Topics range from geo-politics and managing travel programmes in the East to communication strategies and making the most of your policy. Here's where you can catch them — the Experts' names are linked to their insightful thought leadership pieces.
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Tuesday 19th February (Hosted buyersessions only)
Carol Randall, Sage Travel Consulting is joined by a buyer on How to write a smarter travel management strategy
Ori Kinel, The Stars Group is part of a discussion on Effective communications strategies for corporate buyers
Carol Randall, Rod Richardson and Earle Thomas, Buro Happold are panellists on How to switch travel service providers with less headaches
Geoff Allwright, Airbus is On the travel therapist's couch with other buyers
Wednesday 20th February
Morning
Rudiger Bruss, Continental is on the panel for Brexit and the global risk outlook — what do fast-shifting changes in geo-politics mean? with other buyers, risk and aviation experts
Michael McSperrin is on two sessions - Introduce bots to slash admin and boost communications and How to influence my C-suite and win big with other buyers and HR professionals (Both hosted buyers only sessions)
Afternoon
Jafles Pacheco, Oerlikon is on the panel for Stars of the East — getting to grips with managing travel in China and India with representatives from TMCs
Chris Pouney and Helder Mendes, NetJets Europe are on a panel for NDC — will travel buyers win or lose? with other buyers and a TMC
Yvonne Moya, Festive Road discusses Finding new opportunities to make most of your policy with a buyer (Hosted buyers only session)
Jef Robinson, Citrix (and security team manager Jase Keen) and Kevin Iwamoto, GoldSpring Consulting share How to de-risk your meetings programme
Jill Palmer, Click Travel discusses Using data for improved savings and control
Thursday 21st February
Morning
Susan Hopley, The Data Exchange is on the panel for Buyers' revolution - Let's take back control of our data with buyers and consultants
Douglas O'Neill, Inntel leads The meetings revolution — Worth paying more to get a better result?
Earle Thomas shares insight in Solving the challenge of booking non-employee travel with Kevin Cornelius, EY (Hosted buyers only session)
Afternoon
Phillip Vanasch, Capgemini is on the panel for Forecasting Forum 2019 with TMC and risk professionals
Nikki Rogan, Synamedia discusses Managing the mavericks — how to handle off-channel bookings with other buyers
Matthew Judge, The Anvil Group leads a session on Safety and security — a best practice guide for beginners
Keesup Choe, PredictX is on the panel for Hi-tech in action — How AI, blockchain, bots, augmented/virtual reality will transform travel management with experts across data, agents and buyers