Programme

Monday 21st May

Time From

Time To

Activity / Session

Venue / Room

17:00

19:00

First Timers presentation & reception

Speakers
Simone Buckley
Nicola Lomas
Sarah Makings
Linda Bekoe

Whitworth

17.00

19.00

Networking Suite is open

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

19:00

23:00

Opening Networking night  - All delegates

Sponsored by De Vere Group & The Business Travel Magazine

Copper Face Jacks Pub

23:00

00:00 

Late Night Hour

Sponsored by Hong Kong Airlines

 Tempus Bar

Tuesday 22nd May

Time From

Time To

Activity / Session

Venue / Room

08:00

17:30 

Networking Suite is open from 8am

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

09:00

09:40

Networking coffee

Sponsored by Grange Hotels

Tempus Bar

09:40

 09:45

Moving Time

 

09:45

10:45

Chairman's Welcome and Torch Relay

Speakers
Jamie Hindhaugh
Nicola Lomas
Simone Buckley

The Grand Room

10:45

11:30

Moderator: Huw Edwards - Sponsored by ATP Corporate Travel

Plenary: Breaking News, Sharing Views

Sponsored by AirPlus International

Senior business leaders   share their views on the latest industry hot topics.

Speakers
Denise Fletcher - AirPlus International
Luke Goggin - British Airways
Christoph Kleener - ETTSA
David Noble - CIPS

The Grand Room

11:30

12:10

Networking Suite Open with Grab 'n' Go coffee 

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

11:30

12:10 

Strategic Meetings Management:  The future of the meetings industry...today

In Partnership with Regus & Condeco

Palace 4

12:10

12:15

Moving Time

 

12:15

16:25 

Networking Suite is open

Sponsored by Star Allaince

 Post Room

12:15

13:30

Breakout Sessions

 

   

In the Round- an intimate studio setting where the audience can interact and get to   the heart of key topics  

Session 1.1: Mastermind

Sponsored by Amadeus

Hear well known travel journalist Amon Cohen interrogate four experts, mastermind style, in their specialist subject areas:  Microsoft's Julia Heesterman on travel programme communication, Spencer Hanlon from Airplus on mobile payment solutions, Johanne Young from Opteva on Self Booking Tool adopton and ITM's Chairman of the meet working party Yvette Rudge on strategic meetings management.

Moderator - Amon Cohen - Business Travel News

Speaker
Johanne Young - Opteva
Spencer Hanlon - AirPlus International
Julia Heesterman - Microsoft
Yvette Rudge - Deloitte

Whitworth  

The Learning Lab - A place where education delivers practical results

Session 1.2: How to enhance your  travel programme

Sponsored by AirPlus International

Nicolas Borel will be showing the GBTA KPI Toolkit whilst experts from TCG talk about elevating business travel to the strategic forefront and aligning business travel with corporate objectives.

Moderator - Sarah Makings - KPMG

Speakers
Wendy Prewitt - TCG Consulting
Mark O'Brien - TCG Consulting
Nicolas Borel - Amadeus

Buckingham Suite

Directors Roundtable (Buyers only) a place to discuss challenging topics and discover pragmatic solutions.

Session 1.3: Industry Affairs

Sponsored by TCG Consulting

Voice the issues affecting your traveller community to the ITM’s Industry Affairs group who engage with industry & government bodies on your behalf. 

Moderator - Chris Pouney - Severnside Consulting

Speakers
Mark Cuschieri - UBS
Luke Goggin - British Airways
Scott Davies - Amadeus
Russell Greene - IHG
Christoph Kleener - ETTSA

Directors Suite

12.15

16.25

Networking Suite is open

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

13.30

14:40

Networking Lunch

Sponsored by HRS

Tempus Bar & Restaurant

14.40

14.45 

Moving Time 

 

14:45

16:00

Breakout Sessions

 

 

 

In the Round - an intimate studio setting where the audience can interact and get to the heart of key topics 

Session 2.1: The Travel Gadget Show

Sponsored by Amadeus

Join our presenters who will review the latest apps, technology and inventions. This is your chance to see today what tomorrow’s advances hold in store and discuss how your work world might be affected.

Presenters
Anthony Coyle-Dowling - Zibrant
Josh Gunn - Statesman Travel
Gemma King - KPMG

Whitworth

 

 

The Learning Lab - A place where education delivers practical results

Session 2:2 Licence to buy

The Leading Centre of excellence for purchasing and supply (CIPS) will equip you with key concepts and processes to effectively manage your buying practices and develop relationships with your suppliers.  Sarah Makings, Chairman of ITM resources will also share the stage with Advito to show you how to evaluate your travel programme using the ITM Resouces Toolkits.

Moderator - Sarah Makings - KPMG

Speakers
Jeroen Hurksman - Advito
Ian Schollar - CIPS

Buckingham Suite

 

 

Directors Roundtable (Buyers only) a place to discuss challenging topics and discover pragmatic solutions.

Session 2.3: How to Avoid MEETINGS FROM HELL

Sponsored by MWB Business Exchange

Hear from meetings specialists their real life stories of meetings that were heading for disaster and learn how to avoid such situations. Gain an insight into meetings best practice using the ITM “How To” guide and discuss with professionals how to take your programme to the next level.

Moderator - Trevor Elswood - BSI

Speakers
FaySharpe - Zibrant
Douglas Oneil - Inntel
Karen Skuse - Lloyds
Hannah Richardson - KPMG
Morag Alabaster - MWB Business Exchange

Directors Suite

16:00

16:25

Networking coffee

Sponsored by Grange Hotels

Tempus Bar

16:25

16:30 

Moving Time 

 

16:30

17:30

Plenary: Prepared to Perform. Frank Dick, Olympic Coach.

We are not in total control of results but we can control our own performance and those whose performance we influence. Raising collective performance is the key to making the results they seek both achievable and probable. Using his Olympic coaching experience Frank discusses examples from his own career and covers five themes of performance delivery: Performance of a Lifetime, Performance Pathway, Coping with the Different & Difficult, Potential & Performance.

Moderator:  Huw Edwards - Sponsored by ATP Corporate Travel

The Grand Room

17:30

19:00

Free Time

 

17.30

19.00

Star Alliance Drinks Reception 

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

19:00

20:00

Chairman’s Reception

Sponsored by Europcar & Hong Kong Airlines

Tempus Bar & Restaurant

20:00

00.00

Gala dinner & entertainment

Sponsored by British Airways & Buying Business Travel

The Grand Room

00.00

1.00

Late Night Hour

Sponsored by Travelport

Tempus Bar

Wednesday 23rd May

Time From

Time To

Activity / Session

Venue / Room

08:00

 09:30

Networking Suite is open

Sponsored by Star Alliance

 Post Room

08.45

 09.20

Networking Coffee

Sponsored by Grange Hotels

Tempus Bar

09.20

 09.30

Moving Time

 

9:30

10:45

Plenary: Loose Women

Join some of travel’s smartest, sassiest women for fiery chat as they interview and catch up with industry figures and well-known personalities.

Presented by:

Simone Buckley - ITM
Morag Alabaster - MWB
Sarah Keane - ATOS
Tracy Woods - Travelport

The Grand Room

10:45

14:15

Networking Suite is open

Sponsored by Star Alliance

Post Room

10:45

11:30

Networking Coffee

Sponsored by Grange Hotels

Tempus Bar

10:45 

11:30

Travel Management:  Video Conferencing in 2012 - can it really save you time and reduce your travel budget?

in Partnership with Regus & Condeco

Palace 4

11:30

11:45 

Moving Time 

 

11:45

13.00

Breakout Sessions

 

   

In the Round - an intimate studio setting where the audience can interact and get to   the heart of key topics   

Session 3.1: In the Hot Seat

Sponsored by Amadeus

Join us to listen to buyers share their experiences as they are interviewed by our journalists then seize the opportunity to ask questions and have your say.

Speakers
Olive Kavanagh - Microsoft
Robbie Hughes - SalesForce.com
Nicola Lomas - Omnicom

Whitworth  

 

 

The Learning Lab - A place where education delivers practical results

Session 3.2: Winning Hearts and Minds with David Milne

Sponsored by The Business Travel Show

“Winning Hearts and Minds” has been described as “The benchmark for all other presentation skills courses”. For 20 years this programme has been credited with changing the lives and careers of many people, as well as contributing to the financial success of many companies. This session will be a snapshot of this unique, advanced presentation skills training course which uses exercises that were originally created to train actors, to improve presenters' skills beyond belief; and structural models, used by playwrights and Hollywood screenwriters, to enable presenters to truly captivate their audiences.

Moderator - David Milne - Najberg Milne

Buckingham Suite

 

 

Directors Roundtable (Buyers only) a place to discuss challenging topics and discover pragmatic solutions.  

Session 3.3: Managing Risks

The Flight of the Phoenix – ITM Phoenix in Partnership with Advantage Business Travel

The changing world in which we live has an extraordinary & unprecedented degree of instability. With people as your first asset, join this interactive session to share, learn & benchmark your business continuity processes & contingency planning.  This session will also provide an update on latest case law relating to the Bribery Act.

Moderator - Chris Pouney - Severnside Consulting

Speakers
Sonia Michaels - Advantage Business Travel
Will Hasler - PWC
Nick Turner - UBS
Ben Luddington - Serious Fraud Office

Directors Suite

13:00

14:10

Networking Lunch

In Partnership with the Regus & Condeco Meetings Clinic

Tempus Bar & Restaurant

13:00 

13:30

Strategic Meetings Management:  The future of the meetings industry... today

In Partnership with Regus & Condeco

Palace 4

13:30

14:15 

Travel Management:  Video Conferencing in 2012 - can it really save you time and reduce your travel budget?

In Partnership with Regus & Condeco

Palace 4

14:10

14:15

Moving Time

 

14:15

15:30

Plenary: Final Key Note  Steve Cram, MBE

Steve Cram, MBE is one of the UK’s most well-known athletes, holding world records and winning a silver medal in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.  Since retiring from athletics, Steve has become one of the BBC’s most respected commentators. Marathon organiser Steve works with online travel company redspottedhanky.com as the official Marathon of the North sponsor. Come and hear Steve’s stories of his competitive past and his experiences on being part of the winning bid for London2012, stir your passion for sport as the country gears up to the Olympics in July.

Sponsored by redspottedhanky.com

Moderator: Huw Edwards

The Grand Room

15:30

16:00

Wrap Up & Closing remarks

2013 Conference Announced

The Grand Room

16.00

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Delegates Depart

 
 
 

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