Online Events : GMJ Congress & GMJ Workshops
HR Safe Space Online Events for Global Mobility to Connect, Discuss and have Questions Answered.
The GMJ Events have returned for 2023 online.
June 15, 2023
The GMJ Congress is a unique opportunity for GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals), to meet in a safe space online to connect with each other to discuss global mobility and learn. The June 2023 GMJ Congress is dedicated to Preparing for the Season of Relocation…. Both the APAC/EMEA and Americas Sessions will be on Thursday June 15, 2023.
We are honoured to have a total of Four HR Chairs (HR Mobility - GMJ Ambassadors) inspiring the conversation at the events.
Susan Whately (Ireland) - Natalia Costa de Foster (UK) - Krista Caldwell (USA) - Ray Kirby (USA)
A GMJ Congress session to look at how best to preapre for the upcoming Season of Relocation - as the peak moving season comes about.
The GMJ Congress is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors only. Not already a GMJ Ambassador? Find out more by registering for this event.
June 22, 2023
The next GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, Season Three, looking at US Immigration. This is the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
The United States is a highly attractive destination for Global Mobility programs and assignees alike. The US Immigration system provide a unique series of challenges and opportunities that need expert assistance to be navigated. In this GMJ Workshop will shall explore some of these challenges and opportunities through the medium of answers to questions of delegates thanks to the experts from Erikson Immigration Group (EIG)
This special event is by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Erickson Immigration Group who are a GMJ Supplier Member and is going to be held on Thursday June 22, 2023, at 10.00am EST.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap on our New GMJ Congress Focus Online Event … “The more different we are, the more we can learn from each other...” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress Focus for May 2023. Where we enable mobility to really explore the unique traits of a Mobility function dependent upon its parent industry. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared - see key highlights below!
The GMJ Congress Focus event is made possible by long time GMJ Supplier members International Autosource.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap on our look at the year so far for Global Mobility… “The ever-changing demands and time pressures encourage Mobility to rise to the challenges even more...” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress for April 2023 ‘Challenges & Successes: Mobility – The Year so Far’. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared!
Alan Atkinson (UK) - Jennifer Ah Whaye (Switzerland) - Marisa Johnson (USA) - Kristin Faison (USA) - Alice Terry (USA)
That’s a Wrap - “Middle East and India Relocation is truly exciting for Global Mobility.” The fifth GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, part of Season Three, was the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
Some key findings shared…
This special event is by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Arpin Group who are a GMJ Supplier Member and was held on Tuesday April 18, 2023.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap - “US Immigration can enable so much but it needs skill to navigate.” The fourth GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, Season Two, was the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
Some key findings shared…
This special event is by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Meyer Law Group who are a GMJ Supplier Member and was held on Thursday March 16, 2023
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap - “The US Tax system presents various opportunities for Global Mobility.” The third GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, Season Two, was the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
Some key findings shared…
This special event is by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Grant Thornton LLP who are a GMJ Supplier Member and was held on Tuesday March 14, 2023
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap ! “Women achieve so much in Global Mobility and Global Mobility achieves so much due to the Women of Global Mobility...” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress for March 2023. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared!
Some key findings shared in the Two Sessions, (APAC/EMEA & Americas) today…
We are honoured to have our HR Chairs (HR Mobility - GMJ Ambassadors) inspiring the conversation in this ever important debate on International Women's Day - Women of Global Mobility.
Keryn Mendes (Australia) - Menna Elsafoury (UAE) - Becky Woods (USA) - Susana Ramirez (Mexico) - Krista Caldwell (USA) - Tanya Mariottini (USA)
That’s a Wrap - “The US Immigration system is a key enabler for Global Mobility.” The second GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, Season Two, was the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
Some key findings shared…
This special event was by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Erickson Immigration Group who are a GMJ Supplier Members and was held on Thursday February 9, 2023.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap - “The Canada Immigration system opens up a wealth of opportunities.” The first GMJ Workshop online event for 2023, Season Two, was the next in a series of special Global Mobility events online where we put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ) and Global Mobility HR Guests.
Some key findings shared…
This special event was by Global Mobility Journeys GMJ with Immigration Solutions Law Group & Erickson Immigration Group who are a GMJ Supplier Members and was held on Thursday January 12, 2022.
The GMJ Workshop is open to Mobility HR who are GMJ Ambassadors and also open to qualified HR Mobility guests.
That’s a Wrap ! “Global Mobility is all about planning.” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress for December 2022. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared!
Some key findings shared in the Two Sessions, (APAC/EMEA & Americas) today…
We are honoured to have our HR Chairs (HR Mobility - GMJ Ambassadors) inspiring the conversation in this ever important debate on Global Mobility: 2022 Review & into 2023.
A year in review and look forwards. 2022 has at both times seen great challenges and successes for Global Mobility. In this special GMJ Congress with a larger HR Chair panel than previous. For each session we are going to discuss the successes and challenges of 2022 and look positively to 2023 with predictions form the GMJ Ambassadors in attendance to what 2023 may hold.
Also, a big thank you to International Autosource from for supporting this GMJ Congress and GMJ for over the last 3.5 years since day one! Thank you also to James Krulder for joining us at the events.
A big thanks as always to Heather Hughes for presenting, volunteering time and adding so much Global Mobility knowledge.
And of course thank you to the GMJ Ambassadors - Global Mobility HR of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ - (HR Global Mobility Professionals) who made this Global Mobility online event so useful by joining us.
Hear from HR Globa Mobility Speakers of the GMJ Events on how they not only enjoy our events but also find them so useful.
That's a Warp for Season One (Q4 2022) of the GMJ Workshops!
GMJ Workshops return for Season Two in Q1 2023!
The GMJ Workshops are a new series of special Global Mobility Online Events starting with Season 1 in Q4 2022. We put a GMJ Supplier in the question hot seat and take questions from you the GMJ Ambassadors, (HR Global Mobility Professionals members of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ). Open to both GMJ Ambassadors and HR Mobility Guests.
Some key findings from both sessions in Season One.
US Tax GMJ Workshop with Grant Thornton LLP
US Immigration GMJ Workshop with Erickson Immigration Group
Supplier Bookings
GMJ Workshops are available Season 2 (Q1 2023) and Season 3 (Q2 2023). More details.
That’s a Wrap “Cost of Living is a fundamental part of Global Mobility.” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress session for October 2022 on Cost of Living and Global Mobility. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared!
Some key findings shared in the Two Sessions, (APAC/EMEA & Americas) today…
We are so grateful to the amazing HR Chairs (HR Mobility - GMJ Ambassadors) (for APAC/EMEA Orla Gray (United Kingdom) & Mateusz Wasik (Netherlands) and for the Americas Patti Warner (United States) (Devika Bhagwandas, United States, will be joining us in December) who helped inspire the conversations with such profound wisdom in Global Mobility and the interaction with cost of living – it was an honour and thank you all!
Also, a big thank you to ECA International from for providing an exceptional expert speaker Emanuela Boccagni for providing such useful insights to the APAC/EMEA GMJ Congress session!
A big thanks as always to Heather Hughes for presenting, volunteering time and adding so much Global Mobility knowledge.
And of course thank you to the GMJ Ambassadors - Global Mobility HR of Global Mobility Journeys GMJ - (HR Global Mobility Professionals) who made this Global Mobility online event so useful by joining us.
15 September 2022
That’s a Wrap - “Global Mobility is all about Project Management.” So excited to share we just finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress session for September 2022. It was such a great event with so much Global Mobility knowledge shared!
Some key findings shared in the Two Sessions, (APAC/EMEA & Americas) today…
We are so grateful to the amazing HR Chairs for APAC/EMEA Magdalena Marchlewska (Poland) & Klaudia Krawczyk (Hong Kong) and for the Americas Susana Ramirez (Mexico) & LaShell Tinder (United States) who helped inspire the conversations with such profound wisdom in Global Mobility – it was an honour and thank you all!
Also, a big thank you to Arpin Group from for supporting this GMJ Congress and GMJ for the last two years! thank you also to Lauren Inglis and Michael Hughes for adding to event and Karen Bannon for your support.
A big thanks to Heather Hughes for presenting and volunteering time - adding so much Global Mobility knowledge.
And of course thank you to the GMJ Ambassadors - Global Mobility Journeys GMJ (HR Global Mobility Professionals) who made this Global Mobility online event so useful by joining us.
24 June 2022
And that’s a Wrap “For Global Mobility every day is be a Mental Health & Well-Being Awareness Day” But a few hours ago we finished the Global Mobility Journeys GMJ Congress session before a short break.
Some Key findings shared… checking in with the family as well as the assignees and also giving Global Mobility Team members in challenging time zones opportunities to send over video clips to take part in meetings without having to stay up late or get up so early.
We are so grateful to the amazing HR Chairs, for APAC/EMEA Shumin Yeo (Singapore) & Yuki Watanabe (Germany) and for Americas Stephanie Tan (United States) & Vini Valverde (United States), who helped inspire the conversations with such profound wisdom in Global Mobility – thank you all!
Also, a big thank you to James Krulder at International Autosource for supporting this GMJ Congress and Global Mobility Journeys GMJ for the last three years!
See you next time!
8 April 2022 - That's a Warp!
We finished the second of our two GMJ Congress events, the GMJ Ambassadors (HR Mobility) events yesterday to explore how Branding the Mobility Function is so essential with truly amazing attendance by our GMJ Ambassadors - thank you all!
It was a delight of positive reinforcement for the Mobility function that can often only be thought as an afterthought. One thing that stuck was how Mobility needs to take time to celebrate its achievements and let the wider business and community know what good it does as well as what harm it can protect the business against!
We want to take the time to thank the HR Chairs, now GMJ Senators who inspired such thoughtful conversation in both the GMJ Congress events...
See you next time!
8 March 2022 - That's a Warp!
We have just finished the second of our two GMJ Congress events, the GMJ Ambassadors (HR Mobility) events today to mark and truly look into International Women's Day and Unconscious Bias with record attendance by our GMJ Ambassadors - thank you all!
So much reflective and positive thought was shared. A key theme is we need to be deliberate in tackling the still ongoing challenges. Also, we need to take time to celebrate the achievements of Women who have been able to make strides in equality as well as support those who are still battling challenges already over come in other areas.
We want to take the time to thank the HR Chairs, now GMJ Senators who inspired such thoughtful conversation in both the GMJ Congress events today...
Also, to thank both Christopher Crosby and Russell Harlow of Country Navigator a GMJ Supplier and the GMJ Congress Partner for this event adding so much to the events on Cultural intelligence with such memorable insights.
We wish all a Happy International Women’s Day!