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Hong Kong Education Forum

Join ACTE and the leaders of the business travel industry at this educational event designed to enhance your understanding of the corporate travel market, offer you the opportunity to network with colleagues, and openly discuss the future of our industry.

Please email Jeffrey Chan for additional details.

10:00am - 10:30am	Registration & Networking
10:30am - 10:40am	Welcome and Opening Remarks Prof. Brian King Associate Dean and Professor School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & Regional Council Member, Asia ACTE
10:40am - 11:10pm	One-Belt, One-Road and Guangdong-HK-Macao Greater Bay Area: Challenges and opportunities for corporate travel industry “一帶一路 和 粵港澳大灣區”背景之下企業差旅行業面臨的機遇和挑戰 “One Belt, One Road” is one of the established Chinese Government national strategies for sustainable economic development proposed by Chairman Xi Jinping. This policy is further supplemented by another grand vision to develop a world-class city cluster in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in the annual national work report this year. The speaker will walk us through the latest statistics and discuss the challenges and opportunities for the corporate travel industry. “一帶一路”旨在推動經濟的可持續發展，是中國現行的頂級戰略之一。在今年的國家工作報告中，這政策進一步補充在粵港澳大灣地區發展成為世界級城市的一個宏偉目標。一位講師將通過最新的數據帶領大家一起了解“一帶一路”背景之下企業差旅行業所面臨的機遇和挑戰。
11:10am - 12:25pm	Modern Payment Solutions In today's landscape of corporate payments, corporate clients demand the ability to transact payments in a seamless, convenient, real-time and multi-channel experience. To meet these demands, payment technologies and changes to platforms/systems providers are creating new solutions related to digital payment solutions that will dramatically change payment practices in the corporate travel sector in the coming years. The speaker will discuss how those changes will enhance the traveller experience, drive efficiency in travel programs and increase insights across our industry. Featured Speaker: Philip Glickman Regional Head of Commercial Payments Mastercard
12:25pm - 2:00pm	Networking Luncheon
2:00pm - 2:15pm	Innovations Enhancing Corporate Travel Experiences in The Hong Kong International Airport
2:15pm - 3:30pm	Artificial Intelligence - Changing the way we travel A.I. and travel bots are revolutionizing the travel industry and will definitely play an important role in how travel is being managed. In this session, the speaker will share how A.I. is impacting corporate travel now and what’s in store for the future. Discover how A.I. will take your corporate travel to the #nextlevel. Featured Speaker: James Ellis Director of Sales, North East Asia FCM Travel Moderator: Debbie Winston Global Business Travel Consultant Panelists: Dr. Sangwon Park Associate Professor School of Hotel & Tourism Management, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
3:30pm - 3:50pm	The Last Word & Closing Remarks
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Closing Tea/Coffee