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