While there may be only a few companies at which SOX related compliance activity related to meeting spend has occurred, there is definitely more scrutiny in this area than ever. Due to the recent convergence of the involvement of procurement and finance departments, and regulatory enactments like SOX and Pharma code, today's environment demands that travel managers ensure their meeting spend is properly accounted for and that necessary controls exist, so that when (and not if) your CFO or auditing department comes investigating, you are ready. This is particularly important for meeting spend, as unlike travel spend it has heretofore escaped rigorous scrutiny. Learn how to make certain your meetings program is up to snuff and can pass the inspection of senior financial management.

Presenter:
Ernest Guerra - Director, Travel & Meeting Management - American Standard Companies Mark Williams - IBM Business Consulting Services

Moderator:
Jim Lee, Executive Director, Travel Services Benchmarking Network

This Webcast is a can't miss event for anyone with oversight of employees who travel across the US-Canadian border. The Webcast will focus on the evolution of the smart border and provide information about border-crossing your travelers need to be aware of. This program will also provide you with the opportunity to get answers from a legal expert on US and Canadian immigration from questions you forward during the Webcast.

Presenter:
David Andersson, Attorney at Law, Andersson Cross Border Law Corporation

So, you've done your due diligence, presented the plan to senior management and gotten their green light and you're starting to roll out your company's strategic meetings management initiative. Thinking the major hurdles of the project are behind you, you unexpectedly find out there are a slew of tenacious stakeholders who think you're imposing on their turf and are giving you "Push Back Migraine" and threatening to derail the meetings management initiative. In this Webcast learn how a phased in approach can both remedy and prevent your implementation from stalling.

Presenters:
Mark Phillips, Vice President of Strategy, Starcite, Inc
Shimon Avish, Director, Professional Services, American Express Corporate Meeting Solutions

ACTE offers you the chance to better understand the goals for the recently rolled out Registered Traveler Pilot Program and learn how the results will be used for implementing a nationwide registered traveler program in this special live Webcast. The registered traveler program was an immediate recommendation in the aftermath of 9/11 from ACTE members who were trying to reassure company travelers that it was safe to fly while simultaneously preparing those same travelers for intrusive, lengthy and inconsistent security procedures at the nation's airports. This Webcast will also offer you the opportunity to direct your questions to the Hon. Stewart Verdery about the expected benefits, enrollment and the scope of a fully-implemented registered traveler program.

Moderator:
Kate Farrell, Director, Global Programs, ACTE

Presenters:
Hon. Stewart Verdery, Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, Border and Transportation Security, Department for Homeland Security

Successful budgeting is NOT an exercise that examines the cost of airline tickets used this year and adds 5%. Rather the financially savvy travel manager considers all the direct and indirect costs to manage travel for the corporation. In this Webcast you will learn about tools and techniques such as trip modeling that empower travel managers to bring sophisticated forecasting and identification of savings opportunities to the corporate travel program.

Moderator:
Cheryl Hutchinson, Customer Advocate, Travelocity Business Chairman, ACTE

Presenters:
Ed Tobin, Senior Consultant, eCLIPSE ADVISORS
Colleen Marty, Global Travel and Commercial Card Manager, Baker Hughes Business Support Services

Building upon the foundation laid during the February 2004 Webcast, industryexperts Alan Bednowitz of StarCite and Shimon Avish of American Express willcontinue their examination of meeting consolidation trends they arewitnessing in corporations today. In Part I (available as an archived Webcast), the duo discussed why corporations are pursuing consolidation and the critical success factors of variousapproaches. Part II's focus will shift to Jumpstarting Meetings Consolidation and presenters will detail how to:

• Quantify the opportunities
• Identify meetings spend
• Identify Components of a Well-Managed Meetings Initiative
• Start Saving
• Use Technology As An Enabler