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As Worldwide ERC® transitions to going all virtual for our Global Workforce Symposium 2020, we’re retaining all of the key elements of our in person event: dynamic speakers, robust concurrent educational sessions and workshops, an extensive marketplace and exhibition hall, innovation labs and networking opportunities and events. At the same time, we’re building out new content tracks that are directly relevant to all our industry sectors. There will be something for everyone at the industry’s biggest annual gathering, so don’t miss the Virtual Worldwide ERC® Global Workforce Symposium from 28 October through 20 November 2020.

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Who Should Attend?

Everyone! The Global Workforce Symposium has something for everyone. Whether you are new to the Talent Mobility and Relocation Industry or an industry veteran, whether you work on a mobility program from the corporate or provider side, this event has something for everyone. Content designed to focus on domestic and international moves, immigration policies, tax issues, cutting-edge technology trends, real estate, COVID updates and much more. This also includes half-day Summits that will focus on various global regions, including EMEA, APAC, and LATAM. We will also offer an exhibition program featuring providers offering services in all parts of the world, and extensive opportunities for product demos, networking and benchmarking with your workforce mobility peers.

Speakers

Karen Cygal
Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Development

Karen Cygal

Worldwide ERC
Ed Hannibal, GMS
Partner

Ed Hannibal, GMS

Deloitte
Lynn Shotwell, GMS, SHRM-SCP
President and CEO

Lynn Shotwell, GMS, SHRM-SCP

Worldwide ERC®
Rebecca Peters
Vice President, Member Engagement and Public Policy

Rebecca Peters

Worldwide ERC®
Nino Nelissen
Managing Director

Nino Nelissen

Executive Mobility Group
Dale Collins, SCRP, GMS
Chief Strategy Officer and EMEA Managing Director

Dale Collins, SCRP, GMS

Graebel Relocation Services Worldwide
Jurga McCluskey
Partner

Jurga McCluskey

Deloitte
Azmina Aboobaker
US Immigration Manager

Azmina Aboobaker

Facebook
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Karen Cygal
Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Development

Karen Cygal

Worldwide ERC

Cygal is a 20-year mobility leader whose expertise includes consulting, product and business development, data and analytics. Karen comes to Worldwide ERC® from Mercer, where in her most recent position as Global Product Leader for Talent Mobility, she led all mobility data product groups. In this capacity, she also chaired the overall mobility practice, which included technology and product development. Earlier positions in the company grew her experience in tax and economic research and mobility consulting. Prior to joining Mercer, Karen held positions with ORC Worldwide as Senior Consultant and Director of Economic Research. Karen holds a Master of Arts in Economics from New York University and a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematical Economics and Political Science from St. Peter's University.

Ed Hannibal, GMS
Partner

Ed Hannibal, GMS

Deloitte

Edward Hannibal is a Partner with Deloitte and the 2020 Worldwide ERC® Chairman of the Board. He is an advisor and leader of mobility and talent transformation projects around the globe, with two decades of experience. Mr. Hannibal consults with clients on international rewards practices as well as international HR and Digital Mobility issues and has led the global mobility compensation and data business for a large HR consultancy. He has been a member of the Worldwide ERC® Board of Directors since 2015 and on the Executive Committee since 2017.

Lynn Shotwell, GMS, SHRM-SCP
President and CEO

Lynn Shotwell, GMS, SHRM-SCP

Worldwide ERC®

Lynn Shotwell is President and CEO of Worldwide ERC®, the world’s leading association for professionals engaged in global talent mobility. She is a mission-focused, visionary leader with unique expertise in the intersection of international employment law, global talent mobility and corporate social responsibility. Lynn is known for advancing public policy by building coalitions with key stakeholders in the U.S. and abroad. Shotwell knows how to strategically fundraise, budget and deploy resources to deliver innovative products and services that help members succeed in their own businesses while increasing organizational visibility and exceeding financial goals.

Rebecca Peters
Vice President, Member Engagement and Public Policy

Rebecca Peters

Worldwide ERC®

Prior to joining Worldwide ERC®, Peters led workplace immigration policy strategy for nearly eight years at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). While at SHRM, she served on the CEO’s Culture Club and was a member of the organization’s senior management team. Before SHRM, Peters was the Director of Government Affairs at the Council for Global Immigration, leading its public policy efforts and the Board’s policy committee for many years. She has also served as a policy chair for the U.S. immigration advocacy coalition Compete America and SHRM’s employer immigration compliance coalition. Earlier in her career, Peters practiced immigration law at a Washington D.C.- based law firm and served as an attorney and policy analyst at the U.S. Department of Justice’s legacy Immigration and Naturalization Service. She was a Presidential Management Fellow and received her J.D. and M.P.A. from Syracuse University’s College of Law and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, respectively. Peters also currently serves on the Women in Government Relations leadership team as chair of its membership and engagement committee.

Nino Nelissen
Managing Director

Nino Nelissen

Executive Mobility Group

Nino Nelissen is managing director with EMG, Executive Mobility Group, based at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands. Nino is a tax lawyer that graduated from Maastricht University, and worked as an expatriate tax lawyer for the past 27 years in the Netherlands, Washington DC and Tokyo, Japan. Nino started his career in the Big 4 environment, and resigned as a partner in one of the Big 4 firms to found EMG, a business that integrates Tax services, Immigration services, Destination services, HR consulting services and Move manager services. In addition, Nino is a partner in Vydenz, a company offering expansion services to companies wishing to expand in Europe.

Dale Collins, SCRP, GMS
Chief Strategy Officer and EMEA Managing Director

Dale Collins, SCRP, GMS

Graebel Relocation Services Worldwide

Dale Collins, Chief Strategy Officer and EMEA Managing Director, returned to Graebel in 2015 to drive leading-edge ideas that are inspired by clients. He previously held leadership roles at Graebel from 2000 until 2007.

Mr. Collins’ past experience includes serving as the Chief Executive Officer at Santa Fe Relocation in the EMEA region, and Chief Executive Officer at Interdean Relocation Services. He’s lived and worked in the UK, Italy, St. Thomas, France, Cote d’Ivoire, and the US.

Mr. Collins is a Senior Certified Relocation Professional (SCRP), and has his Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) Worldwide ERC certifications. He earned his MBA from Regent University and a Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from Texas A&M University.

Additionally, Collins has been an adjunct professor of business at Saint Xavier University, previously served as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Abidjan, and in 2016 served as the Chairman of the Board at Worldwide ERC.

Jurga McCluskey
Partner

Jurga McCluskey

Deloitte

Jurga has been practising international immigration law for 15 years. She has significant experience in servicing international clients dealing with global scale corporate immigration advice and strategy. Jurga deals with all immigration matters including highly complex corporate and personal immigration matters. She gives strategic business advice to international clients, develops innovative services, regularly engages with the UK Government, the European Commission, and the Mayor of London, advises think tanks and is a frequent voice in the media as an immigration expert. Jurga is also highly experienced when it comes to business evacuation and continuity issues. Jurga was recently awarded Editor Choice at the City Wealth Power Women Awards and is continuously recognised in Who’s Who as ‘’a commercially astute practitioner known for her efficient handling of global immigration cases.”

Azmina Aboobaker
US Immigration Manager

Azmina Aboobaker

Facebook

Azmina Aboobaker manages the US immigration program at Facebook. Prior to moving in-house, she practiced immigration law for 10+ years and covered a full range of complex corporate and family immigration matters. In addition, she has extensive experience advising multinational corporations and high-growth start-ups on the development and management of highly-scalable immigration policies and programs, compliance matters, and due diligence.

Sponsorships

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Schedule of Events

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Continuing Education Credits – This Symposium will be worth 20 CRP credits but also 20 GMS credits, too.

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