Day 1: Wednesday, May 14th, 2025
Fuel your morning with a stimulating mindshare exercise designed to engage, enlighten, and evolve. We’re not just setting the tone but pioneering conversations that matter. We're rolling out a dynamic platform where brainstorming meets expertise. Get ready to reimagine your travel strategy by unveiling the game-changing Do's and Don’ts pivotal for driving unparalleled success.
Best Practices & Benchmarks Breakouts: You’ll be diving into focused discussions, steered by our illustrious Advisory Board members. In these micro-think tanks, you will:
- Exchange best practices
- Delve into industry benchmarks
- Co-create solutions
The topics are pivotal, contemporary, and specially curated:
- Technology
- Sustainability
- The Social Traveler- Makiko Barrett, Sr. Global Strategic Sourcing Manager - Corporate Travel, Sandisk
- Safety- Kevin Coffey, Travel Skills & Meeting Risk Trusted Advisor | People Risk Management Evangelizer
- Health and Wellness - Darlene Fitzsimmons, Travel Manager, Stagwell Global
- Purposeful Travel - Michelle Amos, Associate Director of Travel, Qualtrics
Each attendee selects 2 roundtable conversations to attend within the hour, and they run concurrently for 30-minutes each. Each participant then switches and moves to their second roundtable conversation for the second half of the hour.
- Reimagining Traveler Saftey - Kevin Coffey, Travel Skills & Meeting Risk Trusted Advisor | People Risk Management Evangelizer
- Driving Policy Compliance without Compromising Traveler Experience
- Managing Costs in a High-Inflation Market: Strategies for Travel Budgets
- The Role of Travel Programs in Supporting DEI Initiatives
- T&E and Corporate Card Consolidation: Kristen, Reeves, Principal, Travel Services, Finance & Administration, Enterprise Sourcing, Wellington Management
- Sustainable Travel Programs: Balancing Eco-Friendly Choices with Cost: Melanie Corbin, Corporate Travel Program Lead, Kinaxis
- Enhancing Supplier Relationships: Building Partnerships for Mutual Success: Keith Erickson, Corporate Travel Manager, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
- Breaking Down Silos: Collaboration Between Travel, HR, and Procurement Team: Carey Pascoe, Director, Global Travel and Card, Dolby Laboratories
- How to Innovate Your Program without going over Budget, Mike Donohue, Procurement Travel Category Manager, ExxonMobil
Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Kevin.
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