Our flagship conference covers international employment, immigration, global mobility, and workplace privacy law giving unrivalled insight from our lawyers and experts worldwide, exploring the latest trends and developments shaping the world of work globally.
The agenda
- Employment law across the globe - delivering an essential overview of key global employment law developments, from major legislative reforms to emerging regulatory priorities, while setting the agenda for the themes shaping the world of work in 2026 and beyond.
- Spilling the PTeaD: what happens now on pay transparency? - the EU Pay Transparency Directive has landed - or has it? We’ll examine the practical impact of the EU PTD following its implementation, focusing on early lessons, employer pain points and compliance priorities.
- Check your privilege - exploring how legal privilege operates across jurisdictions, addressing common misconceptions and highlighting the steps organisations should take to protect sensitive advice in a cross border context.
- Inside APAC: the latest employment law changes and workforce trends - providing a regional overview of legislative developments and trends across APAC, with insight into how geopolitical, demographic and technological change is reshaping workforce strategy.
- Should AI stay or should AI go? Navigating the increased use of AI throughout the employee lifecycle - considering the growing use of AI across HR functions, we’ll analyse regional and regulatory differences, risks and offer practical insight into what works, what doesn’t, and what to watch out for.
- Navigating the new EWC Directive: all change? - outlining the implications of the new European Works Council Directive for multinational employers and identifying the steps organisations should be taking now to prepare for future reforms.
- Business travel: the compliance blind spot - addressing the growing immigration, tax and employment risks associated with business travel, and exploring how organisations can strengthen their compliance framework to ensure safe, seamless international travel.
- Headlines to hot seats: managing people and risk through international crises – we will draw on real world case studies to examine effective crisis response, cross border people management and organisational preparedness in high risk situations.