BTTB Australia 2009 Conference Programme
Day 2 – 8th May
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Time
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Session & Speaker
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Session Type
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8.00am – 9.00am
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Registration
Arrival Tea & Coffee
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9.00 – 9.45 am
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Airline panel
Fluctuations in oil prices, route expansion and new aircraft are changing the dynamics of airline procurement. Hear how these changes will impact on your bottom line.
Panellists:
Peter Harbison, Chairman,
Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation
Rob Gurney, Group Executive, Commercial
Qantas
Mathias Friess, Executive General Manager Global Sales and Distribution, Virgin Blue
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Plenary
Panel session
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9.45-10.15am
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Who owns your data and who cares?
Data is they key to successful travel management, yet most organisations overlooks key aspects when entering into supply arrangements.
Jo OBrien, CEO, Tramada
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Plenary
Presentation
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1015-11.00am
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Refreshments:
Served in Exhibition Area
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11.00am-11.45am
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Roundtable 1: Accommodation focus:
Key issues in accommodation procurement and management
Moderator: Benjamin Weinmann,
Manager of Supply & eCommerce,
The Lido Group
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Round-Table
(For large accounts – over $2.5m)
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11.00am-11.45am
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Roundtable 2:
Maximizing the benefits. Integrating expense management into the travel programme.
Moderator: Tony O’Connor,
Principal, Butler Caroye
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Round-Table
(For small accounts – under $2.5m)
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11.45-12.30pm
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Roundtable 1: Accommodation focus:
Key issues in accommodation procurement and management
Moderator: Benjamin Weinmann,
Manager of Supply & eCommerce,
The Lido Group
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Round-Table
(For small accounts – under $2.5m)
Moderator:
Benjamin Weinmann
Manager of Supply &
eCommerce
The Lido Group
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11.45-12.30pm
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Roundtable 2:
Maximizing the benefits. Integrating expense management into the travel programme.
Moderator: Tony O’Connor,
Principal, Butler Caroye
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Round-Table
(For large accounts – over $2.5m)
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12.30 – 1.30pm
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Lunch served in Exhibition Area
(includes exhibitor prizegiving)
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1.30 – 2.00pm
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Virtual travel:
For a decade we’ve heard it’s time for tele-conferecing, but few companies have actually made it work. Hear from one which has.
Prudence Jacobson, Director Procurement
and Workplace Services, Unisys Asia Pacific
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Plenary
Presentation
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2.00pm -2.45pm
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Buyers’ panel: The closing wrap, what have we learned
What are the big challenges and how have they been overcome?
Panellists TBC
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Plenary
Panel session
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2.45-3.00pm
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Closing Remarks
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