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Experience Buyer Empowerment

Education developed for the senior level travel buyer — ACTE continues to deliver in Washington, D.C.

What is ACTE Buyer Empowerment? ACTE is working hard to develop a conference curricula designed with the corporate travel buyer in mind—to give you the knowledge, resources, and contacts that will have an immediate impact on your job performance and career.
Look for the symbol throughout the conference website to experience more travel buyer-led panels, more travel buyer presenters, buyer-only education sessions and buyer-only networking.

The following is a list of Buyer Empowerment sessions that will be offered during the Spring 2008 Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C.:

Monday, 19 May 13:15 - 14:30

M102 The Upside of an Economic Downturn

Instead of focusing on suppliers and prices, leading corporations are launching enterprise-wide initiatives in demand management, which examine drivers for spend, alignment of consumption to business needs and the elimination of unnecessary spend. Recently improved low-cost technology solutions have emerged which offer companies the opportunity to generate significant savings through virtual meetings/telepresence technologies. This session will explore:

  • Range & effectiveness of demand management options
  • Relationship between demand management derived savings and organizational impact
  • Available technology options
  • Policy/guidelines for virtual alternatives
  • Integrating virtual options at POS

Moderator:
Tony D’Astolfo, Vice President, Worldwide Sales, Rearden Commerce

Presenters:
Debra Goldmann, Senior Specialist, Travel Services, Verizon
M. John Guarneri, Vice President Global Travel Services, Philips International B.V.
Debra Reid, U.S. Travel Services Manager, Shell Oil Company

Tuesday, 20 May 13:30 - 14:45

T202 Risk Management & Corporate Liability

Corporations are focusing attention on managing risk associated with their employees while traveling on company business. Globalization, corporate travel policies lacking mandates and complications with traveler tracking hamper the ability of travel management to completely control this area. This session will evaluate:

  • Policy as a risk aversion tool
  • Trip risk assessment, notification and decision authority
  • Duty of care implications

Moderator:
Bruce McIndoe, President, iJET Intelligent Risk Systems

Presenters:
Judy Bauer, Global Corporate Travel Manager, Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Marcia Saurman, Director, Global Travel, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.