The Outlook for Global Mobility in 2020

Breakfast Briefing

4 December 2019

08:30 - 11:00

Hilton Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur

Taking registrations

This free event offers an excellent opportunity to network with fellow international HR managers and to meet with the ECA team.

Providing an update on global business and industry trends, attend this briefing to gain insights into the mobility landscape and some of the key issues facing IHR managers in Asia today.

Who should attend?

This event is exclusively open to in-house HR professionals responsible for or involved in the management of their company's international assignments.

Further details will follow. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the event, please contact the Events team.

Agenda

08:30 - 09:00am

Coffee, registration & networking

09:00am

Global overview
What’s going on in the world and how does this impact on you and the postings you manage. Comprehensive background and food for thought presented by ECA’s Managing Director, Andrew Shaw.

Short-term assignments - giving companies increased flexibility in mobility management
Recent ECA research shows that short-term assignments have firmly installed themselves as the second most common type of assignment. This session will explore:

Trends in assignment types
The reason for growth of short-term assignments and why they are used by organisations
The mechanisms of managing compensation and benefits for short-term assignments
Challenges associated with this type of assignment and practical solutions

Quiz
Dazzle your colleagues with your world knowledge at the end of year quiz.

ECA data update
Following on from the publication of updates to ECA's mobility data, this session will include a summary of major changes in the following data and what it means to teams managing employee mobility in the Asia Pacific region:

Cost of living
Location (hardship) allowances
Accommodation and other assignment benefits
Compliance (labour law, social security and tax)

11:00am

Wrap-up & close

Speakers

Andrew Shaw - Managing Director
Andrew joined ECA as Managing Director in August 2013. Prior to ECA, Andrew held senior commercial roles in a number of international subscription licensing businesses. A native of London, he spent five years living and working in Tokyo where he developed a personal understanding of international assignments and the data and software needed to support them.

Lee Quane - Regional Director - Asia
Lee Quane is ECA's Regional Director of Asia. He is responsible for managing Sales and Client Services in Asia, and provides consultancy to multinational companies in the region. Based in ECA’s Hong Kong office since 2003, Lee previously worked for the company in London, where he managed Location Ratings, co-ordinating research and product development.

Mark Harrison- Associate Director - Asia
Mark is ECA's Associate Director of Asia. He is responsible for overseeing Client Services in Asia and provides consultancy to multinational companies in the region. Based in ECA’s Hong Kong office, Mark previously worked for the company in London, where he managed the Remuneration Services team, researching and analysing expatriate salaries around the world.

Venue Details

Hilton Kuala Lumpur
3 Jalan Stesen Sentral
Kuala Lumpur
50470
Malaysia

Terms & Conditions

Places are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis, with a maximum of three participants per organisation.

Although this event is free to attend a cancellation fee of USD 50 will be charged for cancellations received later than 27 November and for non-attendance on the day.

All cancellations must be made in writing. Substitute delegates may be registered at any time. Due to unforeseen circumstances the programme may change and ECA reserves the right to change the venue and/or speakers.

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