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As the global business travel community faces an uncertain economy, the need for education and peer to peer discussion is greater than ever. This educational conference is an opportunity for you to gather with the greatest minds in business travel, procurement, purchasing, meetings, finance, academia, business, and government to learn real strategies that will allow you to effectively weather the current economic storm.

Conference Highlights:

2009 Keynote Presenters & Featured Speakers

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

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

James C. May
President &
Chief Executive Officer,
Air Transport Association
of America, Inc.

Drazen Prelec, PhD
Behavioral Economist;
Professor,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Bill Marriott
Chairman & CEO, Marriott International

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2009 Corporate Buyer Companies Currently Registered

Accenture ■ African Development Bank ■ Agilent Technologies Inc. ■ Alliance Bernstein ■ Anglogold Ashanti ■ Aramco Services Company ■ Autodesk, Inc. ■ BE Aerospace, Inc ■ Bechtel Corporation ■ Blackboard, Inc. ■ Booz & Company ■ BP America, Inc ■ Bucyrus International ■ Canadian National ■ Capital One ■ Cirque Du Soleil ■ Cisco Systems, Inc. ■ ConocoPhillips ■ Cox Enterprises, Inc. ■ Dairyland Power Cooperative ■ Dart Container Corporation ■ Deere & Company ■ Deloitte Services, LP ■ Dominion ■ Eastman Kodak Company ■ Eli Lilly and Company ■ EPCAT-USA ■ Ericsson Sub Saharan Africa ■ European Investment Bank ■ ExxonMobil Corporation ■ General Dynamics ■ Georgetown University ■ Government of Canada ■ Grant Thornton LLP ■ Health Canada ■ IKEA – IMS ■ Intel Corporation ■ International Monetary Fund ■ JCPenney Company ■ JPMorgan Chase & Co. ■ KPMG LLP ■ Kroger Company ■ Lockheed Martin Corporation ■ McDonough School of Business Georgetown University ■ MDS Inc. ■ Merck & Co., Inc. ■ New York University ■ Novo Nordisk A/S ■ PAREXEL International ■ Perot Systems ■ PricewaterhouseCoopers ■ Public Works & Government Services Canada ■ Reed Elsevier ■ Sargento Foods Inc. ■ Shell Oil Company ■ Siemens AG ■ GSS PML ■Siemens Shared Services, LLC ■ Stryker Corporation ■ Telvent Miner & Miner ■ The McGraw-Hill Companies ■ The MITRE Corporation ■ The World Bank Group ■ UCB Pharma SA ■ Union Bank of California ■ US Foodservice ■ US Green Building Council ■ Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ■ WellPoint ■ World Bank ■ Wyeth

2008 Countries Represented

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, El Salvador, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Nigeria, Panama, Peoples Republic of China, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States


To download presentations delivered at the 2008 conference, please visit ACTE Connect.


Interested in attending the 2009 ACTE Fall Global Education Conference in Prague?

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TransACTE Prizes

Be sure to stop by TransACTE, compliments of GetThere, Sabre Travel Network, and Travelocity Business. Enjoy cocktail in TransACTE on Sunday from 15:00 - 17:00 and following lunch, dessert on Monday from 14:00 - 16:00.

Prizes will be given throughout TransACTE!

  • ipod nano 8 GB – Compliments of Airplus International
  • Two $100 Gift Certificates – Compliments of American Express
  • ipod shuffle – Compliments of Diners Club International
  • Three gift certificates, each redeemable for three hours of chauffeured limousine service – Compliments of International Limousine Service
  • ipod touch and a $50 itunes gift card – Compliments of International SOS
  • Two Digital Photo Frames – Compliments of Rearden Commerce

This will be a great opportunity to meet with corporate clients!