It took a while for the agenda to be published for this years ACTE Education Event on 7th June at the Holiday Inn Messe in Zurich. With “Broaden the perspective to achieve more” this years focus is on new approaches for known challenges. In cooperation with STM (Swiss Travel Management) an attractive set of sessions has been designed.
I am really excited to see what ACTE will present in the three planned sessions during the event. I any case, some high profile speakers and panelists are already anounced. More will follow soon. After having moderated the afternoon’s sessions last year, I will be joining this time either as a panelist or a moderator for one of the parts. Organiser and lead moderator of this years event will be Chris Pouney, a consulting colleague from the UK.
It has become a habit in recent years that the ACTE events are launched with a “Buyers only” Block where attending Travel Managers after a Welcome Message and a Keynote Presentation can exchange in Round Tabel discussions. For the second part the suppliers and consultants will be joining for the more educational part of the day.
Buyers Only
10:00 – 10:30 | Buyer-Only Registration & Welcome Coffee
10:30 – 10:35 | Welcome Remarks
10:35 – 10:50 | Keynote
10:50 – 11:45 | Buyers-Only Round Table
11:45 – 12:00 | Buyer Comfort Break
11:30 – 12:00 | General Forum Registrations
Education Forum
12:00 – 12:15 | Welcome Remarks
12:15 – 13:15 | Session 1: Maximize program usage to optimize savings and impact
Speaker: Brendan Shashoua, Lufthansa Group
13:15 – 14:45 | Networking Lunch
14:45 – 15:45 | Session 2: Maximizing the value of hotels, from sourcing to delivery
Speakers:
Andreas Kohn, Continental Europe Corporate Sales, IHG
Wouter Kolkman, Senior Sourcing Consultant, HRS
15:45 – 15:55 | Coffee Break
15:55 – 16:55 | Session 3: Optimize end-to-end booking to expense
An up to date overview of speakers and panelists can always be found on the ACTE Event Website. And for sure registrations are still possible. Together with Stefan Otter I am looking forward to seeing some of you on the 7th June 2018 at the Holiday Messe in Zurich. And as always you can expect a short summary of the event and any important findings a few days later.
Adrian Matt for travelBrain
