Educate Your Peers at WERC Global 26

WERC Global 26 is focused on helping talent mobility professionals future-proof their careers. We are seeking session proposals that equip attendees with actionable skills, practical tools, and immediately applicable techniques they can use starting the Monday after the conference to remain resilient, valuable, and in demand. This year, the value of a session is measured by what participants can DO differently, not what they learn theoretically. 

If your session will include tools, templates, workflows, or step-by-step methods, we want to hear from you. Submit your proposal by 27 April. Decision notifications will be sent in June.

All proposals will be reviewed and selected by a volunteer committee of your industry peers who are eager to assemble the industry's most valuable educational programming in all of 2026.

Submit Your Proposal

Strong Proposals Will: 

  • Teach actionable skills (AI collaboration, storytelling, data-driven value case development, process redesign, influence without authority, productivity systems, etc.) 
  • Show how to do something — not just why it matters 
  • Provide practical tools attendees can use immediately 
  • Prioritize no-cost or low-cost solutions 
  • Support career resilience and agility

Submissions Guidelines

Speaker Awareness and Consent

All submissions must include a complete list of speakers (“Speakers TBD based on acceptance” is not permitted). We understand that circumstances may change. In the spirit of transparency, all speakers listed in a submission must be aware they are included and must have given permission to the submitter to name them. Speakers are added in good faith, with the assumption that every effort will be made for them to attend and deliver the session as submitted.

If accepted, WERC reserves the right to remove any sessions that are unable to confirm the speakers included on their original proposals.

Original and Accurate Submissions

All proposals must represent original content or clearly cite previously presented material. Submissions should accurately describe the session content, learning objectives, and format. Priority will be given to original ideas, not previously presented at other events.

Session Design

Sessions should be interactive and actively engage participants through discussion, hands-on activities, or collaborative exercises. For a list of innovative session formats, click here.

Speaker Qualifications

Speakers should demonstrate subject-matter expertise and relevant professional experience aligned with the proposed session topic. Biographical information must be current and accurately reflect the speaker’s subject matter expertise.

Session Focus and Educational Value

Sessions should be educational in nature and provide clear value to attendees. Submissions should avoid product promotion or sales-focused content. All submissions should be conducted without reference to a specific product or proprietary process.

High-Interest Topics: 

  • AI prompting, agentic AI,  and workflow integration 
  • Analytical thinking and data-driven value case development
  • Process improvement and simplification 
  • Change navigation and stakeholder influence 
  • Executive communication 
  • Career agility and skills mapping 
  • Inspirational storytelling about one's personal, professional, or other background
  • Productivity using existing tools 
  • Decision-making during uncertainty 

New: "Skills Guarantee" Badge 

Sessions that deliver at least one actionable tool, framework, or method may earn a "Skills Guarantee" badge. Attendees will be encouraged to attend sessions where they may earn the badge.