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Tuesday 7 November 2023
Premium Conference Expo Conference Briefings Misc/Offsite
FTE APEX Asia Expo Conference & Exhibition - Not Open

14:00 - 15:30

Baggage tour
(Members Only)

15:30 - 17:30

FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group and FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub – Joint Meeting
(Members Only)

16:00 - 17:00

Changi Airport Tours /Activities
(Open to Premium Pass Holders Only - Subject to approval & pre-screening)

18:30 - 20:30

The FTE APEX Asia Expo Networking Ice Breaker, hosted at Hub & Spoke

16:00 - 18:00 - Registration Open (Exhibitors & Speakers Only)
Wednesday 8 November 2023
Premium Conference Expo Conference Briefings Misc/Offsite
08:00 - 17:30 - Registration Open (Please pre-print your badge) 09:00 - 18:15 - Expo Open

09:00-09:05

Ribbon-cutting ceremony

09:15-09:30

Welcome Addresses

Speakers:
Daniel Coleman, Future Travel Experience
Jayson Goh, Changi Airport Group

09:30-10:20

Opening Keynote Panel – Leadership perspectives on the biggest opportunities and challenges for the aviation industry across Asia and beyond

Speakers:
Monica Miller, BBC News
Jayson Goh, Changi Airport Group
Manish Raniga, 777 Partners
Sumesh Patel , SITA


















11:30-12:30

Airline Innovation Summit: How airlines and their partners are making pioneering use of technology to enhance CX, efficiency and sustainability

Speakers:
Ryan Ghee, Future Travel Experience
Emre Yavuz, Turkish Airlines Technology
Akemi Kimura, ZIPAIR
Kevin Kleist, Southwest Airlines

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10:30-11:00

Expo Stage Opening Keynote

Speakers:
Manish Raniga, 777 Partners

11:00-11:55

New ideas and opportunities to enhance e-commerce, ancillary revenue and retail in air transport

Speakers:
Ursula Silling, Branchspace
Paul Carroll, AirAsia
Nicol Seifertova, Prague Airport
Nick Redpath, Airport Dimensions 
Mitch Fordham, eSIM Go

12:10-13:00

Finding the right balance between automation and human service to enhance the passenger experience

Speakers:
Kim Chua, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Jesse Jalleh, Star Alliance
Peter Ververis, Melbourne Airport
Maneesh Jaikrishna, Vision-Box
Priyanga Wijewardana, SriLankan Airlines
Bill Carleton, NEC Corporation of America

13:00-13:45

Tech & Innovation Briefing – Automation, Self-Service & Biometrics



13:45-14:45

Airport Innovation Summit: How airports and their partners are making pioneering use of technology to enhance CX, efficiency and sustainability

Speakers:
Javed Malik, Ink Innovation
Andrew Tan, Changi Airports International
Anurag Shandilya, Noida International Airport (by Flughafen Zürich AG)
Sunil Ankalgi, Amadeus

13:30-14:30

Leveraging IFEC advancements to create unique onboard experiences

Speakers:
Lauren Costello, Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)
Nick Silvester, Intelsat
Kate Groth, West Entertainment
Ben Asmar, Safran Passenger Innovations
Kevin Kleist, Southwest Airlines








14:30-15:00

Tech & Innovation Briefing – IFEC


14:45-15:15

FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group (BIWG) POC briefing on FTE / BIWG booth



15:15-15:45

Fireside Chat

Speakers:
Monica Miller, BBC News
Dabraj Sing, airasia MOVE

15:45-16:15

Special Presentation: How the pioneering ‘Digital, Innovation, Ventures & Analytics’ (DIVA) programme is helping Changi Airport Group to successfully tap into new and emerging technologies and trends, ranging from artificial intelligence to the metaverse

Speakers:
Jeffrey Loke, Changi Airport Group

15:00-16:00

Onboard Hospitality Forum Asia: The future of inflight service and F&B at 35,000 feet

Speakers:
Stuart Forster, Onboard Hospitality
Duncan de Boer, Foodcase International BV
Steve Harvey, Clinova Ltd
Jennifer Green, Procurall Solutions










16:00-16:30

Innovation Briefing – Onboard Hospitality

16:30-17:30

Revolutionising passenger and baggage processing to better serve evolving customer needs – from automation to biometrics and more

Speakers:
Kit Su Lee, Collins Aerospace
Jordie Knoppers , KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
April Murphy, Alaska Airlines
Darin Juby, Future Travel Experience

16:30-17:30

The Sustainability Symposium: What are airlines, airports, OEMs and their partners doing today to become greener, and how can stakeholders work together more effectively to make operations as environmentally sustainable as possible?

Speakers:
Thomas D. Pellegrin, IATA
Gerald Ng, Changi Airport Group
Matt Crane, Aviation Sustainability Forum
John Vidal, Immfly
Zaid Alami, Boeing Indonesia

Sponsored by:

17:45-18:15

FTE APEX Asia Expo Awards Ceremony

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18:15-20:15

FTE APEX Asia Expo Reception & Awards After Party

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Thursday 9 November 2023
Premium Conference Expo Conference Briefings Misc/Offsite
08:30 - 15:45 - Registration Open (Please pre-print your badge) 08:45 - 15:45 - Expo Open

09:00-09:30

Day 2 Opening Virtual Keynote

Speakers:
Rohit Talwar, Fast Future

09:30-10:30

Inflight innovation powered by technology and creativity

Speakers:
Lauren Costello, Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)
David Coiley, Viasat
Mir Amer Hussain, Air India
Ingo Wuggetzer, Airbus
Verena Bintaro, AERQ

10:30-11:00

CEO Fireside Chat

Speakers:
Monica Miller, BBC News
Theo Panagiotoulias, Star Alliance






10:00-11:00

FTE Baggage Innovation Summit

Speakers:
Darin Juby, Future Travel Experience
Gus Naughton, Alaska Airlines
Jason Smith, Auckland Airport
Ivan Lee, Star Alliance
Christopher Stein, Siemens Logistics

11:00-11:30

Tech & Innovation Briefing – Baggage

11:30-12:30

The Customer Experience & Service Summit – creating unique and memorable customer journeys

Speakers:
Stuart Forster, Onboard Hospitality
Keiichi Ueda, All Nippon Airways
Syaifullah Sarip, Airport Dimensions 
Steven Dickson, Cebu Pacific

11:30-12:30

The FTE Innovation Showcase, featuring the Startup Pitch Session

Speakers:
Ryan Ghee, Future Travel Experience
Shuji Takahashi, Hokkaido Airports Co Ltd
Shabbir Girach, Shabstec Limited
Sitaramaiah Alamuri, Optimetrix
Ina Eldøy, BagID

12:30-13:00

Tech & Innovation Briefing – Airport Technology & Pre-Travel

13:00-13:45

Onboard Hospitality Forum Asia: Onboard Innovation – Case Studies

Speakers:
Stuart Forster, Onboard Hospitality
Simon Yaffe, Buzz
Jennifer Green, Procurall Solutions
Jean Paul Hildebrandt, NOVELPAY

13:30-14:30

How to become a top-rated airline or airport in passenger experience rating programmes like APEX and Skytrax – lessons from those who have climbed the ladder

Speakers:
Prae Prasitwisat, YATES+partners
Christian Draeger, Star Alliance
Rowan Chalmers, Fiji Airways
Nicholas Donovan, Melbourne Airport
Lim Kim Hai, Rex Airlines
Craig Devoy, Yates+Partners

14:15-14:45

Briefing and discussion on AI, IoT & Robotics with leaders from the FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub

Speakers:
Ryan Ghee, Future Travel Experience
Kevin Kleist, Southwest Airlines
Javed Malik, Ink Innovation

15:00-15:45

The APEX Regional Passenger Choice Awards Ceremony

15:45 - Expo Closes