Joop Drechsel, CEO of BCD Holdings NV, CEO of BCD Travel and Executive Chairman of Travix, will give his perspectives in a one-to-one interview on the future of the Travel Management Company and focus on the value they provide to the corporate buyer and supply chain to an audience of over 400 European travel professionals.
Mr Drechsel will be interviewed by guest speaker, Philip Wolf, the respected travel industry guru who founded PhoCusWright Inc. in 1994. His expertise in travel strategy, technology and innovation has made him a sought-after speaker around the world.
These speakers complete the exciting and packed agenda for the event. To view the whole agenda, click he
rFurther Programme Information
The theme of the event is No Boundaries – Beyond the Process; an outstanding programme has been developed to look at creative solutions in three key aspects of travel management, with streams dedicated to strategy, technology and delivery.
Keynote
sessions, in addition to the above, include an opening presentation
from futurist and social media guru Gerd
Leonhard, be
led on a journey to find courage and inspiration to lead the
necessary programmes of change, fromDidier
Marlier, and
a hard hitting industry panel session looking at the battle for
distribution spend featuringAleks
Popovich,
IATA. Other speakers include Mark
Cuschieri,
UBS; Torbjörn
Erling,
IKEA Group; Joakim
Grude,
Statoil; Vitold
Horodecki,
Capgemini; Marc
Zuber,
Nestlé; Jim
Coufal,
TCG Consulting; Isabel
Montsedeoca,
Concur; Richard
Tams,
British Airways; Tom
Wilkinson,
GDSX and Claudia
Unger,
BCD Travel Management. 
