FTE Global Speakers
FTE Global and APEX IFSA Global EXPO present our strongest speaker line-up yet
Confirmed speakers include
Scott Kirby
CEO
United Airlines
Julian Jäger
CEO
Vienna International Airport
David Neeleman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Breeze Airways
Thomas Hoff Andersson
Managing Director & Chief Operating Officer
Munich Airport
Steven Greenway
CEO
flyadeal
Cynthia Guidry
Director
Long Beach Airport
Campbell Wilson
Chief Executive Officer
Air India
Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson
Chief Commercial and Airport Development Officer
Keflavik Airport
Christine Trodella
Vice President
Meta
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia
Chief Executive Officer
EL AL Israel Airlines
George Casey
Chair & Chief Executive Officer
Vantage Group
Jude Bricker
CEO
Sun Country Airlines
Dan Toma
Co-founder
OUTCOME
Andre Viljoen
Managing Director & CEO
Fiji Airways
Samson Arega Bekele
Group Vice President Customer Experience
Ethiopian Airlines
Aura Moore
CIO
Los Angeles World Airports
Rossen Dimitrov
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Saudia Airlines
Eric Pateman
Vice President, Passenger Experience and Chief Experience Officer
Vancouver Airport Authority
Mike Hardaker
Chief Asset & Development Officer
Manchester Airports Group
Melanie Bryant
Vice President - IT Delivery and Business Enablement
Emirates
Thomas Dworschak
Head of IT Digitalization & Innovation
Vienna Airport
Rahel de Vriend
Head of Innovation Research & Scouting
TNW Programs
Sree Samudrala
Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation
Southwest Airlines
Tom Cizauskas
Business Administration Manager
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GRR)
Jason Fogelman
Aviation Technology Executive
Nicole Hodges-Austin
Innovation Program Manager
Alaska Airlines
Kaveh Dabiran
Managing Director, Corporate Real Estate Planning & Development
United Airlines
Anja Schuhmacher
Senior Manager Airport Experience & Partnerships
Lufthansa
Andrea Goodpasture
Managing Director- Airport Affairs
Southwest Airlines
Paige Stanton Wilson
Chief Development Officer
Acubed by Airbus
Nick Bartlett
Director of Consulting, Lead for Transportation & Manufacturing
Future Today Institute
Dr. Lutz Weisser
Managing Director
Munich Airport International
Albert Van Veen
Vice President, Innovation and Chief Information Officer
Vancouver Airport Authority
Maren Lind Másdóttir
Director – Assets & Infrastructure
Keflavik Airport
Sagi Varghese
Managing Director, Airport Operations & CSD Technology
United Airlines
Jumbi Edulbehram
Global Business Development, Smart Cities and Spaces
NVIDIA
Brian Rohlf
Manager – Landside Operations & Customer Service
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Kushal Pasari
Director of GenAI & ML Engineering
United Airlines
Dana Shapir Alviene
Senior Vice President Inflight & Airport Experience
Spirit Airlines
Martijn van Boven
Product Manager
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport
Yutaka Kuratomi
Vice President - Business Marketing Division
Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd.
Steve Cundy
Founder & CEO
Tuatara Consulting
Amir Haramaty
Co-Founder & President
aiOla
Steve Hodges
Co-practice lead - Aviation
Nagarro
Vinay Yadav
Practice lead - Aviation, North America
Nagarro
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Christian George Kessler
Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Keith Walters
Group Transformation Manager
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Gudmundur Karl Gautason
Director - Digital Development
Isavia
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Doug Kreuzkamp
Founder/CEO
Springshot
Mike Morin
VP of Business Development and Partnerships
webAI
Corey Clothier
Founder & CEO
Aribo & Global Automated Mobility Lead, Arcadis
Tom Kikuchi
Head of Innovation
All Nippon Airways
Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Miles Garner
Director of Sales and Marketing
Aurrigo
Douglas Wycoff
Director Digital Technologies & Innovation
Tampa International Airport
Patrick Skelton
Innovation Research & Development Program Manager
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Bernadette Berger
Director of Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Mohamed Gaballa
Director - Airports Transformation
Air Canada
Vivien Chan
Manager – Boarding & Deplaning Experience
Air Canada
Craig Mateer
CEO
Bagcheck
Reeg Allen
President & CEO
Journey Robotics
James Thompson
Head of Solution Delivery
RozieAI Journey
Eric Fiterman
Chief Technology Officer
Cignal
Eric Lanier
Vice President, Product Solutions
DataArt
Ross Falconer
Head of Content
Future Travel Experience
James Williamson
CEO
Veovo
Iyad Hindiyeh
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
San Francisco International Airport
Dontrell Nelson-Owens
Assistant Port Director - Passenger Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Victor J. Todorov
Watch Commander, Los Angeles/Long Beach Support
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Teaque Lenahan
Managing Partner & Group VP
Publicis Sapient
Stanislaw Schmal
Director Digital & AI
Lufthansa Industry Solutions
Christopher Gottlieb
Manager Enterprise Business Intelligence
JetBlue
Goutam Kundu
EVP & Chief Digital Strategy and Information Officer
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
George Sammit
Staff Computer Scientist, Intelligent Systems
Southwest Research Institute
Tom Driscoll
Director – Service Delivery
Tuatara Consulting
Tom Moran
Director of Heathrow
British Airways
Pablo Lopez Loeches
Head of Ideation & Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Customer Experience Directorate
Aena
Justin Kester
VP-Global Sales
Synaptic Aviation
Dominic Green
Director Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity
United Airlines
Ben Thompson
Presenter
BBC News and BBC Breakfast
Daniel Coleman
Founder & Chairman
Future Travel Experience
Brian Sumers
Editor
The Airline Observer
Lennert l'Amie
CIO
Royal Schiphol Group
Oliver Hendry
Programme Director
Airports AI Alliance
Paul Puopolo
Executive Vice President of Innovation
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Sanskar Agrawal
Industry Business Development, Smart Spaces & Global Public Sector
NVIDIA
Bob Kwik
Worldwide Head of Airports
AWS
Marcus Session
Vice President Information Technology Services
Tampa International Airport & Chair of the ACI Innovation@Airports Working Group
Gus Naughton
Principal Software Engineer – Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Julie Melnick
Founder & CEO
SkySquad
Kenyatta Lee
Chief – External Affairs
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Manuel van Lijf
Director Aviation Innovation
nlmtd
Kellen Schroeter
CEO & Co-Founder
Pattern
David Breeze
Vice President of Airport Automation
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Tim Toerber
President – Americas
Assaia
Daan Boot
Strategy & Innovation Advisor
Royal Schiphol Group
Ryan Propis
Vice President of Security and Facilitation
U.S. Travel Association
Jens Sanner
Program Director for Digital Services and Transformation
Fraport
Jean François (Jeff) Lennon
Senior Vice President Border Authorities
Amadeus
Dominic Forrest
CTO
iProov
Oscar Acuña
Acting Port Director at LAX
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Atif Elkadi
Chief Executive Officer
Ontario International Airport
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Byron Smith
Chief Technology Officer
NetTracer
Amit Doshi
Head of Capacity Planning Logistics
Dubai Airports
Scott Goodwin, C.M.
Assistant Vice President (AVP), Airport Operations
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Ina Eldøy
CEO
BagID
Courtney Moore
Deputy Executive Director - Strategy, Innovation & Experience
Los Angeles World Airports
Erin Trapp
Deputy Executive Director - Major Events & Strategy
Los Angeles World Airports
Faith Varwig
Principal
Faith Group
Yahav Ran
CEO
Synect
Prasad Yarlagadda
AVP Enterprise Systems
DFW International Airport
Ian Birnbaum
Project Manager
Burns Engineering Group
Geoffrey Ax
Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous | Fentress Studios
Tim Donovan
Founder & CEO
Donovan Energy
John Kasuda
Head of Airports and Vertiports North America
Siemens
Marta Dimitrova
Head of Marketing & Communications
Future Travel Experience
Rupen S. Philloura
General Manager
Cruise Terminals International
Brandon Capps
CEO
VibeQuest
Mohamed Talbi
Product Manager
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport
Georgios Pipelidis
CEO
Ariadne
Yvonne Bilshausen
Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering
AECOM
Anne Marie Pellerin
Founder and Managing Partner
LAM LHA
Jose Salamo
FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub Captain* & Associate Director, Planning and Development Technology Services
Toronto Pearson
Robert Silk
Airlines Editor
Travel Weekly
Jason Williams
Director, Software Development, ITG
Vancouver Airport Authority
Raza Ali
VP Innovation
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Joshua Dominic
Co-Founder & CEO
Dreamstar Lines
Kristin Rice
Director of Customer Experience
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Vanesa Calvo Alonso
Head of Innovation
Aena
Jordie Knoppers
Future Customer Journey Manager
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Drew McMullen
Director of Intelligent Spaces for Airports & Airlines
Atrius
Alex Yen
Head of Growth
Persona
Craig Kennedy
Program Coordinator
Open Doors Organization
Ed Collett
Accessibility Innovation Leader
Air New Zealand
Natalie Randall
Day of Travel Experience Manager
Alaska Airlines
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Book Your BoothSpeakers who participated in FTE Global 2024 include:
David Decker
President Content Sales
Warner Bros. Discovery
Shai Weiss
CEO
Virgin Atlantic
Ben Smith
CEO
Air France KLM
Anton Vidgen
Vice President, Guest Experience
Riyadh Air
Paul Puopolo
Executive Vice President of Innovation
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Christine Trodella
Vice President
Meta
Mukesh Patel
CEO
San José Mineta International Airport
Andre Viljoen
Managing Director & CEO
Fiji Airways
Patricia Cogswell
Partner
Guidehouse
Tony Thompson
Founder and CEO
Air Cahana
Simon Gandy
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
The New Terminal One at JFK
Fiona Kiesel
Chief Guest Officer
Breeze Airways
Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson
Chief Commercial and Airport Development Officer
Keflavik Airport
Melissa Conley
Executive Director of Capability Management and Innovation
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Martha Todd Edge
Innovation & Experience Director
Charlotte Douglas International Airport
Matt Klein
EVP & Chief Commercial Officer
Spirit Airlines
Ian Law
Chief Innovation & Experience Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Dimitris Bountolos
Chief Information & Innovation Officer
Ferrovial
Oren Cohen Butansky
EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer
EL AL Israel Airlines
Tammy Smith
Director, Customer Experience and Development
Toronto Pearson
Keith Walters
Group Transformation Manager
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Amit Rikhy
President and CEO
CAG Holdings (A Carlyle Backed Company)
Natalie Bowman
Managing Director, Product & Digital Experiences
Alaska Airlines
Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
Mike Youngs
VP of Information Technology
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Alexander Nethers
Senior Manager, Customer Experience & Innovation
American Airlines
Steve Armitage
Head of Innovation
Heathrow
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Myles Tzelepis
CTO/CPO
Embross
Stephen Tukavkin
Vice President IT & Digital
JFK International Air Terminal
Kristin Olsen
Director of Product Management, Travel Experience Guest Digital Technology
Alaska Airlines
Iyad Hindiyeh
Chief Digital Transformation Officer
San Francisco International Airport
Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company
John Nilsson
Strategic Planning Manager Electric and Hydrogen Aircraft Infrastructure
Swedavia
Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport
Sarah Chou
Senior Sustainability Consultant
Southwest Airlines
Bryan Bernhard
Chief Growth & Infrastructure Officer
Archer
Stanley Tran
Corporate Development - United Airlines Ventures
United Airlines
Pierre Charbonneau
Vice President, Events & Commercial Services
ACI World
Hannah Meredith
Senior Manager of Strategic Innovation
CVG Airport
Gus Naughton
Principal Software Engineer – Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Jack Kavanagh
Board of Directors of the
National Disability Authority and Center for Excellence in Universal ‎Design
Jo Rowan
Associate Director – Strategy
PriestmanGoode
Dr. Joe Leader
Group CEO
APEX/IFSA/FTE
Ben Klein
CEO
Aero
Ernest Hui
Head of UX/UI Design
Cathay Pacific Airways
Geoffrey Ax
Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous | Fentress Studios
Robert Silk
Airlines Editor
Travel Weekly
Ben Kaufman
Senior Director, Marketing & Customer Strategy
JSX
Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Bastian SchĂĽtz
Head of XR in Travel
Meta
Camillo Stark
Deputy Managing Director (AR/VR Labs)
MSM.digital
Diane J. Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Christina Peach
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Requirements & Capabilities Analysis
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Daniel Coleman
Founder & Chairman
Future Travel Experience
Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson
Chief Commercial Officer
Munich Airport
Sammy Patel
Chief Executive Officer, Midway Partnership & Vice President, Commercial
Vantage Airport Group
Tenille Houston
VP Public Relations and Communications
Aurrigo
James Houghton
Aviation Business Development
Materna IPS
Wopke Dost
Programme Management Lead
nlmtd
Dennis van Kleef
Programme Lead Baggage
Royal Schiphol Group
Michael Rousseau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Air Canada
Con Korfiatis
CEO
Oman Air
Perry Cantarutti
President, APEX & Senior Vice President – Alliances and International
Delta Air Lines
Rossen Dimitrov
Chief Customer Experience Officer
Saudia Airlines
Xie Bing
CEO & President
Xiamen Airlines
Catriona Larritt
Chief Customer and Digital Officer
Qantas Group
Christopher Neal
Director of Operations for the Project
Port of Portland
Yvonne Bilshausen
Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering
AECOM
Bryant L.Francis
Director of Airports
Cleveland Airport System
Kaveh Dabiran
Managing Director, Corporate Real Estate Planning & Development
United Airlines
Mike Hardaker
Chief Asset & Development Officer
Manchester Airports Group
Mike Christensen
Chief Development Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Cole Wolfson
Director, xBridge
Pittsburgh International Airport
Kristen Berndt
Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Innovation
United Airlines
Doug Kreuzkamp
Founder/CEO
Springshot
Zahra Merchant
Chapter Lead Robotics
Royal Schiphol Group
Tomoyuki Kikuchi
Head of Innovation
All Nippon Airways
Maurice Jenkins
Chief Innovation Officer
Miami International Airport
William Rumsey
Head of Product – Airport & Customer Ops
British Airways
Lisa Sullivan
Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport
IDEMIA
Chang Ellison
Identity Management Capability Manager, Enrollment, ID Proofing, and Vetting
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Vladimir Stojkovski
VP of Product Management
CLEAR
Wendy Chaves
Deputy Executive Director, Capability Management and Innovation, RCA
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Cynthia Guidry
Director
Long Beach Airport
Steven Thody
CEO
JFK Millenium Partners
Manuel van Lijf
Director Aviation Innovation
nlmtd
Sarah Bennett
Head of Heathrow Safety and Security
British Airways
Stuart Holdstock
Head of projects and processes – Operations
Lufthansa
Rosina Kotey
Innovation Lead
Aviation Solutions by Schiphol Group
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Byron Smith
Chief Technology Officer
NetTracer
Yorick Buys
Head of Baggage
Brussels Airport
Bhaskar Chopra
Sr. Director - Digital Solutions
Siemens
Norman Fekrat
Managing Partner
Imagine Wireless
Richard Clarke
Chief Creative Officer
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority
Nicole Hodges-Austin
Innovation Program Manager
Alaska Airlines
William Warbington
Director Alliance Innovation Strategy
SkyTeam
Coralie Klaus Boecker
Head ZRH Innovation Hub
Zurich Airport
Marisa Von Wieding
VP Operations
The New Terminal One at JFK
Rob Cato
Director CX Airport Technology Product Management
American Airlines
Nicolas Tarassoff
Key Account Manager
Scandit
Phillip Chan
Executive Director of Solutions
Samsung
Royce Holden
Cybersecurity Lead/CISO
Mead & Hunt
Faith Varwig
Principal
Faith Group
Yahav Ran
CEO
Synect
Rob Bischoff
Global Digital Experience Design Leader
Gensler
Austin Gould
President
Gould Strategic Solution
Renie Subin
Senior Director, Technology & External Affairs
ACI-NA
Amal Hejles
Digital Strategy Director
MATARAT
James Williamson
CEO
Veovo
Raymond Viggiano
Assistant Manager of Customer Service Delivery
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Jeff Lennon
VP Strategic Sales and Global Partnerships
Vision-Box
Gabriel Wichrowski
VP of Global Business Development
Airside
Gerold Daantje
Immigration Department, Ministry of Justice
Curaçao
Priscilla Duin-Circkens
Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
Curacao Airport Holding
Matt Gilkeson
Chief Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Sagi Varghese
Managing Director, Airport Operations & CSD Technology
United Airlines
Bernadette Berger
Director of Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Max Pariazar
Principle Data Scientist for Artificial Intelligence & Data Transformation
Southwest Airlines
Sree Samudrala
Director of Artificial Intelligence & Automation
Southwest Airlines
Deesha Desai
Vice President, LAX Hub & West Region
Envoy
Christian George Kessler
Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Patrick Skelton
Innovation Research & Development Program Manager
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Doug Wycoff
Director of Digital Technologies & Innovation, HCAA \
Tampa International Airport
Geena Martin
Director of Business Development
Gameway
Kate McFarlane
Director of Content and Creative
Foundations Worldwide
Tim McMullen
Vice President, Business Development
DataArt
Victor Oribamise
CEO
Kquika
Ed Vanga
Vice President of Product Management for Artificial Intelligence
Publicis Sapient
Vikram Baskaran
Vice President, Information Technology
Alaska Airlines
Rolf Felke
Senior Vice President Applications and Partner Management
Fraport
Christiaan Hen
CEO
Assaia
Speakers who participated in FTE Global 2023 include:
Akbar Al Baker
Group CEO
Qatar Airways & Hamad International Airport
Brian J. Glaser
Ph.D, VP & Chief Talent and Learning Officer, Member of Board of Advisors, LIFT Airline & original start up team member of JetBlue
Jeff Shaw
EVP Brand Partnerships & Business Strategy
Live Nation Entertainment
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia
Chief Executive Officer
EL AL Israel Airlines
Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports
Anko van der Werff
President & CEO
SAS
Chris Annetts
Chief Strategy Officer
Heathrow
Diane J. Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Ted Christie
Industry Pioneer and Former President & CEO, Spirit Airlines
Dr. Lutz Weisser
Managing Director
Munich Airport International
Zhao Dong
Chairman
Xiamen Airlines
Tony Thompson
Founder and CEO
Air Cahana
Nina Sproedt
Vice President Product Development
Lufthansa Group
Alex Wilcox
CEO & Co-founder
JSX & Board Member, LATAM Airlines
Maurice Jenkins
Chief Innovation Officer
Miami International Airport
John Thomas
CEO
Connect Airlines
Steven Thody
CEO
JFK Millenium Partners
Anton Vidgen
Vice President, Guest Experience
Riyadh Air
Suhail Kadri
Senior Vice President Technology & Innovation
Hamad International Airport
Lennert l'Amie
CIO
Royal Schiphol Group
Austin Gould
President
Gould Strategic Solution
Julio Toro
CIO
Copa Airlines
Mike Youngs
VP of Information Technology
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Matt Breed
CIO
Port of Seattle
Kristen Berndt
Senior Manager, Customer Strategy & Innovation
United Airlines
Nikhil Ravishankar
Chief Digital Officer
Air New Zealand
Eduardo Valencia
CIO
Metropolitan Airports Commission
Nathan VanRheenen
Executive Director, Intelligent Solutions (AI/ML & Analytics)
Boeing
Tarik Galijasevic
Managing Director (Corporate Venture Capital Group)
Allstate Strategic Ventures
James Dorris
Co-Founder and CEO
Odys Aviation
Michelle Buckley
Managing Director, Customer Engagement
Southwest Airlines
Cole Wolfson
Director, xBridge
Pittsburgh International Airport
Robbie Stephens
Fleets Strategy Lead
Uber
Amber Simonsen
Director, Airport Lobby Transformation
Alaska Airlines
Christian Draeger
Senior Vice President, Passenger Experience
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Tara Mulrooney
VP Technology & Innovation
Edmonton International Airport
Harvey Tate
Senior Manager - Airport Automation
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Carlos R. Estrada
Director of Commercial Homeport Operations
Carnival Cruise Line
Rohit Talwar
CEO
Fast Future
Brian Davis
CMO
Sun Country Airlines
Bert van der Stege
CEO
Harbour Air Seaplanes
Amy Benson
VP of Marketing
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield
Christian George Kessler
Airports Transformation & Innovation Manager
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Aura Moore
CIO
Los Angeles World Airports
Dr. Joe Leader
Group CEO
APEX/IFSA/FTE
Mr Akbar Al Baker
Group CEO
Group CEO, Qatar Airways Group, Hamad International Airport and Chairman of Qatar Tourism
Capt Ibrahim Koshy
CEO
Saudia Airlines
Andre Viljoen
Managing Director & CEO
Fiji Airways
Catherine Tobaisinsky
Chief Growth Officer
Dar Group
Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures
Amit Rikhy
President and CEO
CAG Holdings (A Carlyle Backed Company)
Rob Mitchell
Director, Head of Business Development - Airports, Events & Travel
Uber
Anne Marie Pellerin
Founder and Managing Partner
LAM LHA
Ian Law
Chief Innovation & Experience Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Matt Gilkeson
Chief Technology, Data, and Artificial Intelligence Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Lisa Sullivan
Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport
IDEMIA
Tim Lorenzen
Senior Manager, Security Innovation
American Airlines
Bob Kwik
Worldwide Head of Airports
AWS
Sarah Clark
Senior Vice President - Digital Identity
Mastercard
Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa
Bastian SchĂĽtz
Head of XR in Travel
Meta
Joshua Hirschheimer
Practice Lead - Aerospace, Transportation and Logistics
Porsche Consulting
Dennis van Kleef
Programme Lead Baggage
Royal Schiphol Group
Manuel van Lijf
Director Aviation Innovation
nlmtd
Chris Runde
Director of Strategy and Innovation
Introba
Paige Stanton Wilson
Chief Development Officer
Acubed by Airbus
Paul Puopolo
Executive Vice President of Innovation
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Melissa Conley
Executive Director of Capability Management and Innovation
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Richard Vandy
VP - Systems Integration and Partnerships
BagsID
Javed Malik
Founder, Bytes not Bricks (former COO, AirAsia Group and BLR Airport)
Bytes not Bricks
Devin Liddell
Principal Futurist
Teague
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc
Michael Youngs
Vice President Information Technology
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
Walt Shaw
Senior Director of Product
Boingo Wireless
Maarten Van Aerde
General Manager
Citymesh
Daniel Coleman
Founder & Chairman
Future Travel Experience
Dan Liebermann
Managing Director, Management Consulting
Publicis Sapient
Charu Jain
Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Maninder Bahia
Interim Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Frontier Airlines
Ted Hutchins
Chief Information Officer
Norse Atlantic Airways
Jaron Millner
Director, Head of Carrier oneworld Digitalisation
Oneworld Management Company
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Shaown Nandi
Solutions Architect & Customer Solutions Leader
Amazon Web Services (AWS) & former CIO of Dow Jones and Head of Shared Technology Services for News Corp
Hervé Muller
Head of Airport Sales
EASIER
Patrick Sgueglia
, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory
Lufthansa
Nael Samha
Acting Executive Director - Targeting and Analysis Systems Program Directorate
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Chief Strategy Officer
Avports
Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson
Chief Commercial Officer
Munich Airport
Gus Naughton
Principal Software Engineer – Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Jean Carlon
Product Manager of Airport Guest Technology
Alaska Airlines
Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG
Yvonne Bilshausen
Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering
AECOM
Philip Autekie
Masterplanning and Design Manager
Brussels Airport Company
Terri Mestas
Chief Development Officer
Los Angeles World Airports
Forth Bagley
Principal
Kohn Pedersen Fox
Yahav Ran
CEO
Synect
Steve Sisneros
VP Airport Affairs
Southwest Airlines
Idar Sørgjerd
Department Manager, BHS, Tech & Op. Excellence
Avinor
Jason Odey
Director, Global Baggage Excellence
Air Canada
Byron Smith
Chief Technology Officer
NetTracer
Jan Vidar Nalbant
CCO
BagID
Mike Byrom
Chief Operating Officer, North America
Swissport
Devon Heyns
Director - Customer Innovation & Solutions
United Airlines
Jens Sanner
Program Director for Digital Services and Transformation
Fraport
Bill Carleton
Director, Global Aviation
NEC
Forest Beattie
Solution Engineer Senior Manager
SITA
Haider Arif Hayat
Head of Enterprise Information Architecture, Analytics & AI
Hamad International Airport
Rakan Khaled
General Manager, Airport Solutions
Collins Aerospace
Geoffrey Ax
Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous | Fentress Studios
Greg Forbes
Managing Director Airport Experience
Delta Air Lines
Christina Cassotis
CEO
Pittsburgh International Airport
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Tino Klaehne
Director Strategic Innovation & Intelligence
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Naashom Marx
Director of Strategic Innovation - Advanced Mobility
CVG Airport
Chris Hartman
Director Business Development Digital Experience
Airport Dimensions 
Holly Miles
Editor
International Airport Review
Derwin Cady
Manager, Airport Technology and Product Development
Air Canada
James Snowdon
IT Director, Infrastructure Airport Applications
Vancouver Airport Authority
Jean François (Jeff) Lennon
Senior Vice President Border Authorities
Amadeus
Annet Steenbergen
Advisor
EU Digital Wallet Consortium (EWC)
Ray Viggiano
Assistant Manager of Customer Service Delivery
Port Authority of NY & NJ
James Williamson
CEO
Veovo
Susan Lewis
Manager of CX Analytics Team
Southwest Airlines
Nelson Camacho
CEO North America
Swissport
Elizabeth Paul
Manager, Aviation Technology and Innovation
The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ)
Ed Baklor
Partner, Consumer Practice, Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
True
Nancy Knipp
President of the Americas
Airport Dimensions 
Oren Cohen Butansky
EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer
EL AL Israel Airlines
Rupen Singh Philloura
Director of Terminal Operations, Customer Service & AOCC
Miami International Airport
Tomasz Pawliszyn
CEO
AirHelp
Yvo van der Tol
CCO
HRS Crew & Passenger Solutions
Martijn Steur
Managing Director
Kinetic Consultancy
Dave Jones
Deputy Executive Director - Commercial Development
Los Angeles World Airports
Sarah Gipple
Head of Partnerships
CAVU
Dadi Runarsson
Chief Commercial & Airport Development Officer
Isavia
Velissarios Eleftheriou
Expert
Munich Airport International
Suzanne Bremski
Head of Digital & Customer Experience
Harbour Air Seaplanes
Güçlü Batkin
CEO
TAV Operation Services
Vital Event Information
Future Travel Experience Global 2026 will bring together airlines, airports, government agencies, vendors, startups, terminal designers, architects, ground handlers, destination partners, and other key travel industry stakeholders to collaborate and be inspired to transform passenger experience, business performance, and sustainability strategies.
- Event:
- Future Travel Experience Global 2026
- Date:
- – September 2026
- Location:
- Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center, Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, United States