In this interactive workshop, we as a community shared our learnings from prior years and objectives for the coming year.

Each organisation has different objectives for their mobility program into the future, it can be difficult to anticipate what challenges and roadblocks might arise in the process. At the same time, understanding the return on investment and success you can achieve can be equally unclear.

Questions considered included:

•       Reduce the use of traditional expatriate assignments, in favour of shorter term or lower cost alternatives?

•       Implement a new technology platform?

•       Have compliance concerns, which need to be rapidly addressed?

•       Try to achieve a number of objectives, only to come across unexpected roadblocks?

•       Successfully transform your mobility program?

At least one of the above resonated with everyone in the room and for some, all did.

Business travellers, compliance of all sorts, assignment costing and spousal support all came up in the discussions as well as dealing with regular legislative changes.