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Speakers
Speakers that took part in 2021:
Capt Ibrahim Koshy
CEO
Saudia Airlines
Shashank Nigam
Founder & CEO
SimpliFlying
Zeinab Badawi
Presenter
BBC World News
Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Director General
ACI World
Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA
Rob Gurney
CEO
Oneworld
Scott Kirby
CEO
United Airlines
Julie Baxter
Editor
Onboard Hospitality
Genevieve Rosario
Head of Product Development & Service Design
Qatar Airways
Lorry Matthews
Senior Advisor Buy-on-Board
Swoop
Steven Dickson
Operations Advisor
Cebu Pacific
Rob Hogema
Manager Global Sales Projects - Travel & Catering
Just Eat Takeaway
Erwin Hoogzaad
Marketing Operations Lead
Transavia
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Korijn Defever
Senior Manager Operational Excellence
Airport Intelligence by Brussels Airport
Karin Gylin
Head of Strategic Development and Innovation
Swedavia
Mohamad Al Agha
Head of IT Business Solutions, Digital Transformation
Abu Dhabi Airports
Aziz Can Aksöyek
Head of Sales and Business Development
TAV Technologies
M. İlker Aycı
Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee
Turkish Airlines
Jóhanna á Bergi
CEO
Atlantic Airways
Andrés Conesa
CEO
Aeromexico
Yvonne Makolo
CEO
RwandAir
Ted Christie
President & CEO
Spirit Airlines
Zhao Dong
Chairman
Xiamen Airlines
Tewolde GebreMariam
Group Chief Executive Officer
Ethiopian Airlines
Alex Wilcox
CEO & Co-founder
JSX & Board Member, LATAM Airlines
Michael Rousseau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Air Canada
Joanna Geraghty
President & COO
JetBlue
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thảo
President & CEO
Vietjet Air
Betsy Landoll
Innovation & Experience Design
United Airlines
Sherry Stein
Head of Technology Strategy, Americas
SITA
Isabelle Moeller
Chief Executive
Biometrics Institute
Jordie Knoppers
Future Customer Journey Manager
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Tanya Acevedo
Chief Technology Officer
Houston Airport System
Sarah Clark
Senior Vice President - Digital Identity
Mastercard
Marta Dimitrova
Editor & FTE Hub Community Manager
Future Travel Experience
Sarah Kelly
Office of CIO & Transformation Director
IAG Tech
Rosina Kotey
Innovation Lead
Schiphol Group
Jungmi Cristina Lim
Deputy Director - Fast Travel Team
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Ed Sims
President & Chief Executive Officer
WestJet
Lee Yiang Ming
Chief Information Officer
Malaysia Airports
Jeremy Drury
Director Digital & Technology Services
Star Alliance
Kamal Hingorani
Chief Customer Service Officer
SpiceJet
Tony Douglas
CEO
Riyadh Air
Ulla Lettijeff
SVP - Helsinki Airport
Finavia
Sophie Dekkers
CCO
easyJet
Shawn Duffy
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Viasat
Amy Burr
President
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Aileen McCormack
Chief Commercial Officer
CarTrawler
Dave Wilson
Founder & CEO
The Airport Guy
Dave McCormick
Managing Director, Product & Design
Alaska Airlines
Frank Barich
Principal
Barich, Inc
George Merritt
Senior Vice President of Strategic Operations
Denver International Airport
Daniel McCoy
Chief Innovation Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Tom Stone
Editorial Director
Aircraft Interiors International
James Blackwell Jr
Managing Director of Sales
Delta Flight Products
David Pook
Vice President of Marketing & Sales Support
Burrana
Nancy Walker
SVP Aviation Connectivity
Global Eagle Entertainment
Ralph Wagner
CEO
AXINOM
Norman Haughton
Director, In-Flight Digital Entertainment, Wi-Fi, Media Sales and Analytics
Air Canada
Joe Bentley
Chief Technology Officer
Panasonic Avionics
Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience
Andrew Price
Managing Director
Opermium
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Satyaki Raghunath
Chief Strategy & Development Officer
Bengaluru International Airport
Kian T. Gould
Founder & CEO
AOE & Omnevo
Juha Jarvinen
CCO
Virgin Atlantic
Javed Malik
FTE APEX Asia Expo Advisory Board Member, Managing Partner Ink+ & Managing Director, Ink Arabia
Ink Arabia
Christina Cassotis
CEO
Pittsburgh International Airport
Robert Carey
President
Wizz Air
Serdar Gürbüz
SVP, Digital Innovation & Analytics Solutions
Turkish Airlines
Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports
Stuart Olden
Senior Commercial Manager
Williams Advanced Engineering
Elliott Koehler
Creative Director
JPA Design
Nigel Smith
MD & Head of Design
SWS Certification
Aaron Heslehurst
News Anchor & Presenter
BBC World News
Olivier Arrindell
CEO
Ava Airways
Birgir Jonsson
CEO
PLAY
(Nino) Navdip Singh Judge
Chief Executive and Founder
Pop
Matteo Bonecchi
CEO
EGO Airways
Akira Mitsumasu
VP, Global Marketing & CX
Japan Airlines & Member of the APEX Board of Directors
Christo Christodoulou
Head of Airport Partnerships in EMEA
Uber
Sara Luchian
Director of Passenger Experience
Virgin Hyperloop
Antoine Rostworowski
Senior Vice President, Programmes and Commercial Services
ACI World
Alan Murray Hayden
Head Airport, Passenger and Security Products
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Simon Talling-Smith
Senior Adviser
The Commons Project Foundation
Hassan El-Houry
Group CEO
National Aviation Services (NAS)
Dakota Gruener
Executive Director
ID2020 (Good Health Collaborative)
Hao Yu Dai
Divisional Vice President Digital
Singapore Airlines
Ben-Jie Lim
Head of e-Commerce
AirAsia
Pete Chareonwongsak
CEO
Teleport
Capt. Liong Tien Ling
Chief Safety Officer and eVTOL Project Leader
AirAsia
Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Patrick Sgueglia
, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory
Lufthansa
Jeff Lennon
VP Strategic Sales and Global Partnerships
Vision-Box
Jessica Woodlins
Director of Aircraft Engineering
Viasat
Isabella Lenhoff
Marketing Manager
Viasat
Steven Tate
CTO
Blndspt.com & Elevation Software
Rami Al-Haddad
CIO
National Aviation Services (NAS)
Marlon van der Meer
Founder
BagsID
Andrew J Crawford
Co-Founder & CTO
Origen Air
Josh Marks
CEO
Global Eagle Entertainment
Miranda Mikrou
Business Development Director
Buzz
Tara Henthorn
Designer Director
Buzz
April Waterston
Assistant Editor
Onboard Hospitality Magazine
Ellie Parkes
Business Development Manager
John Horsfall
Alex Allen
Design Manager
John Horsfall
Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Haider Arif Hayat
Head of Enterprise Information Architecture, Analytics & AI
Hamad International Airport
Brendan Martin Giblin
Senior Manager IT - Passenger & Security Systems
Hamad International Airport
Christian Draeger
VP Customer Experience
Star Alliance
Vimal Rai
VP Global Sales & Marketing
AirFi
Andrew Goh
VP Cabin Services
Scoot
Gordon Wilson
VP of Identity Verification
Entrust
Antony Vendhan
Co-founder
Identy Inc
Marta Gomar
CTO
Identy Inc
Renaud Irminger
CEO
Travizory Border Security SA
Anne De Hauw
Founder
Air Travel Experience
Philip Watson
Chief Systems Engineer
Panasonic Avionics
Juraj Siska
Founder & CEO
IdeaNova Technologies, Inc.
Matthew Blay
Director
Inadvia
Patricia Wiseman
Editor & Co-Founder
IFExpress
Michael Childers
chair, APEX Technology Committee, member of the APEX Board of Directors, and Chief Consultant, Content and Media Strategy
Lufthansa Systems
Peter Lemme
Blogger and Consultant
Satcom Guru
Jack Mandala
CEO
Seamless Air Alliance
Sean Donohue
CEO
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Stewart Wingate
CEO
Gatwick Airport
Simon Hickey
CEO
Western Sydney Airport
Mariana Fonseca Medina
VP of Digital & Loyalty
Virgin Voyages
Thank you to everyone who joined us at FTE APEX Virtual Expo 2021.
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Speakers that took part in 2020:
April Waterston
Assistant Editor
Onboard Hospitality Magazine
Fabio Gamba
Director General
Airline Caterers Association
Wander Meijer
Director AP
Globescan
Sarah Klatt-Walsh
Independent Consultant
IATA
Amy Burr
President
JetBlue Technology Ventures
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
Kai-Chin Shih
Head of Interiors Research
CAPA – Centre for Aviation
Tran Dieu Ly
Research & Market Intelligence Analyst
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Shashank Nigam
Founder & CEO
SimpliFlying
Chris Davies
EVP Marketing & Distribution
BBC World News
Rajan Datar
Presenter
The Travel Show
Niels Steenstrup
SVP Inflight Business & Americas Market Capture
Inmarsat Aviation
Joanna Bailey
Editor
SimpliFlying
Maryann Simson
Director
Jetway Communications
Niall McBain
CEO
Spafax
Henry Gummer
SVP Global Content
Spafax
Paul Colley
SVP Technology
Spafax
Per Norén
President
Global Eagle Entertainment
Andy Mason
EVP Global Avionics
Kontron
André Valera
Director of Business Development
Touch Inflight Solutions
James Alger
COO
Qloo Inc
Frederik van Essen
Vice President Aero
Intelsat
David Pook
Vice President of Marketing & Sales Support
Burrana
Ben Griffin
Vice President – Mobility
OneWeb
Michael Stobinski
Chief Commerical Officer
QEST
Bill Wyatt
Executive Director of Airports
Salt Lake City Corporation
Amber Simonsen
Director, Airport Lobby Transformation
Alaska Airlines
Jeff Lennon
VP Strategic Sales and Global Partnerships
Vision-Box
Rami El Samra
Snr Manager Service Development and Business Solutions
Emirates
Osama Nawayseh
Senior Account Manager Middle East
Vision-Box
Annette van Loenen
Senior Officer Crisis & Continuity Management
Schiphol Group
Marjan Rijs
Process Owner Passenger
Schiphol Group
Jeanine Aarts-Draijer
Senior Process Developer
Schiphol Group
Katja Siberg
SVP Marketing, Corporate Communications & Customer Experience
Finavia
Bill Carleton
Director, Advanced Recognition Systems
NEC Corporation of America
Lynette DuJohn
VP Innovation and Chief Information Officer
Vancouver Airport Authority
Flurin Hänseler
VP Analytics & People Flow
Xovis
Robert Sapitowicz
Director of Marketing
Collins Aerospace
Fraser Brown
Retail Director
Heathrow
Richard Hill
Vice President Growth
CAVU
Michael Childers
chair, APEX Technology Committee, member of the APEX Board of Directors, and Chief Consultant, Content and Media Strategy
Lufthansa Systems
Yonah Levensen
Manager of Media Strategy and Taxonomy Governance,
WarnerMedia, and chair of the LMT Committee sponsored by MESA and SMPTE
Andy Beer
VP Technical Engineering
Spafax, and member of the APEX Technical Committee
Philip Watson
Chief Systems Engineer
Panasonic Avionics
Juraj Siska
Founder & CEO
IdeaNova Technologies, Inc.
Michael Stattman
CEO
castLabs
Peter Lemme
Blogger and Consultant
Satcom Guru
Stephan Schulte
Senior Manager Fleet Procurement, Commercial Fleet Management
Lufthansa
Rebecca Wetzel
Director of Marketing
NetForecast
Mary Rogozinski
Industry Consultant
IATA
Laura Leonardis
Product Manager
SITA FOR AIRCRAFT
Peter Sevcik
President
NetForecast
Rohit Talwar
CEO
Fast Future
Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience
Phil Silver
Transportation Leader
Amazon Web Services
Aaron Hornlimann
CEO and Co-founder
Elenium Automation
Jost Lammers
CEO and Chairman of the Management Board
Munich Airport
Victoria Moores
European Editor/Bureau Chief
Air Transport World
Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA
Jeff Knittel
Chairman and CEO
Airbus Americas
Shai Weiss
CEO
Virgin Atlantic
Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Satyaki Raghunath
Chief Strategy & Development Officer
Bengaluru International Airport
Christina Cassotis
CEO
Pittsburgh International Airport
Juha Jarvinen
CCO
Virgin Atlantic
Javed Malik
FTE APEX Asia Expo Advisory Board Member, Managing Partner Ink+ & Managing Director, Ink Arabia
Ink Arabia
Robert Carey
President
Wizz Air
Ed Bastian
Chief Executive Officer
Delta Air Lines
Sandra Pineau-Boddison
Partner
The Hayward Partnership
Stephen Kingsley
EVP - Strategic Development
Flying Food Group & Vice President International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
Vanessa Lindstrom
Director – Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance
United Airlines & Board Member, International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
Adam Simmonson
Head of Compliance
dnata catering, United Kingdom
Ulrike Enneking
VP Quality
LSG Group
Jason Lim
Identity Management Capability Manager
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Isabelle Moeller
Chief Executive
Biometrics Institute
Kris Ranganath
Senior Vice President of Innovation
Paravision
Greg Forbes
Managing Director Airport Experience
Delta Air Lines
Marta Dimitrova
Editor & FTE Hub Community Manager
Future Travel Experience
Mohamad Al Agha
Head of IT Business Solutions, Digital Transformation
Abu Dhabi Airports
Esamatti Vuolle
Head of Digital Channels
Finnair & oneworld digital board member
Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Bradley D. Tilden
President and CEO
Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Group
Stephanie Taylor
Business Development Manager
APEX Media
Sangsoo Lee
Managing Director
AERQ
Arnd Kikker
Managing Director
AERQ
Ralph Wagner
CEO
AXINOM
Brian St. Rock
Director, Advanced Technology & Laboratories
Collins Aerospace
Jan-Peter Gaense
Head of LHG & Passenger Experience Solutions
Lufthansa Systems
Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Volkmar Weckesser
PhD, CIO
Centogene
Simon Talling-Smith
Senior Adviser
The Commons Project Foundation
Simone van Neerven
Founder, reBel.la & former Head of Innovation
Vueling
Abhi Chacko
Head of Innovation & Commercial IT Services
Gatwick Airport
Serdar Gürbüz
SVP, Digital Innovation & Analytics Solutions
Turkish Airlines
Salah Makkouk
GM Innovation
Saudia Group
Daniel McCoy
Chief Innovation Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Ben Smith
CEO
Air France KLM
Aaron Heslehurst
News Anchor & Presenter
BBC World News
Jungy Han
Manager, Smart Airport Team
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Annemarie Graham
Partner Director, Airlines & Travel
Worldpay
Graham Webb
Project Manager
ICM Airport Technics
Mikael Grönlund
Independent IFEC advisor
(former IFEC Program Manager at Scandinavian Airlines)
Brian Richardson
Director, Strategic Partnerships
Viasat
Kuan Chin
Senior Product Manager
Global Eagle Entertainment
Laura Ross
Senior Program Manager, Digital Solutions
Boeing
Norman Haughton
Director, In-Flight Digital Entertainment, Wi-Fi, Media Sales and Analytics
Air Canada
Zeinab Badawi
Presenter
BBC World News
Jeffrey Goh
Group CEO
Gulf Air Group
Luis Felipe de Oliveira
Director General
ACI World
Alexandre de Juniac
Director General and CEO
International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Jóhanna á Bergi
CEO
Atlantic Airways
Sara Luchian
Director of Passenger Experience
Virgin Hyperloop
Mark Cousin
CEO
Acubed by Airbus
Rick Belliotti
Director, Innovation and Customer Experience Design
San Diego International Airport
Paul Harper
Director
Harper & Co
Jon Farrar
Global VOD Director
BBC Studios
Jag Sandhu
Product Owner, In-flight Entertainment and Connectivity (IFEC)
WestJet
David Blackwell
Executive GM Technology & Innovation
Adelaide Airport
Mike Byrom
Chief Operating Officer, North America
Swissport
Chris Forrest
Vice President, Airports & Unmanned Aerial Systems
Collins Aerospace
Antoinette Nassopoulos-Erickson
Senior Partner
Foster + Partners
Philip Balaam
President
Inmarsat Aviation
Babar Rahman
SVP Global Marketing & Corporate Communications
Qatar Airways
Joe Bentley
Chief Technology Officer
Panasonic Avionics
Diane J. Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Christian Draeger
VP Customer Experience
Star Alliance
Raffie Beroukhim
Senior Vice President, Chief Experience Officer
NEC Corporation of America
Dave Wilson
Founder & CEO
The Airport Guy
Derrick Cunningham
IFEC Program Manager
Alaska Airlines
Tara Bamburg
Manager, Inflight WiFi and Entertainment
Southwest Airlines
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Aaron Beeson
Director of Innovation
ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal, SA
Julie Rath
VP, Customer Experience & Reservations
American Airlines
Pierre Charbonneau
Vice President, Events & Commercial Services
ACI World
Antoine Rostworowski
Senior Vice President, Programmes and Commercial Services
ACI World
Dr Stathis Kefallonitis
Founder & President
branding.aero
Linda-Patrice Celestino
Vice President Guest Experience and Delivery
Etihad Airways
Tom Sanderson
787 Customer Leader
Boeing
Andres Castañeda
Chief Marketing Officer & Chief Experience Officer
Aeromexico
Aldric Chau
Head of Retail, eCommerce and Travel Partnerships
Cathay Pacific Airways
Jayne Wear
Head of Omnichannel
Auckland Airport
Christian Grou
Partner
Neutral Digital
Jae Grant Maloney
Future Technology Advisor
Air France KLM
Ersin Inankul
Head of Aviation Digital
Jacobs
Paul Dupont
VP Sales
Pointr
Markus Knauer
Head of Digital Innovation
Heinemann
Jonas von Kruechten
Head of Strategy and Business Development
AERQ & APEX Board Member
Vivian Lo
GM Customer Experience and Design
Cathay Pacific Airways
Sujata Suri
Vice President Strategy and Commercial Development
Hamad International Airport
Hon Lung Chu
Head of APAC
Volocopter
Candice Alabanza Iyog
Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer
Cebu Pacific
Jerome Thil
VP Digital Innovation
Singapore Airlines
Tomohiro Nishihata
Managing Executive Officer
Japan Airlines
Chris Au Young
General Manager of Smart Airport
Airport Authority Hong Kong
Akbar Al Baker
Group CEO
Qatar Airways & Hamad International Airport
Industry messages of support
The team at FTE APEX, staying true to their beliefs of bringing the aviation industry together at scale, connecting the ecosystem with smart, exciting and creative methods of engagement, have not stood still. I believe they are creating a truly unique opportunity for suppliers, airlines, airports, solution providers, product developers and manufacturers, by embracing and adapting key technology developments, which will spur new thinking and many more creative approaches to how we can all experience products and services in our new contactless world. So come on, join the new world of distanced, but connected, engaging experiences through the FTE APEX Virtual Expo.
“This industry needs a major virtual trade show this year while it cannot meet in person and FTE is exactly the right organisation to be delivering it this December. I look forward to being involved, and to all the engagement and announcements I know that FTE APEX Virtual Expo will generate.”
“The recent FTE APEX virtual events have been extremely helpful for the airline ecosystems to share information, to cope with the Corona situation, and to prepare for the new normal. Taking that premise to the next level with the FTE APEX Virtual Expo is exciting indeed and the Japan Airlines team look forward to being involved”.
“More than ever at a time like this, the industry needs to come together to collaborate and find ways of working that can facilitate new revenue streams and efficiencies. I strongly encouraged the FTE Team to pursue its virtual strategy because very few air transport stakeholders can travel to conventions this year, but we still need to engage. I think FTE APEX Virtual Expo will draw a huge crowd and become one of the most important initiatives in FTE’s 15-year existence.”
FrontM participated in the recent FTE APEX Ancillary Virtual Event. Throughout the whole lifecycle – before, during and after the event – the FTE team were professional, friendly and focused on helping our participation be as successful as possible. Since our pitch slot, we have had great conversations with a number of prospects and other attendees, which we wouldn’t necessarily have been able to have without FTE. Highly recommended!
FTE and APEX did a great job delivering timely content to a broad global audience through their recent webinars, in one of which I was proud to participate. I am really looking forward to the FTE APEX Virtual Expo this December. Given the current situation with the pandemic, this is a creative way to offer all industry stakeholders the chance to come together to talk, to listen, to learn and to engage in ways that will advance our common causes.
“The FTE APEX team have done a brilliant job with their virtual pivot, and I really enjoyed being part of their recent Ancillary webinar. The FTE APEX Virtual Expo looks like a great logical next step, and I am sure it will deliver a lot of value to all involved.”
“We are in a new normal everywhere. SEA will be sharing new ideas and approaches to help overcome the challenges created by COVID-19 at the FTE APEX Virtual Expo. We will be looking forward to hearing others share their experiences, and learn from each other. “
We are incredibly excited to host this truly dynamic and global virtual event, and we are looking forward to offering much more than straightforward webinars, which have become commonplace in recent months. The industry wants more than that now and FTE APEX Virtual Expo will provide the sector with a large-scale digital trade show that will creatively offer real engagement, networking and business development opportunities for everyone involved.
FTE APEX Virtual Expo will act as a beacon for our industry’s recovery and bring global stakeholders together en masse to inspire one another. Our stakeholders want to connect and engage to share ideas, propositions, visions and learnings. This announcement also marks another important milestone in the integration efforts between APEX and FTE. Our ambition is to deliver a unified approach and increase the value the association provides to the entire air transport industry, both in the air and on the ground.
FTE APEX VIRTUAL EXPO 2021
Future Travel Experience (FTE) and the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX) will jointly host the industry trade show with the widest global attendance in 2021, FTE APEX Virtual Expo. Through a diverse exhibition showcasing the industry’s most forward thinking vendors and all-encompassing conference sessions, Virtual Expo will deliver a wealth of networking opportunities and inspiration across the most pertinent topics – from transforming the travel experience through digital health passports and automation at the airport, through to enhancing the onboard experience through inflight entertainment and connectivity, interiors, service and catering, hospitality and retail.