Just-In-Time, Solutions Based Learning Hosted by FCM at GBTA Convention 2022
If you’ve been to a GBTA Convention before, you know the floor is buzzing with new tech, innovations, and the inevitable sales pitch. But something is often missing, and that’s the opportunity for conversations that focus on the most important part of travel: people.
At GBTA San Diego, FCM wants to give everyone the opportunity to get up close and personal with our tech and solutions, along with the travel experts who helped architect them. Each day, four times a day, we’ll be hosting contextual learning sessions at the FCM Tech Bar, located at booth #2411. These sessions are way more than demos or elevator pitches; instead, these sessions will seamlessly marry FCM Platform functionality, proprietary FCM strategies, and your everyday concerns to bring you a relevant and timely experience.
Check out our Tech Bar topics below. No appointment necessary, just come with your questions!
Daily Tech Bar Sessions
Balancing Travel Tech UX & Global Governance
Michel Rouse, Chief Technology Officer, FCM
Carla Sunseri, Solutions Engineer, FCM
Travel managers seem to be locked in a perpetual tango between providing travel tech that is easy to use, but also has the micro-level controls to ensure consistency across travellers, regions, and offices. Join this session to see how an agile travel platform with a flexible API structure may just do the trick.
Time: M 4:00pm, T 2:15pm
Augment Experiences with Browser Extensions
Daniel Senyard, Founder & CEO, Shep
Karly Theroff, Director of Account Management, FCM Americas
As business travel returns and employees hit the road and air, you may be facing fears of cost spikes, policy violations, and safety risks. The good news is that there are tools and solutions available that can mitigate these problems in real-time, or even before they happen. In this session, we’ll dive into traveller decision making and the tools you need to better enable them.
Time: M 2:30pm, T 3:30pm
SHIFTING FROM DATA-DRIVEN TO DATA-INSPIRED
Stephen Pitcher, Chief Data Science Officer, FCM
Peter Psaltakis, Director of Solutions Engineering, FCM
Data should work for you, not against you. Join us to explore how next-gen AI reporting can keep you one step ahead, with a host of just-in-time and predictive metrics that will elevate your program's efficacy and support traveller wellness.
Time: M 3:00pm, T 3:00pm
Travellers Come First
Matt De Maris, Global Product Leader, Safety & Risk, FCM
Ben Johnson, Director of Strategic Program Management, FCM
Your duty of care framework needs to be three things: foolproof, futureproof, and goofproof. Sounds simple enough, but throw in the looming new ISO 31030 standards, and you may be feeling lost at sea. Join this session to learn how to build a holistic duty of care framework that includes tech, strategies, and people.
Time: M 3:30pm, T 1:30pm
8/15 @ 10:00 AM: Three’s a Party: Reimagining a Framework for 3rd-party Technology
While they are individually attractive, managing countless third-party tools has given travel managers a headache. How can corporations, third-party vendors, and TMCs partner to manage these custom approaches to travel programs, while maintaining a centralized solution?
8/15 @ 11:00 AM: Correlating People, Planet & Profit Through Advanced Analytics
When it comes to business travel only recently have topics of traveller wellness and sustainability entered the industry’s lexicon. While progressive travel professionals have attempted to modernize their notions of people and planet, most are still seeking direction on how to best quantify success. The answers lie in the data...
8/16 @ 1:30 PM: Measuring Success in Travel Management: Everything is Different Now
Well, maybe not everything…
In this presentation, we’ll discuss how to measure your travel program’s success against modern standards. Attendees will also walk away with a Corporate Travel Success Metrics playbook!