Tuesday 21 April 2009

9:00	Welcome Simon Ferguson, consultant, Travolution Kevin May, editor, Travolution
9:05	The economic outlook for online travel Dennis Turner, chief economist, HSBC Bank
9:35	Business leaders panel discussion Graham Donoghue, managing director, travelsupermarket.com Nick Hughes, managing director , Kuoni Ignacio Martos, chief executive, Opodo Michael Steckler, managing director, Platform-A UK
10:00	The future for airlines: are airlines the new tour operators and travel agents? Keynote presentation Gillian Gibson, group vice-president, Amadeus
10:20	Panel discussion Marianne Sammann, general manager UK & Ireland, Lufthansa Liz Savage, managing director, Monarch scheduled services
10:45	Coffee
11:15	Innovators in digital and online travel Introduction Chris Mottershead, group chief executive , Travelzest
11:20	Keynote presentation Brian Sharples, chief executive officer and co-founder, HomeAway
11:40	Panel discussion Chaired by Chris Mottershead, Travelzest Francesca Escery, UK General Manager, Cheapflights Juha Huttunen, chief executive officer, TripSay.com James Menge , vice-president, business development , Wandrian.com
12:10	Mobile phones: new opportunities in travel technology panel discussion Joshua Cooper, chief executive officer, Hildebrand Justin Davis, technical architect, BA.com /backup09/speaker/1144 Paul Lyonette, head of mobile, Microsoft Advertising UK
12:40	The future for user generated content Marc Charron , managing director, Europe, TripAdvisor
13:00	Lunch and networking *Sponsored by*
14:30	CEO Interview Philip Wolf , president and chief executive officer, PhoCusWright Butch Langlois, president and chief executive , PlanetEye Gregg Brockway, chief executive , Tripit
15:00	User experience - keynote presentations Graham Cooke, Senior eCommerce project manager , Google Joel Brandon-Bravo, general manager, Frommer's Unlimited
15:40	Panel discussion Marko Ahtisaari , chief executive, Dopplr Marty Carroll, director of consulting, Foviance Peter Matthews, managing director, Nucleus
16:10	Natural user interaction - new and engaging technology opportunities for multi-channel travel Microsoft Surface Demonstration Paul Dawson, experience director, EMC Conchango
16:20	Refreshments Smoothie bar sponsored by:
16:45	Executive round table: Emerging markets Kathryn Beadle, sales and marketing director, Hurtigruten Professor Dimitrios Buhalis , deputy director, International Centre for Tourism and Hospitality Research, Bournemouth University Christopher Loughlin, executive vice-president, Europe, Travelzoo Matt West, managing director, Imaginative Traveller
17:30	Drinks and networking in the Lounge *Sponsored by*
18:30	Close