GENERAL
SESSIONS
ACTE’s
general sessions
feature highly regarded thought leaders
addressing key contemporary
topics. Keynote speakers will be announced as
they
are confirmed.
Monday
08 December 13:15 -
14:30
SEVEN REASONS TO
BE POSITIVE ON THE AUSTRALIAN
ECONOMY
| At the end of the
day,
the
health of Corporate Travel revolves around the state of the local,
regional
&
global Economies. They are more interconnected than they
have
ever
been & it's easy to be negative about current economic
developments,
but
there are actually some very good reasons to be positive
about
prospects.
Due to impressive feedback, Craig James returns to ACTE to
highlight
some
of the key virtues of the Australian economy, assess the outlook
for
both
the domestic & global economies & also provide views
on
shares,
property, interest rates & currencies. Through the session
Craig
will
constantly challenge the “So what?” question to
highlight
the
relevance of the ‘Big Picture’ changes to the
Corporate
Travel
sector. |
| Compliments of:
David Reimer
Vice President & General Manager
American Express Business Travel JAPA
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PRESENTER:
Craig James -
Chief Economist,
Commonwealth
Securities
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You may recognise
Craig
James
from
his
regular
appearances
on television, radio & in
newspaper
interviews
or
have
read
one
of his economic commentaries. As Chief
Economist
for
CommSec,
Craig
interprets
the
‘big picture’ economic
&
financial
trends
for
customers,
clients
&
staff. He was previously Chief
Economist
at
Colonial,
has
worked
at
the Australian Financial Review as a
senior
writer
&
been
in
banking,
finance & journalism for over 33
years.
He
holds
both
Bachelor
&
Master degrees in Commerce (Economics);
undertaken
at
University
of
NSW.
In
2012 he was appointed an Adjunct Professor
at
Curtin
Business
School
in
Perth.
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Monday 08
December
15:00 - 16:00
COMPLIANCE
&
CONSEQUENCES
‘Compliancy’
used
to
be
about using
preferred
suppliers
or
the
SBT/OBT to book. Now it covers Data Security, Legal,
Health/Safety,
Risk
Management,
Government
Advisories, Duty of Care and very
much
still
‘Policy
Compliance’.
Keep up-to-date on how
these
growingly
important
areas
are evolving to assist you successfully
identify
and
address
the
gaps that may exist in your Corporate Travel
&/or
Meetings/Events
Programs.
Compliments of:
John Challis
Chief Sales Officer
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FACILITATOR:
John Challis - Chief Sales
Officer,
Serko
PRESENTERS/PANELLISTS:
Michelle
Thompson - GM
Procurement & Major
Contracts,
Yancoal
Dr. David
Beirman - Senior
Lecturer, UTS Business
School
Tony Ridley -
MD,
Intelligent
Travel
Nicholas de
Bont - Manager
International &
Executive Security,
CBA
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With over 10
years procurement experience, Michelle has worked in Australia for Boral,
Downer EDI & PepsiCo in Strategic Sourcing. For the past 3 years
Michelle lived in Dubai to lead the transformation of Indirect Procurement for
PepsiCo across Asia, Middle East & Africa. Michelle recently returned
to Australia to take up the General Manager Procurement for Yancoal and proudly
leads a team 43 strong. In addition Michelle has previously presented at ACTE
in Australia, Dubai & last year at the 25th ACTE anniversary event in
New York. |
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David Beirman is
a senior lecturer in Tourism in the Management Discipline Group, University of
Technology Sydney. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees majoring
in Sociology at the University of NSW. David had a 30 year career in the
Australian travel industry prior to joining UTS. His career involved retail
travel agencies, wholesale tour operators, destination marketing and management
organizations and in-service travel industry training. Prior to joining UTS as
a full-time lecturer David had developed tourism courses and lectured part-time
at UTS and other universities.
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Monday 08
December
16:30 -
17:30
THE NEXT
(DRAMATIC & DISRUPTIVE) MOBILE
WAVE
As the sharing
economy
continues
to
grow
explosively
and the mobile world innovates with a
relentless
pace,
the
travel
industry
is facing a new wave of disruptive
technology
and
services.
In
the
past the traditional travel industry leaders
have
been
able
to
control
and manage these waves, but this time there is
nothing
they
can
do
to
stop the innovation, as the solutions are delivered
directly
to
the
hand
of
the traveller and create
amazing
customer
experiences
and value.
Compliments of:
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PRESENTER:
Johnny Thorsen -
Global Travel Technology
Evangelist
Fady Daher - VP,
Acquitsition AUS/NZ - Global
Corporate Payments, American
Express Global Corporate Payments
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Renown as a
Global
Travel
Technology Evangelist, Johnny is the global product &
strategy
owner
for Concur Messaging based in San Francisco. Being at the
forefront
of
the mobile travel technology revolution, he spent the 6 years
prior
as
the co-founder & CEO of conTgo, focusing on “point
of
experience”
software for corporate travellers, while maintaining
his
strong
links to the travel procurement & security areas. Concur
purchased
conTgo
in 2013. Johnny has also held a range of senior positions in
the
travel
technology industry such as Travelport, Sabre, HRG & CWT,
being
named
as one of the 25 most influential people in the global business
travel
industry
by the US-based BTN magazine in 2011.
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For the past 22
years
Fady
has gained extensive experience across multiple American Express
lines
of
business including Consumer, Small Business, Pre-Paid, Business
Travel,
Merchant,
Corporate & Global Network Operations. In his current
role,
he
leads a high performing team who primarily focus on delivering diverse
spend
across
multiple channels. This includes the development &
execution
of
strategies pertaining to innovative payment, travel &
expense
management
solutions across Australia & NZ. Fady holds a degree
in
Economics
from Macquarie University, completed the ‘American
Express
Growth
Leader Program’ at the US based Pennsylvania State
University,
&
is a recipient of the prestigious American Express Leadership
Award. |
Tuesday 09 December
09:30 -
11:00
AIRLINE OUTLOOK FOR
2015
|
Airlines are
crucial
to
any
organisation’s
Travel
Program,
especially
in
a
region
where
other
forms
of
transport
are
almost
irrelevant
&
SYD-MEL is the
world’s
5th
busiest
route.
Regarded
as
one
of
the
leading aviation
strategists
globally,
Peter
Harbison
will
provide
insight
into
the
big picture
influences
on
a
dramatically
changing
aviation
landscape;
where
former
LCC’s
are
now
strong
business
travel
providers,
traditional
relationships
are
ending,
and
new
game
plans
are
creating
strong
allies
from
once fierce
competitors. Compliments of:
Steve Limbrick
Executive Manager, Customer
and Commercial Relationships
 | John Simeone
Executive Manager Sales, Marketing and Distribution
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PRESENTER:
Peter Harbison - Executive Chairman, CAPA -
Centre for
Aviation
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Peter established
CAPA
in
1990,
which
provides
education
&
training
courses
for
the
aviation
&
tourism
industries,
major
conferences
on
key
aviation
topics,
&
is
now
the
world’s
largest
publisher
of
B2B
commercial
aviation
information
&
analysis.
Peter
is
an
aviation
lawyer,
consultant
&
high-level
commentator
on
industry
issues.
His
career
in
aviation
comprises
more
than
40
years
including
2
years
with
the
Australian
mission
to
the
International
Civil
Aviation
Organisation
in
Montreal
&
10
years
at
a
senior
level
in
IATA
in
Geneva.
Over
the
past
20
years,
he has
conducted
more
than
200
consultancy
projects
in
aviation,
including
airport
privatisations,
airline
start-ups,
strategy
formulation
&
regulatory
development.
He
has
authored
&/or
edited
numerous
reports
on
the
aviation
industry,
including
a
recent
comprehensive
300-page
report
on
the
global
low
cost
airline
industry.
Formerly
Chairman
of
IATA’s
World
Aviation
Regulation
Monitoring
Group,
President
of
the
Aviation
Law
Association
of
Australia/NZ
&
an
IATA
Travel
Agency
Commissioner,
Peter
holds
LLBs
from
Melbourne
&
London
Universities
&
LLM
(McGill).
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Tuesday
09 December 15:30 - 16:45
SMILE IN THE FACE OF
ADVERSITY
PRESENTER: Steve
Gurney
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End the Conference on a high and with
something
more
than Corporate Travel. I know, you’re saying to
yourself
“Andrew,
there isn’t anything better than
discussing
Corporate
Travel at an ACTE Conference”. And you are right
…..
but
we continue the tradition of experiencing the stories of some
remarkable
people
from our region & continuing to learn from others
….
this
time from people outside our Corporate Travel Community. We
have
had
the effervescent Yeoh Siew Hoon (Founder of WIT), AOM Anna Meares
fresh
from
London Olympic Gold, 7 time World Surfing Champion Layne Beachley
&
World
Ironman Champion Guy Leech all provide incredible well-known
&
little-known
stories of achievement and the mind-set required to
overcome
adversity.
This year, we proudly welcome a Kiwi friend to just do that
…..
and
do it with a smile. Compliments of:
James Kavanagh
General Manager
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Steve Gurney is an Adventurer, an
Inventor,
and
a Motivator. A house-hold name in New Zealand, he is an
x-Professional
adventure
athlete, turned professional motivational speaker
&
trainer.
Won the Coast to Coast a record nine times. Raced mountain
bikes
for
NZ at the world champs twice. Completed an engineering degree.
Invented
a
bike with wings. Poisoned by bat dung while racing in Borneo
jungles.
Nearly
died. Fought back, to win the Coast to Coast 7 times more in a
row.
World
record crossing of the searing Sahara desert by wind-power. Steve is
also
a
published author with 2 books ‘Lucky legs’ (an
autobiography)
&
Eating Dirt (adventure stories about managing risk).
Awarded
an
MNZM gong for services to Endurance sport (equivalent of OAM or AO),
he
has
also trained as a trainer in the field of NLP (Neuro Linguistic
Programming)
&
incorporates some of this powerful research into his
coaching,
writing
& speaking. After all this he proudly claims to be
the
1st
cheeky
nudist
on NZ breakfast TV & waxed his entire body for Dancing
with
the
Stars. He loves inspiring people to greater heights & loves
teaching
how
to make mole-hills out of mountains.
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General sessions are based on
ACTE's Four Pillars of
Education.
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Conference
attendees
& data experts will debate and
confront
the
industry's biggest data challenges around access, availability,
analytics,
quality,
& reporting.
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These sessions will
address
the
skill gaps travel professionals identified as essential for
successful
future
travel leaders, i.e, change management experience, innovative
mindsets,
marketing
/social media skills, & technological
competence.
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Corporate travel professionals are
learning
important
lessons from consumer-oriented strategies. These sessions
will
demonstrate
how to communicate more effectively with travelers, how to use
traveler
feedback
to increase leverage with suppliers, & ultimately,
how
to
increase satisfaction levels among travelers. |
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Consumerisation,
mobility,
&
technology are powerful forces that are changing the
business
travel
landscape forever. Attendees will have a front-row seat to
preview
industry
innovations & emerging technologies that are advancing
&
disrupting
the industry status quo.
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