Centre Stage BTMS Masterclasses
BTMS Seminar Theatre
Please note: There are two seminar streams within the BTMS Seminar Theatre; Travel Stream and Meetings Stream. See below for more information on both.
Travel Stream
Day 1: 9th February
A1 10.00 – 11.00: Travel and Meetings planning made easy
Graeme Payne, Director, Talking Travel
A2 11.15- 12.15: Payment Methods
Payment Methods – assessing new developments and determining the right solution for your business
Mark Beresford, Consultant, Edgar, Dunn & Company, Management Consultants
A3 12.30-13.30: Duty of Care to Compliance
Using your Travel Programme to Reduce Employee and Company Risk – from duty of care to compliance
Case Study: How Virgin Atlantic is Securing the Business Traveller’s Journey
Andy Blackwell, Head of Global Security, Virgin Atlantic
A4 13.45-14.45: Demand Management and Procurement
Understanding the Key Drivers for Travel Spend to Reduce Non-Critical Demand and Increase Satisfaction
Improve your negotiation power - data consolidation (travel & card) and negotiation techniques
Andreas Wellauer, Category Manager - Travel, Portland Group
A5 15.00- 16.00: Best Value Hotel Booking and Buying
A Practical Guide for Getting the Most Out of your Preferred Hotels Programme
Fabian Kleinjung, Strategic Buyer Travel & Senior Travel Relation Manager, EADS
Hotel Folio Data – using data to account for expenditure on hotel services
Colin Brain, CEO, Management Solutions
Ken Forder, Former Travel Buyer, Nortel
Dirk M Juttemeier, Senior Consultant - Business Strategy and Solutions, American Express
Day 2: 10th February
A6 10.00 – 11.00: Travel and Meetings planning made easy
Graeme Payne, Director, Talking Travel
A7 11.15-12.15: Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
Savings with The Efficient Travel Process
Tuija Snellman, Travel Manager, Finnish Broadcasting Company & Chairwoman, Finnish Business Travel Association FBTA
Ensuring Best Value in Travel Sourcing and Procurement
Jan Tucker Jones, Global Travel Category Manager, BT
A8 12.30-13.30: Cost-Effective Travel Procurement
Sourcing the Best Value in Air and Hotel Deals – avoiding the hidden charges minefield!
Graeme Payne, Director, Talking Travel
Strategies for Maximising Value for Money, Efficiency and Effectiveness
A9 13.45-14.45: Expense Management and Self-Booking Tools
Integrating SBT’s and your Expense Management System to Maximise Cost-Savings
Matt Bray, Business Development Manager - Travel, EMEA, Concur
Best Practice Deployment of Self-Booking Tools
Geraldine Horkan, Concur Coordinator, AMO
A10 15.00-16.00: International Travel
Planning Travel for a Multi-National Workforce - passport, health and visa regulations made easy
Trish Kirke, Head of Business Services, BG Group
Challenges of Expanding a Travel Management Programme Outside Europe and Developing Countries
Andreas Wellauer, Category Manager – Travel, Portland Group
Meetings Stream
Day 1: 9th February
E1: 11.00 – 12.00
Product Presentation by Traveldoo
An all-in-one online platform: the path to higher performance in travel management
E3: 13.30 – 14.30
Buying Solutions - Benefits of directly negotiated deals
Duncan Spokes, Category Manager, Hotels and Venues
Dave Reaney, Category Manager, Transport
E4 14.45- 15.45: Best Practice SMMP – an introduction
SMMP Quick Wins and Best Practices
Kari Knoll Kesler, President and Chief Strategist, KK Strategic Solutions
Tracey Wilt, Manager, Global Travel & Meetings Management, Xerox
E5 16.00- 17.00: SMMP: Beyond Theory
The Basics of a Strategic Meetings Management Programme
Kerrie Henshaw-Cox, Category Manager Global Hotels & Meetings Indirect Procurement,
BP International
Are you MICE wise – understanding how to harness MICE data to optimise savings and spend
Carolyn Pund, Senior Global Meetings & Events Manager, Cisco Systems
Day 2: 10th February
E6: 10.00 – 11.00 Buying Solutions
Public Sector travel policy
Simon Jones, Category Lead, Travel and Booking Services
E7 11.15-12.15: Making Meetings and Events Efficient
Evaluating ROI on Meetings Spend
Meeting the IKEA Way – case study
Torbjorn Erling, Global Meeting and Travel Manager, IKEA Group
E8 13.15- 14.15: SMMP Best Practice – advanced class
SMMP Quick Wins and Best Practices
Kari Knoll Kessler, President and Chief Strategist, KK Strategic Solutions
Tracey Wilt, Manager of Global Travel, Meetings and Conference Solutions, Xerox
E9: 13.45 – 14.45
Product Presentation by Traveldoo
An all-in-one online platform: the path to higher performance in travel management
E10 – 15.15 – 16.15
Product Presentation by Meridian
Utilising Expense Management techniques to guide your business out of recession and back into growth