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Strategize Optimize Succeed
Montreal
22 May 2009
Calling all travel buyers and suppliers: we are responding to your SOS—your ship has arrived!
Join your shipmates for a half day of rejuvenation. Find out what buyers and suppliers had to say about each other in a recent survey. Use this information to strategize your way to better and more rewarding business relationships. Learn first-hand from corporate buyers what immediate actions companies are taking to optimize their resources in these lean economic times.
Attend this half day session ONLY if you want to succeed!
Assistez à cette session d’une demi-journée SEULEMENT si vous désirez réussir!
Découvrez ce que les fournisseurs et les acheteurs corporatifs des voyages d’affaires ont révélés lors d’un récent sondage. Prenez notes des mesures appliquées dès maintenant par les acheteurs corporatifs pour mieux utiliser leurs ressources en ces temps difficiles.
Agenda
| 08:00 – 08:45 |
Registration And Continental Breakfast |
| 08:45 – 09:00 |
ACTE Welcome |
| 09:00 – 10:00 |
Rethinking the Buyer/Supplier RelationshipThought you had it all figured out? Think again! Two round table sessions held at the 2008 Canada Education Conference probed the perceptions of the supplier-buyer relationship and RFP process. The results from a questionnaire and discussion forum uncovered some very surprising findings. How often should you, as a supplier, visit your preferred clients? Do you, as a buyer, hinder or facilitate the RFP process? What is really expected of you? The information in this interactive discussion will definitely make you rethink how you do business! Facilitator: Gillian McCormack, Manager, Business Development, American Express Business Travel and Regional Chair, ACTE Canada |
| 10:00 – 10:20 |
Refreshment Break |
| 10:20 – 11:15 |
Economic Outlook – The Big QuestionsWhile no one can predict with certainty where these lean times are going to take us, it’s really important to make sense of all the economic hoopla. What is fact and what is fiction? This session will arm you with the knowledge you need to help you make sense of the world today. Presenter: Sal Guatieri, Senior Economist, BMO Financial Group |
| 11:15 – 12:15 |
How Are Buyers Managing Costs?Learn from a panel of corporate buyers what tactical and strategic actions they are taking to realize immediate cost savings. Get their view on renegotiating contracts, outsourcing, and procurement. Find out what operational and/or policy changes they are instituting and what role technology may play in their plans to manage costs. Moderator:Iftikhar Haque, Procurement Leader & Management Consultant Panelists: Manny Liapakis, Travel Officer, International Civil Aviation Organization and Chairman, United Nations Travel Network Annemarie Reininger, Global Supply Chain Management, MDS, Inc |
| 12:05 – 13:15 |
Networking Lunch (Buffet) |
| 13:30 – 15:00 |
Corporate Buyer Round Table (Corporate Buyers Only)Moderator: Nick DelTorto, Supply Manager - Travel & Business Services, CN |
Forum Location and Hotel Accommodations
InterContinental Montreal
360 St-Antoine Street West
Montreal
Quebec H2Y 3X4
Phone: 514-987-9900
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The InterContinental Montreal is offering a special accommodation rate of $129 for ACTE attendees. To reserve please contact the hotel directly at 514-987-9900 and request the ACTE rate.
Planning Committee
Nathalie Aubin, Contract Coordinator, Domtar
Nick Del Torto, Supply Manager, Travel & Business Services, CN
Debbie Legroulx, Regional Manager, Corporate Sales – Eastern Canada, Air Canada
Christine Lessard, Senior Account Executive, Global Sales, Marriott Hotels of Canada
Gillian McCormack, Manager, Business Development, American Express Business Travel
Tracy Schisler Regional Director, Account Management, Carlson Wagonlit Travel