Press Release
For Immediate Release
22 January 2009
ACTE Continues Alliance With Georgetown University For Second Consecutive Year at Washington, D.C. Global Education Education Conference
Alexandria, Va --
Alexandria, Va. (22 Jan. 2009) – Reinforcing its commitment to provide unparalleled education to the business travel industry, the Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) announced today that it will partner with The McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University, for the second consecutive year, at its Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C., 5-7 April, held in partnership with Business Travel News (BTN). Professor Ricardo Ernst, PhD and Deputy Dean of the business school, will reprise his role as lecturer for two education sessions, and act as moderator for two panel discussions.
“ACTE is very pleased to welcome the McDonough School of Business and Professor Ernst back to the Washington, D.C. Global Education Conference,” Kate Farrell, ACTE Director, Global Education, said. “Last year, Professor Ernst’s sessions were among the highest rated at the conference, and his academic perspective was welcomed especially by those in procurement and the travel supply chain.”
"Current market forces, coupled with a global recession, are going to play a major role in shaping the immediate and long-term future of the business travel profession,” noted Gordon Swartz, Associate Dean, McDonough School of Business, Georgetown University. "Georgetown's McDonough School of Business is pleased to be invited back as an education partner for the ACTE conference in Washington, D.C., particularly at a time when the travel industry is experiencing such unprecedented challenges."
Professor Ernst most recently gave a keynote presentation at the ACTE Latin America Education Conference in Mexico City, 29-30 October 2008, discussing the effects of globalization on businesses and countries in Latin America. He holds an MBA from the Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración in Venezuela, an MA degree and a PhD in Operations Management from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
More than 20 educational sessions at the ACTE Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C. will cover every aspect of advanced business travel management.
Keynote presenters for the event include Juan Enriquez, Chairman and CEO of Biotechonomy LLC, a life sciences research and investment firm; James C. May, President and CEO of the Air Transport Association (ATA); Polly LaBarre, Innovation Correspondent for CNN and co-author of the bestseller, Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win and Drazen Prelec, MIT Professor and behavioral economist.
To register for the ACTE Global Education Conference in Washington, D.C. please click HERE.
ABOUT ACTE:
The Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE) represents the global business travel industry through its international advocacy efforts, executive level educational programs, and independent industry research. ACTE's membership consists of senior travel industry executives from 82 countries representing the €463 billion business travel industry. With the support of sponsors from every major segment of the business travel industry, ACTE develops and delivers educational programs in key business centers throughout the world. ACTE has representation in Africa, Asia-Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, Middle East and the United States. For more information on ACTE, please go to www.acte.org.
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ABOUT THE ROBERT EMMETT MCDONOUGH SCHOOL OF BUSINESS:
Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business is a premier business school located in the nation's capital. Founded in 1957 to educate undergraduate business students through the integration of liberal arts and professional education, the McDonough School today welcomes approximately 1,300 undergraduates, 620 MBA students, and more than 500 participants in its executive education programs annually. For more information about the McDonough School, visit http://msb.georgetown.edu.
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