Re:locate was delighted to act as media partner for workforce mobility association Worldwide ERC’s (WERC) EMEA conference in London for the third year running. Read our journalists’ reports of key conference sessions. View videos of Re:locate’s international networking reception, including interviews with WERC president and CEO Peggy Smith, past Re:locate Awards winners, and current award sponsors, who share their insights into the hottest topics in global mobility and their perspectives on relocation’s premier awards.
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Timed to welcome WERC delegates to London and sponsored by the TAS Alliance, Re:locate’s 2015 networking reception was attended by more than 100 global mobility and relocation professionals keen to forge new connections and gain new insights into the hottest topics in their field.
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Re:locate Global welcomed more than 100 of the best-connected international global mobility and relocation professionals and providers to an exclusive networking reception at London's Institute of Directors (IoD). Read more

Peggy Smith, president and CEO of Worldwide ERC, speaks to Fiona Murchie, managing editor of Re:locate Global, about leadership and the key issues around global mobility. Read more
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Share insights from Re:locate’s international networking reception – where more than 100 global mobility and relocation professionals came together to forge new connections – by watching the first in our series of videos. Read more
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Operating in a niche market within a growing area , as everyone involved in relocation and global mobility does, it’s key to your success to stay informed of the wider issues and use your voice to communicate with the wider business world. Read more
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At Re:locate Global's lively international networking reception at the Institute of Directors in London's Pall Mall, entrants to this year's Re:locate Awards had the chance to talk to some notable past winners. Read more
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Global mobility professionals and suppliers at Re:locate Global’s International Networking Reception made the most of the opportunity to meet this year’s Re:locate Awards sponsors. Read more
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Our journalists’ must-read reports of key conference sessions cover everything from compliance and duty of care to expatriate reward.

Kevin Gaskell’s keynote speech at Worldwide ERC’s EMEA Summit inspired his audience to unlock the passion and commitment that drive engagement and enable ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results. Read more
At Worldwide ERC’s EMEA Global Mobility Summit in London, two organisational global mobility professionals reported on how they ensure top management knows what they do and how they add value to their organisations. Read more
Selina Jones-May, head of global mobility at Lloyd’s Register, and Ellyn Karetnick, head of international mobility practice at Mercer, debated the advantages and disadvantages of local-plus approaches to expatriate reward at Worldwide ERC’s recent London global mobility summit. Read more
The safety and security of assignees is a major concern for organisations. A valuable input to Worldwide ERC’s EMEA summit was a session dedicated to this vital issue, presented by Pascale McLacrie, international mobility manager of French DIY chain ADEO. Read more
Compliance consistently tops the global mobility and HR practitioners’ list of the most pressing problems facing the function and wider business. Read more
Tracking travellers and assignees, especially those on the non-traditional patterns like short-term commuter, intra-regional and business travel, is vital if companies are to remain compliant. Read more.
Alexander Matianis, senior manager for global talent mobility at telecoms group Ooredoo, spoke at Worldwide ERC’s EMEA conference in London about how his organisation developed its global mobility function and ensured that mobility became an integral part of its people strategy. Read more

The deadline for entering this year’s Re:locate Awards is Friday 13 March. Don’t miss our new series of downloadable step-by-step guides to creating a winning submission – one for each award – which you’ll find in the Categories section.

Dr Sue Shortland, principal lecturer in Human Resource Management and team leader for HRM courses in the Business School at London Metropolitan University and longstanding Re:locate Awards judge, provides inspirational guidance on compiling a winning entry for the Re:locate Awards. Read more
The winners of the Re:locate Awards 2015, which recognise and reward talent from across the relocation and global mobility spectrum, will be announced and presented with their trophies at a special black-tie event to be held at the Institute of Directors, in London’s Pall Mall, on Thursday 14 May 2015. Read more
Re:locate is media partner for the following Worldwide ERC events:

Worldwide ERC Global Workforce Summit: Talent Mobility in APAC - Shanghai, 26 and 27 March Worldwide ERC Global Workforce Summit: Talent Mobility in LATAM - Sao Paolo, 9 and 10 September
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