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Presentations
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionWinning an RFP is only the beginning. The implementation and onboarding phase is where even the strongest provider selections can succeed—or fail. This interactive session focuses on post-RFP execution, highlighting the critical elements required to successfully onboard a new service provider and realize the value envisioned during the RFP process. Speakers will share leading practices for transitioning from contract to delivery, aligning stakeholders, establishing governance, and integrating technology and processes. The session features interactive, real-world case studies submitted by attendees prior to the event. For each case, speakers will first discuss how they would have approached the situation, then reveal what happened, prompting candid discussion around risks, tradeoffs, and lessons learned. Participants will gain practical insights to help them treat onboarding as a strategic phase of the mobility lifecycle, not an administrative afterthought—setting the foundation for long term partnership success.
People
AbbVie Total Rewards Vendor Management
Director, Global Mobility
Director, Business Development
Vice President, Client Services and Innovation
Global 2026
Agile by Design: How Mobility Leaders Support Employees and Business Through Immigration Uncertainty
2:30pm - 3:15pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Talent Management/ Human Factors
DescriptionWhen immigration conditions shift quickly, mobility leaders need more than policy updates. This session will focus on how to make sound decisions, communicate clearly, support employees, and build practical contingency plans in real time. Attendees will leave with an actionable playbook to help their organizations stay agile, protect compliance, and maintain business continuity through uncertainty.
People
Senior Counsel
Associate Director
Director, Global Mobility and Immigration
Global 2026
DescriptionAs immigration policies continue to evolve across the U.S. and globally, organizations are under increasing pressure to anticipate change rather than react to it. This session will explore the proactive policy and strategic considerations global mobility leaders should evaluate to build agile, resilient immigration programs that support broader business objectives.
Leveraging insights from WR Immigration's latest Immigration Benchmarking Collective benchmarking, panelists will discuss how leading organizations are strengthening governance, integrating immigration into workforce planning, collaborating across HR and legal functions, and preparing for ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks, benchmarking insights, and actionable strategies they can immediately apply to their own mobility programs.
Leveraging insights from WR Immigration's latest Immigration Benchmarking Collective benchmarking, panelists will discuss how leading organizations are strengthening governance, integrating immigration into workforce planning, collaborating across HR and legal functions, and preparing for ongoing regulatory uncertainty. Attendees will leave with practical frameworks, benchmarking insights, and actionable strategies they can immediately apply to their own mobility programs.
People
Senior Attorney
Partner
Global 2026
Immigration
DescriptionAI and tech companies are scaling their immigration programs at an unmatched pace, and their global mobility teams are building the infrastructure in real time. This panel pairs immigration attorneys who advise leading AI/tech companies with a corporate mobility leader from an AI/tech company at the forefront of this challenge. Together, they will share honest, practical perspectives on what it takes to stand up and scale an immigration program during hypergrowth — and how AI tools are changing what is possible for mobility teams willing to adopt them responsibly.
The session will begin with the reality of scaling: how AI companies build immigration programs from the ground up under intense time pressure, what breaks first, and how mobility teams develop the processes, partnerships, and internal credibility needed to keep pace with headcount demands that can double year over year. Attendees will learn how these lessons apply regardless of company size or industry. From there, panelists will turn to how AI tools are already being used inside mobility workflows — streamlining intake, flagging case-timeline risks, drafting and reviewing support letters, synthesizing regulatory changes across jurisdictions, and strengthening audit readiness. Attendees will hear directly from a mobility leader at a high-growth AI/tech company about what their team has piloted, what delivered real value, what fell short, and how they secured internal buy-in. This insider perspective offers a concrete blueprint other mobility professionals can adapt.
A central thread will be compliance. Deploying AI tools on sensitive immigration data raises serious questions around GDPR, state-level AI regulations, and ethical data handling. The panel will walk through the governance guardrails every mobility team should establish before adopting AI — and how AI-powered monitoring can actually strengthen compliance, public access file management, and site-visit preparedness in an era of heightened enforcement. The discussion will address how to prepare for increased USCIS scrutiny, RFEs, and compliance audits, and how outside counsel and corporate mobility teams partner to stay ahead of enforcement trends rather than react to them.
The session will also explore immigration as a competitive weapon for talent acquisition. When every AI company is recruiting from the same global talent pool, a well-communicated immigration pathway — including early-stage green card planning — becomes a recruiting differentiator, not just a back-office function. Panelists will discuss how to position immigration strategy as part of the candidate experience and talent retention toolkit. This is not a theoretical conversation. It is a compliance-grounded, operationally focused discussion for mobility professionals who want to understand what is working now, what risks to prepare for, and how to take concrete steps toward integrating AI into their programs. Whether you are scaling a startup’s first immigration function or optimizing a mature global program, you will leave with strategies you can implement immediately.
Target audience: Corporate mobility managers, HR leaders, talent acquisition professionals, immigration program managers, and service providers across all program sizes. Accessible to AI beginners while offering depth for those already exploring AI tools.
The session will begin with the reality of scaling: how AI companies build immigration programs from the ground up under intense time pressure, what breaks first, and how mobility teams develop the processes, partnerships, and internal credibility needed to keep pace with headcount demands that can double year over year. Attendees will learn how these lessons apply regardless of company size or industry. From there, panelists will turn to how AI tools are already being used inside mobility workflows — streamlining intake, flagging case-timeline risks, drafting and reviewing support letters, synthesizing regulatory changes across jurisdictions, and strengthening audit readiness. Attendees will hear directly from a mobility leader at a high-growth AI/tech company about what their team has piloted, what delivered real value, what fell short, and how they secured internal buy-in. This insider perspective offers a concrete blueprint other mobility professionals can adapt.
A central thread will be compliance. Deploying AI tools on sensitive immigration data raises serious questions around GDPR, state-level AI regulations, and ethical data handling. The panel will walk through the governance guardrails every mobility team should establish before adopting AI — and how AI-powered monitoring can actually strengthen compliance, public access file management, and site-visit preparedness in an era of heightened enforcement. The discussion will address how to prepare for increased USCIS scrutiny, RFEs, and compliance audits, and how outside counsel and corporate mobility teams partner to stay ahead of enforcement trends rather than react to them.
The session will also explore immigration as a competitive weapon for talent acquisition. When every AI company is recruiting from the same global talent pool, a well-communicated immigration pathway — including early-stage green card planning — becomes a recruiting differentiator, not just a back-office function. Panelists will discuss how to position immigration strategy as part of the candidate experience and talent retention toolkit. This is not a theoretical conversation. It is a compliance-grounded, operationally focused discussion for mobility professionals who want to understand what is working now, what risks to prepare for, and how to take concrete steps toward integrating AI into their programs. Whether you are scaling a startup’s first immigration function or optimizing a mature global program, you will leave with strategies you can implement immediately.
Target audience: Corporate mobility managers, HR leaders, talent acquisition professionals, immigration program managers, and service providers across all program sizes. Accessible to AI beginners while offering depth for those already exploring AI tools.
People
Partner
Partner
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionNearly two-thirds of corporate-paid relocations in the U.S. and nearly all global short- and long-term assignments involve employees who are renters, yet relocation programs have often defined renters by what they aren’t—homeowners. As inbound moves to the U.S. decline and domestic renter moves continue to expand, many organizations still provide limited support based on the assumption that renters need less assistance. The reality is more complex. Today’s relocating renters are often well-compensated professionals and “renters by choice” who may not lack income but are short on time. While technology, AI, and area guides can help manage relocation tasks, they cannot replace street-level, lived-in expertise on rental markets, lease terms, regulatory changes, micro-neighborhood differences, commute realities, and the rapidly changing inventory that shapes relocation decisions.
Join us for a meaningful update on this high-demand landscape as we level set what rental markets are telling us in major U.S. destinations, emerging employment hubs, and global gateway cities. Are current vacancy rates likely to be sustained in 2027? What does today’s relocation renter expect in their housing, and how can those expectations be reset or reframed? Most importantly, what level of support is key talent asking for? In this fast-moving, fact-rich session, we’ll bust through myths, share on-the-ground realities, and provide practical recommendations that help organizations support high-potential talent, reduce assignment risk, and deliver a stronger relocation experience without blowing up the budget.
Join us for a meaningful update on this high-demand landscape as we level set what rental markets are telling us in major U.S. destinations, emerging employment hubs, and global gateway cities. Are current vacancy rates likely to be sustained in 2027? What does today’s relocation renter expect in their housing, and how can those expectations be reset or reframed? Most importantly, what level of support is key talent asking for? In this fast-moving, fact-rich session, we’ll bust through myths, share on-the-ground realities, and provide practical recommendations that help organizations support high-potential talent, reduce assignment risk, and deliver a stronger relocation experience without blowing up the budget.
People
SVP, Global Account Management
President & CEO
Managing Broker
Global 2026
DescriptionMobility teams spent 2026 improvising through the same two pressures: policy that changed faster than programs could adapt, and AI that everyone bought but few actually put to work. What nobody knows is how their own response compares.
This session shows you. In two rounds, you'll poll your own program against the room on the questions that define readiness: How did sponsorship strategy actually shift after this year's policy changes, who moved early, who is still deciding, and what did they move to? And where is AI genuinely embedded in mobility workflows, versus used informally in someone's spreadsheet, ungoverned?
After each reveal, an in-house mobility leader shares how their team closed that gap: the workflow they changed, what it took, and the number that proved it worked. No theory, no vendor hype. Real benchmarks, real programs, real results.
You'll leave with a completed scorecard showing where your program stands on policy responsiveness and AI maturity, plus the specific moves leading teams made that you can start the following week.
This session shows you. In two rounds, you'll poll your own program against the room on the questions that define readiness: How did sponsorship strategy actually shift after this year's policy changes, who moved early, who is still deciding, and what did they move to? And where is AI genuinely embedded in mobility workflows, versus used informally in someone's spreadsheet, ungoverned?
After each reveal, an in-house mobility leader shares how their team closed that gap: the workflow they changed, what it took, and the number that proved it worked. No theory, no vendor hype. Real benchmarks, real programs, real results.
You'll leave with a completed scorecard showing where your program stands on policy responsiveness and AI maturity, plus the specific moves leading teams made that you can start the following week.
People
President, Immigration Strategy
Head of Community
Global 2026
DescriptionAs organizations become increasingly global, cultural agility is no longer just an expatriate support tool, it's a critical capability for anyone working across borders, cultures, and time zones. Nearly 8 million Americans work for U.S. affiliates of foreign multinational companies, underscoring the growing need for employees at all levels to navigate cultural differences effectively.
Join two industry leaders in cultural training and global workforce development as they discuss how organizations are evolving beyond traditional mobility-focused programs to build globally agile workforces. Learn how cultural readiness supports faster integration, stronger team performance, and better business outcomes, while helping organizations identify, develop, and accelerate high-potential talent regardless of location.
The discussion will explore the data and ROI behind cultural training investments, why these programs have become both a talent and operational imperative, and how ownership is expanding beyond Global Mobility to include Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and HR leaders. Discover why success in today's workplace requires preparing employees not just for a global assignment, but for a global environment.
Join two industry leaders in cultural training and global workforce development as they discuss how organizations are evolving beyond traditional mobility-focused programs to build globally agile workforces. Learn how cultural readiness supports faster integration, stronger team performance, and better business outcomes, while helping organizations identify, develop, and accelerate high-potential talent regardless of location.
The discussion will explore the data and ROI behind cultural training investments, why these programs have become both a talent and operational imperative, and how ownership is expanding beyond Global Mobility to include Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Learning & Development, and HR leaders. Discover why success in today's workplace requires preparing employees not just for a global assignment, but for a global environment.
People
VP, Global Advisory Services – Intercultural Solutions
Sr. Manager, Global Mobility & Benefits – GMS-T
Senior Manager, Intercultural Solutions
Head of Mobility
Global 2026
DescriptionWhen millions of fans tune in to watch the FIFA World Cup, few see the complex operation required to move athletes, coaches, media professionals, sponsors, contractors and event staff across borders and into host cities. Behind every match is a massive undertaking involving immigration planning, workforce mobility, government coordination, venue operations and real-time logistics.
In this session, BAL and FIFA will pull back the curtain on the legal and operational challenges of delivering one of the world's largest sporting events. Drawing on firsthand experience from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they will discuss how global teams navigated immigration requirements, workforce deployment, compliance risks and cross-border logistics at unprecedented scale, while sharing practical lessons for organizations managing large international events and globally mobile workforces.
In this session, BAL and FIFA will pull back the curtain on the legal and operational challenges of delivering one of the world's largest sporting events. Drawing on firsthand experience from the 2026 FIFA World Cup, they will discuss how global teams navigated immigration requirements, workforce deployment, compliance risks and cross-border logistics at unprecedented scale, while sharing practical lessons for organizations managing large international events and globally mobile workforces.
People
Partner
Sr. Program Leader
Managing Director
Senior Counsel, Legal Compliance
Director, Workforce & Human Resources
Skill-Building Workshops
Real Estate
DescriptionThis 2-hour session by the Corporate Housing Providers Association (CHPA) brings together voices from across the corporate housing ecosystem for a focused, practical conversation about what it takes to build stronger partnerships and better outcomes. Through expert perspectives, real-world examples and interactive discussion, attendees will explore the ideas, tools and relationships that can help move the industry from transactional to transformational.
Core Themes
This session will explore four core themes shaping the future of corporate housing and mobility:
• Balancing cost, speed, and quality in a constrained market. Examine how buyers and providers are responding to supply pressure, tighter timelines and changing expectations while still delivering strong outcomes.
• Strengthening service recovery and escalation management. Explore common breakdowns in the corporate–RMC–provider relationship and the communication practices that help preserve trust.
• Using data to support better decisions. Discuss the metrics that matter most, where gaps exist in data sharing and how analytics can improve sourcing, forecasting and program performance.
• Elevating supplier relationships into strategic partnerships. A focus on the behaviors, governance structures and shared goals that define high-value, long-term partnerships.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for professionals across the corporate housing and talent mobility ecosystem, including:
• Corporate housing providers and agencies seeking stronger, more strategic client relationships.
• Corporate buyers and HR or mobility professionals who manage housing programs and policies.
• Relocation management company professionals navigating the buyer–supplier dynamic.
• Mobility managers looking for practical tools to improve transferee experience and demonstrate program value.
Core Themes
This session will explore four core themes shaping the future of corporate housing and mobility:
• Balancing cost, speed, and quality in a constrained market. Examine how buyers and providers are responding to supply pressure, tighter timelines and changing expectations while still delivering strong outcomes.
• Strengthening service recovery and escalation management. Explore common breakdowns in the corporate–RMC–provider relationship and the communication practices that help preserve trust.
• Using data to support better decisions. Discuss the metrics that matter most, where gaps exist in data sharing and how analytics can improve sourcing, forecasting and program performance.
• Elevating supplier relationships into strategic partnerships. A focus on the behaviors, governance structures and shared goals that define high-value, long-term partnerships.
Who Should Attend
This session is designed for professionals across the corporate housing and talent mobility ecosystem, including:
• Corporate housing providers and agencies seeking stronger, more strategic client relationships.
• Corporate buyers and HR or mobility professionals who manage housing programs and policies.
• Relocation management company professionals navigating the buyer–supplier dynamic.
• Mobility managers looking for practical tools to improve transferee experience and demonstrate program value.
People
Managing Partner
Global Mobility Program Manager
Vice President, Global Relocation Supply Chain
Global 2026
DescriptionGoing on assignment is often one of the most significant moments in an employee's life, and it can also be one of the most overwhelming. This session explores how technology and human-centered design come together to bridge that gap: making it simple, easy, and intuitive for employees to get the information they need, exactly when they need it.
At its core, this discussion is about taking care of the employee. It's about using technology not as a replacement for the human element, but as a tool that supports it: guiding employees by the hand and helping them find the right answers at each stage of their journey. Whether they're preparing for their move, settling in while on assignment, or getting ready to return home or localize, the goal is the same. Build comfort and confidence at every step.
We'll look at how Equus Guide brings this to life in practice, drawing on real-world examples and outcomes from organizations who have adopted it. Attendees will walk away with a clearer picture of how a thoughtful, human-first approach to technology can transform the employee experience, reduce uncertainty, and ultimately strengthen the relationship between a company and its people during one of the most pivotal times in their career.
At its core, this discussion is about taking care of the employee. It's about using technology not as a replacement for the human element, but as a tool that supports it: guiding employees by the hand and helping them find the right answers at each stage of their journey. Whether they're preparing for their move, settling in while on assignment, or getting ready to return home or localize, the goal is the same. Build comfort and confidence at every step.
We'll look at how Equus Guide brings this to life in practice, drawing on real-world examples and outcomes from organizations who have adopted it. Attendees will walk away with a clearer picture of how a thoughtful, human-first approach to technology can transform the employee experience, reduce uncertainty, and ultimately strengthen the relationship between a company and its people during one of the most pivotal times in their career.
People
Director, Global Client Success
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
DescriptionYour leadership is asking if you're using AI. Your instinct is to say yes — but have you actually tested it on a real mobility workflow, and do you know where it breaks down?
Over the past year, Indeed's Global Mobility team put free AI tools, including ChatGPT and Gemini, to work on real mobility tasks: answering employee questions, assessing immigration scenarios, drafting policy communications, and framing cost conversations with hiring managers. Some of it worked remarkably well. Some of it produced results that were confidently wrong in ways that would have created real compliance risk, and some of it raised questions the team hadn't anticipated about data privacy, accuracy, and where human judgment is non-negotiable. This session shares what they actually found, walking attendees through prompting techniques for common mobility workflows, a framework for evaluating whether an AI output is accurate and safe enough to act on, and a repeatable method for identifying which parts of a mobility program are genuinely good candidates for AI support.
No theory, no hype — just what happened when a real mobility team tried it, and what attendees can do with that knowledge starting Monday. Every attendee leaves with four ready-to-use tools: a 15-prompt Mobility AI Prompt Library, a Free AI Fit/Risk reference card, a Workflow Redesign Map template, and an AI Evaluation Framework — all platform-agnostic and built to hold up as the technology evolves.
Over the past year, Indeed's Global Mobility team put free AI tools, including ChatGPT and Gemini, to work on real mobility tasks: answering employee questions, assessing immigration scenarios, drafting policy communications, and framing cost conversations with hiring managers. Some of it worked remarkably well. Some of it produced results that were confidently wrong in ways that would have created real compliance risk, and some of it raised questions the team hadn't anticipated about data privacy, accuracy, and where human judgment is non-negotiable. This session shares what they actually found, walking attendees through prompting techniques for common mobility workflows, a framework for evaluating whether an AI output is accurate and safe enough to act on, and a repeatable method for identifying which parts of a mobility program are genuinely good candidates for AI support.
No theory, no hype — just what happened when a real mobility team tried it, and what attendees can do with that knowledge starting Monday. Every attendee leaves with four ready-to-use tools: a 15-prompt Mobility AI Prompt Library, a Free AI Fit/Risk reference card, a Workflow Redesign Map template, and an AI Evaluation Framework — all platform-agnostic and built to hold up as the technology evolves.
People
Global Mobility Strategy Director
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionWhen an M&A deal is announced, finance models the synergies, legal reviews the contracts, and tax structures the entity, but global mobility is too often pulled in after signing, when the most consequential decisions have already been made. By then, visas have lapsed, key talent is heading for the door, permanent establishment exposure is mounting, and the synergy case is quietly eroding.
This session reframes global mobility as a deal-shaping discipline rather than a post-close administrative function. Drawing on real cross-border transactions including carve-outs, bolt-ons, and large-scale integrations, we will walk through the seven areas where mobility decisions directly determine whether a deal delivers its promised value:
- talent retention and leadership continuity
- deal economics and hidden people costs
- immigration and tax compliance risk
- Day 1 and TSA readiness
- employee experience and culture
- deal-phase-specific actions
- synergy enablement.
Whether you are preparing for your first deal or refining how your function shows up across a steady pipeline of transactions, you will leave with language, frameworks, and specific actions to elevate mobility's strategic contribution. If you have ever felt that mobility's contribution to M&A success is undervalued this session will give you the tools to do it differently next time.
This session reframes global mobility as a deal-shaping discipline rather than a post-close administrative function. Drawing on real cross-border transactions including carve-outs, bolt-ons, and large-scale integrations, we will walk through the seven areas where mobility decisions directly determine whether a deal delivers its promised value:
- talent retention and leadership continuity
- deal economics and hidden people costs
- immigration and tax compliance risk
- Day 1 and TSA readiness
- employee experience and culture
- deal-phase-specific actions
- synergy enablement.
Whether you are preparing for your first deal or refining how your function shows up across a steady pipeline of transactions, you will leave with language, frameworks, and specific actions to elevate mobility's strategic contribution. If you have ever felt that mobility's contribution to M&A success is undervalued this session will give you the tools to do it differently next time.
People
Director, International Operations
Director, HR Strategic Transactions
Principal, Global Mobility Services
Senior Vice President, International Development
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
DescriptionTalent mobility teams are under pressure to do more with fewer resources, often within highly regulated and immigration‑sensitive environments, yet many AI conversations stall at theory or rely on technical support unavailable to HR functions.
This session shows how mobility and HR professionals can design and deploy a simple, compliant AI agent without coding or new systems to reduce repetitive administrative work while maintaining appropriate controls, documentation, and human oversight. Using a real‑world workflow example drawn from regulated mobility and immigration processes, participants will learn how to translate a recurring pain point into an AI‑supported process, design effective prompts, define decision boundaries, and implement guardrails that support immigration compliance, data integrity, and responsible use.
Examples and demonstrations will reference commonly available enterprise environments, including Microsoft tools, to ensure practicality and accessibility; however, the focus remains on platform‑agnostic frameworks that can be adapted across organizations with varying regulatory and immigration requirements. Attendees will leave with practical tools they can apply immediately, including decision maps, escalation criteria, and measurement approaches that enable safe experimentation, defensible rollout, and confident communication with legal, compliance, IT, and leadership stakeholders.
This session shows how mobility and HR professionals can design and deploy a simple, compliant AI agent without coding or new systems to reduce repetitive administrative work while maintaining appropriate controls, documentation, and human oversight. Using a real‑world workflow example drawn from regulated mobility and immigration processes, participants will learn how to translate a recurring pain point into an AI‑supported process, design effective prompts, define decision boundaries, and implement guardrails that support immigration compliance, data integrity, and responsible use.
Examples and demonstrations will reference commonly available enterprise environments, including Microsoft tools, to ensure practicality and accessibility; however, the focus remains on platform‑agnostic frameworks that can be adapted across organizations with varying regulatory and immigration requirements. Attendees will leave with practical tools they can apply immediately, including decision maps, escalation criteria, and measurement approaches that enable safe experimentation, defensible rollout, and confident communication with legal, compliance, IT, and leadership stakeholders.
People
Assistant Director of Innovation and Analytics
Innovation and Analytics Lead
Global 2026
Mobility as a Career
DescriptionThis interactive workshop helps participants define, refine, and activate their personal brand in today’s evolving workplace. Through a blend of expert insights and guided exercises, attendees will identify what differentiates them, craft a clear personal brand statement, and map how they want to be perceived by key stakeholders. The session incorporates practical AI tools to accelerate brand development while maintaining authenticity and human connection. Participants will leave with a structured framework, a drafted personal brand statement, and actionable tools they can immediately apply across platforms like LinkedIn and within their organizations.
People
Global Relocation
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionWe are living through a defining moment for Global Mobility. Forces reshaping the function—AI adoption, rising regulatory complexity, shifting employee expectations, cost scrutiny, and evolving business models—are changing the mobility landscape in real time. These aren’t incremental shifts; they are fundamental disruptions that will only accelerate. If mobility is to evolve into a strategic enabler, we must update our performance lens. We need a multidimensional framework that accounts for the complexity of the function, the context in which it operates, and the value it creates beyond logistics or financial returns.
That is why we need THRIVE. It’s a forward-looking approach to evaluating mobility that goes beyond traditional measures. It’s built to help teams navigate uncertainty, make better decisions, and provide a blueprint for change. Join this session to hear Karen Walsh from Publicis share — candidly and concretely — how Publicis is making their mobility program truly T-H-R-I-V-E -- from aligning mobility with talent strategy to designing more human-centered experiences, building readiness for disruption, and increasing influence with leadership. In this interactive session, you will then be invited to evaluate your own mobility program and processes using a THRIVE scorecard to evaluate your program against six key dimensions:
T – Talent Integration
H – Human Experience
R – Readiness for Change
I – Influencing
V – Vendor Partnerships
E – Engaged Team and Leadership.
The scorecard and discussion with peers will provide you with a practical framework for evaluating signs you are THRIVE-ing and signs you are not. If you’re ready to move beyond process metrics and rethink what success looks like in mobility, this session will give you a clear, actionable way forward. Because the goal isn’t just to run mobility programs. It’s to build ones that THRIVE.
That is why we need THRIVE. It’s a forward-looking approach to evaluating mobility that goes beyond traditional measures. It’s built to help teams navigate uncertainty, make better decisions, and provide a blueprint for change. Join this session to hear Karen Walsh from Publicis share — candidly and concretely — how Publicis is making their mobility program truly T-H-R-I-V-E -- from aligning mobility with talent strategy to designing more human-centered experiences, building readiness for disruption, and increasing influence with leadership. In this interactive session, you will then be invited to evaluate your own mobility program and processes using a THRIVE scorecard to evaluate your program against six key dimensions:
T – Talent Integration
H – Human Experience
R – Readiness for Change
I – Influencing
V – Vendor Partnerships
E – Engaged Team and Leadership.
The scorecard and discussion with peers will provide you with a practical framework for evaluating signs you are THRIVE-ing and signs you are not. If you’re ready to move beyond process metrics and rethink what success looks like in mobility, this session will give you a clear, actionable way forward. Because the goal isn’t just to run mobility programs. It’s to build ones that THRIVE.
People
Chief Strategy Officer
Senior Vice President and Global Mobility Lead
Global 2026
DescriptionDesigned around real-world mobility scenarios, this interactive session will showcase common challenges faced by companies relocating talent into and within Latin America. From immigration hurdles and housing considerations to cultural adaptation and family support, panelists will discuss what worked, what didn't, and what mobility professionals can do differently to achieve better outcomes.
People
Co-Chair Immigration & SVP Newland Chase
Director of LARM Group
Founder & CEO, EMS
Global Mobility Manager
Global Mobility Manager
Global 2026
DescriptionOne of the biggest challenges that U.S. talent mobility practitioners face is having to manage operational and compliance considerations to account for a patchwork of state or local laws and requirements across various areas that frequently each vary by location. This trend is not new to mobility, particularly in the tax and employment law contexts, but it has expanded in recent years and particularly become more acute in recent years related to U.S. residential real estate transactions and the ability of employers to utilize relocation-related repayment agreements.
This session will bring together four of the industry’s leading experts to talk about how employers and service providers can navigate the evolving compliance landscape and patchwork of requirements across local jurisdictions, with particular focus on evolving state law and MLS practices around U.S. residential real estate marketing and transparency practices, state restrictions on repayment agreements, and state prohibitions on real estate purchases by certain foreign nationals.
This session will bring together four of the industry’s leading experts to talk about how employers and service providers can navigate the evolving compliance landscape and patchwork of requirements across local jurisdictions, with particular focus on evolving state law and MLS practices around U.S. residential real estate marketing and transparency practices, state restrictions on repayment agreements, and state prohibitions on real estate purchases by certain foreign nationals.
People
Altair Global
Broker/Owner
Vice President and Relocation Director
Senior Vice President
Vice President, Public Policy and Research
Global 2026
People
Vice President of Client Services & Relocation Director
Vice President , Corporate Relocation
Vice President , Business Development and Client Services
Vice President, Relocation Director
Regional Director of Relocation
SVP, Chief Operating Officer & Ownership Partner
Relocation Director
Relocation Director
SVP, Business Development and Enterprise Partners
Relocation Director
Director of Relocation
Vice President, Director of Relocation
Relocation Director
Relocation Director
Relocation Director
Vice President, Corporate Relocation Services
Relocation & Referral Director
Global 2026
Tax
DescriptionTax is one of the most complex and often misunderstood components of global mobility, yet it has a direct impact on both the employee experience and the company’s bottom line. Once employees begin working across jurisdictions, tax obligations can arise in multiple locations, creating challenges around compliance, reporting, and cost management. This session is designed to simplify the tax landscape within global mobility by breaking down key concepts into practical, business-relevant insights.
We will walk through how and when tax liabilities are triggered, the role of tax equalization and tax protection, and how payroll and tax reporting align to ensure accurate withholding and compliance. The focus is not on technical deep dives, but on helping participants understand how tax decisions are made, operationalized, and communicated. Tax outcomes are heavily influenced by decisions made upstream in immigration, assignment structuring, and payroll. Attendees will gain insight into how compensation elements, assignment duration, and location impact tax exposure, as well as the importance of accurate data and coordination across mobility, payroll, HR, and finance. We will also highlight common gaps that lead to unexpected costs, employee confusion, or compliance risks.
This session is ideal for global mobility professionals, HR, payroll, finance, and business leaders who support or approve cross-border moves. It is particularly valuable for those looking to better understand the “why” behind tax outcomes and how to proactively manage them. We will address key questions such as: When and where do tax obligations arise for mobile employees? How do tax equalization and tax protection policies work in practice? How does payroll reporting impact individual tax outcomes? What drives unexpected tax costs, and how can they be managed?
By the end of the session, participants will have a clearer, more structured understanding of how tax fits into the mobility lifecycle and how to better anticipate, manage, and communicate tax implications.
We will walk through how and when tax liabilities are triggered, the role of tax equalization and tax protection, and how payroll and tax reporting align to ensure accurate withholding and compliance. The focus is not on technical deep dives, but on helping participants understand how tax decisions are made, operationalized, and communicated. Tax outcomes are heavily influenced by decisions made upstream in immigration, assignment structuring, and payroll. Attendees will gain insight into how compensation elements, assignment duration, and location impact tax exposure, as well as the importance of accurate data and coordination across mobility, payroll, HR, and finance. We will also highlight common gaps that lead to unexpected costs, employee confusion, or compliance risks.
This session is ideal for global mobility professionals, HR, payroll, finance, and business leaders who support or approve cross-border moves. It is particularly valuable for those looking to better understand the “why” behind tax outcomes and how to proactively manage them. We will address key questions such as: When and where do tax obligations arise for mobile employees? How do tax equalization and tax protection policies work in practice? How does payroll reporting impact individual tax outcomes? What drives unexpected tax costs, and how can they be managed?
By the end of the session, participants will have a clearer, more structured understanding of how tax fits into the mobility lifecycle and how to better anticipate, manage, and communicate tax implications.
People
Director
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionThe clock is ticking: you have 90 days to relocate critical talent to a remote, high-risk region, mobilize and train a local workforce, and navigate complex immigration, tax and duty-of-care challenges – all to ensure your company’s operations meet an immovable deadline and avoid severe contractual penalties.
In this highly interactive, simulation-based session, attendees will step into the role of a global mobility team tasked with solving a complex business challenge under pressure. Participants will work through a fictional – but highly realistic – scenario in which a multinational company must deploy specialist employees from around the world, hire and train local workers and launch operations in a remote international location within 90 days. Working in teams, participants will navigate competing priorities across immigration, tax, duty of care, logistics, talent retention and compliance – and, just like in real life, will have to pivot in real time as new challenges emerge. Along the way, they’ll assess risk, prioritize actions and explore how AI can help simplify processes, accelerate decision-making and improve outcomes in high-stakes mobility scenarios. Teams will also present and defend their strategies, sparking discussion around best practices, tradeoffs and innovative approaches to managing workforce mobility under pressure.
This immersive session transforms workforce mobility strategy into a hands-on exercise, helping attendees build practical skills in prioritization, problem-solving and executive communication in a low-stakes environment, gaining skills and experience to deploy in their own organizations.
In this highly interactive, simulation-based session, attendees will step into the role of a global mobility team tasked with solving a complex business challenge under pressure. Participants will work through a fictional – but highly realistic – scenario in which a multinational company must deploy specialist employees from around the world, hire and train local workers and launch operations in a remote international location within 90 days. Working in teams, participants will navigate competing priorities across immigration, tax, duty of care, logistics, talent retention and compliance – and, just like in real life, will have to pivot in real time as new challenges emerge. Along the way, they’ll assess risk, prioritize actions and explore how AI can help simplify processes, accelerate decision-making and improve outcomes in high-stakes mobility scenarios. Teams will also present and defend their strategies, sparking discussion around best practices, tradeoffs and innovative approaches to managing workforce mobility under pressure.
This immersive session transforms workforce mobility strategy into a hands-on exercise, helping attendees build practical skills in prioritization, problem-solving and executive communication in a low-stakes environment, gaining skills and experience to deploy in their own organizations.
People
Vice President, Client Services
Director, Global Mobility
President
Director
Global 2026
Environmental sustainability
DescriptionThis session focuses on how corporates and service providers jointly design the choices experienced by relocating employees, and how small changes to that design can materially improve sustainability adoption through behavioural change and simple nudges.
In Global Mobility, in-house teams influence policy and intent, while service providers shape delivery and experience. However, whether sustainable options are actually adopted depends on how those two worlds come together at the decision point. Relocating employees are time-poor and under pressure, meaning intentions alone rarely determine outcomes. Sustainability challenges in mobility are often framed as motivation problems on the employee side, or capability constraints within the industry. This session reframes the issue as neither. Instead, it focuses on a shared design problem at the interface between corporate intent and provider execution.
Drawing on practical examples and real Global Mobility decision points, the session applies principles of behavioural change and nudge-based choice design to show how behaviour shifts most reliably when systems quietly make one option easier than another. Rather than relying on policy mandates, persuasion, or added complexity, participants explore how defaults, friction, timing, and framing influence what people actually do. Attendees are introduced to a simple, repeatable method for diagnosing and redesigning everyday mobility decisions, enabling more constructive collaboration between corporates and providers. The result is improved sustainability adoption that is practical, scalable, and achievable without new systems, budgets, or burdens.
In Global Mobility, in-house teams influence policy and intent, while service providers shape delivery and experience. However, whether sustainable options are actually adopted depends on how those two worlds come together at the decision point. Relocating employees are time-poor and under pressure, meaning intentions alone rarely determine outcomes. Sustainability challenges in mobility are often framed as motivation problems on the employee side, or capability constraints within the industry. This session reframes the issue as neither. Instead, it focuses on a shared design problem at the interface between corporate intent and provider execution.
Drawing on practical examples and real Global Mobility decision points, the session applies principles of behavioural change and nudge-based choice design to show how behaviour shifts most reliably when systems quietly make one option easier than another. Rather than relying on policy mandates, persuasion, or added complexity, participants explore how defaults, friction, timing, and framing influence what people actually do. Attendees are introduced to a simple, repeatable method for diagnosing and redesigning everyday mobility decisions, enabling more constructive collaboration between corporates and providers. The result is improved sustainability adoption that is practical, scalable, and achievable without new systems, budgets, or burdens.
People
Partner, Responsible Business Practices
Senior Vice President
Senior Director of Sustainable Growth
Global 2026
DescriptionAs immigration policies, workforce expectations and geopolitical realities continue to evolve, global mobility leaders are being challenged to adapt faster than ever before. Yet some of the most valuable insights into where mobility is headed are emerging not from policy announcements alone, but from the real-world cases, trends and business challenges organizations are navigating every day.
Drawing on current examples from across the mobility landscape, this session will explore what these developments reveal about the direction of global mobility and how organizations can build more resilient programs in response. From the growing use of technology and AI to drive efficiency and flexibility, to the rethinking of traditional mobility models through alternative destinations, visa pathways and workforce strategies, to the heightened compliance risks created by increasing government scrutiny, data-sharing and enforcement, attendees will gain practical insights into how leading organizations are responding to change and preparing for what lies ahead.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of emerging mobility trends, along with practical actions they can take today to strengthen their programs and build the capabilities needed for long-term success.
Drawing on current examples from across the mobility landscape, this session will explore what these developments reveal about the direction of global mobility and how organizations can build more resilient programs in response. From the growing use of technology and AI to drive efficiency and flexibility, to the rethinking of traditional mobility models through alternative destinations, visa pathways and workforce strategies, to the heightened compliance risks created by increasing government scrutiny, data-sharing and enforcement, attendees will gain practical insights into how leading organizations are responding to change and preparing for what lies ahead.
Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of emerging mobility trends, along with practical actions they can take today to strengthen their programs and build the capabilities needed for long-term success.
People
SVP, Global Services
Managing Director, Corporate Immigration Partners
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionWhat makes a mobility program actually work — and why do so many fall flat? Like any great recipe, success isn't about one ingredient, it's about balance and execution.
This interactive workshop introduces the Mobility Recipe Card, a practical framework inspired by Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, to help mobility professionals design, evaluate, and operationalize any initiative — whether launching a new policy, rolling out a tool, developing a team, building resiliency, or managing vendor partnerships. Participants will learn to break complex challenges into four essential elements:
Salt (Clarity): Brings out the flavor and enhances what is already there
Fat (Enablement): Carries flavor and adds richness and texture
Acid (Assessment): Brightens the dish and balances the other flavors
Heat (Execution): Transforms the ingredients and shapes the finished result
Presenters will share how the framework plays out across three real-world perspectives — corporate mobility, product development, and partnership strategy — showing where initiatives commonly succeed or fail, while participants apply it to their own scenario using a guided recipe card worksheet to spot gaps, imbalances, and opportunities.
As global mobility programs are pushed to prove their worth amid AI, automation, and economic pressure, the professionals who can clearly articulate what their programs deliver — and build them with intention — are the ones who will define what mobility looks like next. The Mobility Recipe Card makes that value legible, defensible, and undeniable to HR, Finance, and the C-suite. Attendees leave with a repeatable framework they can put to work starting the very next day.
This interactive workshop introduces the Mobility Recipe Card, a practical framework inspired by Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, to help mobility professionals design, evaluate, and operationalize any initiative — whether launching a new policy, rolling out a tool, developing a team, building resiliency, or managing vendor partnerships. Participants will learn to break complex challenges into four essential elements:
Salt (Clarity): Brings out the flavor and enhances what is already there
Fat (Enablement): Carries flavor and adds richness and texture
Acid (Assessment): Brightens the dish and balances the other flavors
Heat (Execution): Transforms the ingredients and shapes the finished result
Presenters will share how the framework plays out across three real-world perspectives — corporate mobility, product development, and partnership strategy — showing where initiatives commonly succeed or fail, while participants apply it to their own scenario using a guided recipe card worksheet to spot gaps, imbalances, and opportunities.
As global mobility programs are pushed to prove their worth amid AI, automation, and economic pressure, the professionals who can clearly articulate what their programs deliver — and build them with intention — are the ones who will define what mobility looks like next. The Mobility Recipe Card makes that value legible, defensible, and undeniable to HR, Finance, and the C-suite. Attendees leave with a repeatable framework they can put to work starting the very next day.
People
Director, Global Mobility
Senior Director, Product Management & Strategic Alliances
Partner, Growth and Strategy
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionWhat if we told you that 72% of global mobility programs have never formally re-bid their primary vendor relationships? Or that the number one reason companies get less value from their immigration counsel has nothing to do with legal expertise and everything to do with how they bought the relationship in the first place?
This isn’t another RFP how-to session. This is a live-on-stage, Family Feud-style game show where real survey data from 100+ global mobility professionals becomes the reveal mechanism for one of the field’s most consequential, and most mismanaged disciplines: vendor selection and management across immigration, relocation, and global mobility tax. Two audience teams compete to guess the top survey answers across 12 questions and three high stakes rounds. But the real payoff happens after every board flip: a rapid-fire expert debrief that turns each answer into an immediately actionable insight.
The format is competitive, high-energy, and deeply educational, the rare conference session where attendees are genuinely on the edge of their seats while also building frameworks they can use Monday morning. No product pitch. No slide deck. Just the signal extracted from the noise. Attendees leave with five concrete deliverables: a 30-point RFP readiness scorecard, a vendor SLA benchmark guide, a multi-vendor evaluation rubric, the five questions to ask every mobility vendor, and the full pre-conference survey results report, a first-of-its-kind benchmarking data from their own peer community.
This isn’t another RFP how-to session. This is a live-on-stage, Family Feud-style game show where real survey data from 100+ global mobility professionals becomes the reveal mechanism for one of the field’s most consequential, and most mismanaged disciplines: vendor selection and management across immigration, relocation, and global mobility tax. Two audience teams compete to guess the top survey answers across 12 questions and three high stakes rounds. But the real payoff happens after every board flip: a rapid-fire expert debrief that turns each answer into an immediately actionable insight.
The format is competitive, high-energy, and deeply educational, the rare conference session where attendees are genuinely on the edge of their seats while also building frameworks they can use Monday morning. No product pitch. No slide deck. Just the signal extracted from the noise. Attendees leave with five concrete deliverables: a 30-point RFP readiness scorecard, a vendor SLA benchmark guide, a multi-vendor evaluation rubric, the five questions to ask every mobility vendor, and the full pre-conference survey results report, a first-of-its-kind benchmarking data from their own peer community.
People
Partner, Growth and Strategy
Founder and Managing Partner
Executive Vice President, Global Client Strategy and Supply Chain Management
Director, Global Mobility & Immigration
Global 2026
DescriptionEMEA encompasses more than 100 countries and some of the world’s most diverse cultures, economies, regulatory environments and talent markets. But is there really such a thing as an “EMEA mobility market”?
In this moderated panel, mobility leaders will explore what connects – and differentiates – talent mobility across this vast region. The discussion will consider how mobility expectations are changing, the challenge of balancing global consistency with local realities, the growing role of technology and transparency, and the forces likely to reshape mobility across EMEA over the next five years.
Through practical experiences and different regional perspectives, the panel will challenge some common assumptions about EMEA and explore where standardized approaches add value – and where culture, regulation, market maturity and local circumstances demand something different.
Attendees will leave with a broader understanding of the diversity and complexity of EMEA, the trends shaping mobility across the region, and practical perspectives to consider when designing and delivering mobility programs across multiple markets.
In this moderated panel, mobility leaders will explore what connects – and differentiates – talent mobility across this vast region. The discussion will consider how mobility expectations are changing, the challenge of balancing global consistency with local realities, the growing role of technology and transparency, and the forces likely to reshape mobility across EMEA over the next five years.
Through practical experiences and different regional perspectives, the panel will challenge some common assumptions about EMEA and explore where standardized approaches add value – and where culture, regulation, market maturity and local circumstances demand something different.
Attendees will leave with a broader understanding of the diversity and complexity of EMEA, the trends shaping mobility across the region, and practical perspectives to consider when designing and delivering mobility programs across multiple markets.
People
Managing Director
Director, Global Mobility & Travel
Independent Advisor, Global HR and Mobility
Global 2026
DescriptionIn mobility tax planning, every decision has consequences and every move matters.
TaxQuest is an interactive, scenario-based course that explores complexities in global mobility tax. Bringing the solutioning to life, participants take on the role of mobility tax strategists and work through a series of scenarios, making decisions that may affect tax costs, compliance obligations, employee experience, business outcomes, and more.
During the session, participants will assess mobility design options, evaluate associated tax risks, compare planning approaches, and build a practical framework for identifying and resolving tax issues in challenging, practical scenarios.
Participants will see how choices made at the beginning of an assignment can influence employer costs, employee tax liabilities, payroll reporting, social security obligations, and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
The session combines technical learning with practical decision-making, encouraging participants to consider how mobility tax planning supports broader business, talent, and workforce objectives.
TaxQuest is an interactive, scenario-based course that explores complexities in global mobility tax. Bringing the solutioning to life, participants take on the role of mobility tax strategists and work through a series of scenarios, making decisions that may affect tax costs, compliance obligations, employee experience, business outcomes, and more.
During the session, participants will assess mobility design options, evaluate associated tax risks, compare planning approaches, and build a practical framework for identifying and resolving tax issues in challenging, practical scenarios.
Participants will see how choices made at the beginning of an assignment can influence employer costs, employee tax liabilities, payroll reporting, social security obligations, and compliance requirements across multiple jurisdictions.
The session combines technical learning with practical decision-making, encouraging participants to consider how mobility tax planning supports broader business, talent, and workforce objectives.
People
Principal, Global Mobility Services
Partner
Vice President of Client Support Services
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
DescriptionAs cost pressure and uncertainty intensify, global mobility programs are increasingly questioned—not because they lack value, but because leaders struggle to articulate that value in decision-ready terms. This interactive “message studio” builds a practical, repeatable advocacy skill: crafting a clear 60-second executive narrative to defend or advance mobility decisions when budgets tighten. Participants will work hands-on to frame mobility asks around business risk, cost constraints, and realistic next steps, leaving with a reusable script and a one-slide storyline they can immediately use with leadership. In addition to increasing advocacy for mobility services in general, the session will also dive into the often competing priorities within global mobility programs and explore how to balance innovation and experience with core deliverables.
People
Director Strategic Business Development
Senior Director of Sustainable Growth
Global 2026
DescriptionAs organizations seek greater efficiency, visibility, and strategic value from their mobility programs, technology has become an essential enabler. Yet successful relocation experiences still depend on the human connections that help employees navigate complex life transitions.
In this session, Sirva and a panel of industry leaders will share how a strategic partnership transformed mobility operations through connected data, real-time insights, AI-enabled capabilities, and streamlined workflows, all while preserving the personalized support that employees and mobility teams rely on most.
Attendees will gain practical insights into how technology can empower mobility professionals, strengthen employee experiences, improve decision-making, and create a more connected mobility ecosystem. Through real-world examples and lessons learned, this session will provide a roadmap for organizations looking to modernize mobility programs without losing the human touch.
Key Takeaways
• Understand the role of technology as an enabler, not a replacement, for human-centered mobility support.
• Learn how connected platforms and real-time data can improve visibility, responsiveness, and decision-making across mobility programs.
• Explore practical applications of AI and automation that reduce administrative burden while enhancing the employee experience.
• Discover how stronger collaboration between corporate stakeholders, technology providers, and relocation partners can drive better outcomes.
• Gain actionable strategies and lessons learned from the Sirva–Microsoft transformation that can be adapted within your own organization.
• Identify opportunities to balance efficiency, personalization, and business value in an increasingly digital mobility landscape.
In this session, Sirva and a panel of industry leaders will share how a strategic partnership transformed mobility operations through connected data, real-time insights, AI-enabled capabilities, and streamlined workflows, all while preserving the personalized support that employees and mobility teams rely on most.
Attendees will gain practical insights into how technology can empower mobility professionals, strengthen employee experiences, improve decision-making, and create a more connected mobility ecosystem. Through real-world examples and lessons learned, this session will provide a roadmap for organizations looking to modernize mobility programs without losing the human touch.
Key Takeaways
• Understand the role of technology as an enabler, not a replacement, for human-centered mobility support.
• Learn how connected platforms and real-time data can improve visibility, responsiveness, and decision-making across mobility programs.
• Explore practical applications of AI and automation that reduce administrative burden while enhancing the employee experience.
• Discover how stronger collaboration between corporate stakeholders, technology providers, and relocation partners can drive better outcomes.
• Gain actionable strategies and lessons learned from the Sirva–Microsoft transformation that can be adapted within your own organization.
• Identify opportunities to balance efficiency, personalization, and business value in an increasingly digital mobility landscape.
People
Vice President, Customer Experience & Operations
Chief Technology Officer
Global 2026
DescriptionThis session is sponsored by Alma.
The mobility manager role is under pressure. Budgets are tighter, headcounts are leaner, and AI is quietly absorbing the work that has defined the function for decades: case tracking, status updates, document chasing, employee Q&A. For every mobility manager, it is worth asking an honest question: what is left that only you can do?
This session does not talk about AI in the abstract. You will leave with two concrete deliverables: a step-by-step framework for identifying which parts of your role to delegate to AI and which to double down on, and a stakeholder reporting template you can bring directly into your next performance review to demonstrate your program's impact in the terms your leadership actually measures. This session helps every mobility manager stay ahead of AI rather than be left behind by it.
We open with a live, facilitated diagnostic: participants map their own week across five questions: what takes your time, what could be automated, what cannot be automated, what you are already doing to stay ahead, and what you wish you could do but cannot.
From there, the session moves into two practical frameworks. The first is about doing different work: using AI to handle the operational layer so you can operate as a strategic advisor, shaping mobility policy, influencing hiring decisions at the offer stage, and flagging compliance risk before it becomes a legal issue. The second is about being seen doing it: translating that work into the language leadership cares about, including hiring velocity, financial cost avoidance, talent retention, and compliance risk.
The seat is still yours to keep. This session will show you how.
The mobility manager role is under pressure. Budgets are tighter, headcounts are leaner, and AI is quietly absorbing the work that has defined the function for decades: case tracking, status updates, document chasing, employee Q&A. For every mobility manager, it is worth asking an honest question: what is left that only you can do?
This session does not talk about AI in the abstract. You will leave with two concrete deliverables: a step-by-step framework for identifying which parts of your role to delegate to AI and which to double down on, and a stakeholder reporting template you can bring directly into your next performance review to demonstrate your program's impact in the terms your leadership actually measures. This session helps every mobility manager stay ahead of AI rather than be left behind by it.
We open with a live, facilitated diagnostic: participants map their own week across five questions: what takes your time, what could be automated, what cannot be automated, what you are already doing to stay ahead, and what you wish you could do but cannot.
From there, the session moves into two practical frameworks. The first is about doing different work: using AI to handle the operational layer so you can operate as a strategic advisor, shaping mobility policy, influencing hiring decisions at the offer stage, and flagging compliance risk before it becomes a legal issue. The second is about being seen doing it: translating that work into the language leadership cares about, including hiring velocity, financial cost avoidance, talent retention, and compliance risk.
The seat is still yours to keep. This session will show you how.
People
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
DescriptionAI is showing up in mobility work, but most teams are still figuring out what is actually useful, what creates risk, and where human judgment has to stay central. This session is built for mobility professionals who want a practical playbook, not hype.
The core of the session is a simple decision tool: a framework attendees will use live to sort their own day-to-day tasks into three buckets, AI-ready, AI-assisted with human review, and human-only. We apply it to real mobility work like drafting assignee communications, summarizing policy updates, preparing stakeholder briefings, and triaging exceptions.
The panel will also discuss what is happening on the other side of the desk, where U.S. immigration agencies are deploying their own AI tools in case review, and what that shift means for documentation and filing strategy. The session opens with a five-minute live demonstration of an AI prompt running end-to-end on a real mobility task. The panel then unpacks the framework with examples from in-house, legal, and platform perspectives. We close with open Q&A and distribution of atake-home toolkit.
Attendees do not need a technical background. They will leave with a curated prompt library, a task assessment worksheet, an AI readiness checklist, and a clearer point of view on where AI helps, where it hurts, and where it does not belong.
The core of the session is a simple decision tool: a framework attendees will use live to sort their own day-to-day tasks into three buckets, AI-ready, AI-assisted with human review, and human-only. We apply it to real mobility work like drafting assignee communications, summarizing policy updates, preparing stakeholder briefings, and triaging exceptions.
The panel will also discuss what is happening on the other side of the desk, where U.S. immigration agencies are deploying their own AI tools in case review, and what that shift means for documentation and filing strategy. The session opens with a five-minute live demonstration of an AI prompt running end-to-end on a real mobility task. The panel then unpacks the framework with examples from in-house, legal, and platform perspectives. We close with open Q&A and distribution of atake-home toolkit.
Attendees do not need a technical background. They will leave with a curated prompt library, a task assessment worksheet, an AI readiness checklist, and a clearer point of view on where AI helps, where it hurts, and where it does not belong.
People
Founder & CEO
Head of Global Mobility
Director, Head of Global Mobility
Global 2026
DescriptionAPAC is evolving beyond its traditional role as a destination for expatriate assignments, emerging instead as a distributed network of capability, innovation, and decision making. India is expanding as a global technology hub, China and Hong Kong remain central to complex operating ecosystems, and Southeast Asia offers complementary markets rather than a single substitute location. Meanwhile, Japan and Australia are balancing selective talent access with local workforce pressures. This session will explore how these shifts are reshaping global mobility — challenging assumptions about localization, immigration, and one way expatriation — and highlight how mobility must integrate earlier into workforce planning to support capability flows across a region that is interconnected in business terms but fragmented in regulatory reality.
People
Group Mobility & Travel Manager
Managing Director
Resident Director
Managing Partner
Global 2026
Immigration
DescriptionIn immigration programs, it’s easy to feel like Alice - surrounded by numbers that grow bigger, smaller and stranger the longer you stare at them. Case volumes, timelines, costs, risks, approvals, denials…the data keeps multiplying. But when it’s time to brief executives, that data often falls down the rabbit hole. Dashboards become too crowded, updates too tactical or the message gets lost in legal nuance. Leaders walk away unsure of what matters, what’s at risk or why immigration deserves a seat at the strategy table. This interactive workshop helps HR, mobility and immigration leaders find their way through the maze. Participants will learn how to shrink complex data down to its essence, choose the right lens for different executive audiences and turn immigration metrics into clear, compelling stories that actually drive understanding and action.
People
Partner
Partner
Global 2026
DescriptionIn a world defined by nonlinear, accelerated, volatile, and interconnected (NAVI) change, traditional talent mobility strategies are no longer enough. As AI, economic uncertainty, geopolitical shifts, and evolving workforce expectations reshape the business landscape, organizations have a choice: react to disruption or harness it.
Join EY to explore how leading organizations are leveraging disruption to build stronger, more agile talent mobility programs. Focusing on three critical levers—cost, growth, and efficiency—this session will provide practical insights for turning uncertainty into a competitive advantage and creating a future-ready mobile workforce.
Join EY to explore how leading organizations are leveraging disruption to build stronger, more agile talent mobility programs. Focusing on three critical levers—cost, growth, and efficiency—this session will provide practical insights for turning uncertainty into a competitive advantage and creating a future-ready mobile workforce.
People
Global People Mobility Partner
Principal, People Advisory Services
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
DescriptionWhen a ransomware attack hits, it doesn’t arrive as a dramatic headline. It starts with a small, confusing moment: an email that won’t load, a system that feels “off.” Within hours, that moment can escalate into a full-scale business crisis.
In this candid, interview-style session, leaders from NuCompass share the real story of a cyberattack that took their systems offline for over three weeks, and the decisions that defined what happened next. Through a moderated conversation, the session walks through the experience, from the first 48 hours of chaos, to uncovering the root cause, to navigating legal, operational, and reputational risk in real time.
Attendees will learn how vulnerabilities can emerge in unexpected places, even when strong security measures are in place. More importantly, they’ll learn what happened after: how contingency planning swiftly enabled business continuity, how cyber insurance and external experts shaped response strategy, and how transparent (but careful) client communication preserved trust during uncertainty.
The discussion goes beyond technical recovery to address the human and leadership dimensions of crisis management: making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, balancing legal guidance with authentic communication, and leading teams through sustained pressure. The session will also explore difficult but essential topics, including negotiation, data exposure risk, and the realities of working with cybercrime response teams.
Throughout the conversation, speakers will translate their experience into actionable takeaways for organizations of all sizes. These include practical steps to reduce exposure (such as credential management and data retention policies), the importance of air-gapped backups and contingency workflows, and how to build a communication strategy before a crisis occurs, not during it.
This is not a theoretical discussion or a technical deep dive. It is a firsthand account of what actually happens during a cyber incident, and what organizations can do now to be better prepared when (not if) it happens to them.
In this candid, interview-style session, leaders from NuCompass share the real story of a cyberattack that took their systems offline for over three weeks, and the decisions that defined what happened next. Through a moderated conversation, the session walks through the experience, from the first 48 hours of chaos, to uncovering the root cause, to navigating legal, operational, and reputational risk in real time.
Attendees will learn how vulnerabilities can emerge in unexpected places, even when strong security measures are in place. More importantly, they’ll learn what happened after: how contingency planning swiftly enabled business continuity, how cyber insurance and external experts shaped response strategy, and how transparent (but careful) client communication preserved trust during uncertainty.
The discussion goes beyond technical recovery to address the human and leadership dimensions of crisis management: making high-stakes decisions with incomplete information, balancing legal guidance with authentic communication, and leading teams through sustained pressure. The session will also explore difficult but essential topics, including negotiation, data exposure risk, and the realities of working with cybercrime response teams.
Throughout the conversation, speakers will translate their experience into actionable takeaways for organizations of all sizes. These include practical steps to reduce exposure (such as credential management and data retention policies), the importance of air-gapped backups and contingency workflows, and how to build a communication strategy before a crisis occurs, not during it.
This is not a theoretical discussion or a technical deep dive. It is a firsthand account of what actually happens during a cyber incident, and what organizations can do now to be better prepared when (not if) it happens to them.
Global 2026
DescriptionCarmen's disappeared again... but this time she's not alone. Employee life events are happening across the globe: promotions, transfers, salary changes, marriages, new babies, address updates, business reorganizations, and more. The challenge isn't finding Carmen. It's finding the data, connecting the dots, and using it effectively and efficiently.
Join us as we explore how leading organizations are connecting HRIS, mobility, immigration, payroll, tax, and analytics systems to uncover critical employee changes before they create compliance risks. Learn how technology can help you track life events, automate workflows, improve data quality, strengthen compliance, and generate the insights needed to influence business strategy and engage senior leadership.
Grab your detective hat and discover how the right technology ecosystem can help your mobility program move from reactive investigator to proactive strategist.
This session is designed for Global Mobility professionals looking to maximize the value of their HRIS and broader technology landscape to better support employees, managers, HR partners, and the business. Our panelists represent a diverse group of organizations across industries, company sizes, geographies, and budget levels. They'll share practical examples of what's working, lessons learned, and best practices for building a technology suite that delivers meaningful business value.
Why does it matter? In today's environment, compliance is increasingly dependent on timely, accurate data. To remain relevant and influential, Global Mobility professionals must be able to speak the language of analytics and provide actionable insights to leadership. For most organizations, that journey starts with the HRIS and expands into an integrated technology ecosystem. Data is power. It helps us identify risks before they become problems, respond quickly and confidently during times of disruption, and tell a compelling story that captures the attention of senior leadership. The better we can find, connect, and interpret the clues, the more strategic our programs become.
Join us as we explore how leading organizations are connecting HRIS, mobility, immigration, payroll, tax, and analytics systems to uncover critical employee changes before they create compliance risks. Learn how technology can help you track life events, automate workflows, improve data quality, strengthen compliance, and generate the insights needed to influence business strategy and engage senior leadership.
Grab your detective hat and discover how the right technology ecosystem can help your mobility program move from reactive investigator to proactive strategist.
This session is designed for Global Mobility professionals looking to maximize the value of their HRIS and broader technology landscape to better support employees, managers, HR partners, and the business. Our panelists represent a diverse group of organizations across industries, company sizes, geographies, and budget levels. They'll share practical examples of what's working, lessons learned, and best practices for building a technology suite that delivers meaningful business value.
Why does it matter? In today's environment, compliance is increasingly dependent on timely, accurate data. To remain relevant and influential, Global Mobility professionals must be able to speak the language of analytics and provide actionable insights to leadership. For most organizations, that journey starts with the HRIS and expands into an integrated technology ecosystem. Data is power. It helps us identify risks before they become problems, respond quickly and confidently during times of disruption, and tell a compelling story that captures the attention of senior leadership. The better we can find, connect, and interpret the clues, the more strategic our programs become.
People
Global Mobility Leader
Global Mobility Leader
Global Mobility Manager
Sr. Global Mobility Manager
Senior Director Legal & Lead Immigration Counsel
Global 2026
DescriptionThis session examines the evolving global mobility landscape through a practical, balanced lens—highlighting what is improving, where employers and relocating employees still face friction, and which emerging risks require attention.
Attendees will explore the **good**: more flexible mobility policies, stronger technology tools, expanded employee support, and opportunities to use mobility as a strategic talent advantage. The discussion will also address the **bad**: rising costs, immigration complexity, housing constraints, inconsistent vendor experiences, and pressure to deliver personalized support at scale. Finally, the session confronts the **ugly**: geopolitical disruption, compliance exposure, inequities in mobility access and employee experience, and the human impact of relocation when policies fail to keep pace with reality.
Through candid perspectives and real-world examples, participants will leave with a clearer view of the forces reshaping mobility—and actionable ideas for building more resilient, equitable, and employee-centered programs.
Attendees will explore the **good**: more flexible mobility policies, stronger technology tools, expanded employee support, and opportunities to use mobility as a strategic talent advantage. The discussion will also address the **bad**: rising costs, immigration complexity, housing constraints, inconsistent vendor experiences, and pressure to deliver personalized support at scale. Finally, the session confronts the **ugly**: geopolitical disruption, compliance exposure, inequities in mobility access and employee experience, and the human impact of relocation when policies fail to keep pace with reality.
Through candid perspectives and real-world examples, participants will leave with a clearer view of the forces reshaping mobility—and actionable ideas for building more resilient, equitable, and employee-centered programs.
People
Director, Client Development
Sessions
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global 2026
Agile by Design: How Mobility Leaders Support Employees and Business Through Immigration Uncertainty
2:30pm - 3:15pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Talent Management/ Human Factors
Global 2026
Global 2026
Immigration
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global 2026
Global Conference 2026
Skill-Building Workshops
Real Estate
Global Conference 2026
Corporate Roundtable (Corporates Only)
4:00pm - 6:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global Conference 2026
Corporate-only Expo Hour
3:45pm - 4:45pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global Conference 2026
Exhibit Hall Open: Happy Hour
5:15pm - 6:30pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Global Conference 2026
Exhibit Hall Open: Happy Hour
3:45pm - 6:30pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Skill-Building Workshops
Immigration Summit (Additional Ticket Required)
9:00am - 1:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Skill-Building Workshops
Immigration Summit Lunch
1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global 2026
Global 2026
Global 2026
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
12:00pm - 1:30pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Global 2026
Lunch in Exhibit Hall
11:00am - 12:30pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Global 2026
Global 2026
Tax
Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global Conference 2026
Momentum Mentorship Program
2:00pm - 4:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global Conference 2026
Move for Hunger Activation
8:00am - 6:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Sponsor Session
Moving and Shipping: A Dating Game
10:15am - 11:00am CDT Thursday, 29 October Global Conference 2026
Networking Breakfast
8:30am - 9:30am CDT Friday, 30 October Global 2026
Environmental sustainability
Global Conference 2026
Partner Hosted Events
7:00pm - 10:00pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Global Conference 2026
Partner Hosted Events
7:00pm - 10:00pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Global Conference 2026
Regional Leaders Meetup (Invitation Only)
4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global 2026
Registration/Information Desk Open
8:00am - 6:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global 2026
Registration/Information Desk Open
6:30am - 6:00pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Registration/Information Desk Open
7:30am - 6:00pm CDT Thursday, 29 October Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global Conference 2026
Service Provider Roundtable
3:30pm - 4:45pm CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global 2026
Global Conference 2026
Talent Mobility Supply Chain Breakfast (Invitation Only)
7:15am - 8:15am CDT Thursday, 29 October Global 2026
Mobility Programs and Policies
Global 2026
Global 2026
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
Global 2026
Global Conference 2026
Thought Leadership Breakfasts (Invitation Only)
7:00am - 8:15am CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global Conference 2026
Thought Leadership Breakfasts (Invitation Only)
7:00am - 8:15am CDT Thursday, 29 October Global 2026
Immigration
Global Conference 2026
Welcome Gathering: First Time Attendees, Solo Travelers, International Attendees, and Momentum Program Participants
6:15pm - 7:00pm CDT Tuesday, 27 October Global Conference 2026
Wellness Hour
7:00am - 8:00am CDT Wednesday, 28 October Global 2026
Global 2026
Technology, AI, and Data Analytics
Global 2026
Global 2026
Contributors
Vice President, Corporate Relocation Services
Global Mobility Manager
President & CEO
Vice President, Customer Experience & Operations
Vice President, Global Relocation Supply Chain
Partner
Executive Vice President, Global Client Strategy and Supply Chain Management
VP, Global Advisory Services – Intercultural Solutions
Senior Director Legal & Lead Immigration Counsel
Director, Global Mobility & Immigration
Global Mobility Program Manager
Senior Attorney
Senior Director, Product Management & Strategic Alliances
Director, Business Development
Sr. Global Mobility Manager
Relocation Director
SVP, Chief Operating Officer & Ownership Partner
Head of Global Mobility
Director, Global Mobility
Founder and Managing Partner
SVP, Global Services
Senior Director of Sustainable Growth
Senior Vice President
Global Mobility Leader
Senior Vice President
Chief Strategy Officer
Senior Manager, Intercultural Solutions
Director of Relocation
Managing Director
Partner
Director, Client Development
Partner
Partner
Vice President, Client Services and Innovation
Broker/Owner
Global People Mobility Partner
Founder & CEO, EMS
Chief Technology Officer
Senior Counsel
Director, International Operations
Head of Mobility
Senior Vice President, International Development
Relocation Director
Director, Global Mobility and Immigration
Global Mobility Strategy Director
President
Managing Director, Corporate Immigration Partners
Vice President, Relocation Director
Vice President and Relocation Director
Global Mobility Manager
Vice President, Public Policy and Research
President, Immigration Strategy
Managing Director
SVP, Global Account Management
Independent Advisor, Global HR and Mobility
Partner, Responsible Business Practices
Founder & CEO
Director, HR Strategic Transactions
Managing Partner
Vice President of Client Support Services
Co-Chair Immigration & SVP Newland Chase
Director Strategic Business Development
Vice President , Corporate Relocation
Altair Global
Partner
Vice President, Director of Relocation
SVP, Business Development and Enterprise Partners
Group Mobility & Travel Manager
Relocation Director
Vice President , Business Development and Client Services
Regional Director of Relocation
Director
Principal, People Advisory Services
Partner
Sr. Manager, Global Mobility & Benefits – GMS-T
Sr. Program Leader
Managing Director
Director of LARM Group
Global Relocation
Managing Broker
Relocation Director
Assistant Director of Innovation and Analytics
Vice President, Client Services
Director
Relocation Director
Resident Director
Relocation & Referral Director
Associate Director
Director, Workforce & Human Resources
Global Mobility Leader
Head of Community
Director, Global Client Success
Partner, Growth and Strategy
Principal, Global Mobility Services
Managing Partner
Senior Counsel, Legal Compliance
Director, Global Mobility
Global Mobility Manager
Relocation Director
Director, Head of Global Mobility
Director, Global Mobility
Director, Global Mobility & Travel
Vice President of Client Services & Relocation Director
Senior Vice President and Global Mobility Lead
Innovation and Analytics Lead
AbbVie Total Rewards Vendor Management
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