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