Global Congress on Legal, Safety & Security Solutions in Travel
The Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, in coordination with HospitalityLawyer.com, is producing the first-ever Global Congress on Legal, Safety, and Security Solutions in Travel - the only conference that places legal, safety and security solutions for the travel industry under one roof.
"This conference enables all aspects of the travel equation to share their legal, safety, and security experiences and best practices. This will be an all-encompassing public-private dialogue to enhance the global travel industry's ability to avoid interruptions and to provide a safe, secure, and seamless travel experience," said Stephen Barth, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com.
The annual Global Congress is a unique opportunity for travel industry professionals, business travel teams, and consultants from aviation, cruise, ground transportation, lodging, facilities, events and supply chain businesses to:
- Explore continuing and recent legal, safety, and security challenges
- Identify common trends and issues relevant to the travel industry
- Share and develop best practices
- Benchmark their current policies and procedures with other travel industry leaders
- Develop innovative approaches from cross-industry knowledge exchange and
- Discover the latest research and solutions available.
What Topics Will the Global Congress Address?
General Sessions will address topics, issues and solutions that impact all components of travel, such as:
- Common Issues and Solutions for Travel Safety and Security: The Industry Perspective
- The Debate: Screening vs. Personal Privacy
- Contagious Outbreaks: Appropriate Responses in all Sectors of Public Accommodation
- The US Travel Association's Blue Ribbon Panel on Aviation Security: Findings and Recommendations
- What Have We Learned from Recent Travel Disruptions?
- Profiling: Is it Effective and What are the Privacy Implications?
- Human Trafficking: Is the Travel Industry Enabling It?
- Best Practices in Supply Chain Security Around the World
- The Media's Role in Creating and Sustaining a Travel Crisis
The second day features a full day of sessions in each travel component:
- Transportation, including Airlines, Cruise, Ground, and Terminal
- Lodging
- Venues & Events
- Public Support of Travel, including Embassies, Health, Entry/Exit, Airports, Terminals, and Seaports
- Leisure Travel & Tourism
- Corporate & Government Travel
- Global Legal Issues.
The Global Congress will bring leaders together in an unbiased environment and accelerate learning on key subjects in a concise 3-day format.
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The first Global Congress, presented in coordination with the Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, will be held August 25-28, 2011, in Houston, Texas. Houston, situated centrally in the United States, is an international gateway city with 92 consulates and the headquarters for major travel-related businesses and associations. It is also the home of the renowned Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management at the University of Houston, whose namesake strongly championed the philosophy that global travel could bring about world peace.
Arthur J. Gallagher and iJet are Foundation Sponsors of the Global Congress.
"World Peace Through International Trade & Travel"
- Conrad Hilton
Speaker and Presenter Information
Sarah Altschuller, Foley Hoag Sarah Altschuller has been a member of Foley Hoag's Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) practice since 2003. In this role, Sarah advises a wide range of multinational companies regarding the development and implementation of CSR strategies, policies, and procedures. She provides counsel regarding corporate interactions with socially responsible investors, and advice on stakeholder engagement with local communities, host governments, and non-governmental organizations. She also conducts site-level human rights and labor rights impact assessments, as well as due diligence efforts. Stephen Barth, Attorney, Professor, Founder of HospitalityLawyer.com Stephen Barth, author of Hospitality Law and coauthor of Restaurant Law Basics, is an attorney and the founder of HospitalityLawyer.com. As a professor at the Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, University of Houston, he teaches courses in hospitality law and leadership. He has over twenty years of experience in hospitality operations, including line positions, management, and ownership. In his law practice, Stephen concentrates on cases involving the hospitality industry and employment issues. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas. He is also a mediator and a strong proponent for alternative dispute resolution. Brad Bonnell, Director of Global Security, InterContinental Hotels Group For the past 18 years, Brad Bonnell has been employed by the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) as the Director of Global Security responsible for protecting the business from global threats, terrorism, criminal activity, internal theft and fraud. His duties also include special event security, executive protection and crisis management. Prior to coming to IHG, Brad's law enforcement career included service as a Special Agent, United States Army Criminal Investigation Command; Special Agent, Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and; Chief of Staff for the Georgia State Patrol. He graduated from Florida State University with a bachelor's degree in Criminology in 1975. Aliza Carrino, Corporate Counsel, Marriott International, Inc. Aliza Carrino is Corporate Counsel for Marriott International, Inc., a global hospitality company that owns, manages and franchises more than 3500 properties worldwide. Ms. Carrino is a member of the Lodging Operations Group of the Law Department that provides general legal services to Marriott owned and managed hotels worldwide. She provides legal support to the various departments within the Marriott lodging business, including Global Asset Management and Owner and Franchise Services. James Eiler, Kaiser Swindells Eiler James O. Eiler is a partner in the firm and represents the firm's hospitality and travel law clients throughout California. Mr. Eiler's hospitality and travel law experience includes serving as National Litigation Counsel to monitor litigation for a national hotel company and acting as Regional Litigation Counsel for a national restaurant group. Mr. Eiler has represented hotel, restaurant and travel related clients in a broad range of claims including premises liability, inadequate security, foodborne illness, environmental and toxic claims, franchise and management agreement litigation, Americans with Disabilities Act and California Disabled Persons Act claims. Lisa Graybill, Legal Director, ACLU Foundation of Texas On March 15, 2005, Lisa Graybill joined the ACLU of Texas as its first Legal Director in ten years. A native Texan, Lisa grew up in San Antonio and went to law school at the University of Texas at Austin. As a law student, she clerked for several public interest groups, including the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Center for Constitutional Rights, and also spent a semester working on legislative reform in Guatemala. After graduation, Lisa clerked for a federal district judge in New Jersey, then joined the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honors Program. Jerry Hamilton, Hamilton Miller & Birthisel Jerry D. Hamilton is a founding managing shareholder of Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, a Martindale Hubbell AV(R) rated law firm. He has represented hotels and resorts, shore excursion operators, commercial property owners, product manufacturers, distributors, the world's largest passenger cruise lines, major marine domestic and international underwriters, doctors, and international business in cases stemming from wrongful death, personal injury claims, sexual assault claims, negligent security claims, premises liability claims, medical malpractice suits, product liability actions, excursion liabilities, mass torts and class actions, and claims asserted under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Kate Hanni, Founder, Executive Director, and CEO, FlyersRights.org Kate Hanni is one of today's most passionate and dedicated national figures, fighting for safeguards and protections for airline passengers. She is the Founder, Executive Director, and CEO of FlyersRights.org, formerly the Coalition for Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights (CAPBOR), the fastest growing airline passengers' coalition in the country. Whether in state capitols or in the halls of the U.S. Congress, Ms. Hanni has brought the need to enact legal rights and protections for the flying public to the national forefront. Ruthy Khawaja, Former Vice President, Methodist International Ruthy Khawaja most recently served as Vice President for Methodist International, a subsidiary of The Methodist Hospital System in Houston, Texas. She has 20 years of experience in international health care strategy, development and operations. Ruthy joined Methodist in 1999. While there, she transformed Methodist International’s program from a small business unit into a $60 million dollar company. The organization is now recognized as a leader among American academic medical centers that have a global focus. Ruthy’s leadership of Methodist International encompasses all aspects of international medicine, including patient care, consulting, education, and operations management. Alan Orlob, Vice President of Global Safety and Security, Marriott International As Vice President of Global Safety and Security for Marriott International, Alan oversees all safety and security operations and directs the crisis management program. Prior to working for Marriott, Alan was the corporate security director for Al Ghanim International, managing a close protection detail and had been the Director of Public Safety at Snowbird, Utah. He served with U.S. Army Special Forces, both active and reserve for a total of 24 years. Mr. Orlob is a member and former committee chairman of the U.S. State Department’s Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), an executive committee member of the Orange County, California, and Sheriff’s Department Homeland Security Advisory Council. Gabrielle Patrick, Mutope-Johnson Gabrielle Patrick has been in the international legal arena for several years. As a legal practitioner of 11 years, she brings with her a wealth of commercial and corporate expertise including in the industries of leisure, real estate and finance. Her qualification as a US/UK/Caribbean Attorney-at-Law, coupled with her hands-on experience brings specialized international expertise in business and business enterprise. In addition to assisting in-house in the U.S., Ms. Patrick continues to dedicate her commercial, business and development expertise to various industries including the leisure industries with Mutope-Johnson & Associates based in Houston, Texas. Prof. Sree Sreenivasan, Dean of Student Affairs, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Sree Sreenivasan is a tech evangelist and skeptic (he can explain how he's both) specializing in explaining technology to non-techies. He is a professor and dean of students affairs at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, where he teaches in the digital media program, including media entrepreneurship. A former TV technology reporter on WABC and WNBC, he is now a contributing editor at DNAinfo.com, a Manhattan-news startup he helped launch in 2009 with Joe Ricketts (the founder of Ameritrade and whose family just bought the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field). Dr. Thomas H Treutler, Founder and CEO of FlyClinic Dr. Treutler, Founder and CEO of FlyClinic, Latin America's first integrated online health travel platform, is Colombia's foremost expert on Medical Travel Business. He outlines in his presentation whether or not standard safety protocols are needed in Medical and Health Travel and makes specific recommendations to decision makers in the field. Wendy Wilkinson, DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center Wendy is an attorney and Project Director of the DBTAC-Southwest ADA Center. The Center is a project of the ILRU (Independent Living Research Utilization) program, which is based at TIRR Memorial|Hermann. She also served as Principal Investigator on Legal Protections for People with Disabilities, a project of the Research and Training Center on Managed Care and Disability. Wendy has published a number of articles on the Americans with Disabilities Act and other disability related issues. In 1995 she was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor of the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Baylor College of Medicine. Dennis Wolfe, Virtual Imaging Dennis Wolfe is currently the North American Sales Manager and the Western Hemisphere Business Manager-Security Products for Virtual Imaging, a Canon USA Company. He holds degrees in Radiology, Radioisotopes, Health Physics, Business and Marketing. He has been involved with Radiology Technology in the medical and security marketplace since 1972, holding a variety of management positions didactically, clinically and commercially. Dennis has authored and co-authored a number of publications primarily focused on utilizing slot scan technology for trauma imaging, whole body security imaging and how they relate to radiology safety for the technologists and operators.Relevant Government Agencies
Intelligence Agencies, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Other Federal Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, FAA
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When
Thu-Sun, Aug 25-28, 2011
Cost
| One-Day Pass Association/Education: | $399.00 |
| One-Day Regular Registration: | $449.00 |
| Comprehensive Package - Association/Educator: | $599.00 |
| Comprehensive Package - Regular Registration: | $999.00 |
Where
George R. Brown Convention Center
Houston, TX 77010
Website
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Event Sponsors
Association of Corporate Travel Executives, Biz Travel, Marriott Hotels, Texas Hotel & Lodging Association, InterContinental Hotels Group, Freeman, Consulting Strategies, Best Western Hotels, iJet Intelligent Risk Systems, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., U.S. Travel Association, International Bar Association, University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College, Greater Houston Convention & Visitors Bureau, Korea Tourism Organization
Organizer
HospitalityLawyer.com
