By Andrew J Kittell, Director of Corporate Relations, ACS North American Office
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With spring approaching, our students’ minds will soon turn to time shared with their families away from school on break. Soon after, the focus for many of our high schoolers will be preparing for their Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate exams. Here in North America, “Team ACS” will welcome spring, recalling lessons learned so far this year while still looking ahead to a number of key international HR and other events. But first a quick look back.
In late February, ACSers attended the Bay Area Mobility Management Conference (BAMM). With routinely over 500 registered delegates, BAMM is the American tech sector’s single-largest gathering of talent management and mobility professionals. Topics presented this year included planning for Brexit and the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). BAMM presenters also predicted future disruption in international relocation services. Another major conference takeaway will directly impact the ACS International Schools. That is, as Silicon Valley firms mature, their internationally mobile employees’ needs will evolve to include schooling for accompanying children. Many globally recognized brands in this space already provide school-funding benefits for their leading executives, those driving change and revenue while on whole-family assignments.
With its 2018-anticipated move to charitable status, the ACS International Schools group has begun more formally engaging our thousands of former students, parents, graduates, and other friends now living across North America. Outreach efforts are currently underway in most major US and Canadian cities with ACS Alumni and Friends chapter launches coming soon, including those this May in Chicago and Houston (see details below).
During this spring, ACS representatives will sponsor, exhibit, and present at key relocation and related events. Please catch up with us here:
National Foreign Trade Council’s International HR Forum March 21st -22nd in Houston, Texas
British-American Foundation of Texas Awards Ceremony, April 24th in Houston, Texas
New Jersey Relocation Council Spring Conference April 26th in Kenilworth, New Jersey
We are Family Foundation Gala April 27th in New York City
ACS Alumni and Friends Chapter Launch May 8th, Chicago, Illinois
ACS Alumni and Friends Chapter Launch May 16th, Houston, Texas
Forum for Expatriate Management Americas Summit + EMMAs May 23rd – 24th in San Diego, California
The team here looks forward to seeing friends and colleagues across North America and to making new connections this year, next, and beyond.