Schedule of Events 

Tuesday, May 17 , 2011

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

GMS Training Module 2: Strategies and Tactics: Global Workforce Mobility
(Separate registration fee is required)

12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

GMS Training Module 3: The Intercultural Challenge: Doing Business Globally
(Separate registration fee is required)

8:00 a.m.

Certification Testing
(Separate registration is required for the test.)

8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Military General Session

1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

RAC Trac Program

1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Military Service Breakouts

1:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Corporate Mobility Benchmarking Workshop (Open only to corporate/government attendees)

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Joint Worldwide ERC® and RDC Mentors to Masters Program
(Separate registration is required)

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

YP40 Reception

6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Opening Reception and Exhibit Program

Thursday, May 19, 2011

8:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Opening General Session

10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Interpreting Transferee Evaluations in Troubled Times
• Today’s Housing Market: Facts & Figures to Drive Informed Relocation Decisions
• The Fundamentals of Relocation: An Overview
• Lengthening the Fuse – Soothing Relocation Stress in Over-stressed Times
• The Hamster Revolution: Get Control of E-mail
• Enhancing Talent Management with Assessments for Mobility
• RAC Trac: What Happened? Why Didn’t the Home Sell for the Appraised Value?

12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Luncheon/Awards Program

1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Military Session: The Fundamentals of Military Relocation
• Military Session: Relocation Law Discussion Group
• Government Session: GSA and DoD Government Update
• Worldwide ERC®’s U.S. Tax and Legal Update
• Know When to Hold ‘em, Know When to Fold ‘em – Emerging Legacies of the Great Recession
• Social Media Lab – BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop)
• Redefining and Leveraging Real Estate Competencies for Efficiency and Profitabilit
• Mortgage Industry Insights
• RAC Trac: Do You Hold a Winning Hand in 2011?
• Military Session Homeowners Assistance Program (HAP)
• Government Session: Best Bets for Assisting Government Renters and Other Transferees Who Don’t Receive Homesale Assistance

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Peer Networking
• RAC Trac: I Couldn’t Sell this “TURKEY” if Every Day Was Thanksgiving!
• Military Session: School Liaison Office Program
• Government Session: Going All In… Preparing for the Household Goods Summer Surge

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Peer Networking

4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Reception in Exhibit Area

Friday, May 20, 2011

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Walk for the Foundation

8:45 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Short Stack – Understanding the Risks and Benefits of Short Term Assignments
• Procurement Is Here to Stay – What’s Next?
• “History May Not Repeat Itself but It Certainly Does Rhyme” – Mark Twain – An Economic and Real Estate Outlook
• The Melting Pot – The Who, What and Why of U.S. Inbound Permanent Transfers and Localization
• Military Session: Exploring the Military Move
• Government Session: Going for Broke?  Tips to Stretch Government Relocation Budget Dollars in a Tight Economy

10:00 a.m. - 11:15 p.m.

Industry Roundtable General Session

• Industry All Stars

11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Brunch in the Exhibit Hall

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Winning Partnerships Through Service Level Agreements
• Property Management –Bandaid or Long-term Addition to Your Homesale Program?
• To Implementation to the Core…
• The Household Goods Industry – The Trends, the “Green” and What’s Next?
• Integrating Talent Management and Employee Mobility
• Military Session: Cracker Barrel Session: Keys to Successful Program Implementation
• Government Session: How the Government Buys

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Refreshment Break

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.

Education and Development Sessions

• Taking the Gamble Out of Your Intern Program
• Auditing Your Homesale/ Home Purchase Program
• New Strategies for Group Moves
• Bed Bugs and Other Things That Can Bug Your Relocation
• A Day in the Life of a Transferee: Tales from the Front Lines
• Connecting the Dots – YP40s Reconvene
• Government Session: Town Hall “Ask the Experts”

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Farewell Reception