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Schedule Sunday, 5 April 2009 and Monday, 6 April
SUNDAY
TransACTE - 3:00pm – 5:00pm
General Session – 5:00pm – 6:15pm
Keynote Presentation by
Juan Enriquez Managing Director, Excel Medical Ventures, Founding Director, Harvard Business School's Life Science Project
Extraordinary advances in the life sciences are changing the way we live and do business.
Opening Night Reception – 6:45pm – 8:45pm
Foster existing relations and build new ones during the Opening Night Reception at the newly-renovated Smithsonian National Museum of American History, a national historic landmark located in the heart of Washington, D.C.
MONDAY
General Session – 9:00am – 10:00am
Keynote Presentation by
Polly Labarre Innovation Correspondent, CNN, Co-Author, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win
Explore what separates great companies from good and good companies from yesterday's heroes.
Education Sessions
10:15am – 11:00am
- 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)
11:15am – 12:45pm
- 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
Lunch - 1:00pm – 2:00pm
TransACTE - 2:00pm – 4:00pm
General Session – 4:15pm – 5:30pm
Keynote Presentation by
Drazen Prelec, PhD Behavioral Economist, Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
How to better manage change in a year when every dollar of corporate spend is being scrutinized.
Industry Perspective on behalf of Amadeus
Schedule for Tuesday, 7 April
TUESDAY
General Session – 9:30am – 10:45am
Keynote Presentation by
James C. May President, Chief Executive Officer, Air Transport Association of America, Inc.
May will address a number of aviation priorities, including air traffic modernization, energy policy and the implementation of fair and practical environmental-protection measures.
Industry Perspective on behalf of TRX
Education Sessions
11:15am – 12:15pm
- 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 Asia-Pacific
- Shifting Currents in the Air
Lunch - 12:30pm – 13:45pm
2:00pm – 3:00pm
- What Language Do You Speak? Global or Multi-national?
- PowerPoint Free Zone: Become a Better Partner
- Good-bye Legacy Contracting, Hello Strategic Contracting
- Survey of ASPAC’s Unique Landscape for Managed Travel
General Session – 3:15pm – 4:30pm
BTN Top 25 Recognition and Town Hall Discussion
Business Travel News (BTN), as a partner for the Association of Corporate Travel Executives’ (ACTE) Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C., will recognize The 25 Most Influential Executives of 2008 during the closing general session. Following recognition of the Top 25 on the conference’s main stage, BTN will lead a “town hall” type discussion with those individuals in attendance to address industry wide issues such as distribution, capacity and demand.
Industry Perspective on behalf of Qatar
Closing Night Reception – 17:00 – 19:00
Join ACTE at the Closing Night Reception in the Ambassador Ballroom at the Omni Shoreham Hotel, a historic Washington, D.C. landmark, located on 11 acres of the famous Rock Creek Park and across the street from the Marriott Wardman Park.
