Perspectives from the Top

Join in some of the most important dialogue surrounding business travel at the ACTE Global Conference's Perspectives from the Top general sessions. Thought-leading panels will bring together some of the most influential business people to discuss procurement and consolidation: two significant drivers in business that are creating new environments for all.

Monday, May 2, 2005
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Perspectives from the Top on Performance Measurement

Led by Chuck Martin, keynoter from earlier in the program, this panel of corporate procurement executives will discuss the significance of corporate measurement that has accompanied the phenomenon that has taken place in the last five to seven years of consolidating all corporate purchasing--including travel--under procurement and the impact that change has had on the corporation and its vendors.

Moderator:
Chuck Martin, CEO, NFI Research
Panelists:
Ibrahim Gedeon, Vice President, Chief Technology Office, TELUS
Michael McMahon, Chief Procurement Officer, Deloitte Services LP
Ron Ouellette, General Manager - Procurement, Microsoft
Sal Vitale, Vice President, Strategic Sourcing for Global Procurement, American Express





Tuesday, May 3, 2005
11:45 am - 12:45 pm
Perspectives from the Top: Airline Alliances - Where Are They Heading?

With senior level representatives from three airline alliances, this session will explore the meaning of the new industry word "co-opetition" and the present and future dynamics of airline alliances.

Moderator:
Graeme Deans, Vice President, AT Kearney

Panelists:
Horst Findeisen, Vice President, Commercial, Star Alliance
John McCulloch, Managing Partner, oneworld Alliance
Gary Fishman, Senior Vice President - Alliances, Northwest Airlines