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Conference Agenda

Sunday, 5 April

12.00 – 18.00

Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche

15.00 – 17.00

TransACTE / Welcome Reception

17.00 – 18.15

General Session

Keynote Presentation by Juan Enriquez, Managing Director, Excel Medical Ventures, Founding Director, Harvard Business School's Life Science Project

Whitepaper on behalf of Airplus
Empowered Employees: How Travel Managers Are Adapting and Thriving in the Global Recession

18.45 – 20.45

Opening Night Reception

Monday, 6 April

08.00 – 18.00

Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche

08.00 – 8.45

Breakfast for all Canadian Attendees

08.30 – 09.00

Continental Breakfast

09.00 – 10.00

General Session

Keynote Presentation by Polly LaBarre Innovation Correspondent, CNN, Co-Author, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win

Industry Perspective on behalf of Travelocity Business

10.15 – 11.15

Education Sessions

  • Strategic Positioning in Difficult Times
  • Ready Or Not Demand Management is Here
  • Beyond Green Are Your CSR Efforts Going Far Enough?
  • Is It The Perfect Storm for the Marriage of Meetings & Travel?
  • Large Market Benchmarking Summit (Buyers Only)

11.15 – 11.45

Coffee Break

11.45 – 12.45

Education Sessions

  • Earning Your Place At the Executive Table
  • Six of Sigma, Half Dozen of Another
  • Rejuvenate Your Hotel Program Using Technology & Best Practices
  • Engineering the Technology for Your Strategic Meetings Management Program
  • Procurement Practitioners

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 16.00

TransACTE / Dessert

16.15 – 17.30

General Session

Keynote Presentation by Drazen Prelec, PhD, Behavioral Economist, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Featured Speaker Bill Marriott, Chairman and CEO, Marriott International

Industry Perspective on behalf of Amadeus

Tuesday, 7 April

09.00 – 17.00

Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche

09.00 – 09.30

Continental Breakfast

09.30 – 10:45

General Session

Keynote Presentation by James C. May, President, Chief Executive Officer, Air Transport Association of America, Inc.

Industry Perspective on behalf of TRX

10.45 – 11.15

Coffee Break

11.15 – 12.15

Education Sessions

  • From Strategy to Execution: The Missing Link for Superior Sustainable Performance
  • Social Networking…U cn do it!
  • Finding the Green by Greening Your Travel Program
  • The Macro-Economic Forecast for ASPAC
  • Shifting Currents in the Air

12.30 – 13.45

Lunch

14.00 – 15.00

Education Sessions

  • What Language Do You Speak? Global or Multi-national?
  • PowerPoint Free Zone: Become a Better Partner
  • Seize the Moment - Strategic Planning & Contracting
  • Survey of ASPAC’s Unique Landscape for Managed Travel

15.15 – 16.30

General Session

BTN Top 25 Recognition

BTN Top 25 Town Hall Discussion

Industry Perspective coming soon

17.00 – 19.00

Closing Night Reception