YOU ARE INVITED TO SHARE YOUR EXPERTISE with ACTE delegates! ACTE Conferences and Executive Forums are designed to bring practical and relevant information to senior-level corporate travel managers and representatives of the supplier community. Our presenters are people like you who have tested their ideas and insights against the everyday challenges of business travel management. When you share your ideas at an ACTE educational event you are contributing to the enrichment of our profession's body of knowledge.

SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TODAY and take your place among our profession's experts. To ensure that a balanced array of the best presentations are offered at ACTE's educational events all proposals submitted will be reviewed and evaluated by the ACTE Education Department.

The selection process is competitive. Being chosen is an honor - and an obligation to deliver an outstanding educational experience. Proposals that meet the criteria, will be considered for presentation at upcoming regional Executive Forums in North America, Europe, Canada, Asia-Pacific and subsequent ACTE Conferences throughout the year.

Because our members value the knowledge you are sharing, ACTE requires that all presentations include handout materials. Preparing quality handouts is a condition of your acceptance on the program (ACTE will handle reproduction and associated costs).

Enjoy the personal and professional rewards of making a contribution. All presenters will receive reduced or complimentary registration. All travel expenses and any additional fees are the responsibility of the presenter, unless otherwise agreed to by ACTE.

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ACTE is interested in two kinds of presentations:
1. Timely information on industry, economic and political trends that impact business travel management globally
2. Leading edge information about the practices and tools that strategically advance travel management

Sales pitches for products or services disguised as proposals will not be accepted. ACTE's Global Education Committee had assisted the Education Department in developing the following list of content areas of greatest interest and importance to business travel professionals. Priority will be given to proposals focusing on these content areas.

1. Industry Trends
• The Marketplace: forecast/trends analyses in all segments (air, hotel, car, agency, card, technology and rail), consolidations and financial restructuring throughout the industry
• New product development and impact on travel management processes
• E-commerce and evolving distribution system

2. Travel Management: Best Practice
• Re-engineering travel processes
• Value-add and cost savings initiatives
• Communications strategies and tools (internally, externally)
• Management reporting
• Benchmarking
• Performance measurement
• Defining service excellence
• Developing global supplier partnerships
• Supplier management
• Contract negotiation
• Strategic sourcing
• Finance
• RFP process/global RFPs
• Establishing global travel policies
• Use of consultants/outsourcing
• Meetings consolidation
• Demand Management

3. Automated Technology Systems
• Evaluation and selection
• Pricing and financing
• Implementation and gaining user acceptance
• Measurement
• Alternatives to travel (Video Conferencing, meeting software)
• e-Procurement
• Online fulfillment

4. Data Management
• Data consolidation
• Global data warehousing
• Data security, safety and protection
• MIS reporting
• Customer Relationship Management

5. Global Affairs
• The global economy
• Government policy, industry regulation, competition, anti-trust issues
• Emerging markets
• European Union
• International terrorism

6. Professional Skills
• Leadership
• Negotiation
• Communication
• Strategic planning
• Strategic thinking
• Relationship maintenance
• Innovation/change
• Self assessment

7. Miscellaneous
• Environment, health, safety, security
• Ethical issues and corporate responsibility

Target and Forum
Conference attendees include senior corporate travel managers, finance directors, vice-presidents, industry consultants and industry suppliers from the airline, hotel, car, card, agency, and travel technology communities. Participants are especially interested in interactive sessions which provide the latest, most up-to-date experience-based knowledge and offer the opportunity for debate, dialogue, and discussion.

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