Risk Management - From Disruption to Order

When you attend ACTE's all-new and expanded, full day 2003 Executive Forum Series you'll have more than a few "well-placed" friends helping your career along- you'll have the combined talents of ACTE's 2500 international travel executives, all dedicated to your professional advancement through the constant identification of emerging issues, continuing education and on-going peer network.



  Programme
8:30 Registration
9:15 Welcome and ACTE Update
Nadine Dewart, Chair ACTE EMEA Regional Council
9:30 Keynote presentation
Chris Smith, Senior Manager Regional Security, HSBC
10:15 Overview of the sustainability of the current airlines and the likely ramifications if one or two should fail
Chris Tarry, Chairman, CTAIRA
Chris Tarry will help you to understand better the likelyhood of financial failure of one or more major airlines and the likely ramifications on service, other airlines and the alliances they participate in should those events occur.
11:15 Coffee break
11:45 A Lesson from Recent History: How does the disappearance of a major carrier affect business travel
Herve Joseph-Antoine, Director Air Solutions, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Herve Joseph-Antoine will describe the outcome of the demise of Ansett on September 13th 2001 and how it affected Business Travellers and Businesses. He will compare this with the changes in the Canadian Market resulting from the merger of Air Canada and Canadian Airlines resulting in a monopoly in the market.
13:00 Networking Lunch
14:30 Vendor responses when the unexpected occurs
Panel discussion and Q&A;
Felix Vezjak, Vice President of Sales EMEA, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Mark Avery, Head of Business Service, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Lorraine Jacobs, Senior Account Manager, Galileo International
Rohan Alce, General Manager UK, Gulf Air
Bernard Harrop, Director Industry Affairs Europe, American Express
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 SARS and its effect on business travel
Dr. Ron Behrens, Senior Lecturer in Travel Medicine, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
17:15 Session Summary
Bernard Harrop, Director Industry Affairs Europe, American Express
17:30

Closing Remarks
Ian Epps, Senior Account Manager, Galileo International, Chair of London Forum Planning Committee

 

  London Forum Planning Committee

Ian Epps, Senior Account Manager, Galileo International (Committee Chair)
Jeremy Broadgate, Strategic Sales Director, Carlson Wagonlit Travel
Debbie Winston, Manager- Travel, Meetings & Events EMEA, Cisco Systems

 

  Hotel Accommodations

Sofitel St. James London
6 Waterloo Place
London SW1Y 4AN
Tel: +44-207 747 2200
Fax: +44-207 747 2210
www.sofitel.com

To secure your booking, please make sure you book your room before 2 May 2003 and mention that you are an ACTE Forum delegate.

Special ACTE Rate:
£170/ room (VAT & breakfast excluded)

 

  London Forum Sponsors
Eurostar UK Ltd - Official Carrier*

*Eurostar kindly offers 30% off business full fare tickets to ACTE delegates for the route Paris/Brussels- London Waterloo- Paris/Brussels for the dates 13 May- 15 May 2003. To make a reservation in the UK, please call 0870 6000 777. To make a reservation from outside the UK, requests must be faxed to +44-1233 617 509. Please make sure to mention the reference number ES068/03.

Conditions: Tickets are subject to availability. Ticket prices are subject to change. Tickets are exchangeable once before each leg of departure. Cancellation policy is 50% prior to departure from the UK. No refunds after departure.

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