GBTA Conference 2018 – Berlin in Partnership with VDR will showcase exhibiting companies from around the world at Europe’s largest business travel conference.
GBTA Conference 2018 - Berlin in Partnership with VDR will be held 27-29 November at the Estrel Congress Center.
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08h00-17h00
Expo Selection 2019
08h00-19h30
Registration is open
09h00-12h00
Committee Meetings (invitation only)
09h00-17h30
GBTA Broadcast Studio
12h00-13h00
First Timers Session In this session we welcome first time attendees of the GBTA Conference 2018 - Berlin in Partnership with VDR to join us and hear from the GBTA team and industry peers how to get the most from your Conference experience- offering both buyer and supplier perspectives. Find out more about the tools that are on offer to support you such as ‘MyConferencePlanner’ and get some top tips from the panel. Don’t forget your business cards as this session will also provide attendees the opportunity to learn more about GBTA member benefits and will feature a ‘facilitated networking session’ helping you to broaden your business network and make those important connections. We strongly encourage all first time attendees to take part!
This session made possible by
13h00-14h00
Lunch and Networking in the Expo
(View the 2018 Expo Map)
14h00-15h00
Official Opening - Centre Stage
Peter Fisk, best-selling author and marketing guru who has managed brands such as Concorde and launched innovations with Virgin, will talk on how the new generation of businesses are game-changers. They think bigger, are more diversified, and seize opportunities to change and redefine markets in their own vision, and engage audiences in more relevant and inspiring ways. These game-changers win through ambition and innovation rather than legacy and scale, out-thinking the competition, focusing on the growth markets, and embracing technology in more human ways. With purpose and passion, they design and create, connect and collaborate, enable and enrich. Peter will focus on how these companies embrace the power of brands and networks to build markets as movements, business models that are sustainable and profitable, and make a positive difference to people’s lives.
Opening Keynote
So the question is: are you ready to be a game-changer?
Speaker
Peter Fisk, Business Innovator, Strategist and Marketer
15h15 - 15h45
Education Sessions
16h00 - 16h30
16h45 - 17h15
17h15 - 19h30
Welcome Reception Delegates will have the opportunity to network at the Welcome Reception catching up with old contacts and making new ones.
08h30-18h00
08h30-17h00
08h30-09h30
Breakfast in Expo
09h30-10h00
Centre Stage
Airline C-Level Panel - the 2020 vision on Aviation
Out of the disruption of the turn of the century, an era of product and service development, as well as emerging distribution strategies has been born. Virgin CEO, Craig Kreeger, Finnair Chief Commercial Officer Juha Jarvinen and Lufthansa Hub Management CEO Harry Hohmeister will share their thoughts on the future of aviation and what this means for the business travel manager.
Speakers
Harry Hohmeister, Member of the Executive Board & Chief Officer Hub Management, Lufthansa Group
Juha Jarvinen, Chief Commercial Officer, Finnair
Shai Weiss, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer and incoming CEO Virgin Atlantic
10h00-10h30
From MAAS to TAAS
Mobility as a Service is an emerging concept set to bring together various forms of ground transportation into a single platform (e.g. one pay, one payment, one ticket). The current focus is to solve the problem of urban mobility but fast forward a few years and it could get expanded to include business travel: travel as a service! Changes in distribution and technology are opening up new opportunities with OBTs, Payment providers, TMCs and suppliers themselves building solutions that aggregate other providers content. So, who will be the travel manager’s perfect partner for TAAS and what does this mean in terms of transparency and productivity?
10h30-11h15
Networking Break in Expo
11h30-12h00
12h15-12h45
13h00-14h15
Networking Lunch - Arena
(Doors open at 12:45)
Mind Your Business: Influence for Success
International lecturer; researcher and mentalist, David Meade will help you gain momentum in your organisation though using science to understand how we make decisions so that you can get the answer you want and also how to accelerate the performance of your organisation from good to great by better motivation of your team.
David Meade
Speaker | Trainer | Facilitator
Networking Lunch made possible by
14h15-15h00
Coffee, Networking and Dessert in Expo
15h00-16h00
Arena
The Big Idea *New Format*
This exciting interactive and dynamic workshop session with the entire conference audience will give delegates the opportunity for participants to learn from and collaborate with industry peers while cracking an industry issue.
16h15-16h45
17h00-17h30
18h30 – 19h15
Media Cocktail Party (invitation only)
19h30
Big Night Out Guests will enjoy an informal evening of food, music and an opportunity to network with colleagues around the globe.
Venue - Spindler & Klatt
08h30-14h00
08h30-12h00
Breakfast, Networking in Expo
09h00-13h30
10h00-10h15
Grab and Go Coffee
10h15-11h15
Knowledge Bazaar - Buyer only session Supplier Masterclass - Supplier only session
11h15-12h00
12h00-12h30
Closing Centre Stage
Accommodation C-Level Panel - the tech effect
Advances in technology are impacting all aspects of our lives and in business travel this means disruption in distribution, contracting, service delivery and customer experience. Hear from C-Level executives representing a range of accommodation providers on how they see technology impacting the way they accommodate the business traveler today and in the future.
12h30-13h00
Interesting Times
There is no question that we are living in interesting times but what does this mean for business and specifically business travel? Hear from GBTA, VDR and other lobbying organisations in the business travel space on what they see as the key issues of the moment and how these are being addressed.
Lunch, Networking in Expo
14h00
Conference Close
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