| 10/29/2012 | |||
| 8:00 am - 9:00 am | Registration Breakfast | ||
| 9:00 am - 10:15 am | Hotel Rates and Negotiations 2012 As the 2013 hotel negotiating season shifts into high gear, travel buyers discuss what they've experienced so far in the negotiations and the impact of an ongoing supplier's market. Moderator Greeley Koch, Director, Strategy Development, Acquis Consulting. Rick Wakida, Global Travel Manager, Atmel Mark Ziegler, Americas Senior Travel Manager, NetApp Debbie DeGrendele, Global Travel Manager, Global Foundries | ||
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Break | ||
| 10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Best Practices in Travel and Meetings Management An interactive discussion of the issues of primary concern to travel buyers, featuring highlights of original research establishing benchmarks for small and midsize enterprises and the biggest spenders on U.S. point of sale air tickets. Facilitator: David Meyer, The BTN Group Director, Research & Media Strategy Eric Bailey, Senior Travel Manager, Microsoft Patricia Carlin, C.P.M., CCTE, Sr Purchasing Manager, Global Travel, Sybase Donna Headley, Global Travel Manager, Chevron Courtney Page, Category Specialist, Global Meetings & Events & Global Hotel, Chevron | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Airlines Trends and What They Mean to Buyers Corporate travel buyers discuss how they are dealing with airline consolidation, what they are pushing for in their negotiations with airlines and ways they are keeping tabs on ancillary fees. Moderated by BTN Editorial Director Jay Campbell Yasuo Sonoda, Senior Global Manager, Travel, Card and Employee Services, Sourcing & Procurement, Verisign Laura Hodgkinson, Manager of Global Travel and Supplier Management, Ebay Judy Emma, GTP, CCTE, Global Travel Manager, Informatica Corporation | ||
| 2:00 pm - 2:15 pm | Break | ||
| 2:15 pm - 3:00 pm | Travel Management Forecast 2012-13 A look at likely changes in travel management and airline transportation and what they will mean to travel buyers and managers in the year ahead. Mark Walton, Vice President of Strategy & Account Management, Orbitz For Business Holly Hegeman, Editor and Publisher, PlaneBusiness | ||
| 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Reception | ||
