Benchmark your organisation’s innovation levels against the industry’s best.
FTE conferences deliver a memorable learning experience by providing progressive insights from industry leaders, technology giants, disruptors, parallel industries, academia and startups. We run plenary sessions to provide outside-the-box thinking and inspiration on the future, and also hone in on the most pertinent topics and areas of interest. Our sessions utilise diverse formats ranging from case studies and panel sessions to co-creation roundtables and elevator pitches.
You can expect the conferences to cover innovation efforts around digital transformation, customer experience, commercial revenues, inflight innovation, operational efficiency, future airports and sustainability.
Our FTE Innovate Awards pitch sessions will take place throughout the show, providing a wealth of inspiration as the competitors share details of their most innovative initiatives and what they have learned along the way.
2022 conference information will be available soon.
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Tuesday 18th June 2019 - Day 1
FTE Innovation & Startup Hub Live (members only)
The FTE Innovation & Startup Hub is the industry’s only network designed for the organisations and individuals who are at the forefront of innovation in the air transport sector. It has been developed to make it as easy as possible for corporate innovators and startups in the air transport sector to engage in meaningful discussions and lay the foundations for future collaboration. The members-only FTE Innovation & Startup Hub Live Day is the platform by which we will facilitate face-to-face engagement between our Corporate Partners and startup/scaleup members. Interested in joining? Find out more here.
Istanbul Airport tours (led by İGA)
Headline Partners İGA will facilitate guided tours of the ground-breaking new airport for premium delegates. Istanbul Airport, which opened in October 2018, has been constructed over an area of 76.5 million square metres to the north of Istanbul, 35km from the city centre. The construction is being carried out in four phases and once complete, the new airport will host flights to more than 300 destinations with an annual passenger capacity of up to 200 million.
Wednesday 19th June - Day 2
Joint Keynote Session
Welcome Address
Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience
Paul Hogan
Event Director
The New Airport Show Istanbul
Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
How to become a digital powerhouse in today’s mobile-first world – lessons from an e-commerce giant
Paul Armstrong
Enterprise Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services
Keynote Address
Exclusive unveiling of “Air Transport 2035” – a unique FTE/Fast Future Crowdsourced Think Tank
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist who has captivated past FTE audiences with his cutting edge insights on the future of the sector.
In partnership with Fast Future, we have launched “Air Transport 2035” – a new Think Tank exploring the different possible scenarios and strategies that could emerge for the sector.
In this, our latest and most ambitious Think Tank project yet, we will invite our entire ecosystem to contribute their thoughts on the key drivers of change and potential scenarios for the industry, and help shape a portfolio of Industry Blueprints. These will outline scenarios of what the air transport industry around the globe could look like in 2035, the winning strategies required by players of different scale in major markets, and how all stakeholders should prepare themselves to thrive within it. Ahead of FTE EMEA & FTE Ancillary 2019, we will survey the industry and our Advisory Board members on these issues, and use this input as the foundation for the keynote presentation from renowned futurist Rohit Talwar.
Visions and learnings from organisations that are pushing boundaries with their digitalisation efforts
First Working Session
Moderator
Marta Dimitrova
Editor & FTE Hub Community Manager
Future Travel Experience
Presenters
The digital journey of Turkish Airlines
Seyda Tartar
IT Group Manager
SunExpress
How Avianca has turned a 100-year-old airline into a digital-first company
Santiago Aldana Sanín
CDO & CTO
Avianca
Schiphol set a course to be “the world’s leading digital airport”. Does it believe it has achieved it and what lessons has it learned along the way?
Rosanne van der Stam
Value Stream Owner for Customer Experience
Schiphol Group
What advanced technologies is Evelop Airlines leveraging to power its business performance-focused digital transformation project, Titanium?
Alvaro Coromina
IT & Innovation Director,
World2Fly
FTE Startup Pitch Session
(in partnership with Propeller Shannon)
Propeller Shannon celebrates Ireland’s long history as aviation innovators to develop a unique Aviation and Travel Tech programme. Based at a dedicated innovation centre at Shannon Airport, Propeller Shannon will drive the growth of startup aviation companies and participate in their success, with a goal of producing the next generation of companies of global significance.
See the startups chosen through their Cohort 2 deliver elevator pitches on their unique capabilities. Each startup will be quizzed by a panel of industry experts following their pitch.
Panellists
Nirali Shah
Director of Innovation, Partnerships
Vantage Airport Group
Karin Gylin
Head of Strategic Development and Innovation
Swedavia
Simone van Neerven
Founder, reBel.la & former Head of Innovation
Vueling
Visions and learnings from organisations that are pushing boundaries with their innovation efforts
Second Working Session
Moderator
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Presenters
Viva Air Labs is using data and rapid testing to drive Latin America’s first travel and innovation hub, with an LCC mindset, but can you achieve real innovation on a budget?
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
The Swedavia approach to instilling a culture of innovation throughout the entire 10 airports it operates
Karin Gylin
Head of Strategic Development and Innovation
Swedavia
How innovation is shaping every corner of Vueling
Simone van Neerven
Founder, reBel.la & former Head of Innovation
Vueling
Creating a cohesive innovation strategy across the Vantage airport network that is powered by an ecosystem of innovation partnerships
Nirali Shah
Director of Innovation, Partnerships
Vantage Airport Group
Day 1 Closing Session for "Ancillary" and "Digital & Innovation" conferences
Moderator
Sinead Finn
Founder
affinnity
Presenters
How is easyJet digitally optimising its proposition to meet the evolving needs of its passengers whilst creating new revenue opportunities?
Ben Robertson
Product Manager - Ancillary Revenue
easyJet
Inspiration from the hospitality sector on how travel stakeholders can use data, video and tech to reach their customers in new and unexpected ways, using different canvases in digital to tell stories.
Matthew Elgie
Digital Director
YOTEL
Consumer retailing insights and trends that could affect Travel
Ravi Bagal
Head of Worldwide Business Development, Consumers and Retail
Amazon Web Services
Gala Evening beside the Golden Horn
(Open to Premium Pass Holders Only)
“An evening beside the Golden Horn”
The Gala Evening hosted by Turkish Airlines, will be held at the Haliç Congress Center where delegates will enjoy the finest Turkish entertainment, dining and hospitality.
The Golden Horn, also known by its modern Turkish name Haliç, is the primary waterway between the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmara. The venue, is a statement of this modern mega-city’s regeneration, framing a spectacular waterfront of grand properties which are a symbol of Istanbul’s beauty and richness.
Thursday 20th June - Day 3
Day 2 Joint Keynote Session
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Changing the way one of the world’s largest airline groups creates end-to-end future products, services and experiences for more than 140 million guests
Guido Woska
Global Executive Partner & Managing Director
Manyone
The FTE Sprint Sessions Day
It has become apparent to us that despite the industry’s appetite to innovate with the latest technologies and approaches, airlines and airports still struggle to overcome many of the age old industry challenges. In our Sprint Sessions we will take these problems and try to collectively forge recommendations to drive industry progress. Thanks to our unique approach, we will hear a scene-setting presentation from a progressive thinker or first-mover with bold ideas, a series of opinions from a panel of industry innovators, and then suggestions from our audience. This will enable us to create a set of recommendations that we will share with the audience, and industry at large, after the conference.
Escaping the grip of legacy systems
Sprint Session
Conclusions from each of our sprint sessions will be published in the coming weeks
Sprint Captains
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
Thomas Hoff Andersson
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Ideas from a progressive thinker
Simon Lamkin
Chief Executive Officer
LamTech Solutions & former CIO of Brussels Airlines
Panellists
Nicholas Woods
Chief Information Officer
MAG
Alvaro Coromina
IT & Innovation Director,
World2Fly
Marcus Motzkuhn
Manager Digital Distribution & Solutions
SunExpress
M. Osama Sheikh
Project Manager – Technology & Innovation
Pakistan International Airlines
Questions to consider
Questions to consider
- Airlines and airports need to think beyond the norm to achieve radical change but is the air transport industry reluctant to address legacy system replacement and invest in new, modern systems?
- How much modernisation and flexibility can airports and airlines truly expect from their aging legacy systems?
- In the age of the startup, what role do startups/scaleups have to play here? Can you really trust small, young companies to deliver reliable technology that is so central to your day-to-day operations?
- What are the established legacy providers doing well and doing badly? How can the negative points be addressed to deliver improvements for all stakeholders across the board?
- Can transformation really be achieved through off-the-shelf products or do you need to develop bespoke products and services in-house?
- Is it even viable for airports and airlines to build their own IT systems to replace aging legacy systems?
- What role will the global tech giants (Google, Amazon, etc) play in this space and are they a genuine threat to the established legacy system providers?
- Are airline/airport alliances paving the way for new collaborative system approaches that reimagine IT operations?
Special Presentation - How technology has powered the incredible of Pegasus Airlines
Erdinç Uğurlu
VP, Business Solutions
Pegasus Airlines
Asli Bayraktar
Account Services Manager
Hitit CS
Improving on-time performance
Sprint Session
Conclusions from each of our sprint sessions will be published in the coming weeks
Sprint Captains
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
Thomas Hoff Andersson
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
First-mover case study
Neil Harvey
Head of Airline Performance
Gatwick Airport
Panellists
Akira Mitsumasu
VP, Global Marketing & CX
Japan Airlines & Member of the APEX Board of Directors
Tony Chapman
Director Industry Affairs, Alliances and Strategic Initiatives
Collins Aerospace
Ismihan Anderson
IT and Automation Director
Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen
Questions to consider
Overcoming baggage headaches
Sprint Session
Conclusions from each of our sprint sessions will be published in the coming weeks
Sprint Captains
Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)
Thomas Hoff Andersson
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
First-mover case study
Murat Demirbilek
Vice President of Ground Operations
Pegasus Airlines
Additional panellists
Urban Söderberg
Market Development Manager RFID Aviation
Avery Dennison
Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG
Questions to consider
Istanbul Airport tours (led by Turkish Airlines)
Open to Premium Pass Holders Only
Turkish Airlines will lead guided tours of their new home, Istanbul Airport, which will change the experience of travelling with its advanced technologies and extraordinary capacity. Delegates will gain invaluable insights on the customer journey strategy, from self-service approaches through to the ground-breaking lounge.
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