Is a technology solution for the global mobility supply chain on the horizon? Fiona Murchie reports from the Worldwide ERC Global Mobility Summit in London.

In today’s increasingly complex world, global mobility and the relocation profession need to be proactive in finding joined-up solutions if they are not to be left behind by the technological revolution, as the technology session at the WERC summit proved.

A panel discussion at the WERC Global Workforce Summit in London provided a snapshot of the global mobility industry in February 2013, as Fiona Murchie reports.

Peggy Smith, president and CEO of Worldwide ERC, posed the question: what keeps you awake at night?

The Worldwide ERC Global Workforce Summit in London brought together top suppliers and in-house corporate procurement specialists to provide a masterclass to delegates on how they could best support each other to meet employee’s and companies’ needs through procurement.  

How does procurement prepare itself for a request for proposal (RFP)? Are you open to a process that includes information sharing, inquiry and discovery as a way of determining most qualified suppliers? Describe best value from your company’s perspective. How are you personally incentivised?

Increasingly diverse approaches to global mobility have led to some very different – yet equally successful – approaches to building and deploying key talent globally. Ruth Holmes reports from the Worldwide Global Mobility Summit in London.

The Weichert Relocation Services-led seminar Trends@Work – How Emerging Practices Are Being Handled played host to two global leaders in their field talking about their approaches to mobility. 

Great leaps in consumer technologies have fundamentally changed how we live, interact and do business. Technology is now enmeshed in practically every part of our daily lives. We rely on it for information, guidance, organising our work and social lives, and as a portal to our increasingly self-serviced consumer choices.

It was in this brave new world that Worldwide ERC Global Mobility Conference delegates in London heard that the time was now right for relocation professionals and employees to embrace more innovative and cost-effective compensation and IT solutions. 

If you are coming to London for the Worldwide ERC Global Workforce EMEA Summit on 12 and 13 February, do seize the opportunity to go out and about and get a feel for Britain’s capital. It can be hard to make time during a packed conference agenda, but there should still be chances, particularly if you are staying for the weekend.

Registration is now open for the annual Worldwide ERC Global Workforce Summit: Talent Mobility in EMEA (London, 12 and 13 February), for which Re:locate is pleased once again to be media partner. 

Managing talent mobility throughout EMEA poses unique challenges. The summit offers an exciting opportunity to meet those challenges, develop solutions, and build your business resources, as workforce mobility association Worldwide ERC brings corporate HR professionals and mobility service providers together at the Lancaster London Hotel to educate and be educated, and to discuss EMEA mobility issues and trends.

Corporate HR professionals benefit from free registration. Space is limited, so sign up now!