Name: Workshop on Remunerations, Allowances, and Pensions (WRAP)
Start: 2025-10-09T00:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-10-10T17:50:00+02:00
Location: CERN

Workshop on Remunerations, Allowances, and Pensions (WRAP)

from Thursday 9 October 2025 (00:00) to Friday 10 October 2025 (17:50)

Monday 6 October 2025
Tuesday 7 October 2025
Wednesday 8 October 2025
Thursday 9 October 2025

08:30 Welcome coffee
Welcome coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

09:00 Safety video
Safety video
09:00 - 09:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium [Safety video] [1]: [https://edms.cern.ch/document/3064522/1][1]
09:05 Welcome address, Raphaël Bello, Director, Finance and Human Resources, CERN - Raphaël Bello (CERN)
Welcome address, Raphaël Bello, Director, Finance and Human Resources, CERN
- Raphaël Bello (CERN)
09:05 - 09:20
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium
09:20 Session 1: Panel discussion: Maintaining attractiveness in challenging times What does attractiveness look like in international organisations?
Session 1: Panel discussion: Maintaining attractiveness in challenging times What does attractiveness look like in international organisations?
09:20 - 10:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: James Purvis, CERN Yuri Orlov, UN ICSC, Ian Dennis, Eurostat Ross Deloras-Palmer, ISRP Nathalie Kastelyn, ESO Stanislav Demirdjiev, European Commission

10:40 Break
Break
10:40 - 11:10
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

11:10 Session 2 Modernizing Pension Schemes while Promoting Cost Sustainability
Session 2 Modernizing Pension Schemes while Promoting Cost Sustainability
11:10 - 12:20
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: Ian McDonald, ISRP Lisette Van Den Boogaard, CERN Justine Crosato, WTO Julian Tice, OECD Aldo Campo, Eurostat

Session 3 Adapting Compensation to Economic Realities: Cost-of-Living, Inflation, and Currency Fluctuation in Duty Station Pay
Session 3 Adapting Compensation to Economic Realities: Cost-of-Living, Inflation, and Currency Fluctuation in Duty Station Pay
11:10 - 12:20
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Moderator: Elizabeth Albarran, ISRP Ian Dennis, European Commission - Eurostat Roberto Pagan, UN ICSC Cuauhtemoc Rebolledo-Gomez & Naomi Chalcraft , ISRP

12:20 Group photo & Lunch
Group photo & Lunch
12:20 - 13:50
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

13:50 Session 4 Ensuring Effective Legal Redress for Staff while Discouraging Abuse
Session 4 Ensuring Effective Legal Redress for Staff while Discouraging Abuse
13:50 - 14:45
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: Lucie Decoudu, EPO Kathinka Hewitt, CERN Tom Meinert, ESA

Session 5 Modernizing HR Service Management
Session 5 Modernizing HR Service Management
13:50 - 14:45
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Moderator: Vanessa Gadher, ISRP Mariagnese Branchi, ECB Yeojin Yoon, OECD

14:45 Session 6 Case Law and Insights on Legal Separation in International Organisations
Session 6 Case Law and Insights on Legal Separation in International Organisations
14:45 - 15:40
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: Montana Dosso, ISRP Sofia Intoudi, CERN Laura Mirakoff, OECD

Session 7 Service Now Transformation Journey and World Bank Enhanced Outreach
Session 7 Service Now Transformation Journey and World Bank Enhanced Outreach
14:45 - 15:40
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Christine Cartner, UNJSPF Sharada Sundar, World Bank

15:40 Science Gateway visit: https://visit.cern/safety
Science Gateway visit: https://visit.cern/safety
15:40 - 17:00

17:00 Session 8 Navigating Defence Sector Exposure: Pension Fund Strategies in a Changing Geopolitical Climate
Session 8 Navigating Defence Sector Exposure: Pension Fund Strategies in a Changing Geopolitical Climate
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: Fabrice Foy, ISRP Mattia Lacagnina, Eurocontrol Pascal Sarron, ESA

Session 9 Redefining Family Leave
Session 9 Redefining Family Leave
17:00 - 18:00
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Moderator: Katharina Satzinger, OECD Tom Meinert, ESA Brodie Adamson, EUMETSAT

18:00 Evening reception and dinner at CERN
Evening reception and dinner at CERN
18:00 - 21:00
Room: R1
Friday 10 October 2025

08:30 Coffee
Coffee
08:30 - 09:00
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

09:00 Safety video
Safety video
09:00 - 09:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

09:05 Keynote - Future-Ready Organizations: Attractiveness and Agility in a Changing Workforce Landscape
Keynote - Future-Ready Organizations: Attractiveness and Agility in a Changing Workforce Landscape
09:05 - 10:05
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Dr. Ranya Nehmeh, HR Strategist, Author and Adjuct Professor

10:05 Break
Break
10:05 - 10:35
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

10:35 Session 10a UNJSPF Blockchain-based Digital Identity Solution for Proof-of-Life
Session 10a UNJSPF Blockchain-based Digital Identity Solution for Proof-of-Life
10:35 - 11:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Dino Cataldo Dell’Accio, UNJSPF

Session 11 Navigating Healthcare Access for International Staff
Session 11 Navigating Healthcare Access for International Staff
10:35 - 11:25
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Ann Vandenhende, European Commission Michelle McDonnell, IMF

11:00 Session 10b How Discount Rate Assumptions Shape Pension Scheme Costs
Session 10b How Discount Rate Assumptions Shape Pension Scheme Costs
11:00 - 11:25
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Justine Crosato, WTO Julian Tice, OECD Maitane Mancebo, ISRP

11:25 Session 12 Private Markets in Portfolio Construction: Opportunities and Constraints for Small to Mid-Sized Investors
Session 12 Private Markets in Portfolio Construction: Opportunities and Constraints for Small to Mid-Sized Investors
11:25 - 12:15
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

Session 13 Dual-career/Job search support for spouses and partners
Session 13 Dual-career/Job search support for spouses and partners
11:25 - 12:15
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Cécile Curdy, CERN Emily Hutton, WB

12:15 Lunch
Lunch
12:15 - 13:45
Room: 61/1-201 - Pas perdus - Not a meeting room -

13:45 Session 14 5 Years after Brexit: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Calculating the UK outstanding liability for the pensions and medical schemes: actuarial models, challenges
Session 14 5 Years after Brexit: EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement: Calculating the UK outstanding liability for the pensions and medical schemes: actuarial models, challenges
13:45 - 14:35
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Eurostat EU SATCEN

Session 15 UN Compensation Package Review
Session 15 UN Compensation Package Review
13:45 - 14:35
Room: 503/1-001 - Council Chamber Moderator: Lisette Van Den Boogaard, CERN Yuri Orlov, UN ICSC * Results: CERN Survey on Unemployment Benefits Lisette Van Den Boogaard, CERN

14:40 Session 16 Benchmarking pension schemes across the WRAP Network: Key Considerations for Building a Complete Picture
Session 16 Benchmarking pension schemes across the WRAP Network: Key Considerations for Building a Complete Picture
14:40 - 15:50
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Moderator: Bernie Sheehan, UNJSPF Rawnak-ul Islam & Enrico Mattioda, ADB Elodie Bergot and Jean-François Vaccarro, EPO Julian Tice, OECD Mattia Lacagnina & Emmanuel Jorge do Marco, Eurocontrol

15:50 WRAP-UP and Closing of meeting
WRAP-UP and Closing of meeting
15:50 - 16:00
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium Doug Heron, CERN

16:00 End of 2025 WRAP
End of 2025 WRAP
16:00 - 16:01
Room: 500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

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