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Profiles of individual speakers will be posted as we receive their details.
Named speakers so far include:
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Caroline Allen, Regional Director, Northern & East Central Europe and Russia, Association of Corporate Travel Executives (ACTE)
Caroline has gained a broad travel industry experience over more than twenty years across the corporate and leisure markets in operational, senior sales and marketing, travel technology and travel bonding roles. Focusing on the corporate travel sector since 1997, Caroline has worked with travel management companies (TMCs) and travel technology firms securing many blue chip travel management and online technology contracts.
Since 2008, Caroline has been contracted to ACTE, (the Association of Corporate Travel Executives), as ACTE’s Regional Director, Europe.
ACTE is a Global non-profit trade association which provides a credible and professional platform for buyers and suppliers of corporate travel to network together and learn from each other. Caroline works with senior professionals and leaders around the world, exchanging information to progress the industry, identifying trends, sharing knowledge and promoting best practice techniques in corporate travel procurement and management between peers, through educational events, online resources and webcasts.
Caroline served on the ITM Board Directors between 2005 and 2007 and is based in London.
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Ann Bevitt, Partner, Morrison & Foerster
Ann is a partner in law firm Morrison & Foerster, and head of their UK Employment and Data Protection Groups. She has extensive expertise advising clients on all aspects of employment, data protection and privacy law.
Ann has significant experience as an advocate and has rights of audience in all civil courts. She practiced as a barrister specialising in employment law for seven years before qualifying as a solicitor in 2000. She joined global law firm Morrison & Foerster in June 2002. Morrison & Foerster has over a thousand lawyers in 16 offices in key technology and financial centres in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Founded in 1883, it remains dedicated to providing clients with legendary service. |
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Colin Brain
Colin Brain is the CEO of the Corporate Travel Management consultancy, Management Solutions (UK) Limited.
A former corporate travel agent he was at the forefront of the technological revolution and responsible for implementing the first GDS in an agency situation in 1985 and the first Corporate self booking tool in a Corporates office in 1986! An eleven year servant of the Association of British Travel Agents he was twice elected Chairman of the Travel Agents Council of ABTA by his peers.
With over 35 years experience in the corporate travel sector of the travel industry he became the first Consultant specialising in Travel to gain the status of Certified Management Consultant in Europe as well as the first consultant to be enrolled as a member of the ITM. |
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Patrick Kuziw, Travel Manager Northern Europe, International SOS
As Travel Manager for International SOS in Northern Europe, Patrick is responsible for managing travel for all medical and security evacuations and repatriations from the region as well as the International SOS Business Travel Programme in London and Northern Europe.
Prior to this role which Patrick has been in for five years, he worked for AMEX Centurion, Platinum and Gold Card Holder travel service for 3 years and before that as an Aviation Fire Fighter in the Australian Air Force before moving to the UK. |
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Jean-Noël Lau Keng Lun, Head of Product Management. Corporation, Security and Services, Amadeus
As Head of Product Management of the Corporation, Security and Services Department, Jean Noël is responsible for defining the product strategy for Amadeus' flagship products for corporations, including the Mobile Services applications. In his portfolio, he is also in charge of the Web Services and Security interfaces that enable third parties to connect to the Amadeus systems.
Prior to this, Jean-Noël was Head of Product Marketing in e-Travel and the Sales Manager of the team in Amadeus France, responsible for commercialisation of e-Commerce solutions in the French Market.
Before joining Amadeus in 2000, Jean-Noël started his career at Cap Gemini as an IT Consultant and holds a degree in industrial engineering from INSA (Institut National des Sciences Appliquées) in Lyon, France. Born in Mauritius, he is an enthusiastic, albeit not very good, golfer.
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Charlie Osmond, Managing Director, FreshNetworks
Charlie is a co-founder of FreshNetworks, a social media agency. FreshNetworks is Europe's leading provider of online community software and services, helping brands engage with customers to drive advocacy and increase sales.
In 2008 FreshNetworks won the HBOS / Sunday Times £5M London Entrepreneur Challenge.
Before FreshNetworks Charlie worked in Interactive Marketing at P&G and co-founded and grew FreshMinds, a business services firm, twice named UK Market Research Agency of the Year.
Charlie's personal accolades include London Entrepreneur of the Year, Esquire Magazine UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Carlton Young Business Person of the Year and Real Business Magazine "One to Watch".
Charlie is a fellow of the British American Project, a member of the Young Presidents Organisation (YPO) and holds a Masters in Engineering, Economics and Management from Oxford University. He's an occasional blogger and in his spare time keep fit for his annual triathlon (one's enough) and competes as part of the FreshMinds sailing team at international match-racing regattas. The team recently reached a ranking of 28th in the world.
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Bob Papworth, executive editor, Buying Business Travel
Bob Papworth is executive editor of Buying Business Travel, the UK's leading corporate travel publication, and lead contributor to Mintel International's Travel Industry Monitor.
An award-winning career journalist since 1970, and a travel specialist since 1978, he has written extensively for a wide range of business and consumer publications, as well as undertaking a variety of corporate writing and consultancy commissions.
Married with three school-age children, Bob is now based in Dorset. |
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Jon West, Director, UK and Ireland, HRS
Jon spent 13 years advising over 250 corporate clients on their Internet Strategy, specialising in self-service, one to one marketing and web analytics.
In 2009 Jon was approached by HRS to run their London office. Jon has now recruited an almost completely new team and is rapidly growing the Leisure and Corporate Markets for HRS in the UK, Ireland, North America and India.
Jon intends to revolutionise the Corporate Hotel Booking market with the introduction of easy to use self-service solutions, which give the booking capability to the travellers via the Internet, Mobile and Voice channels, whilst adhering strictly to corporate policy. |
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