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Twelfth Annual Membership MeetingSeptember 16 – 17, 2011Boston
Welcome!
Overview of Events and Activities
Friday, September 16
8:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.11:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
• Opening Session• Break – Taj Room• Lessons Learned• Using the ELA More
Effectively• Lunch – Taj Room• Why can’t we be
friends?• Break – Taj Room• Regional Breakouts
Cocktail Party!
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Hosted by:
Timothy Van Dyck & Mark PogueEdwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
111 Huntington Avenue, 20th FloorBoston
Dine Arounds
Saturday, September 17
7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
4:45 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
• Breakfast• Professor Susskind• Break – Taj Room• Interactive Discussion• Lunch – Taj Room• Regional Breakout
Discussions Review• Wrap-up and
Adjournment• Clambake
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Awards Presentation
State of the ELA
New Brochure
State of the ELA
Website
Website
• Visitors are Staying Longer –Visitors who “click through” arespending more time with theinformation on the site.
2010 201100:01:39 00:02:22
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Website
• More Pages Per Visit – Visitorsare viewing multiple web pages.
2010 20112.19 3.34
Website
• Increasing Pageviews – Despitethe slight decrease in numbershere, relative to the total click-throughs, visitors are divingdeeper into the information.
2010 2011174,201 150,086
Website
• Decreased Bounce Rate – A“bounce” is a visitor who clicksthrough to the homepage andthen leaves the site. Continueddecrease is a goal.
2010 201173.45% 61.97%
Website
• Global Employer HandbookVisits
2010 20115,809 7,149
Website
• Global Employer HandbookPageviews
2010 20116,294 16,649
Website
In conjunction with oursocial media initiative,we are encouragingmember sites toprominently display theELA logo, which leads toincreased traffic on theELA website andprovides added searchvalue for your firms.
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Website
The ELA website wasviewed 44,873 timesin 173 countries.The U.S. led the packwith more than50,000 visits, andsignificant numberswere posted acrossthe globe and nearlyevery continent.
WebsiteIn comparing the top 10pages of content on the ELAwebsite in 2010 (old site) and2011 (new site), we havenoted significant growth inthe page views of the GlobalEmployer Handbook.
In 2011, 16,649 GEH pageswere viewed versus 6,294during the same period in2010. The represents growthof 265% year-over-year andmay be in part attributed tothe relationship with AperianGlobal.
Website
2010Total Visits: 76,697
2011Total Visits: 44,873
As a percentage of total visits, more traffic is coming to the website directly and throughreferring sites (39% in 2011 compared to 26% in 2010). We would expect the number ofreferring sites to continue to increase via social media efforts.
WebsiteWhat We Need From You• Global chapter updates• Updated bios and firm information• Links from your website to the
ELA website• Immigration Chapters• Members Only content
suggestions and additions
Webinars
• 12 to date (16 sessions); 19 byyear-end
• 65 speakers• 1,849 participants• $9,579 USD total cost
Webinars - Upcoming
• September 7 - Mergers and Acquisitionin Latin America – What EveryEmployer Needs to Know
• October 5 - Hiring Workers in Benelux• November 10 - Key Issues in Federal
and Provincial Employment Law inCanada
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Conferences & Sponsorships
• Association of Corporate Counsel• Association of Corporate Counsel
- Europe• National Association of College
and University Attorneys• International Bar Association• InterPacific Bar Association
State of the ELA
Board of Directors
Board of DirectorsJuan Carlos de la VegaSantamarina y Steta
Mexico
Glenn W. DowdDay, Berry & Howard LLP
Connecticut
Greg HeywoodRoper Greyell LLP
British Columbia, Canada
Stephen J. HirschfeldCuriale Hirschfeld & Kraemer, LLP
California
Jan Tibor LelleyBuse Heberer Fromm
Germany
Phillipa MuirSimpson Grierson
New Zealand
Siva NadarajahShearn Delamore & Co.
Malaysia
Tina ReissmannPlesner
Denmark
Sonal SejpalAnjarwalla & Khanna
Kenya
Mary Ellen SimonsonLewis and Roca, LLP
Arizona
Jeffrey A. WalkerButler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada
Mississippi
State of the ELA
Referrals
State of the ELA
Executive Director and Marketing andPublic Relations Reports
– World Bank’s 2011 Women, Business and the Law(WBL) survey. ELA members from 50 internationaljurisdictions were asked to complete a survey focusingspecifically on “getting a job” and “dealing with taxes,”which were part of a broader focus on how the legalenvironment may impact women’s economic rights.
– Social Media – ELA accounts on Facebook, LinkedInand Twitter
State of the ELA
• Successes and Challenges• Finances• 2012 Annual Meeting• Open Jurisdictions and New
Members
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New Members
BELGIUM
Jan HofkensLydian
Tour & TaxisAvenue du Port 86c Havenlaan, box 113
1000 Brussels+32 (0)2 787 90 00+32 (0)2 787 90 99
www.lydian.be
New Members
CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA
Nancy BarteauxRitch Durnford
1809 Barrington Street, Suite 1200Halifax, NS B3J 3K8
(902) [email protected]
www.ritchdurnford.com
New Members
CANADA, ONTARIO
Erin R. KuzzSherrard Kuzz LLP
250 Yonge Street, Suite 3300Toronto, ON M5B 2L7
(416) 603-6242(416) 459-2899 Mobile
(416) 603-6035 [email protected]
www.sherrardkuss.com
New Members
CANADA, QUEBEC
Michel GelinasLavery, de Billy, S.E.N.C.R.L. LLP
1, Place Ville MarieMontreal QU H3B 4M4
(514) 877-2984(514) 592-0857 Mobile
(514) 871-8977 [email protected]
www.lavery.ca
New Members
FRANCE
Mikael PelanFromont Briens5 rue BoudreauParis BP 80502
+33 1 44 51 63 80+33 1 44 51 63 89
www.fromont-briens.com
New Members
MALTA
Andrew ZammitZammit & Associates
The PenthouseTower Business Centre
Tower StreetSwatar BKR 4013+356 2557 2300
+356 9943 3675 Mobile+356 2557 2310 Fax
www.zammit-law.com
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New Members
SLOVENIA
Damijan GregorcLaw Firm Miro Senica and Attorneys
Barjanski cesta 3S1001 Ljubljana
+386 1 252 80 00+386 1 252 80 80
www.senica.si
Break9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.The Taj Room
Lessons LearnedThe Biggest Challenge You Faced Legally orOrganizationally over the Past Year
Lessons Learned: The BiggestChallenge You Faced Legally orOrganizationally over the Past Year
ModeratorAngelo ZambelliDewey & LeBoeufMilan, ItalyPanelists
ModeratorAngelo Zambelli
Dewey & LeBoeufMilan, Italy
PanelistsGlenn Deegan
Vice President, Legal and HR,General Counsel and Secretary
Altra Industrial MotionBoston, MA, USA
Melissa LeaChief Global Compliance Officer
SAP AGNewtown Square, PA, USA
Sarah ManchesterVice President, Human Resources and
General CounselSappi Fine Paper North America
Boston, MA, USADennis E. Sheehan
Vice President and Deputy General CounselFoot Locker, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
Susanna TiihonenSenior Legal CounselLegal and Compliance
Nokia Siemens Networks OyEspoo, Finland
Using the ELA More EffectivelyA Managing Partner’s Perspective
Using the ELA More Effectively toDevelop New Business – AManaging Partner’s Perspective
ModeratorScott C. Beightol
Michael Best & Friedrich LLPChairman of the Firm and
Chair of Management CommitteeMilwaukee, WI, USA
PanelistsAgustín GutierrezManaging Partner
Santamarina y StetaMexico City, Mexico
Byrd F. “Biff” Marshall, Jr.President and Managing Director
Gray Robinson, P.A.Orlando, FL, USA
Thomas R. O'DonnellManaging Partner
Holland and Hart LLPDenver, CO, USA
Michael WagnerManaging Partner
Roper GreyellVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Lunch12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.The Taj Room
Why can’t we be friends?Policies and Practices for Smart Employers in the ViralAge of Social Media and Networking
Why can’t we be friends?Why you shouldn’t!
ModeratorGinger D. Schröder
Schröder, Joseph & AssociatesBuffalo, New York, USA
Panelists
Val GostencnikCorrs Chamber Westgarth
Melbourne, Australia
Sara KhojaClyde & Co.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Vilma KutomiDemarest e Almeida Advogados
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sonal SejpalAnjarwalla & Khanna Advocates
Nairobi, Kenya
Barry WalshA & L GoodbodyDublin, Ireland
WHY CAN’T WE BE FRIENDS?WHY YOU SHOULDN’T!
POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR SMARTEMPLOYERS IN THE VIRAL AGE OF SOCIAL
MEDIA AND NETWORKING
Most Popular Social Networking Sites
• Facebook• Twitter• LinkedIn• MySpace
• 1,000,000,000 people worldwide usesocial networking sites daily
Most Popular Social Networking Sites• 1 | Facebook 2 - eBizMBA Rank |
700,000,000 - Estimated Unique MonthlyVisitors | 3 - Compete Rank | 2 - QuantcastRank | 2 - Alexa Rank. Most Popular SocialNetworking Websites | Updated8/15/2011 | eBizMBA
• 2 | Twitter 15 - eBizMBA Rank | 200,000,000- Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors | 30 -Compete Rank | 5 - Quantcast Rank | 9 -Alexa Rank. Most Popular SocialNetworking Websites | Updated8/15/2011 | eBizMBA
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Most Popular Social Networking Sites• 3 | LinkedIn. 33 - eBizMBA Rank |
100,000,000 - Estimated Unique MonthlyVisitors | 57 - Compete Rank | 26 - QuantcastRank | 17 - Alexa Rank. Most PopularSocial Networking Websites | Updated8/15/2011 | eBizMBA
• 4 | MySpace. 50 - eBizMBA Rank |80,500,000 - Estimated Unique MonthlyVisitors | 26 - Compete Rank | 44 - QuantcastRank | 79 - Alexa Rank.Most Popular SocialNetworking Websites | Updated8/15/2011 | eBizMBA
• More than 750 million active users• 50% of active users log on to
Facebook in any given day• Average user has 130 friends• People spend over 700 billion minutes
per month on Facebook
Global Reach• More than 70 translations available on
the site• About 70% of Facebook users are
outside the United States• Over 300,000 users helped translate
the site through the translationsapplication
Twitter Growth: 2009-2010
• Twitter is ranked as one of the ten-most-visited websites worldwide by Alexa's webtraffic analysis – up from 50th in 2009
• In the past year alone, the average number oftweets per day has nearly tripled from 50million to 140 million
• Tweets generally spike during a significantcultural event, and recent figures have beenstaggering
• On March 11, the day of the Japanearthquake and tsunami, Twitter usersexceeded the average daily tweets by 37million – that's 177 million tweets in one day
• Twitter's membership is surging. 572,000new accounts were created on March 12,2011. In February 2011, the average dailysign-up rate was 460,000 new accounts
• Twitter has also marked a 182% increase inthe number of users tweeting from mobiledevices in the past year
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• As of 22 March 2011 (2011 -03-22), LinkedInreports more than 120 million registered users,spanning more than 200 countries andterritories worldwide. The site is available inEnglish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese,Spanish, Romanian, Russian and Turkish.
• Quantcast reports LinkedIn has 21.4 millionmonthly unique U.S. visitors and 47.6 millionglobally. In June 2011, LinkedIn had 33.9million unique visitors, up 63 percent from ayear earlier and it surpassed MySpace.
Company Policies
• What are the most popularsites in your country?
• Have any home-grown entitiesemerged? Which channel isthe business communityembracing the most?
• In your country, are the socialmedia policies being adoptedby employers and if so,encompassing what issues?
• Do employers in your countryuse social networking sites,and if so for what purposes?
• What are the businessliabilities inherent inembracing social media?
• Have social media-relatedlawsuits become a reality inyour jurisdiction?
• Are companies in your countrymonitoring social media forreputation management?
• Are there any unique issues inyour country for employersrelating to using social media?
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Break3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.The Taj Room
Breakout Discussions3:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Discussion GroupsEurope, Middle East, Africa
The Garden Room
ModeratorsWojciech Babicki
Miller Canfield Paddock andStone P.L.C.
Gdynia, PolandSonal Sejpal
Anjarwalla & Khanna AdvocatesNairobi, Kenya
Regional Membership Groups
Asia and the PacificThe Commonwealth Room
ModeratorsPhillipa Muir
Simpson GriersonAuckland, New Zealand
Ajay RaghavanTrilegal
Bangalore, India
North/South Americaand the Caribbean
Grand Ballroom
ModeratorsVilma Kutomi
Demarest e AlmeidaSao Paolo, Brazil
Mary Ellen SimonsonLewis and Roca LLPPhoenix, AZ, USA
Immigration Attorneys
The Newbury Room
Moderators
Robert C. DivineBaker, Donelson, Bearman,Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC
Chattanooga, TN, USA
Sasha StepanovaKocián Solc Balastík
Prague, Czech Republic
Cocktail Party!
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.Hosted by:
Timothy Van Dyck & Mark PogueEdwards Angell Palmer & Dodge
111 Huntington Avenue, 20th FloorBoston
Dine Arounds
Twelfth Annual Membership MeetingSeptember 16 – 17, 2011Boston
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PROFESSOR RICHARD E. SUSSKINDEMERITUS PROFESSOR OF LAW, GRESHAM COLLEGE
IT ADVISER TO THE LORD CHIEF JUSTICE
CONSULTANT TO LEADING LAW FIRMS
AUTHOR OF “THE END OF LAWYERS: RETHINKING THE
NATURE OF LEGAL SERVICES”Break10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.The Taj Room
PROFESSOR RICHARD E. SUSSKIND
INTERACTIVE SESSION
Lunch12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.The Taj Room
Breakout Group DiscussionReports• What do we want to be and where
should we be positioned over thenext 5 years? 10 years?
• How do we maximize the use ofthe ELA to its fullest extentpossible?
Wrap-Up and Adjournment