Agenda

08h00-17h00

Expo Selection 2019

08h00-19h30

Registration is open

09h00-12h00

Committee Meetings (invitation only)

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!

13h00-14h00

Lunch and Networking in the Expo

14h00-15h00

Official Opening - Centre Stage

15h15 - 15h45

Education Sessions

• Benchmarking Your Meetings Management Journey
• Getting Artificial: The Potential For More Effective Travel Management Through AI, Predictive Technology & Traveler Profiling
• Harnessing the Power of Design Thinking in Business Travel

16h00 - 16h30

Education Sessions

• Technology Committee Session
• Where's the Money Really Going? Transparency Shines A Light on Hotel Industry Economics
• The NDC TMC : The Travel Management Company Proposition Of The Future. An Exercise in Design Thinking
• Corporate Travel Tinder - How to Match with Even your Hard to Love Travelers

16h45 - 17h15

Education Sessions

• The End of the Hotel Sourcing Season As We Know It: Managing Your Program Performance in Real Time
• Big Data Can Make Business Travel Better and More Profitable – how
• Aviation Committee Session

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

Registration is open

08h30-17h00

Expo Selection 2019

08h30-09h30

Breakfast in Expo

09h30-10h30

Industry Session - Centre Stage

10h30-11h15

Networking Break in Expo

11h30-12h00

Education Sessions

• Towards Robotic Travel Management Beyond The Tactical - A Million Dollar Case Study in Robotic Travel Management
• Business Travel and the Impact on Our Climate: How to Create a Sustainable Corporate Travel Program
• Getting to ONE (Order): How IATA is Streamlining Air Retailing and What It Means for Stakeholders
• Meetings Committee Session

12h15-12h45

Education Sessions

• From Good to Great: Leveraging New Metrics to Optimize Your Hotel Program
• The Financial Impact of Flight Disruption on Your Program
• From The Weeds To The Sky: Moving from Tactical Doer to Strategic Leader
• How Blockchain Technology will Change Managed Travel. HINT: It's not about Cryptocurrency

13h00-14h00

Networking Lunch

14h00-15h00

Coffee, Networking and Dessert in Expo

15h15-16h15

Interactive session

16h30-17h00

Education Sessions

• From Good to Great: Leveraging New Metrics to Optimize Your Hotel Program
• The Financial Impact of Flight Disruption on Your Program
• From The Weeds To The Sky: Moving from Tactical Doer to Strategic Leader
• How Blockchain Technology will Change Managed Travel. HINT: It's not about Cryptocurrency

17h15-17h45

Education Sessions

• Health and Productivity - what's business travel got to do with it?
• Methodologies to Define Your Team's Success
• Behavior, the Final Frontier: Use the Psychology of Persuasion and Data Science to Influence Your Traveler's Behavior

19h30

Big Night Out
Guests will enjoy an informal evening of food, music and an opportunity to network with colleagues around the globe.

08h30-14h00

Registration is open

08h30-09h30

Breakfast, Networking in Expo

09h30-10h00

Education Sessions

• Conquering the Last Frontier: Leveraging Meetings Technologies to Drive Program Improvement
• Managing Ground Transportation - Embracing Change and Meeting Expectations
• Risk Committee Session

10h15-11h15

Buyer only session
Supplier education

11h15-12h00

Networking Break in Expo

12h00-13h00

Closing Centre Stage

13h00-14h00

Lunch, Networking in Expo

14h00

Conference Close