The UC Travel Center will offer two Travel Sessions on December 2, 2019.
Travel Sessions – Monday, December 2, 2019
Where: Room 11360, Charles E Young Research Library, 280 Charles E Young Dry N, Los Angeles CA 90095 (Main Conference Room)
When: Monday, December 2, 2019
Select from two sessions: Morning (9 a.m. – noon) or Afternoon (1 p.m. – 4 p.m.)
Registration required - Go to www.lms.ucla.edu and search for course code: “Travel Sessions” by clicking on “Find a course” icon on the homepage.
Morning session:
9 – 9:05 a.m. Introduction by Diana Rapista
9:05 – 9:45 a.m. Traveler Insurance/Export Control: Join our special guests, Tara Brown from UCLA Insurance and Risk Management, for a discussion on travel security and insurance program when traveling on behalf of the University, and Ann Pham from Export Control Office for a discussion of what you need to know when traveling abroad, especially to sanctioned countries.
9:50 – 10:30 a.m. Travel Accounting: General overview of travel reimbursement policy, with focus on common expense types, receipt requirements, UCLA campus guidelines and frequent reasons for delay, presented by Mindy Dietrich, Lead Auditor.
10:35 – 11:15 a.m. UC Travel Center: Overview of new UC Travel Center services: Hotel Virtual Payment/Hotel Direct Bill, Meeting and Group Planning, Leisure Referral Program and Concur (our recently launched Online Booking Tool).
11:20 a.m. – Noon Car Insurance & Travel Perks (Why Connexxus): Yasmin Sidi from UCOP Central Travel Office will highlight the significance of UC’s car rental program and share value-added benefits airlines and hotels offer to UC travelers: priority boarding, preferred standby, upgrade opportunities and much more.
Afternoon Session
1 – 1:05 p.m. Introduction by Diana Rapista
1:05 – 1:45 p.m. Car Insurance &Travel Perks (Why Connexxus): Yasmin Sidi from UCOP Central Travel Office will highlight the significance of UC’s car rental program and share value-added benefits airlines and hotels offer to UC travelers: priority boarding, preferred standby, upgrade opportunities and much more.
1:50 – 2:20 p.m. Traveler Insurance/Export Control: Join our special guests, Tara Brown from UCLA Insurance and Risk Management for a discussion on the travel security and insurance program when traveling on behalf of the University and Ann Pham from Export Control Office for a discussion of what you need to know when traveling abroad and especially to sanctioned countries
2:25 – 3:15 p.m. UC Travel Center: Overview of new UC Travel Center services: Hotel Virtual Payment/Hotel Direct Bill, Meeting and Group Planning, Leisure Referral Program and Concur (our recently launched Online Booking Tool).
3:20 – 4 p.m. Travel Accounting: General overview of travel reimbursement policy, with focus on common expense types, receipt requirements, UCLA campus guidelines and frequent reasons for delay. Presented by Mindy Dietrich, Lead Auditor.
