An international program for General Counsel and Human Resources Executives
When
Thursday, November 1, 2018
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Where
The Beekman Hotel
123 Nassau Street
New York, NY 10038
About the Program
Gain expert perspectives from leaders in prominent global organizations from 9 countries, to help you plan for 2019.
Featuring:
Bill Deckelman, EVP & General Counsel, Fortune 500 DXC Technology
Lucy Fato, EVP & General Counsel, AIG
Ari Mazrahi, FBI Special Agent – Cybercrime
and top employment lawyers from France, Mexico, UK, Israel, Colombia, Italy, Canada and the US
Sessions:
- When executives and boards are held accountable for cybersecurity:Trends among regulators and media
- Navigating employee issues in a politicized world: Addressing reputational risk and legal fallout
- What’s hot around the world:Employment law highlights of 2018
2:00 – 2:20 Arrival and registration
2:20 – 2:30 Introduction and welcome
Chris Engels, Partner, Claeys & Engels, Brussels; Sam Everatt, Executive Director, Ius Laboris, Brussels
2:30 – 3:30 When executives and boards are held accountable for cybersecurity: Trends among regulators and media When a cyber breach hits, top executives find themselves in the spotlight. How can General Counsel and HR leaders best help their executives understand and respond to the legal and reputation risks? Problems, including ones involving employees, often arise as a result of action taken before or just after identifying a breach. This session addresses internal and external cybersecurity challenges, and how laws are being developed and enforced in global markets.
Speakers: Ari Mazrahi, FBI Cybercrime Special Agent, New York; Bill Deckelman, EVP and General Counsel, DXC Technology, Wash DC; Jorge de Presno, Partner, Basham, Mexico City; Guillaume Bordier, Partner, Capstan, Paris; Moderator: Leigh Dance, Executive Director, Global Counsel Leaders, New York
3:30 – 4:30 Navigating employee Issues in a politicized world: Addressing reputational risk and legal fallout, climate change, human trafficking, #MeToo, gun control, LGBTQ rights, gender pay parity, Black Lives Matter, immigration, animal cruelty… In this era, how your company and employees respond to prominent, politicized issues, can influence your customers and other stakeholders, including regulators. What can you do to reduce legal risk, and how does this new dynamic affect the human resources role?
Speakers: Lucy Fato, EVP & General Counsel, AIG, New York; Orly Gerbi, Partner, Herzog Fox Neeman, Israel; Moderator: Richard Miskella, Partner, Lewis Silkin, London
4:30 – 5:15 What’s hot around the world This final session highlights some of this year’s weirder and more noteworthy developments in employment law worldwide. We take a light-hearted, case-based, fast-paced look at employment law developments for an enjoyable and informative close to the program.
Speakers: Catalina Santos, Partner, Brigard & Urrutia Abogados, Bogota; Valeria Morosini, Partner, Toffoletto de Luca Tamjo, Milano; Greg McGinnis, Mathews Dinsdale, Toronto
5:15 Wrap-up, Closing comments
5:30 Drinks Reception
Registration
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