ACTE Press Release

Immediate Release!

ACTE Announces Presenters for Washington, DC Executive Forum Program

(Alexandria, Va. June 27, 2001 ) - The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) has announced its lineup of presenters for the upcoming ACTE Executive Forum in Washington, DC on July 12, 2001. The theme for the half-day event is "The Global Data Dilemma". Greeley Koch, ACTE's vice president of education said, "Data is the currency of the business travel industry and while our need for data increases continually it is accompanied by a heightened concern for privacy and the legal /ethical considerations of sharing data." He added, "This ACTE Executive Forum will provide insight on these issues from both inside and outside of our industry."

Leading off the program will be a presentation by Dr. Stephen J. Kobrin, professor of multinational management at The Wharton School that discusses how the digital revolution impacts data collection and how that affects privacy. Professor Kobrin will focus on data privacy as a strategic issue arguing that privacy policies are becoming critical. The European Union has established firm regulations on data collection and sharing.

The ACTE Executive Forum will explore the EU standards and policies concerning corporate data and personal data usage through a presentation by Matthew King, first secretary of trade affairs for the European Commission Delegation.

Barry Lemley, director of emerging markets for ARC, will discuss the life cycle of travel data and reveal the circuitous path that it takes when not in our view, where the exit points are, and new routes it may take in emerging business travel configurations.

For more information regarding this event please go to www.acte.org.

Founded in 1988, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives is the only organization wholly dedicated to the science of business travel management with an international constituency. ACTE membership totals more than 2,400, including entities in Asia, Europe, Canada and the United States. The organization is headquartered in Alexandria, Va., and its web site is www.acte.org.