Global Faculty
To serve our global community, ACTE assembles international experts from both within and outside the industry. ACTE's faculty balance ensures that our education curriculum is timely, topical, and provides industry solutions.
2008 Rome Global Conference Faculty List
Check back often for updates to our faculty for this year’s Fall Global Education Conference!
Dr. Ghassan Aidi President International Hotel and Restaurant Association Switzerland |
Dr. Nariman Behravesh Chief Economist Global Insight United States |
Tim Bone Director, Union Conventions, Events, Meeting and Travel SEIU United States |
April Bridgeman Senior Vice President BCD Travel United States |
John F. Burns London Bureau Chief The New York Times United Kingdom |
Megan Carmody Director, Global Travel Zurich Financial Services United States |
Siobhan Foley Asia Pacific Travel Manager Accenture Australia |
Katia Freire Business Travel & Events Coordinator Consultant Italy |
Margaret Hansen Global Procurement Director Corporate Travel A.T. Kearney |
Kate Harris Meeting Solutions, EMEA American Express United Kingdom |
Virginia Harris Sourcing Group Manager, Travel GlaxoSmithKline United Kingdom |
Marc Hochman Partner,Vice President, Procurement Solutions A.T. Kearney United States |
Volker Huber Senior Vice President, Global Sales and Solutions AirPlus International, Inc. Germany |
Prof. David Jarach Chairman DicciottoFebbraio SRL Italy |
Michael Jackson Managing Director theothermichaeljackson.com South Africa |
Albert U.M. Kilsdonk Manager Business Development Travel SI-RET, Real Estate Travel Shell International B.V. The Netherlands |
Marion Klar Principle HRG Consulting Germany |
Torsten Kriedt Vice President, Innovation + Intelligence Advito Norway |
Jean Noel Lau Keng Lun Head of Product Marketing, Corporate & Distribution Channels Amadeus IT Group Spain |
Jonathan Martens Counter-trafficking Expert International Office for Migration Switzerland |
Boyd Matson Television Journalist National Geographic United States |
Herman Mensink Vice President, EMEA Prism Group Inc. The Netherlands |
Sylvia Poggioli Senior European Correspondent National Public Radio Italy |
Scott Schirmer Private Sector Liaison International Office for Migration Switzerland |
Priska Schmidli Vice President, Global Travel & Events Switzerland, Corporate Real Estate and Services (CRES) Credit Suisse Switzerland |
Claire Stephens Partner W5ive United Kingdom |
Megan Stowe Global Strategic Sourcing Manager, Mobility Intel Corporation United Kingdom |
Cindy Van Der Elst Travel Manager, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) Honeywell Corporate Belgium |
Andreas Wellauer Former Regional Director of Travel, APAC UBS Australia |