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Webcast on Preparing for an Avian Flu Pandemic to be Held on December 15

2006-12-13 11:23 1597

Latest Update Features Experts from Mercer, Marsh, Kroll, the Center for

Disease Control and Bombardier

SINGAPORE, Dec. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- As businesses and government

entities worldwide continue to prepare for a possible pandemic, Mercer Human

Resource Consulting, the world's largest employee benefit consultants, Marsh

Inc., the world's leading risk and insurance services firm, Kroll, the

world's leading risk consulting agency, and representatives from the Center

for Disease Control and Bombardier, will hold a 45-minute audio conference

updating on pandemic preparations on Friday, December 15. Times and dial-in

numbers throughout Asia are listed below. The webcast version of the

program is available on this link: http://www.00b.net/marsh/asia_pc.htm

The audio conference, "Avian Flu: An Update On Pandemic preparations",

will feature a panel of experts who will discuss how businesses have been

planning for a possible pandemic, and how such activities can help them

prepare for other risks.

Speakers: -- Dr. Tony Merlin, Center for Disease Control

-- Gary Lynch, Marsh

-- Neal Drawas, Kroll

-- Rosaline Chow Koo, Mercer HR Consulting

-- Nicole Lecuyer-Demers & Zsolt Kekesi, Bombardier

Date & Time: The call will be held on Friday, December 15 2006 at:

Australia: 2.30 PM (AEST) New Zealand: 4.30 PM

China: 11.30 AM Singapore: 11.30 AM

Hong Kong: 11.30 AM Malaysia: 11.30 AM

India: 09.00 AM South Korea: 12.30 PM

Indonesia: 10.30 AM Taiwan: 11.30 AM

Japan: 12.30 PM Thailand: 10.30 AM

Dial in numbers: To access the audio portion only of the program, local

dial-in numbers are as follows:

Australia: 1800 766 788

Malaysia: 180 080 4631

China: 1 0800 140 0354

New Zealand: 0 800 445 474

Hong Kong: 800 901 499

Singapore: 800 616 3017

India: 00 080 044 01164

South Korea: 00 798 61 350 577

Indonesia: 001 803 0613 0245

Taiwan: 00 801 615 105

Japan: 00 531 250 011

Thailand: 00 180 0613 50226

Webcast access: To access the webcast version only of this program,

please click on this link:

http://www.00b.net/marsh/asia_pc.htm .

Enquiries: For enquiries please contact us at questions@marsh.com

or avian.flu@mercer.com

Replays of the audio conference will be available continuously for

several weeks beginning Dec. 14.

For more information on how employers can prepare for an avian flu

pandemic, please visit www.mercerHR.com/avianflu .

About Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Mercer Human Resource Consulting is a global leader for HR and related

financial advice and services, with more than 15,000 employees serving

clients in more than 190 cities and 41 countries and territories worldwide.

In Asia Pacific, we have more than 2000 employees across 31 offices in 13

markets. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan

Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol: MMC) on the New York,

Chicago, Pacific, and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit

mercerHR.com .

Contacts:

Mylinh Cheung

Tel: +65-9007-5822

Email: mylinh.cheung@mercer.com

Rosaline Chow Koo

Regional Business Leader, Asia Pacific

Mercer Health & Benefits

Mercer Human Resource Consulting

Tel: +65-6327-3577

Email: Rosaline.chow.koo@mercer.com

Source: Mercer Human Resource Consulting
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