NOTE: All times noted below are in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT).
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Benefits Summit Sessions Day 1 & 2
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
2023 Global Benefits Summit – Day 1
Welcome!
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
As society ages, how do we evolve organizational culture, careers, and benefits to adapt to an aging working population, and promote financial resilience? By 2035 in the United States, there will be more adults over age 65 than children. This aging shift in demographics impacts how tech companies attract, retain, and retire talent. With the World Economic Forum, Mercer is developing Longevity Economy Principles to redefine retirement and enable longer careers. How can companies thrive as workforce demographics change, while also helping employees financially thrive in their longer lives?
Key takeaways:
- Understanding of key global trends surrounding retirement and employee financial health
- Ability to apply innovative approaches to adapt to an aging eligible workforce
- Case study of how an organization can support financial resilience across generations
Speaker Details
Full Name
Lisa Bristow
Job Title
Senior Manager
Company
Adobe
Speaker Bio
Lisa Bristow is a Senior Manager within the Total Rewards organization at Adobe, where she is responsible for the strategy and delivery of employee financial wellbeing benefits. Lisa has over 20 years of experience managing employee benefits and driving employee engagement, with expertise in the areas of retirement and savings. Lisa is a graduate cum laude of California State University, Chico (CSUC), having earned a BA degree in Liberal Studies.
Speaking At
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
Speaker Details
Full Name
Lin Shi
Job Title
Principal Actuarial Consultant
Company
Mercer
Speaker Bio
Lin Shi is a Principal actuarial consultant with Mercer’s multinational consulting team. She is a Fellow seconded to the World Economic Forum on the Longevity Economy Initiative. She has over 10 years of experience helping global organizations with their benefits strategies, with a focus on financial wellbeing. Passionate about financial inclusion, Lin also serves as a governing member of several NGOs, including Pathways LA, Fulbright Association, WEF’s Global Shapers Community, and the Money Health Collective.
Speaking At
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Benefits Summit Track: Health equity, a global employer’s perspective
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Networking Break and Vendor Showcase
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:55 AM - 11:40 AM
Benefits Summit Track: Cost, Affordability, and HR Benefits Management in an Inflationary Environment
Globally, general inflation is sweeping into medical costs after a predictable time lag, with important downstream consequences for employers, brokers/consultants and (most importantly) consumers. This session will outline employers’ challenges in simultaneously addressing U.S. total plan cost and member affordability in an inflationary environment.
Key takeaways:
- View of how cost trend drivers are unfolding in the Healthcare market for the coming years
- How employees are faring after more than a decade of escalating point-of-care cost-shifting in the name of “consumerism”
- Practical steps the CVS Health HR team has taken to understand and address the special health needs of low-wage workers
Speaker Details
Full Name
Ellen Sullivan Frencis
Job Title
Executive Director, HR Benefits
Company
CVS Health
Speaker Bio
Ellen is Executive Director, HR Benefits at CVS Health where she leads the strategic design and delivery of best-in-class benefit plans for the company’s 310,000 colleagues. Ellen began her career at Aetna as a Staff Accountant before leaving to provide client employers with expertise in the design of employee benefit plans as a broker consultant, re-joining the company in 2007. Ellen holds a BS in Accounting and an MBA in Healthcare Management.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Cost, Affordability, and HR Benefits Management in an Inflationary Environment
Speaker Details
Full Name
Lena Hunsinger
Job Title
Lead Director, Plan Sponsor Insight
Company
Aetna
Speaker Bio
Lena Hunsinger is a Lead Director in the Clinical Business Support team of Aetna’s Sales Enablement organization. Lena has more than 30 years of healthcare advance analytics, Underwriting and Plan sponsor Consulting experience. She has an extensive background in total health cost containment, population health management, health equity solutions, and in measurement of care management interventions.
Lena partners with sales and account teams in Commercial & Specialty market business to drive customer growth. She specializes in developing and delivering population health and cost opportunity/savings analyses, and case studies in support of prospects and retention opportunities for key customer meetings, strategy meetings with focus on population health and cost containment strategy for all Commercial National Accounts, Enterprise Accounts, Public & Labor segments. She owns execution of Plan Sponsor analytic and consulting strategy aligned to Aetna’s Advocate model.
Lena leads our Health Equity Solutions – Centers of Excellence team in Aetna’s Sales Enablement organization. This multi-disciplinary team supports our thought leadership resources and the expanded Plan Sponsor health equity reporting for Commercial plan sponsors. She leads the Clinical Business Support - Health Equity Win Room on solution discussions to grow and maintain the library of solution options to address an expanded customer focus.
Previously, she led the team approach for Analytic Consultants who analyze medical cost trends, health equity and population health opportunities for our National Account and Healthcare (Hospital) customers and her team was responsible for delivering health plan performance reviews with solutions to our customers. For the past 7 years, Lena was a keynote speaker at Aetna’s Healthcare Business - Customer forum.
Lena holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from LaSalle University in Philadelphia, PA.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Cost, Affordability, and HR Benefits Management in an Inflationary Environment
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Speaker Details
Full Name
Sees Lam
Job Title
Global Benefits Program Manager, Family First
Company
LinkedIn
Speaker Bio
Sees Lam is a Global Benefits Program Manager at LinkedIn, focusing on the strategy and delivery of Family First benefits. Since graduating from UC Berkeley, Sees has worked in a variety of HR capacity in the tech industry, but has found her passion in bringing meaningful impact to employees through benefits such as leave of absences and perks. Outside of work, she is a working parent to her 19-month-old son, a dog mom and a caregiver to her elderly parents. She would love to continue her advocacy for inclusive and impactful Family First benefits.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Navigating the Parental Journey
Benefits Summit Track: Navigating the Parental Journey
Benefits programs at LinkedIn make life even better. Their programs are focused on their employees’ health, families, passions, must-haves and awesome extras. LinkedIn also recognizes that families are formed in many different ways. Their Family First programs are designed to help employees along their parental journey, delivering them the right information and resources when they need it.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch and Vendor Showcase
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 1:35 PM - 2:05 PM
Benefits Summit Track: Employer Panel
During moments that matter, Atlassian and NVIDIA offer ways to provide support to those looking to form a family and ensure that they invest in women’s health.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Plenary: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Infertility has become more common worldwide, impacting an estimated 1 in 6 people. But fertility is not only a global healthcare concern- it’s also an important workplace issue. Join us for a conversation on the global impact of infertility, how employers can navigate regional differences in regulations and cultural perspectives, what today’s employees expect from employer support, and how providing access to comprehensive fertility benefits can create a more productive workforce.
Key takeaways:
- Understand the global financial burden of fertility care — and how employers can offer support without raising healthcare costs
- Get an overview of differences in fertility and family-forming access across Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
- Ensure employees have access to high-quality care wherever they are located
Speaker Details
Full Name
Jason Allie
Job Title
Director, Enterprise Sales
Company
Carrot Fertility
Speaker Bio
Jason Allie is an Enterprise Sales Director at Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility care platform for women, plus people of every age, race, income, sex, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, and geography. In his role, Jason leads and manages the Strategic Enterprise and National Accounts Sales teams, which focus on building relationships with large domestic and global organizations.
Jason has 20 years of experience working in healthcare and benefits management. Prior to joining Carrot, Jason was the Director of Enterprise Sales at Ginger, now Headspace Health, and managed the Enterprise Sales team. Before leading the Enterprise Sales team, he served as a Regional Vice President, partnering with many enterprise clients with mental health benefits needs. Jason played a role in helping Ginger scale through significant growth with an estimated valuation from $300M to $3B. Before joining Ginger, Jason led National and Enterprise Sales at Thomsons Online Benefits, a global benefits administration platform called Darwin. He was a trusted advisor to leading global organizations focused on improving the global employee experience.
Outside of work, Jason enjoys spending time with his family in El Dorado Hills, CA. He also enjoys traveling, spending time at local wineries, and focusing on his mental and physical health.
Speaking At
Plenary: Fireside Chat: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Plenary: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker Details
Full Name
Nichole Ingalls
Job Title
Sr Benefits Program Manager
Company
Pure Storage
Speaker Bio
With over 10 years of experience working in the world of benefits, Nichole has managed North American insurance benefits, project managed the implementation of many programs including a new benefit administration system, and created engaging benefit communications. She now focuses on global benefit communications and global wellbeing programs including the launch and ongoing management of Carrot, among other family planning benefits at Pure Storage.
Speaking At
Plenary: Fireside Chat: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Plenary: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Plenary: Employer Fireside Chat: Future of Benefits
Be inspired by what lies ahead. Join the benefits leader at Google and explore where employee benefits trend may go, the potential drivers, and how we may need to change our approach and mindset.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
Close Day 1
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
2023 Global Benefits Summit – Day 2
Welcome!
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Benefits Summit Track: Transforming Telehealth: Integrated, Whole-person Virtual Care
Integrated virtual and in-person primary care can increase access to healthcare, create better experiences for employees, and provide a competitive advantage for employers. Explore what employers should consider in the next generation of telehealth, including:
- How to successfully integrate virtual primary and in-person care, including mental health
- Best practices to manage the plethora of point solutions
- Controlling healthcare costs while improving employee outcomes
Speaker Details
Full Name
Navi Mudahar
Job Title
Director, Virtual Care Innovation
Company
Blue Shield
Speaker Bio
Navi Mudahar is a healthcare leader with 10+ years of experience in hospital administration, clinical operations, quality improvement, and people development and management. Navi is focused on applying an entrepreneurial drive to improve and scale health focused organizations through fostering operational efficiency, driving innovation, and improving the quality of population health programs.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Transforming Telehealth: Integrated, Whole-person Virtual Care
Speaker Details
Full Name
Jennifer Vinamont
Job Title
Senior Manager
Company
Blue Shield
Speaker Bio
Jennifer Vinamont joined Blue Shield of California in 2017 after relocating to California from Philadelphia, PA. As a Principal Product Manager, Jennifer leveraged her experience developing a comprehensive product strategy to implement the newly enacted Affordable Care Act, into a network-based strategy designed to take advantage of California’s unique geography. Today, Jennifer leads the Product Strategy team responsible for Blue Shield of California’s virtual first health plan strategy.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Transforming Telehealth: Integrated, Whole-person Virtual Care
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Benefits Summit Track: Solutions to Closing Health Equity Gaps
Learn how Fortune 500 employers are addressing the growing chronic pain epidemic to narrow health equity gaps and improve access to care for all. People of color and lower income groups with chronic pain and mental health conditions are more likely to experience higher pain levels and a greater impact on their health. Hinge Health’s Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Jeffrey Kraus will discuss how personalized, digital care solutions are one way to address these disparities.
Key Takeaways:
- The impact of income, mental health, and race and ethnicity on musculoskeletal care
- Why addressing the chronic pain epidemic requires holistic and personalized care
- How digital care solutions can help to improve access and narrow health equity gaps
Speaker Details
Full Name
LuAnn Johnson
Job Title
Chief Human Resources Officer
Company
Quest Software
Speaker Bio
LuAnn is responsible for leading teams focused on the employee experience: HR, Communications, Facilities and Real Estate. She strives to create the type of culture and environment where people choose to spend time and do their best work.
Prior to joining Quest, LuAnn was the SVP and Chief People Officer for Vertafore, responsible for overseeing high performing HR, Communications and Facilities Management teams, as well as talent acquisition, employee services, engagement and retention, leadership capability, and connecting employees to top business goals.
LuAnn is a graduate of the University of Phoenix with a B.S. in Business Administration and an MAOM in Organizational Management.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Solutions to Closing Health Equity Gaps
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Networking Break and Vendor Showcase
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Benefits Summit Track: Employer Perspective: DEI
Tune in to hear the success of OpenText, a large Canadian company, that develops and sells enterprise information management software, and their approach to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Take away key learnings on how the benefits leader partners with the Head of ED&I, and the critical feedback gained through discussions with the Employee Resource Groups to inform their strategy and offerings.
Speaker Details
Full Name
Amy Glynn
Job Title
Senior Benefits Director
Company
OpenText
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Employer Perspective: DEI
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Benefits Summit Track: Use SDoH Analytics to Quantify Health Inequities
Looking to address health inequity? Change starts with measuring where we are now. Learn what that looks like and how organizations use Social Determinants of Health to reveal opportunities.
HDMS shares how employers use analytics to evaluate how social and environmental factors influence a population. We show projects that leverage SDoH data to expose health inequities. Lastly, we connect measured health inequities and thinking differently about new solution designs.
Key takeaways:
- Learn how to use existing data differently to measure health inequities
- Explore where to see measured inequities (good places to look!)
- Hear examples of how other organizations connected insights to new solution designs to directly address measured inequities
Speaker Details
Full Name
Rani Aravamudhan
Job Title
Senior Clinical Consultant
Company
HDMS
Speaker Bio
Dr. Rani Aravamudhan leads HDMS Clinical Advisory services. She is a general medicine physician who cares for individuals yet connects experiences to population health perspectives using her deep data expertise. Rani is known for her work in data-driven transformation, workflow design and development, value-based care, risk management and clinical quality and performance reporting. Her work and team guides clients to understand what is possible with data, find answers and insights within projects and analyses, and gather context and scale across the HDMS client base.
Speaking At
Benefits Summit Track: Use SDoH Analytics to Quantify Health Inequities
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 12:05 PM - 1:20 PM
Networking Lunch and Vendor Showcase
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 1:20 PM - 1:55 PM
Benefits Summit Track: A Personalized Approach to Supporting Diverse and Evolving Mental Health Needs
Mental health is personal. That’s why care needs to be personalized, too. Join this session to learn how companies are delivering comprehensive mental health care that’s evidence-based, deeply compassionate, and proven to deliver meaningful outcomes. Join Spring Health alongside one of the country’s leading software companies to hear how they built mental wellness programs centered around what matters most – their people. Join us to learn:
- How they assessed various mental health solutions in the market and why they ultimately chose Spring Health
- How they worked with Spring Health to build custom mental health programming to provide care for nearly 190,000 members in 10 countries
- The impressive engagement and results achieved since launching Spring Health
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Plenary: Benefits Refresh
Hear how Airbnb refreshed its benefits programs to support employees beyond traditional ways, by evolving their time off, expanding their wellbeing allowance, adding tax prep services, business travel support, and more.
Speaker Details
Full Name
Tracy Desmond
Job Title
Director Global Benefits
Company
Airbnb
Speaking At
Plenary: Benefits Refresh
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 2:35 PM - 3:10 PM
Plenary: Global Time Away
Discover and learn about the comprehensive, holistic process undertaken by Intuit to design a global time away framework (e.g., covering its policies all the way through how time away is administered) that was centered on maximizing the overall employee benefits experience. Hear the path related to their global benefit design and the technical components involved with Intuit charting a course for successful implementation of their global time away initiative.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Raffle/Certificates/Close Day 2
Learning Sessions Day 1 & 2
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
2023 Global Benefits Summit – Day 1
Welcome!
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
As society ages, how do we evolve organizational culture, careers, and benefits to adapt to an aging working population, and promote financial resilience? By 2035 in the United States, there will be more adults over age 65 than children. This aging shift in demographics impacts how tech companies attract, retain, and retire talent. With the World Economic Forum, Mercer is developing Longevity Economy Principles to redefine retirement and enable longer careers. How can companies thrive as workforce demographics change, while also helping employees financially thrive in their longer lives?
Key takeaways:
- Understanding of key global trends surrounding retirement and employee financial health
- Ability to apply innovative approaches to adapt to an aging eligible workforce
- Case study of how an organization can support financial resilience across generations
Speaker Details
Full Name
Lisa Bristow
Job Title
Senior Manager
Company
Adobe
Speaker Bio
Lisa Bristow is a Senior Manager within the Total Rewards organization at Adobe, where she is responsible for the strategy and delivery of employee financial wellbeing benefits. Lisa has over 20 years of experience managing employee benefits and driving employee engagement, with expertise in the areas of retirement and savings. Lisa is a graduate cum laude of California State University, Chico (CSUC), having earned a BA degree in Liberal Studies.
Speaking At
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
Speaker Details
Full Name
Lin Shi
Job Title
Principal Actuarial Consultant
Company
Mercer
Speaker Bio
Lin Shi is a Principal actuarial consultant with Mercer’s multinational consulting team. She is a Fellow seconded to the World Economic Forum on the Longevity Economy Initiative. She has over 10 years of experience helping global organizations with their benefits strategies, with a focus on financial wellbeing. Passionate about financial inclusion, Lin also serves as a governing member of several NGOs, including Pathways LA, Fulbright Association, WEF’s Global Shapers Community, and the Money Health Collective.
Speaking At
Plenary: Financial Resilience Across the Five Generation Workforce: Adapting to the Longevity Economy
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
Learning Track: Why You Are Here, Primer and Refresh
In this introductory session, we will cover the overall goals of the training. This will set the pace for an interactive experience; a collegial atmosphere; a safe place where everybody can participate and contribute. Here we will review the basics. You will learn what makes a high-tech company unique in the world of global benefits. We will go over the key differences in employee benefit plans/schemes, including for local nationals, expatriates, and third-country nationals, and what defines them. This will serve as a foundation for the upcoming sessions.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM
Networking Break and Vendor Showcase
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 10:55 AM - 11:40 AM
Learning Track: The Social Systems
This session will address the different requirements from country to country, financing, taxation, and labor and environmental regulations.
Employers must consider the local laws of their international employees and the culture and expectations employees have from their high-tech employers. We will review how social and cultural expectations will affect the supplemental employer-provided benefits within high-tech companies. For example, while there is a National Health System (NHS) in the UK, how will this integrate with private employer-sponsored medical plans (PMI), which virtually all high-tech companies provide?
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Learning Track: What About our Expats?
This session will provide an overview of managing an expat’s expectations and how the benefits differ from local nationals and home country benefits. In addition, you’ll understand the reasoning behind offering an expat package and what is generally included in a high-tech environment. Plus, when is the right time, if any, to convert an expat to local national status?
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Networking Lunch and Vendor Showcase
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 1:35 PM - 2:05 PM
Learning Track: Return to Work / Work from Anywhere
Working outside the traditional office environment is now common, resulting in an entirely new challenge. The opportunities and challenges with remote work are still being fleshed out. Each company is different. This session will not only examine flexible working arrangements and the implications for employees and employers but the common misconceptions. We’ll discuss what others in the high-tech space have done to solve this complex issue and present studies that show the most optimal result.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:10 PM - 2:40 PM
Plenary: Fireside Chat: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Infertility has become more common worldwide, impacting an estimated 1 in 6 people. But fertility is not only a global healthcare concern- it’s also an important workplace issue. Join us for a conversation on the global impact of infertility, how employers can navigate regional differences in regulations and cultural perspectives, what today’s employees expect from employer support, and how providing access to comprehensive fertility benefits can create a more productive workforce.
Key takeaways:
- Understand the global financial burden of fertility care — and how employers can offer support without raising healthcare costs
- Get an overview of differences in fertility and family-forming access across Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
- Ensure employees have access to high-quality care wherever they are located
Speaker Details
Full Name
Jason Allie
Job Title
Director, Enterprise Sales
Company
Carrot Fertility
Speaker Bio
Jason Allie is an Enterprise Sales Director at Carrot Fertility, the leading global fertility care platform for women, plus people of every age, race, income, sex, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, and geography. In his role, Jason leads and manages the Strategic Enterprise and National Accounts Sales teams, which focus on building relationships with large domestic and global organizations.
Jason has 20 years of experience working in healthcare and benefits management. Prior to joining Carrot, Jason was the Director of Enterprise Sales at Ginger, now Headspace Health, and managed the Enterprise Sales team. Before leading the Enterprise Sales team, he served as a Regional Vice President, partnering with many enterprise clients with mental health benefits needs. Jason played a role in helping Ginger scale through significant growth with an estimated valuation from $300M to $3B. Before joining Ginger, Jason led National and Enterprise Sales at Thomsons Online Benefits, a global benefits administration platform called Darwin. He was a trusted advisor to leading global organizations focused on improving the global employee experience.
Outside of work, Jason enjoys spending time with his family in El Dorado Hills, CA. He also enjoys traveling, spending time at local wineries, and focusing on his mental and physical health.
Speaking At
Plenary: Fireside Chat: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Plenary: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker Details
Full Name
Nichole Ingalls
Job Title
Sr Benefits Program Manager
Company
Pure Storage
Speaker Bio
With over 10 years of experience working in the world of benefits, Nichole has managed North American insurance benefits, project managed the implementation of many programs including a new benefit administration system, and created engaging benefit communications. She now focuses on global benefit communications and global wellbeing programs including the launch and ongoing management of Carrot, among other family planning benefits at Pure Storage.
Speaking At
Plenary: Fireside Chat: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Plenary: Global Parity for Fertility Benefits: Challenges and Opportunities
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 2:45 PM - 3:15 PM
Plenary: Employer Fireside Chat: Future of Benefits
Be inspired by what lies ahead. Join the benefits leader at Google and explore where employee benefits trend may go, the potential drivers, and how we may need to change our approach and mindset.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 3:20 PM - 3:30 PM
Close Day 1
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM
2023 Global Benefits Summit – Day 2
Welcome!
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Learning Track: Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Due diligence is often overlooked as an important part of acquiring a company. Understanding the possible risks of mergers and acquisitions pre-merger can increase confidence and deal success. By acquiring these skills, you’ll be a great asset to your organization and be prepared for post-merger harmonization. We’ll use a case study to review the pre and post phases of M&A. By the end of this session, you’ll feel like you’ve just been through a merger!
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM
Learning Track: Yes, Some People Do Want to Retire
In some parts of the world, most employees rank retirement amongst the most important benefit an employer can offer. Most, if not all, of the legacy defined benefit plans in the high-tech world have been wound-up and grandfathered. The world of defined contribution plans has many variations and certain governments are requiring auto enrollment to be provided by employers. There are several types of schemes that are necessary to complete a competitive benefit package for your employees. We will discuss all of them and help you prepare what’s best for your company.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:20 AM - 10:40 AM
Networking Break and Vendor Showcase
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM
Learning Track: Help Please!
With all the information online, how do you know if you’re using a reliable source? How do you know what sources you can trust and where to find them? This session will give you information to trusted, reliable, and credible resources to take with you on your job.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 11:35 AM - 12:05 PM
Learning Track: How Do I Pay for This?
The most efficient means of financing and funding your benefit plans are critical. This session will help you with all the alternatives available for each bracketed organization (size and risk). In this session, you’ll learn how to optimize your spending through alternative financial vehicles. At the end of the session, you’ll understand each option and a direction of what will be best for your company.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 12:05 PM - 1:20 PM
Networking Lunch and Vendor Showcase
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 1:20 PM - 1:55 PM
Learning Track: A Day in The Life
We will conclude the training by reviewing what you have learned and how to apply the knowledge to your company. Journey through real life. Data privacy; Unions and Works Councils; Travel and security; Best means to add value to your company. With these skills, you can impact productivity, financial responsibility and help your organization attract and retain talent. The final assignment will be a team’s approach within break-out groups to real-life cases based on what you learned in the past two days.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Plenary: Benefits Refresh
Hear how Airbnb refreshed its benefits plans to support employees beyond traditional ways, by re-vamping their time off, expanding their wellbeing allowance, adding tax prep services, business travel support, and more.
Speaker Details
Full Name
Tracy Desmond
Job Title
Director Global Benefits
Company
Airbnb
Speaking At
Plenary: Benefits Refresh
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 2:35 PM - 3:10 PM
Plenary: Global Time Away
Discover and learn about the comprehensive, holistic process undertaken by Intuit to design a global time away framework (e.g., covering its policies all the way through how time away is administered) that was centered on maximizing the overall employee benefits experience. Hear the path related to their global benefit design and the technical components involved with Intuit charting a course for successful implementation of their global time away initiative.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM
Raffle/Certificates/Close Day 2