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PROGRAMME Day 1
WEDNESDAY 19th MAY 2021
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8:45 CET Opening of the Conference by the Chairs: Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR' & Urban Björn, Former SVP, Swedbank, Founder at Business as Equals"...
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09:00 Latest Market Trends, Technology & Tools for Global Talent Acquisition - Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB"Q&A with Sam
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9.30 Business Empowerment of the Cross-Border Mobility Agenda – A Nokia Case Study - Liesal Rudlin, Head of Global Mobility, Nokia & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software"Nokia Mobility programme context Digital Transformation in the Nokia business Using technology to transform and empower the Mobility Talent Agenda. The changing mobility landscape and how Nokia are seeking to manage remote workers Q&A with Liesal & Gareth
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10:00 Unlocking Intrapreneurial and Innovation Power of our employees globally - Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson"People Story of Ericsson Ericsson ONE: internal accelerator for employees with pioneering new business ideas People and the Innnovation process. Intra Fellowship concept: creating awareness and mobilizing talents. How COVID has impacted this. Key messages and Achievements Q&A with Elena
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10:30 Practical Uses for Skill Data - Peter Riber, Head of Digital Learning & Analytics, Novo Nordisk"Join us to learn how Novo Nordisk is providing a correlation between learning, behavior and business outcomes. Peter will detail their learning strategy and how their direct marketing approach is putting the right content in front of the right people, at the right time. Q&A with Peter
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11:00 CET Coffee & Networking...
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11:20 Develop for Growth: Our Performance Management set up - Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden"Our new take on PM, promotes: continuity, regular dialogues both in the individual and the team dimension, relevant goal setting, feedback culture and focus on future performance rather than the past. Q&A with Jenny
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11:50 Accelerating our Digital journey; how global HR service was enhanced at Kemira - Mirka Janhonen, Director, Digital HR and Workplace Devt., Kemira"Discover how Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, defined and implemented a HR Service Delivery solution with UKG-PeopleDoc to complement the current offering with SAP SuccessFactors to support its 5,000 employees spread across 40 countries. Learn how Mirka and her team defined the approach for implementation; integrated the two solutions; ensured compliance and data privacy needs; and captured the business benefits. Q&A with Mirka
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12:20 Reverse Mentoring Program: empowering Diversity & Inclusion - Nina Falkstrand, Head of HR, R&D, Scania"By matching senior managers (the mentees) with newly employed female employees as the mentors, we have created an arena for exchanging knowledge and insights about how it is to be young, female and newly employed in a male dominated company (and industry). Q&A with Nina
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12:50 CET Lunch & Networking...
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13:40 HR's role in Reinventing the Future - Troels Wendelbo, Sr. HR Director, People Partner for CFO, LEGO Group"Learnings / Reflections on HR's role: Be ultra-sharp on deep Purpose Keep (at least) one foot in the Oxytocin part of the arena Avoid the “Maginot-line trap” Be the organisational “there is a new day” optimists Focus on what we need to STOP doing Q&A with Troels
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14:10 Driving transformational growth with Virtual Leadership Development - Magdalena Karlsson, Global L&D Partner, KRY & Jordy Sijmonsma, Sr. Transformation Consultant, CoachHub"In a fast growth organization like KRY, how do you ensure that an increasing amount of new leaders are fully equipped with the tools they need to become leaders of tomorrow? At the same time, how do you equip the current leaders with the tools they need to adapt to a changing environment? Join Jordy and Magdalena and discover how KRY are scaling workforce learning and development with digital coaching. Q&A with Magdalena & Jordy
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14:40 Our HR transformation Journey, from a HR generalist model to a centralized model - Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Q&A with Nelia
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15:10 CET Coffee & Networking...
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15:30 How to prepare your company for the Skills of the Future - Jennie Drimmer, Senior Regional Director for Enterprise, EMEA, Coursera"To succeed through a period of great disruption, companies face a pressing need to accelerate their building of new digital skills. Join Coursera for this session to: Understand how skills development can offer your company a competitive edge Determine the value of upskilling and reskilling within your business context Learn about trending skills within the Nordic region
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15:45 Your journey with Top Employers - Steven Hormann, Regional Manager NL & Nordics, Top Employers Institute"Discover the world of Top Employers Benefits of participating and how the Certification Programme can help your organisation overcome current challenges Best Practices of Top Employers around the world
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16:00 Panel Discussion with Liz Elder Global Director, Talent, LEGO Group & Borbála Molnár, Global Leadership Program Mgr., Nokia & Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB & Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Where do you see HR in 2025? How do you properly engage a Remote workforce? Which HR competencies will impact personal effectiveness and business results? What organizational capabilities should HR professionals embed in their organisation? How do you develop and enrich your business remotely? How can Big Companies keep the Entrepreneurial spirit alive?
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17:00 CET Wrap-up & End of Day 1 17:10...
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8:45 CET Opening of the Conference by the Chairs: Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR' & Urban Björn, Former SVP, Swedbank, Founder at Business as Equals"...
-
09:00 Latest Market Trends, Technology & Tools for Global Talent Acquisition - Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB"Q&A with Sam
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9.30 Business Empowerment of the Cross-Border Mobility Agenda – A Nokia Case Study - Liesal Rudlin, Head of Global Mobility, Nokia & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software"Nokia Mobility programme context Digital Transformation in the Nokia business Using technology to transform and empower the Mobility Talent Agenda. The changing mobility landscape and how Nokia are seeking to manage remote workers Q&A with Liesal & Gareth
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10:00 Unlocking Intrapreneurial and Innovation Power of our employees globally - Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson"People Story of Ericsson Ericsson ONE: internal accelerator for employees with pioneering new business ideas People and the Innnovation process. Intra Fellowship concept: creating awareness and mobilizing talents. How COVID has impacted this. Key messages and Achievements Q&A with Elena
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10:30 Practical Uses for Skill Data - Peter Riber, Head of Digital Learning & Analytics, Novo Nordisk"Join us to learn how Novo Nordisk is providing a correlation between learning, behavior and business outcomes. Peter will detail their learning strategy and how their direct marketing approach is putting the right content in front of the right people, at the right time. Q&A with Peter
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11:00 CET Coffee & Networking...
-
11:20 Develop for Growth: Our Performance Management set up - Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden"Our new take on PM, promotes: continuity, regular dialogues both in the individual and the team dimension, relevant goal setting, feedback culture and focus on future performance rather than the past. Q&A with Jenny
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11:50 Accelerating our Digital journey; how global HR service was enhanced at Kemira - Mirka Janhonen, Director, Digital HR and Workplace Devt., Kemira"Discover how Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, defined and implemented a HR Service Delivery solution with UKG-PeopleDoc to complement the current offering with SAP SuccessFactors to support its 5,000 employees spread across 40 countries. Learn how Mirka and her team defined the approach for implementation; integrated the two solutions; ensured compliance and data privacy needs; and captured the business benefits. Q&A with Mirka
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12:20 Reverse Mentoring Program: empowering Diversity & Inclusion - Nina Falkstrand, Head of HR, R&D, Scania"By matching senior managers (the mentees) with newly employed female employees as the mentors, we have created an arena for exchanging knowledge and insights about how it is to be young, female and newly employed in a male dominated company (and industry). Q&A with Nina
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12:50 CET Lunch & Networking...
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13:40 HR's role in Reinventing the Future - Troels Wendelbo, Sr. HR Director, People Partner for CFO, LEGO Group"Learnings / Reflections on HR's role: Be ultra-sharp on deep Purpose Keep (at least) one foot in the Oxytocin part of the arena Avoid the “Maginot-line trap” Be the organisational “there is a new day” optimists Focus on what we need to STOP doing Q&A with Troels
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14:10 Driving transformational growth with Virtual Leadership Development - Magdalena Karlsson, Global L&D Partner, KRY & Jordy Sijmonsma, Sr. Transformation Consultant, CoachHub"In a fast growth organization like KRY, how do you ensure that an increasing amount of new leaders are fully equipped with the tools they need to become leaders of tomorrow? At the same time, how do you equip the current leaders with the tools they need to adapt to a changing environment? Join Jordy and Magdalena and discover how KRY are scaling workforce learning and development with digital coaching. Q&A with Magdalena & Jordy
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14:40 Our HR transformation Journey, from a HR generalist model to a centralized model - Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Q&A with Nelia
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15:10 CET Coffee & Networking...
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15:30 How to prepare your company for the Skills of the Future - Jennie Drimmer, Senior Regional Director for Enterprise, EMEA, Coursera"To succeed through a period of great disruption, companies face a pressing need to accelerate their building of new digital skills. Join Coursera for this session to: Understand how skills development can offer your company a competitive edge Determine the value of upskilling and reskilling within your business context Learn about trending skills within the Nordic region
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15:45 Your journey with Top Employers - Steven Hormann, Regional Manager NL & Nordics, Top Employers Institute"Discover the world of Top Employers Benefits of participating and how the Certification Programme can help your organisation overcome current challenges Best Practices of Top Employers around the world
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16:00 Panel Discussion with Liz Elder Global Director, Talent, LEGO Group & Borbála Molnár, Global Leadership Program Mgr., Nokia & Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB & Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Where do you see HR in 2025? How do you properly engage a Remote workforce? Which HR competencies will impact personal effectiveness and business results? What organizational capabilities should HR professionals embed in their organisation? How do you develop and enrich your business remotely? How can Big Companies keep the Entrepreneurial spirit alive?
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17:00 CET Wrap-up & End of Day 1 17:10...

Trends
Innovation
Future of Work
HR Technology
Resourcing/ D&I
AI & Machine Learning
Employee Exp./ Engagement
Move Freely between the Tracks
Agenda
PROGRAMME Day 2
THURSDAY 20th MAY 2021
Move Freely between the Tracks
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8:45 CET Opening of the Conference by the Chairs: Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR' & Urban Björn, Former SVP, Swedbank, Founder at Business as Equals"...
-
09:00 Latest Market Trends, Technology & Tools for Global Talent Acquisition - Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB"Q&A with Sam
-
9.30 Business Empowerment of the Cross-Border Mobility Agenda – A Nokia Case Study - Liesal Rudlin, Head of Global Mobility, Nokia & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software"Nokia Mobility programme context Digital Transformation in the Nokia business Using technology to transform and empower the Mobility Talent Agenda. The changing mobility landscape and how Nokia are seeking to manage remote workers Q&A with Liesal & Gareth
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10:00 Unlocking Intrapreneurial and Innovation Power of our employees globally - Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson"People Story of Ericsson Ericsson ONE: internal accelerator for employees with pioneering new business ideas People and the Innnovation process. Intra Fellowship concept: creating awareness and mobilizing talents. How COVID has impacted this. Key messages and Achievements Q&A with Elena
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10:30 Practical Uses for Skill Data - Peter Riber, Head of Digital Learning & Analytics, Novo Nordisk"Join us to learn how Novo Nordisk is providing a correlation between learning, behavior and business outcomes. Peter will detail their learning strategy and how their direct marketing approach is putting the right content in front of the right people, at the right time. Q&A with Peter
-
11:00 CET Coffee & Networking...
-
11:20 Develop for Growth: Our Performance Management set up - Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden"Our new take on PM, promotes: continuity, regular dialogues both in the individual and the team dimension, relevant goal setting, feedback culture and focus on future performance rather than the past. Q&A with Jenny
-
11:50 Accelerating our Digital journey; how global HR service was enhanced at Kemira - Mirka Janhonen, Director, Digital HR and Workplace Devt., Kemira"Discover how Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, defined and implemented a HR Service Delivery solution with UKG-PeopleDoc to complement the current offering with SAP SuccessFactors to support its 5,000 employees spread across 40 countries. Learn how Mirka and her team defined the approach for implementation; integrated the two solutions; ensured compliance and data privacy needs; and captured the business benefits. Q&A with Mirka
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12:20 Reverse Mentoring Program: empowering Diversity & Inclusion - Nina Falkstrand, Head of HR, R&D, Scania"By matching senior managers (the mentees) with newly employed female employees as the mentors, we have created an arena for exchanging knowledge and insights about how it is to be young, female and newly employed in a male dominated company (and industry). Q&A with Nina
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12:50 CET Lunch & Networking...
-
13:40 HR's role in Reinventing the Future - Troels Wendelbo, Sr. HR Director, People Partner for CFO, LEGO Group"Learnings / Reflections on HR's role: Be ultra-sharp on deep Purpose Keep (at least) one foot in the Oxytocin part of the arena Avoid the “Maginot-line trap” Be the organisational “there is a new day” optimists Focus on what we need to STOP doing Q&A with Troels
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14:10 Driving transformational growth with Virtual Leadership Development - Magdalena Karlsson, Global L&D Partner, KRY & Jordy Sijmonsma, Sr. Transformation Consultant, CoachHub"In a fast growth organization like KRY, how do you ensure that an increasing amount of new leaders are fully equipped with the tools they need to become leaders of tomorrow? At the same time, how do you equip the current leaders with the tools they need to adapt to a changing environment? Join Jordy and Magdalena and discover how KRY are scaling workforce learning and development with digital coaching. Q&A with Magdalena & Jordy
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14:40 Our HR transformation Journey, from a HR generalist model to a centralized model - Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Q&A with Nelia
-
15:10 CET Coffee & Networking...
-
15:30 How to prepare your company for the Skills of the Future - Jennie Drimmer, Senior Regional Director for Enterprise, EMEA, Coursera"To succeed through a period of great disruption, companies face a pressing need to accelerate their building of new digital skills. Join Coursera for this session to: Understand how skills development can offer your company a competitive edge Determine the value of upskilling and reskilling within your business context Learn about trending skills within the Nordic region
-
15:45 Your journey with Top Employers - Steven Hormann, Regional Manager NL & Nordics, Top Employers Institute"Discover the world of Top Employers Benefits of participating and how the Certification Programme can help your organisation overcome current challenges Best Practices of Top Employers around the world
-
16:00 Panel Discussion with Liz Elder Global Director, Talent, LEGO Group & Borbála Molnár, Global Leadership Program Mgr., Nokia & Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB & Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Where do you see HR in 2025? How do you properly engage a Remote workforce? Which HR competencies will impact personal effectiveness and business results? What organizational capabilities should HR professionals embed in their organisation? How do you develop and enrich your business remotely? How can Big Companies keep the Entrepreneurial spirit alive?
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17:00 CET Wrap-up & End of Day 1 17:10...

Agile HR
HR Technology
Employee Experience
AI & Machine Learning
Talent/ Leadership Devt. Cultural & Digital Transformation
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8:45 CET Opening of the Conference by the Chairs: Tom Haak, Director, HR Trend Institute & Natal Dank, Author of 'Agile HR' & Urban Björn, Former SVP, Swedbank, Founder at Business as Equals"...
-
09:00 Latest Market Trends, Technology & Tools for Global Talent Acquisition - Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB"Q&A with Sam
-
9.30 Business Empowerment of the Cross-Border Mobility Agenda – A Nokia Case Study - Liesal Rudlin, Head of Global Mobility, Nokia & Gareth Davies, VP Technology Solutions, Equus Software"Nokia Mobility programme context Digital Transformation in the Nokia business Using technology to transform and empower the Mobility Talent Agenda. The changing mobility landscape and how Nokia are seeking to manage remote workers Q&A with Liesal & Gareth
-
10:00 Unlocking Intrapreneurial and Innovation Power of our employees globally - Elena Galkina, VP, Head of People, Ericsson"People Story of Ericsson Ericsson ONE: internal accelerator for employees with pioneering new business ideas People and the Innnovation process. Intra Fellowship concept: creating awareness and mobilizing talents. How COVID has impacted this. Key messages and Achievements Q&A with Elena
-
10:30 Practical Uses for Skill Data - Peter Riber, Head of Digital Learning & Analytics, Novo Nordisk"Join us to learn how Novo Nordisk is providing a correlation between learning, behavior and business outcomes. Peter will detail their learning strategy and how their direct marketing approach is putting the right content in front of the right people, at the right time. Q&A with Peter
-
11:00 CET Coffee & Networking...
-
11:20 Develop for Growth: Our Performance Management set up - Jenny Hjalmar Åkerblad, Leadership & Competence Devt. Mgr., IKEA of Sweden"Our new take on PM, promotes: continuity, regular dialogues both in the individual and the team dimension, relevant goal setting, feedback culture and focus on future performance rather than the past. Q&A with Jenny
-
11:50 Accelerating our Digital journey; how global HR service was enhanced at Kemira - Mirka Janhonen, Director, Digital HR and Workplace Devt., Kemira"Discover how Kemira, a global chemicals company serving customers in water intensive industries, defined and implemented a HR Service Delivery solution with UKG-PeopleDoc to complement the current offering with SAP SuccessFactors to support its 5,000 employees spread across 40 countries. Learn how Mirka and her team defined the approach for implementation; integrated the two solutions; ensured compliance and data privacy needs; and captured the business benefits. Q&A with Mirka
-
12:20 Reverse Mentoring Program: empowering Diversity & Inclusion - Nina Falkstrand, Head of HR, R&D, Scania"By matching senior managers (the mentees) with newly employed female employees as the mentors, we have created an arena for exchanging knowledge and insights about how it is to be young, female and newly employed in a male dominated company (and industry). Q&A with Nina
-
12:50 CET Lunch & Networking...
-
13:40 HR's role in Reinventing the Future - Troels Wendelbo, Sr. HR Director, People Partner for CFO, LEGO Group"Learnings / Reflections on HR's role: Be ultra-sharp on deep Purpose Keep (at least) one foot in the Oxytocin part of the arena Avoid the “Maginot-line trap” Be the organisational “there is a new day” optimists Focus on what we need to STOP doing Q&A with Troels
-
14:10 Driving transformational growth with Virtual Leadership Development - Magdalena Karlsson, Global L&D Partner, KRY & Jordy Sijmonsma, Sr. Transformation Consultant, CoachHub"In a fast growth organization like KRY, how do you ensure that an increasing amount of new leaders are fully equipped with the tools they need to become leaders of tomorrow? At the same time, how do you equip the current leaders with the tools they need to adapt to a changing environment? Join Jordy and Magdalena and discover how KRY are scaling workforce learning and development with digital coaching. Q&A with Magdalena & Jordy
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14:40 Our HR transformation Journey, from a HR generalist model to a centralized model - Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Q&A with Nelia
-
15:10 CET Coffee & Networking...
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15:30 How to prepare your company for the Skills of the Future - Jennie Drimmer, Senior Regional Director for Enterprise, EMEA, Coursera"To succeed through a period of great disruption, companies face a pressing need to accelerate their building of new digital skills. Join Coursera for this session to: Understand how skills development can offer your company a competitive edge Determine the value of upskilling and reskilling within your business context Learn about trending skills within the Nordic region
-
15:45 Your journey with Top Employers - Steven Hormann, Regional Manager NL & Nordics, Top Employers Institute"Discover the world of Top Employers Benefits of participating and how the Certification Programme can help your organisation overcome current challenges Best Practices of Top Employers around the world
-
16:00 Panel Discussion with Liz Elder Global Director, Talent, LEGO Group & Borbála Molnár, Global Leadership Program Mgr., Nokia & Sam Joukhadar, Global Head of TA, SEB & Nelia Lapa, Global Head of HR Services, Norsk Hydro"Where do you see HR in 2025? How do you properly engage a Remote workforce? Which HR competencies will impact personal effectiveness and business results? What organizational capabilities should HR professionals embed in their organisation? How do you develop and enrich your business remotely? How can Big Companies keep the Entrepreneurial spirit alive?
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17:00 CET Wrap-up & End of Day 1 17:10...
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