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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.

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Conference Agenda

 

Permits Foundation Conference 2024 : Partnering for Progress

Amira Kohler

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

Amira Kohler

Session Moderator

Siobhan Cummins
Permits Foundation Board Member

Speakers

Amira Kohler

Helen Frew

Director, Permits Director

Amira Kohler

Jo Bartnike

Employee Experience Director, Unilver

Amira Kohler

Christelle Lab

HR Manager, SLB UK

13:45pm

The Voice of Business at International Level (video message)

Amira Kohler

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.

Amira Kohler

Julia Onslow-Cole

Panel Moderator

Partner, Global Government Strategies and Compliance, Fragomen UK

Amira Kohler

Marisa Jacobs

Panellist

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

Gill Gordon, Chair Permits Foundation

17:00pm

Drinks Reception

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