FTE Global 2023 Confirmed Speakers


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
CEO
EL AL Israel Airlines


Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports


Anko van der Werff
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
President & CEO
Spirit Airlines


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
COO
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
Assistant Administrator of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (RCA)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


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, Baggage Strategy & Innovation
United Airlines


Nikhil Ravishankar
Chief Digital Officer
Air New Zealand


Cesar Mateus
Managing Director, Digital Portfolio Office
Delta Air Lines


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
VP Customer Experience
Star Alliance


Tara Mulrooney
VP Technology & Innovation
Edmonton International Airport


Harvey Tate
Human API - Digital Transformation
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
Organizational Alignment and Strategic Innovation
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority


Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company


Aura Moore
CIO
Los Angeles World Airports


Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA


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 Digital Transformation Officer
Los Angeles World Airports


Matt Gilkeson
Director, Innovation Task Force
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


Lisa Sullivan
Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport
IDEMIA


Tim Lorenzen
Senior Manager, Security Innovation
American Airlines


Bob Kwik
Global Head of Airports
Amazon Web Services


Sarah Clark
Senior Vice President - Digital Identity
Mastercard


Dr. Bjoern Becker
Head of Future Intercontinental Experience Program
Lufthansa


Bastian Schütz
Product & Business Development
Meta Reality Labs


Joshua Hirschheimer
Practice Lead - Aerospace, Transportation and Logistics
Porsche Consulting


Dennis van Kleef
Programme Lead Baggage
Royal Schiphol Group


Manuel van Lijf
nterim Director – Innovation – Venture Building
nlmtd


Chris Runde
Director of Strategy and Innovation
Introba


Paige Stanton Wilson
COO
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
Chair of the Advisory Board
Ink Innovation


Devin Liddell
Principal Futurist
Teague


Kevin Kleist
Senior Emerging Trends Advisor
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 & CEO
Future Travel Experience


Ravi Vanmali
Managing Director, Operations Strategy, Data, & Implementation
Delta Air Lines


Dan Liebermann
Managing Director, Management Consulting
Publicis Sapient


Charu Jain
Senior Vice President Merchandising & Innovation
Alaska Airlines


Sveinn Akerlie
CEO
Plan3 & former CIO of WOW air


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 Baggage Transformation, Future Travel Experience & Managing Director, Operational Performance Transformation
Greater Toronto Airports Authority


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
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Chief Strategy Officer
Avports


Dr. Jan-Henrik Andersson
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) & Chief Security Officer (CSO)
Munich Airport


Gus Naughton
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies
Alaska Airlines


Jean Carlon
Product Manager of Airport Guest Technology
Alaska Airlines


Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG


Yvonne Bilshausen
Vice President of Aviation, U.S. West & Canada
Hill International


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
Vice President, Airports & Crew Services
Spirit Airlines


Devon Heyns
Director - Customer Innovation & Solutions
United Airlines


Jens Sanner
Program Director for Digital Services and Transformation
Fraport


Bill Carleton
Director, Advanced Recognition Systems
NEC Corporation of America


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
Ax, Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous


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
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International 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-Francois Lennon
Vice President Strategic Sales & Global Partnerships
Vision-Box


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
Keflavik Airport – Isavia Ltd


Velissarios Eleftheriou
Expert
Munich Airport International


Suzanne Bremski
Head of Digital & Customer Experience
Harbour Air Seaplanes


Güçlü Batkin
CEO
TAV Operation Services
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John Picard
Futurist


Michael Rousseau
President and Chief Executive Officer
Air Canada


Scott Kirby
CEO
United Airlines


John Thomas
CEO
Connect Airlines


Jacqueline Yaft
CEO
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport


John Couluris
Vice President, Lunar Permanence
Blue Origin


Jeff Crist
SVP, Enterprise, Regional Properties, and Gaming Technology and Digital
MGM Resorts International


Rocky Wiggins
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Spirit Airlines


Justin Erbacci
CEO
Los Angeles World Airports


Devin Liddell
Principal Futurist
Teague


Goutam Kundu
EVP & Chief Digital Strategy and Information Officer
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority


Naashom Marx
Director of Strategic Innovation - Advanced Mobility
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport


Alex Wilcox
CEO & Co-founder
JSX & Board Member, LATAM Airlines


Robin Riedel
Partner
McKinsey & Company


Ed Baklor
Partner, Consumer Practice, Travel, Leisure & Hospitality
True


Geoffrey Ax
Ax, Principal / Aviation Market Leader
Populous


Mike Byrom
Vice President, Airports & Crew Services
Spirit Airlines


Rishma M. Khimji
Chief Information Technology Officer
Harry Reid International Airport


Scott DeAngelo
Executive Vice President – Chief Marketing Officer
Allegiant


Rohit Talwar
CEO
Fast Future


Brian Cobb
Chief Innovation Officer
Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport


Duncan Bureau
Chief Commercial Officer (CCO)
Canada Jetlines


Linda Schucroft
Director, Innovation
YVR


Samuel Ingalls
Principal
Barich, Inc


Preston Peterson
Director of Customer Experience Innovation
American Airlines


Lisa Sullivan
Executive Vice President- Travel and Transport
IDEMIA


Oz Eliav
CEO
Cockpit Innovation


Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships
JetBlue Ventures


Manish Raniga
CEO of Airline Investments
777 Partners


Thanos Smith
Chief Visionary Officer
Paragon VTOL Aerospace


Bryant Walker
ACM / Aviation Administrator
City of Brownsville – Department of Aviation


Michael Taylor
Managing Director of Travel, Hospitality, and Retail Intelligence
J.D. Power


Dr. Joe Leader
CEO
APEX/IFSA


Gordon Wilson
VP of Identity Verification
Entrust


Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO
Future Travel Experience


Chris Annetts
Chief Strategy Officer
Heathrow


Doug OGorden
Director of Digital Media & Events
FINDBiometrics.com & MobileIDWorld.com


Amena Ali
CEO
Airside


Kris Ranganath
Senior Vice President of Innovation
Paravision


Eduardo Valencia
CIO
Metropolitan Airports Commission


Maurice Jenkins
Chief Innovation Officer
Miami International Airport


Mike Youngs
VP of Information Technology
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport


Jay Floyd
VP Corporate Strategy, Sales and Product Development
ExteNet Systems


T.J. Schulz
President
Airport Consultants Council


Nishant Rao
Economic Development Professional | Aviation & Aerospace Top 20 Under 40
Nieuport Aviation


Jesus Saenz
Director of Airports
City of San Antonio


Jimmy Hahn
SVP, Central Operations & Innovation
CLEAR


Kevin Shrier
President of the Americas
CAVU


Pietro Caminiti
Head of IT solutions
Aeroporti di Roma


Ajay Amlani
SVP - Head of Americas
iProov


Jeff Lennon
Vice President of Strategic Sales
Vision-Box


Patrick Sgueglia
, Product Development, Airport Experience, Biometrics, Regulatory
Lufthansa


Matt Gilkeson
Director, Innovation Task Force
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


Dave Wilson
Founder & CEO
The Airport Guy


Justin Phy
President & Principal Consultant
Barich, Inc


Tom Stevens
CX Pioneer & former Director of Brand and Customer Experience, British Airways


Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience


Alex Peric
VP & Chief Operating Officer
Gerald R. Ford International Airport Authority (GRR)


Kevin Kleist
Senior Emerging Trends Advisor
Southwest Airlines


Ryan Chou
Venture Investor
JetBlue Technology Ventures


Simon Dempsey
CCO
Plan3 and FTE’s ‘Mayor for Startups’


Daniel McCoy
Chief Innovation Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


Tom Mano
Vice President, Products & Services Planning
All Nippon Airways


Megan Bozarth
Assistant Vice President of Customer Program Development
DFW International Airport


Julie Melnick
Founder & CEO
SkySquad


Chris Runde
Director of Strategy and Innovation
Introba


Shaun Klann
Head of Strategic Growth
Willow


Eve Machol
Managing Director, Airport/Transportation Industry
Microsoft


Haider Arif Hayat
Head of Enterprise Information Architecture, Analytics & AI
Hamad International Airport


Nael Samha
Executive Director, Targeting, Vetting and Biometrics Systems
U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Jason Van Sice
Vice President
NEC


Sherry Stein
Head of Technology Strategy, Americas
SITA


Marcus Session
Vice President Information Technology Services
Tampa International Airport & Chair of the ACI Innovation@Airports Working Group


Bob Kwik
Global Head of Airports
Amazon Web Services


Rakan Khaled
General Manager, Airport Solutions
Collins Aerospace


David Wilson
Managing Partner
daa International


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)


Dan Tanciar
Chief Innovation Officer
Pangiam


Diane J. Sabatino
Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations
U.S. Customs and Border Protection


Austin Gould
Assistant Administrator of Requirements and Capabilities Analysis (RCA)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


Greg Forbes
Managing Director Airport Experience
Delta Air Lines


Anique Kamphuis
Senior Product Owner Baggage Teams Business Platform Ground
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines


Arturo Garcia-Alonso
Chief Strategy Officer
Avports


Ian Scoley
Head of Design
AMP (Applied Mobility Partners)


Justin Towles
President
Crown Consulting


James Dorris
Co-Founder and CEO
Odys Aviation


Pierre Gourdain
Senior Managing Director, US, Canada
FlixBus


Myron Keehn
Vice President - Air Service, Business Development, ESG and Stakeholder Relations
Edmonton International Airport


Yemi Oshinnaiye
Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)


Cole Wolfson
Director, xBridge
Pittsburgh International Airport


Chamil Liyanage
Managing Director, Airport Passenger & Hospitality Services
Plaza Premium Group


Asha Jacob
Head of Airport Solutions, Travel and Hospitality, Strategic Initiatives Group
Tata Consultancy Services


Ron Glickman
Vice President
Snowfall


Carlos Conde
Commercial Manager, Panama, Central America and Mexico
Air Europa


Erika Moore
COTS- Chief Officer Travel Supply
TravelX


Thomas Kearns
Digital Innovation Strategist
Perkins and Will


Jooyoon Choi
Manager - Fast Travel Team / Passenger Innovation Group
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)


Clyde Hutchinson
General Partner
Team ABC (former Head of Viva Air Labs)


Sarah Wittlieb
Vice President Sales & Innovation
LabCampus GmbH


Amit Singh
Sustainability Solutions Lead
Publicis Sapient


Shane O’Flaherty
Global Director: Travel, Transportation & Hospitality
Microsoft


Erwan Perhirin
Product Marketing
T-Mobile


Amanda Drescher
Senior Product Manager
Alaska Airlines


Miguel Ruiz
Principal Software Engineer
Alaska Airlines


Gary McDonald
President, Americas
Materna IPS USA Corp.


Jasper Quak
Managing Director
BAGTAG


Gus Naughton
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies
Alaska Airlines


les Wuisman
Director – Integral Analytics KLM Operations
KLM


Darin Juby
Head of Baggage Transformation, Future Travel Experience & Managing Director, Operational Performance Transformation
Greater Toronto Airports Authority


Marlon van der Meer
Founder
BagsID


Eleonore Wenzl-Bery
Passenger & Baggage Processes
Lufthansa Group


Lars Mehrtens
Research Associate
Fraunhofer IML


Per Engelbrechtsen
Business Development Director
Beumer Group


Byron Smith
Chief Technology Officer
NetTracer


Jose Salamo
Associate Director, Baggage Services Terminal 1
Greater Toronto Airports Authority


Jason Odey
Director, Global Baggage Excellence
Air Canada


Idar Sørgjerd
Department Manager, BHS, Tech & Op. Excellence
Avinor


Gerardo Fuster
Business Development Manager
Americas at Plaza Premium Group


Anand Sebastian Bosco
Client Partner
Tata Consultancy Services


Pascal Belanger
Senior Vice-President, Commercial Development and Operations
Plaza Premium Group


Andrew Yiu
Vice President, Customer Experience
Air Canada & Air Canada Rouge


Steven Murtoff
Senior Director, Inflight Operations, Southwest Airlines and President, Board of Directors
International Flight Services Association (IFSA)


Vanessa Lindstrom
Director – Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance
United Airlines & Board Member, International Flight Services Association (IFSA)
Vital Event Information
Future Travel Experience Global 2023 is a global forum that brings together airlines, airports, government agencies, vendors, start-ups, terminal designers, architects, ground handlers, destination partners and various other travel industry stakeholders to learn, collaborate and be inspired on their next moves to transform their organisations’ passenger experience, business performance & sustainability strategies.
- Event
- Future Travel Experience Global 2023
- Date
- - September 2023
- Location
- Long Beach Convention Center, California, United States