Conference Agenda
Sunday, 18 May
| 08:00 - 13:00 |
ACTE MasterCard Golf Challenge |
| 10:00 - 19:30 |
Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche |
| 14:00 - 16:00 |
Pre-Conference Workshops
- S101 Expect the Unexpected: Crisis Management for Corporate Travel Managers
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| 15:00 - 16:00 |
ACTE New Members/First Time Attendee Welcome Reception
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| 16:00 - 18:00 |
ACTE Solutions Showcase & Welcome Reception |
| 17:00 - 17:45 |
ACTE Canada Reception |
| 18:00 - 19:30 |
General Session
- Sponsor Industry Perspective: American Airlines
- ACTE White Paper: Mobility Technology & Corporate Travel Survey on Behalf of: Amadeus
- Keynote Presentation: David Sanger, White House Correspondent, The New York Times
- ACTE Awards: President's Award, Advancing the Industry Award, CSR Award
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| 19:45 - 21:45 |
Opening Night Reception |
Monday, 19 May
| 07:30 - 18:00 |
Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche |
| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 08:30 - 09:45 |
General Session
- Sponsor Industry Perspective: GetThere/Sabre Travel Network
- ACTE White Paper: Corporate Travel Policy Compliance on Behalf of: AirPlus International
- ACTE White Paper: Corporate Air Travel and Climate Change on Behalf of: ACTE Global Centre for Reasearch and Education
- Keynote Presentation: Dr. Kjell Nordstrom, Author and Associate Professor, Institute of International Business, Stockholm School of Economics
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| 09:45 - 11:45 |
ACTE Solutions Showcase/Corporate Travel World Expo and Coffee Break
(Coffee Break from 9:45 - 10:45) |
| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Luncheon |
| 13:15 - 16:45 |
Corporate Travel World Expo |
| 13:15 – 14:30 |
Education Sessions
- M101 Green Taxes Versus Cap and Trade
- M102 The Upside of an Economic Downturn
- M103 Roadmap to Best-in-Class Strategic Meetings Management
- M104 The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
- M105 The Living Travel Vocabulary: Changing Terms and Conditions
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| 14:30 – 15:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:00 - 16:15 |
Education Sessions
- M201 Directions in Government Travel - World Class Travel Management in a Shared Services Model
- M202 Industry Consolidation: The Unidentified Opportunity?
- M203 Taking Meetings Global: SMM in RoW
- M204 Supplier Relationship Management
- M205 Strategic Sourcery: Applying Procurement Practices to Travel Management
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| 16:30 - 17:30 |
General Session
- Featured Speaker: Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan, Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
- Keynote Presentation: Amber MacArthur, Technology Journalist and Social Media Expert
- BTN Awards: BTN 25 Most Influential Executives in the Business Travel Industry
Champagne toast compliments of: MasterCard
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Tuesday, 20 May
| 08:30 - 18:00 |
Registration
International Business Lounge
Networking Niche |
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Continental Breakfast |
| 09:00 - 10:15 |
General Session
- ACTE White Paper: Hotel Folio on behalf of MasterCard Worldwide
- Sponsor Industry Perspective: SkyTeam
- ACTE Circle Sponsor Awards
- Keynote Presentation: Marion Blakey, President & CEO, Aerospace Industries Association
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| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:15 - 12:15 |
Corporate Travel World Expo |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Education Sessions
- T101 What the CEO Really Wants from Supply Chain Management
- T102 Emerging Markets
- T103 Going Global: India
- T104 Content Fragmentation
- T105 BTN Corporate Travel 100 Benchmarking Summit
(By Invitation Only) 10:45 - 13:15
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| 12:15 - 13:15 |
Luncheon |
| 13:15 - 16:45 |
Corporate Travel World Expo |
| 13:30 - 14:45 |
Education Sessions
- T201 Supply Chain Drivers of Financial Performance and Competitiveness
- T202 Risk Management & Corporate Liability
- T203 Detecting Fraud
- T204 Light Green, Dark Green: What Color Is Your Company?
- T205 Benchmarking & Best Practices
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| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:15 - 16:30 |
Education Sessions
- T301 Alignment of Supply Chain Metrics and Business Impact Metrics
- T302 Open Skies
- T303 Going Global: China
- T304 Travel Processes Go Mobile
- T305 What Business Travel Buyers Want and Can Get from U.S. Hotel Chains
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| 16:45 - 17:45 |
Closing General Session
- Sponsor Industry Perspective: Qatar Airways
- Keynote Presentation: Ambassador John Bruton, Head of Delegation, European Union
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| 19:30 - 21:30 |
Closing Night Reception |
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