Corporates only sponsored Round Table discussions
- These discussions are available for corporate delegates only
- Please choose your 1st and 2nd option via form at the bottom of the page
- if your 1st option is fully booked, you will be allocated your 2nd option (if your both options are already fully booked, we will contact you to confirm an alternative)
- If you don't manage to register by May 6th, you will be able to join an available RT discussion on-site
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Corporate-only Sponsored Case Study Roundtables:
40-minute roundtable case study discussions with 10 mins collective feedback
Please select your first and second choice
Roundtable 1:
Best practices on seeking PERManent residency for foreign national employees
Securing top foreign national talent amid all the recent U.S. immigration developments seems more challenging than ever. Rather than taking their chances in the H-1B lottery or risking expired work authorizations, many employers are looking into sponsoring permanent residency for their global workforce. Join BAL’s immigration law experts as they review best practices for pursuing permanent residency, from the more traditional PERM route to the National Interest Waiver and beyond.
Hosted by:
Ruth Clark, Partner, BAL
Roundtable 2:
Driving ROI in Mobility: Are We Moving the Right People for the Right Reasons?
With increased scrutiny on cost, headcount, and program effectiveness, mobility leaders must justify every move. Fewer relocations, higher expectations, and complex assignment types are forcing a shift from volume‑based decisions to outcome‑driven approaches. This roundtable explores how organizations evaluate mobility strategically, ensuring each move supports a business need while contributing to talent development. Key questions include: Does this move solve a clear business need? Is this the right employee? What is the measurable ROI? Are we building global capability or filling a role? We'll discuss balancing cost, employee expectations, and business outcomes while keeping programs efficient and scalable.
Hosted by:
Tracie Andrews, Vice President, Sales, Furnished Quarters
Jennifer Binder, Director, Business Development, Furnished Quarters
Roundtable 3:
Beyond Ownership: Global Mobility’s Role in I-9 and Right to Work Compliance
The merger of domestic, global, and immigration functions began years ago. This roundtable will explore how I-9 and Right to Work compliance fit into that more connected model, why global mobility is well positioned to help connect the people, systems, and standards behind it, and how organizations can build a more consistent approach across functions and geographies.
Key Topics
• The evolution of mobility: how domestic, global, and immigration functions have become more interconnected over time, and where I-9 and Right to Work compliance now fit within that broader workforce model.
• Shared accountability across functions: how mobility, HR, legal, and compliance each influence work authorization outcomes, even when formal ownership remains separate.
• The risk of fragmentation: where disconnected systems, unclear handoffs, and inconsistent standards create operational friction, compliance exposure, and a weaker employee experience.
• Defensible compliance in a changing environment: what organizations need to think about as identity verification, audit readiness, and documentation standards become more important across jurisdictions.
• Mobility as a connector: why global mobility is well positioned to help connect the people, systems, and standards behind work authorization compliance, even without owning the full program.
• Building a more connected model: practical ways organizations can create greater consistency, visibility, and coordination across geographies and functions.
Hosted by:
Chris Barnett, Client Success, Fragomen WorkRight
Paige Taylor, Partner, Fragomen
Roundtable 4:
What If Your Mobility Platform Actually Worked?
A Live Look at Horizon What if your mobility platform delivered value the moment you logged in: no endless clicking through screens, no toggling between disconnected systems, no chasing data across spreadsheets? In this interactive round table, you'll get hands-on access to Horizon, a platform built to surface real insights and populate real actions from day one. See how agentic AI eliminates the busy work, automating case management, flagging compliance risks, and delivering real-time reporting so your team spends less time navigating systems and more time making strategic decisions that move your program forward.
Hosted by:
Kevin DeYoung, Director, Sales, Topia
Maggie Irvine, Director, Solutions Consulting, Topia
Roundtable 5:
From Vendor to Value: Elevating Mobility Through Strategic Partnerships
This round table will challenge and equip mobility professionals to expect more from their vendor relationships. Learn how to reposition vendors as true strategic partners, with shared ownership, mutual goals, and clear accountability for outcomes. The session will highlight real world examples of mobility programs transformed through partnership and teach practical approaches for integrating advisory support, aligning policies with shifting business priorities, and scaling compliant, cost efficient mobility in a complex regulatory landscape. Walk away with tools to be seen as an essential business enabler and to better articulate the ROI of your mobility function.
Hosted by:
Payal Bansal, Senior Manager, Global Mobility Services, KPMG LLP
Nathan Phillips, Managing Director, Global Mobility Services, KPMG LLP
Roundtable 6:
Leading Talent Through Global Disruption
How leaders can keep global talent engaged, productive, and resilient amid constant disruption—from geopolitical shifts to evolving workforce expectations.
What you’ll learn:
● People-first leadership in uncertainty: Practical ways to support employee well‑being, trust, and performance when change is constant and global.
● Agility at scale: How organizations adapt talent strategies—mobility, flexibility, and communication—to respond quickly without losing alignment.
● Turning disruption into advantage: Using moments of disruption to strengthen culture, accelerate development, and retain critical talent worldwide.
Hosted by:
Doug Clauss, CRP, Vice President, Business Development, Weichert Workforce Mobility
Roundtable 7:
Mobility in motion: reimagining immigration, tax, and mobility in a new era
The rules of global mobility are being rewritten in real time. Processing delays, shifting enforcement priorities, travel bans, new fee structures, and heightened regulatory scrutiny are converging to create an environment where reactive approaches are no longer sustainable. This roundtable brings together corporate mobility leaders for a focused, interactive discussion on what it takes to manage cross-border talent programs when the landscape changes faster than policies can adapt. The conversation will move beyond compliance checklists and into the strategic trade-offs, risk frameworks, and cross-functional coordination that define effective mobility programs today. Participants will share how their organizations are navigating current challenges, exchange practical approaches, and leave with concrete ideas they can apply immediately.
Discussion themes:
Theme 1: Navigating the current U.S. immigration environment How are organizations responding to processing delays, increased RFEs and denials, travel bans, and H-1B cap changes? What contingency pathways are working and where are the biggest gaps? Theme 2: Cross-border tax and compliance exposure Short-term assignments, shadow payroll, permanent establishment risk, and social security totalization are creating new friction points. How are mobility teams coordinating with tax and payroll to manage these exposures proactively?
Key takeaways:
● Participants will leave the roundtable with:
● Peer benchmarks on how other organizations are handling current U.S. immigration volatility and global compliance challenges
● Practical risk frameworks for coordinating immigration, tax, and payroll across borders
● Strategic approaches to building always-on controls, contingency pathways, and crisis readiness into their mobility programs
● Actionable ideas they can bring back to their teams and apply immediately
Hosted by:
Angelo Paparelli, Partner, Vialto Law (US) LLP
Raha Torabi, Partner, US Immigration, Vialto
Fuller Blanchette, Tax Director, Vialto