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Los Angeles, California
December 5, 2013

Overview

Join the region's leading buyers and suppliers of business travel for an ACTE Executive Forum in Los Angeles. We welcome members and nonmembers alike.
Please email Amber Kelleher for additional details.
 

Agenda

9:00am - 10:00am Corporate Buyers' Coffee
This benchmarking session is open to corporate buyers and travel managers only.

9:30am - 10:00am

Registration & Networking

10:00am - 10:15am              

ACTE Welcome
Eve White, Board Member, ACTE & Vice President, Global Markets & Strategic Sales - HRG North America

10:15am - 11:15am

Does Your Company Get Social?
If you or your company are not using social media to its fullest, you’re missing out on a massive opportunity. Maybe your role is to communicate with travelers. Or, maybe you’re focused on communicating with customers. In this relaxed dialogue-driven session, you will discover which tools work best depending on your corporate culture, your goals, and your audience.

Panelists include:
Jennifer Leung, Corporate Travel Lead, 
Acquis Consulting Group
Robert Palmer, Manager of Public Relations, WestJet
Kristin Treat, PR Manager, North America,  Egencia * Business Travel * Expedia, Inc.

11:15am - 11:45am

 Networking Break

11:45am - 12:30pm

What's Working, What's Not, and What's Next: Part 1
Join the region’s corporate buyers and travel managers as they share innovative approaches and recommended solutions for addressing travel management challenges. Each presenter will reveal techniques and strategies that have worked for them, offer insights into ways you can replicate their successes, and challenge attendees to collaborate on industry-wide solutions.

Presenters include:
Pamela Aberg, Director of Travel Services, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Jennifer Keltner, Travel and Meeting Services Manager, Toyota
Audra Narikawa, Vice President, Travel and Meetings, Capital Group
Katia Nisenberg, Director, Global Travel, AECOM
Darcy Taylor, Global Travel Director,  KBR

Moderated by:
Mary Bastrentaz, Managing Director, Global Travel & Events, Accenture

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Networking Lunch

1:30:pm - 2:15pm

What's Working, What's Not, and What's Next: Part 2

Presentations from the region’s corporate buyers and travel managers continue as they share innovative approaches and recommended solutions for addressing travel management challenges. Each presenter will reveal techniques and strategies that have worked for them, offer insights into ways you can replicate their successes, and challenge attendees to collaborate on industry-wide solutions.

Presenters include:
Pamela Aberg, Director of Travel Services, Sony Pictures Entertainment 
Jennifer Keltner, Travel and Meeting Services Manager, Toyota
Audra Narikawa, Vice President, Travel and Meetings, Capital Group
Katia Nisenberg, Director, Global Travel, AECOM
Darcy Taylor, Global Travel Director,  KBR

Moderated by:
Mary Bastrentaz, Managing Director, Global Travel & Events, Accenture


 2:15pm - 2:30pm

Closing Remarks
 
 
Interested in sponsorship opportunities? Please email sponsorship@acte.org for more information.