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Notes from the Editor

We’re in the midst of Spring Conference Season and it was truly a privilege to represent EuRA at the International Mobility Associates (IMA) and FIDI events in Asia. In the interests of full disclosure, Tad and I are able to attend global events like these and the WERC, IAM and CERC Conferences at extremely low cost as we pay for many EuRA expenses with a card that has an amazing airmails deal! But for this Spring Asia trip, we were using points held over from 2020 for our flights. It was a long trip but it’s very interesting to attend other events like these and see how they differ from the EuRA Conference and what we can take away as improvements.

The IMA Conference is targeted at movers, mainly in Asia but also attracts DSP’s from all over the world. What the organisers have built is a terrific networking conference based on a speed dating model. The in advance online system allows delegates to contact each other and make appointments and on arrival your appointment schedule is part of your check in pack. It’s a full on few days and we met with some friends old and new and picked up a few members along the way. The organisers also built in a brilliant team building day. What became very clear as we had our meetings was how well known EuRA is and for those independent moving companies also offering DSP services, EuRA is the go-to place for training and certification. We also met with quite a few people who were very keen to join us in Dublin and some who will be there too!

The FIDI conference was held in the amazing city of Bangkok and the organisers do a great job of balancing the business and the pleasure, with tours of many types taking place across the event. From spiritual to food, to history, the opportunities to join organised groups to explore Bangkok were brilliant. The conference also has a strong content element with sessions ranging from how movers might move into the DSP space to how to implement digitised inventories for seamless customs clearance in international moves. FIDI have extended their FAIM certification to also now cover DSP services and we will keep an open dialogue with them about how we can potentially partner for the benefit of all our members in the future.

From both of these events and from the work Tad and Briony have been doing with the Coalition for Greener Mobility, it is becoming increasingly clear that for the benefit of the future of all of the diverse parts of brilliant industry, closer collaboration is going to be key over the coming decade, if we are to strengthen mobility to face upcoming challenges.

As Tad says in his CEO report we don’t have an audience, we have a community. In EuRA, a family, and families look after each other to benefit the wider community. See you in Dublin for the 2023 Family Reunion!

Dom Tidey Managing Editor