The Business Travel Conference 2010 - The event for buyers and arrangers of business travel and meetings

Confirmed Speakers
& Workshop Moderators

The Business Travel Conference 2010 will feature a range of highly regarded business travel consultants, industry representatives and senior business travel buyers who will give objective advice on their particular areas of expertise.


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	Susan Hopley - Moderator Industry Liaison TRX Europe Susan Hopley founded International Software Products (ISP) as an innovator in the industry focused on data acquisition and management. TRX purchased ISP in 1999. Susan continues as a member of the senior management team. She served on the board of ACTE, as founding chair of its foundation and continues now on its finance committee.

	Bernard Harrop - Moderator Managing Director IG Management IG Management’s particular expertise is in the development of ‘Responsible Business Travel’ practices; including environmental programmes, duty of care and traveller health / stress policies. Bernard has almost 20 years travel industry experience and is a recognised industry expert and commentator, particularly in the field of travel related regulatory issues. Prior to his recent executive board role as head of Industry Affairs and Strategic Development for American Express Business Travel Europe, he held a number of other senior management positions including Head of Global Sales for British Airways.

	Stephen Inskip - Moderator Strategic Account Development Manager Reed & Mackay

	Kevin King - Moderator Director Leslie Edward Events Kevin has over 20 years experience in the Corporate Travel arena, consulting for both independent and global Travel Management Companies. His wealth of knowledge and experience in travel therefore embraces business travel consultancy for all sizes of business, be they national or multinational. This rich experience translates to unparalleled strengths in supplier relationships, supplier negotiations, client liaison and service levels and independent advice, all helping to provide vital support for customers during the consultation process.

	Peter Macey - Moderator Facilities & Central Purchasing Officer The Medical and Defence Union of Scotland After a full career in the British Army, Peter joined the MDDUS and helped set up a successful business travel operation which he manages and runs single-handedly. He has become something of an expert in the SME market, speaking at a variety of events nationwide, and is a long-standing member of the ITM.

	Simon McMenemy - Moderator Partner Boddle Hatfield

	Olivier Mindren - Moderator Co-founder & Vice President Marketing Traveldoo As Vice President of Marketing at Traveldoo, Olivier Mindren is responsible for spearheading product strategy and product marketing. Olivier is regularly invited to speak at technology conferences for corporate travel and eProcurement. Olivier Mindren is a graduate in Electrical Engineering from Grenoble Institute of Technology. He also studied economics, finance and political sciences at Sciences PO Grenoble.

	Wayne Pollard - Moderator Director of Sales Midas Travel Management Wayne has over 20 years experience within the corporate travel sector and has managed roles in both an operational and business development capacity. Passionate about the industry and having worked for both global and independent travel management companies, Wayne offers a realistic and honest approach to travel management.

	Jo Redman - Moderator Sales Director SACO Jo Redman joined SACO Serviced Apartments in 2004 after 11 years in the travel and telecommunications industry leading teams of people to deliver sales results with a strong emphasis on providing exceptional customer service. Since joining SACO, Jo has been instrumental in the expansion of the company from being a regional UK operator of serviced apartments to establishing SACO as one of the UK's leading serviced apartment networks with global affiliations. Jo serves as an executive committee member of the Association of Serviced Apartment Providers (ASAP) in the UK, an association dedicated to raising standards across the industry and overall awareness of the serviced apartment sector within the world of business travel.

	Jonathan (Jon) Reeve - Moderator Director of Trade Relations Evolvi Rail Systems Jon has worked in the business travel and TMC sector for 36 years and was one of the original design team behind the development of the Evolvi UK rail booking tool. Now Trade Relations Director for Evolvi, he strongly believes that the inclusion of UK rail travel expenditure should be a key facet of any organisation’s travel programme and that systems technologies should constantly be striving to deliver convenient access to the product category within a managed purchasing environment

	Claire Rowley - Moderator Category Specialist - Travel The Buying Team Claire is a Travel Category Specialist for buyingTeam, a leading European procurement service provider. Claire has worked for buyingTeam since 2005 and has managed a number of major travel projects, including global TMC reviews, hotel and airline RFP’s, travel policy design and implementation, contract management of TMC’s / HBA’s and implementation of online booking tools. Claire is passionate about the travel industry and the challenges it is currently bringing to her clients.

	Julie Ryan - Moderator Marketing Relationship Manager First Capital Connect

	Jean Squires - Moderator Director of Business Development Hotelscene Jean’s involvement in the travel industry began 25 years ago with British Midland Having joined Hogg Robinson Travel as a branch consultant, she went on to manage the Derby Business Travel Centre before becoming part of the Account Management team. Further roles included a Business Development role, Head of Strategy and Planning and finally HRG Consulting. Since joining Hotelscene two years ago, Jean has created the Consulting Plus department, delivering bespoke outsourced projects to corporate clients such as NokiaNSN and KPMG. She also delivers regular webcasts on a variety of industry related subjects and produces white papers and trend analysis to support Hotelscene clients achieve their business objectives.

	Tom Stone - Moderator Director Sirius Management Tom has worked in various roles in the travel industry for over 25 years. Having started his career as a business travel agent, he subsequently held several European and Global Travel Manager positions with major blue chip organisations, before launching Sirius Management ltd in 2003. The company provides outsourced travel management to a range of businesses as well as business travel consultancy services to buyers and suppliers. Tom has previously been Chairman of the Institute of Travel and Meetings and has served terms on the Association of Corporate Travel Executives Board of Governors.

	Jan Tucker-Jones - Moderator Global Travel Category Manager British Telecom Jan has been a procurement manager for over 20 years, purchasing all types of commodities from Police cars to tennis balls. She has been responsible for purchasing travel globally for BT as business travel manager with a spend of £130m and is now their Global Travel Category Manager. She works from her home in South Wales with a team based in the UK and India.

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