Permits Foundation Conference 2024:
Partnering for Progress
Join the Permits Foundation 2024 Conference for an afternoon of speakers, engaging roundtable dialogue and networking hosted by EY.
2024 looks set to be a fascinating year of political change. While governments plan to future-proof their workforce with needed skills, more than half the world’s population will be taking to the polls.
We look forward to sharing our advocacy progress and planning in support of partner work access. We’ll hear from expert panellists providing updates from around the globe as well as key and emerging issues from an employer perspective.
We’ll be celebrating the “ripple effect” impact that employer support for dual careers can have and we’ll be asking how best to achieve a truly inclusive global mobility policy. See the full conference agenda below.
Conference Agenda
Permits Foundation Conference 2024 : Partnering for Progress
Conference Moderator
Gill Gordon,
Chair, Permits Foundation
12:00pm
13:00pm
Registration and Lunch Buffet
Welcome and Opening Remarks from Our Venue Host
Seema Farazi
Partner, Global Government Affairs and Financial Services
Immigration Leader, EY
13:10pm
Keynote Address From Baroness Kennedy LT KC
Baroness Kennedy LT KC
13:20pm
Permits Foundation: Working Rights for Dependants as a Key Success Factor in the Transformation of Global Mobility
Permits Foundation’s progress and testimonials from accompanying partners
Session Moderator
Siobhan Cummins
Permits Foundation Board Member
Speakers
Helen Frew
Director, Permits Director
Jo Bartnike
Employee Experience Director, Unilver
Christelle Lab
HR Manager, SLB UK
13:45pm
The Voice of Business at International Level (video message)
Roberto Suárez Santos
Secretary-General, International Organisation of Employers
13:50pm
Panel 1: The Geopolitical Landscape in 2024, a Transitional Year
The interplay between national migration policies and partner work access, reflections from around the globe.
Julia Onslow-Cole
Partner, Global Government Strategies and Compliance, Fragomen UK
Marisa Jacobs
Managing Director, Xpatweb, South Africa
14:30pm
Q&A
14:40pm
Coffee Break
15:10pm
Employers as Drivers for Change: Enabling Dual Careers and the Ripple Effect
Keynote Message from Permits Foundation Patron (video message)
Why partner work access should be a priorty for employers.
15:15pm
Panel 2: How Employer Support for Dual Careers can Enhance Inclusive Global Mobility Programmes
Working together to benefit economy and society.
Panel Moderator
Gill Gordon,
Chair, Permits Foundation
Panellists
Luke Skirrow
Strategic Global Workforce Consultant, Delloite
Owen Davies
Director, Global Mobility, The Coca-Cola Company
Des McKell
SVP Advisory and Global Partnerships, NetExpat
15:15pm
Q&A
16:00pm
Round Table Session
Round tables reflecting on the day where all conference attendees have the opportunity to provide input.
16:50pm
Round of Feedback from Table Moderators
16:50pm
Concluding Remarks
17:00pm
Drinks Reception
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