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Agenda KDS Now!


 

 
Networking, Industry Experts, Product Launches...

Wednesday February 2, 2011
Paris, France

 

8:30 Registration
9:00 Welcome by Yves Weisselberger, CEO KDS
9:20

'Rewind 2010'

Simon Calder, Britain's leading travel commentator

9:40 KDS Now!
This high energy presentation will dive into the ROI of your travel spend. KDS will discuss our driving principles and our product team will climb on stage for ground breaking announcements that will contribute to further cost reductions.
10:40 Meet your Peers around a Coffee
11:10
Managing Supplier Relationships
Andrew Winterton, President Suppliers, Products & Technology
Carlson Wagonlit Travel
11:40
Doing more with less - Sandvik's integrated T&E end to end solution
 
Ulf Lundahl
Chief Purchasing Officer
Sandvik Tooling
12:10 Networking Lunch
  The Swaggers - Complement of Qatar Airways
13:40
Into the Driving Seat
Be the first to hear from KDS's executives on the vision that drives the future of KDS. 
Attend this presentation to see, in a very interactive demonstration, how today's new product announcements fit together to drive a more complete process for cost saving.
14:20 Meet your Peers over Coffee
14:55 Current Trends and Strategies
A session on Trends and Benchmarks
 
Independant industry experts from France, Germany and the UK with global expertise share their views on impactful industry's trends. 
This session should help you best prepare for current and likely industry changes, each consultant will tell us how their clients have successfully tackled them.           
  •    Brigitte Jakubowski JK Associates Consulting 
  •    Rachel Watson co-founder Opteva Limited 
  •   Jean-Michel Kadaner President Key Corporate Solutions
 
Moderator: Emma Deering – Corporate Sales Mgr., UK/Ireland, Qatar Airways
15:45
T&E in EADS's 'Power 8+' Cost Saving Initiative
 
In this session, James Westgarth Head of OneTravel & Integration at EADS will discuss how the KDS Travel & Expense solution has been the corner stone of a multi-million dollar saving initiative at EADS.  
 
James Westgarth Head of OneTravel & Integration - PJTN
EADS General Procurement 
16:15

The Pirate Organisation

Jean-Philippe Vergne, PhD in Strategy/Management at HEC Paris

16:50 Farewell Reception - Complement of AirPlus

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