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9.30 AM
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Registration Opens and Business Travel Expo opens
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10.15 AM
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Center Stage
GBTA Welcome
Speaker
Mr. Gaurav Sundaram, Regional Director GBTA India
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11.00 AM
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Center Stage
CXO Roundtable - Indian Multinationals - Creating scalable global travel program’s
Session Sponsor : Radisson Hotel Group
Corporate & Industry CXO’s will deliberate on the challenges & opportunities for Indian multinationals in creating global travel programs.
- What are the primary needs & expectations
- How should scalability be planned
- Best practice recommendations
- Relevance of automation
- Is industry geared to address this opportunity
Moderator
Mr. Gaurav Sundaram, Regional Director GBTA India
Speaker
Mr. Raj Rana, Chief Executive Officer − South Asia, Radisson Hotel Group
Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, VP Global Procurement, HCL Technologies
Mr. Harvinder Singh, Country Manager India, United Airlines & Director United Airlines Business Services
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11.45 AM
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Networking Break
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12.15 PM
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Education Session (Two concurrent sessions)
Optimization Focus
Managed Business Travel & SME’s
SME’s are a significant component of the Indian business travel market. What are SME specific solutions, processes, technologies by which SME’s can create top class programs
Moderator
Mr. Vikram Shukla, Head Strategic Alliances, dnata India
Speaker
Mr. Ranjeet Oak, Chief Business Officer, MakemyTrip.com
Yashwanth Madhusudan, Co-Founder, Fyle
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12.15 PM
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Education Session (Two concurrent sessions)
Fintech Focus
What's the Impact of Payment Solutions on Business Travel?
Legacy processes dominate the current business travel
payments landscape in India. Find out if these processes are relevant today.
Learn about the value of card & wallet payments in modern business travel.
Discover how to decide the best solution for your business between Lodge cards
/ P Cards / C cards / Virtual Cards and Wallets.
Moderator
Mr. Mritunjaya Chandra Mohan, Travel Manager, Global Procure to Pay (P2P), Adobe
Speaker
Mr. Subhrajit Basu, Regional SVP - Discover Financial Services
Mr. Santosh K Thakur,
Sourcing Buyer-Travel Council, IBM
Ms. Jani Jermans,
Consultant - Mobility & Wellness, Diageo India
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1.00 PM
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General - F&B
Lunch
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2.45 PM
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Education Breakout (Two concurrent sessions)
BT MICE Focus
Developing a best in class program
This session will focus on procurement strategies, automation & innovations & business processes in the BT MICE sector.
Moderator
Geetha Arekal, Head - Mobility Services Supply Chain Management, Seimens
Speaker
Amit Verma, AVP - Procurement, MetLife Global
Mr. Arnab Mukherjee
Mr. Gaurav Narula, Regional Category Manager (EAJPI), Schneider Electric
Gokul Bajaj, Head – Sales & Partnerships, Cvent
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2.45 PM
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Education Session (Two concurrent sessions)
Accommodation Focus
Smart Buying Strategies for Optimizing Hotel Spend
The session will share perspectives on best practices in consolidation & procurement, effective contract management & analytical tools that deliver YOY savings.
Moderator
Chandresh Natu, VP Global Spend Management & Corp Real Estate, Alight Solutions
Speaker
Sunil Bhaskaran, Global Travel Category Manager, Ericsson
Jaideep Anand, General Manager, The Leela Ambience Gurgaon Hotel & Residences
Mr. Arbind Kumar, Corporate Travel Manager - India & APAC, Mastercard
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3.45 PM
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General - F&B
Networking Break
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4.15 PM
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Center Stage
Distribution Focus
How is the Distribution Landscape Changing?
Suppliers are focusing on buyer direct initiatives. API’s and direct connects are the order of the day.
Airline distribution will change once IATA NDC is adopted.
What changes can be expected from these initiatives?
What will remain the same? How will this impact business travel into the future?
Discover answers to these & more, during this session..
Moderator
Mr. Gaurav Sundaram, Regional Director GBTA India
Speaker
Mr. Santosh Kumar, Managing Director India, HRS - Global Hotel Solutions
Paurus Nekoo, General Manager Sales, Lufthansa India
Mr. Arif Patel, VP Sales, Marketing, Distribution & Loyalty, AccorHotels
Mr. Tarun Bhakri, Director Commercial, American Express Global Business Travel
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5.15 PM
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Center Stage
Duty of Care Focus
Are Indian companies adequately focused on Duty of Care.
India is host to one of the world's fastest
growing business travel markets. Are Indian companies adequately
equipped? Questions to be
discussed include:
-What is the corporate obligation for Duty
of Care?
-Are TMC’s and Travel Security companies
offering effective solutions?
-Is the approach of buying online vis-a-vis
official TMC for hotel & air a prudent policy or is there another
approach?
-Should business travel be
purchased from consolidators?
Moderator
Mr. Gaurav Sundaram, Regional Director GBTA India
Speaker
Mr. Efi Patt, Vice President, Strategic Programs, WorldAware
Mr. Sadanandan C Thondieri, Vice President-Corporate Services & Corporate Social Responsibility, Tata Communications
Mr. Abhinav Mittoo, Head Uber for Business, Uber India
Mr. Sunil Shekhar Gupta, Regional Manager - Indirect Sourcing, NXP Semiconductor’s
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6.00 PM
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Center Stage
Vote of Thanks
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6.30 PM
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General - F&B
Cocktails
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8.00 PM
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General - F&B
Dinner
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11.00 PM
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Close of event
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