Fuel your morning with a stimulating mindshare designed to engage, enlighten, and evolve your thinking about one of the most critical pillars of travel management: policy. As traveler expectations shift, remote work blurs borders, and organizations demand more strategic value from travel programs, the traditional travel policy is being rewritten in real time. This highly interactive session brings together industry leaders, peers, and innovators to explore what's next. Together, we'll break down the do's and don'ts of next-generation policy design from flexibility and compliance to personalization and performance.

Topics:

• Risk -  Kevin Coffey, Travel Skills & Meeting Risk Trusted Advisor | People Risk Management Evangelizer
• AI, Your Policy & You -Karen Hutchings, Founder, Cobb & Hutch Consulting  
• Personalization vs. Compliance - Michelle Amos, Associate Director of Travel, Qualtrics 
• Policy as a Traveler Experience Tool - Terri Moreno, Senior Manager - Travel, Expense & Fleet, The Aspen Group 
• Policy That Wins Leadership Support – Lindsey Balram, Sr. Sales Director, Americas, FCM     

The payment landscape is evolving rapidly with virtual cards, centralized billing, digital wallets, and integrated payment platforms reshaping how travel is funded and tracked. This session explores how leading companies are transforming payments from an operational necessity into a strategic advantage.

• Learn how to integrate payment solutions that increase visibility and control across your program.
• Discover how payment data can drive smarter policy design and supplier negotiations.
• Benchmark innovative approaches to improving traveler experience while reducing fraud and leakage

With disruptors entering the space and legacy players reinventing their offerings, the business travel and meetings tech landscape is more complex and competitive than ever. It can be overwhelming. This session brings together platform providers and procurement leaders to offer practical guidance on how buyers are actually evaluating modern tools across multiple categories.

3 Actionable Takeaways:

• Learn how to assess tools based on functionality, flexibility, integration, and traveler experience.
• 
Discover how emerging platforms are reshaping sourcing strategies.
•  Gain insights into change management and adoption.