick L. Benaroche, Stikeman Elliot LLP, Montreal
- Andrew Heaton, Ernst & Young LLP, Washington
- Inge de Laat, Kennedy Van der Laan, Amsterdam
10:35–10:50 PM Break
10:50–12:10 PM Implementing Global Policies on Diversity and Other Core Values
Moderator: Philip M. Berkowitz, Nixon Peabody LLP, New York
Panelists:
- Louise Patry, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP, Montreal
- Ulrike Schweibert, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt
- Peter Talibart, Norton Rose LLP, London
- Pearl Zuchlewski, Kraus & Zuchlewski LLP, New York
12:10–1:30 PM Organizing Global Reductions in Force: Law and Methods
Moderator: Yasmine Tarasewicz, Proskauer Rose LLP, Paris
Panelists:
- Robert P. Lewis, Baker & Mackenzie LLP, New York
- Salvador del Rey, Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, S.L.P., Madrid
- Rebecca E. White, UBS Investment Bank, Stamford