b'Message from the ChairMessage du prsident du ConseilRoy PhelpsI L enthousiasme montelapproche de septembre, o je am looking forward to seeing my industry colleagues in person once again this September at the Annual CERC Conference inretrouverai mes collgues de lindustrie lors de la Confrence Vancouver. Every year, the CERC Conference presents us withannuelle du CERCVancouver. Chaque anne, cette an extraordinary opportunity to visit, learn and grow. Thisconfrence nous offre une occasion exceptionnelle de years theme, Championing Change in Global Mobility, promises yetnous retrouver, dapprendre et de progresser. Le thme de cette another jam-packed agenda with engaging content, collaborativeanne,Championing Change in Global Mobility , promet opportunities, and of course a little fun as well. un programme bien rempli avec du contenu captivant, des opportunits de collaboration et, bien sr, une petite touche de Based on your feedback, were changing things up a bit in 2023.plaisir. Une exprience riche en perspectives et en motions,The highly anticipated corporate and supplier roundtables, whichlaquelle je me rjouis de participer.have traditionally occurred on Day Two of the conference, will be happening on the heels of the keynote presentation on Day One.Suitevos retours, quelques changements sont prvus pour 2023. By strategically bumping these sessions up, delegates will be able toLes tables rondes corporatives et fournisseurs, trs attendues, qui discuss their respective opportunities and challenges early into theavaient traditionnellement lieu le deuxime jour de la confrence, event, giving them the opportunity to percolate and discuss ideasse drouleront ds la fin de la prsentation inaugurale du premier over the following two days. This will be followed by an Industryjour. En avanant stratgiquement ces sances, les dlgus Summit on Day Two, where we will take the roundtable ideas pourront discuter de leurs opportunits et dfis respectifs ds le and distil them into tangible take-aways and tools with the help dbut de lvnement, leur donnant loccasion de faire mrir et of storyboards.discuter des ides pendant les deux jours suivants. Le deuxime jour sera marqu par un sommet de lindustrie, o nous prendrons I would like to recognize the hard work of the Conference Organ- les ides des tables rondes pour les transformer en enseignements izing Committee and its members:Sheryll Young, committeeconcrets et en outils, grcelutilisation de panneaux explicatifs. chair (Vialto), Tyler Fearn (QMM), Tricia Cochran (Sirva), Wendy Galati (LivinLocal), Kristen Lund (Cartus) and Mariana SilvestrinJe tienssaluer le travail acharn du Comit dorganisation de (Vale). This talented, creative group has been working away gath- la Confrence et de ses membres : Sheryll Young, prsidente du ering interesting, valuable content and developing effective oppor- comit (Vialto), Tyler Fearn (QMM), Tricia Cochran (Sirva), tunities for collaboration that we can all benefit from. They willWendy Galati (LivinLocal), Kristen Lund (Cartus) et Mariana also be your go to people if you have any questions on sessionSilvestrin (Vale). Ce groupe talentueux et cratif a uvr sans locations and times, or anything conference related. They arerelcherassembler un contenu intressant et prcieux, ethappy to help.laborer des opportunits de collaboration efficaces dont nous pourrons tous bnficier. Ce sont galement vos personnes de As mentioned, this years theme is about change. We all knowrfrence si vous avez des questions sur les lieux et les horaires des that change is inevitable and we are continuously exposed tosessions, ou quoi que ce soit lila confrence. Ils se feront un it. Change is an unyielding force that challenges us to evolve andplaisir de vous aider. pushes us out of our comfort zones. The key is to embracechange and not resist it. This requires courage and an open Comme mentionn, le thme de cette anne tourne autour du mind, but the outcomes are well worth the temporary discomfortchangement. Nous savons tous quele changement est invitableand uncertainty. et nous y sommes constamment confronts. Force implacable, le changement nous met au dfi dvoluer et nous pousse hors de Just think of all the change weve seen in the last five years in ournotre zone de confort. La cl est dembrasser le changement et non industry alone. On both the corporate and service-partner side,de lui rsister. Cela demande du courage et une ouverture desprit, we have seen companies acquired or merged into larger organiza- mais les rsultats valent bien linconfort et lincertitude temporaires. tions. We have seen longstanding employees leave a company orLe changement, source dinnovation et de croissance, se prsente retire. We have seen new technology enter the market and start-upscomme le matre-mot de notre poque, guidant nos pas vers un innovate in the mobility space.futur plein de promesses.All these developments are really opportunities. They representRflchissons aux transformations de ces cinq dernires annes possibilities for growthmaybe a new account or client, a dans notre secteur. Acquisitions, fusions, dpartsla retraite, 6PERSPECTIVES Fall 2023'