APEX FTE EXPO Asia Speakers
📣 The 2026 speaker line-up will be announced soon.
Below you can view the speaker line-up from the 2025 event.
A Track Record of World-Class Keynotes
Scott Kirby
Akuila Batiweti
Jeffrey Goh
Con Korfiatis
Joanna Geraghty
Ed Bastian
Michael Rousseau
Rossen Dimitrov
Jeffrey Loke
Todd Traynor-Corey
Kenneth Chang
Samson Arega Bekele
Pieter Elbers
Jayson Goh
John Simeone
Candice Alabanza Iyog
Sumesh Patel
Paul Carroll
Vivian Lo
Dolores De Iturbe Vera
Oren Cohen Butansky
Xia Cai
Dominic Green
Andre Viljoen
Linda Schucroft
Raza Ali
Dina Ben Tal Ganancia
Jan Takacs
Aron Backstrom
Barry Ter Voert
David Neeleman
Richard Ashton
Jonathan De Oliveira
Ed Collett
Toshiya Shimada
Jude Bricker
Nazri Neyat
Steven Greenway
Dr. Andrés Conesa Labastida
Andrew litavis
Eric Groenloh
Julian Jäger
APEX FTE EXPO Asia 2025 speakers include:
Richard Nuttall
Jan Takacs
Jayson Goh
Akuila Batiweti
Bernadette Berger
Jeffrey Loke
Kenneth Chang
Samson Arega Bekele
Jonathan De Oliveira
Nazri Neyat
Liyan Huang
Mir Amer Hussain
Rany Francois-Marie Saad
Bastian Schütz
Suranjana Tewari
Darin Juby
Chua Ching Hock
Arif Ghouse
Alex Willis
Kevin Kleist
Javed Malik
Tomoyuki Kikuchi
Ranjiv Ramanathan
Kellen Schroeter
Janis Tse
Hanadi Al Aali
Ambar Franco
Ross Falconer
Ricia Vinelli Montejo
Sunil Ankalgi
Yvonne Bilshausen
Ryan Ghee
Josh Bakhbakhi
Gary Ong
Dr. Joe Leader
Sanil Martin Joseph
Akemi Kimura
Suranjana Tewari
Sumesh Patel
Marta Dimitrova
Anjali Birla
Ujwal Makhija
Vinod Philips
Aurore Martial
Abhilash Murthy
Stuart Forster
Aigerim Zhambyl
Nick Wiley
Matt Crane
Maryann Simson
Victor Brault
Ben Asmar
Jonas von Kruechten
Dimitrios Tsirangelos
Gus Naughton
Romy van Kessel
Edwin Lim
Dr Melissa Adamski
Dave Rifkin
Nicholas Donovan
Hercules Lai
Rupen S. Philloura
Ben Dawson
Rahel de Vriend
Max Tremaine
Sylvie Ladame
Bill Carleton
Pieter Elbers
CEO
IndiGo
Jeffrey Goh
Group CEO
Gulf Air Group
Jayson Goh
Executive Vice President, Airport Management
Changi Airport Group
John Simeone
CEO
Jetstar Asia
Candice Alabanza Iyog
Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer
Cebu Pacific
Sumesh Patel
President, Asia Pacific
SITA
Paul Carroll
Chief Commercial Officer
AirAsia
Vivian Lo
GM Customer Experience and Design
Cathay Pacific Airways
Oren Cohen Butansky
EVP & Chief Customer Experience Officer
EL AL Israel Airlines
Xia Cai
Senior Vice President of Product Development & Design
Qatar Airways
Dr. Joe Leader
Group CEO
APEX/IFSA/FTE
Dominic Green
Director Inflight Entertainment & Connectivity
United Airlines
Linda Schucroft
Vice President Innovation and Customer Experience
King Salman International Airport
Raza Ali
VP Innovation
International Airlines Group (IAG)
Amit Doshi
Head of Capacity Planning Logistics
Dubai Airports
Apple Ignacio
Director Ancillaries
Cebu Pacific
Jie Wei Ow
Ancillary Products
Scoot
Soonil Hwang
Deputy Director, Fast Travel Team
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Abbas Bigdeli
CEO
AerVision
Suranjana Tewari
Asia Business Correspondent
BBC News
Javed Malik
Founder
Bytes not Bricks
Gordon Chu
Head of Digital Innovation
Cathay Pacific Airways
Shatha AlHosain
IT Strategy & Control Director
Cluster2 Airports
Stuart Forster
Editor - Retail and Technology
Onboard Hospitality
Andrew Tan
VP Airport Development
Air India
Jonathan Song
Chief Commercial Officer
Plaza Premium Group
Babar Rahman
SVP Global Marketing & Corporate Communications
Qatar Airways
Koray Ergün
Airline Operations Solutions Director
Turkish Airlines Technology
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Yvonne Bilshausen
Global Head of Aviation Architecture and Engineering
AECOM
Nicholas Donovan
Head of Aviation Services
Melbourne Airport
Ibrahim Hussain
DCO / Head of Terminal Operations Department, Velana International Airport
Maldives Airports Company
Reza Rasoulian
Senior Vice President
Hughes
Chua Ching Hock
Senior Associate Director, International Projects
Changi Airports International
Jeong-ju An
Manager of Fast Travel Team
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Giovanni Gennaro
Head of Open Innovation
Aeroporti di Roma
Daniel Coleman
Founder & Chairman
Future Travel Experience
Bennett Chen
Managing Director
Neural Lab Limited
Ammar Bigdeli
Sales & Partnership Manager, NA & EMEA
AerVision
Amit Sukhija
Founder and CEO
ZestIOT
Manuel van Lijf
Director Aviation Innovation
nlmtd
Tomoyuki Kikuchi
Head of Innovation
All Nippon Airways
Gus Naughton
Principal Software Engineer – Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Juli Ng
Divisional Vice President of Cabin Crew
Air India
Yelena Obukhova
Vice President – Inflight Services
Air Astana
Edwin Lim
Head of Commercial and Retail – Catering Division
dnata
Sidne Yeo
Asia Head
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Bima Boediman
Senior Expert
InJourney Aviation Services
Yadu Arora
Head of Strategic Program Management Office
Mumbai International Airport
Syed Talha Izhar
Manager Business Systems – Digital & Commercial, Information Technology
Hamad International Airport
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Jason Odey
Director, Global Baggage Excellence
Air Canada
Christopher Stein
Director Digital Services
Siemens
Vineeth K Murali
Head of the Product for Web and Mobile
Air India
Nick Wiley
Managing Director
En Route
Ross Falconer
Head of Content
Future Travel Experience
Farnush Anwar
Manager, Airport Systems and Automation
flydubai
Fırat Ocak
Aviation Development Director
Ä°GA Ä°stanbul Airport
Kristy Lo
Manager, Terminal Operation and Government Facilitation
Airport Authority Hong Kong
Daniel Welch
Co-founder & Senior Consultant
Valour Consultancy
Kate Groth
President
West Entertainment
Ben Asmar
Vice President, Products and Strategy
RAVE Aerospace
John Vidal
General Manager APAC
Immfly
Albert Jan Prevoo
Director Innovation (Travel Retail)
nlmtd
Trevor Spinks
Commercial Advisor to CEO
flyadeal
Paul-Eric Licari
Regional Head, Tech & Travel, Group Business Development
Grab
Nick Ashton
Global Airline Lead
Protect Group
Ursula Silling
CEO
Branchspace – digital reinvented
Theo Panagiotoulias
CEO
Star Alliance
Jayson Goh
Executive Vice President, Airport Management
Changi Airport Group
Monica Miller
Asia Business Reporter
BBC News
Manish Raniga
CEO of Airline Investments
777 Partners
Lim Kim Hai
Executive Chairman
Rex Airlines
Keiichi Ueda
VP of Digital Transformation & Innovation
All Nippon Airways
Rowan Chalmers
Chief Transformation Officer
Fiji Airways
Anurag Shandilya
Head – Airport Operations
Noida International Airport
Akemi Kimura
IT Strategy & Development
ZIPAIR
Paul Carroll
Chief Commercial Officer
AirAsia
Emre Yavuz
Manager, Advanced Analytics and Customer Data Management
Turkish Airlines Technology
Jeffrey Loke
Senior Vice President, DIVA (Digital Factory)
Changi Airport Group
Priyanga Wijewardana
Strategy Planning Manager
SriLankan Airlines
Shuji Takahashi
Deputy General Manager (IT Planning Section)
Hokkaido Airports Co Ltd
Mir Amer Hussain
Head – Onboard Experience (Inflight Product & IFEC)
Air India
Dabraj Sing
Chief Business Officer
AirAsia MOVE
April Murphy
Hub Developments Portfolio Manager
Alaska Airlines
Andrew Tan
VP Airport Development
Air India
Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends
Southwest Airlines
Zaid Alami
Managing Director
Boeing Indonesia
Gerald Ng
Vice President, Environment and Sustainability
Changi Airport Group
David Coiley
Regional Vice President Asia Pacific Aviation Sales
Viasat
Nicol Seifertova
Ecommerce Manager
Prague Airport
Jordie Knoppers
Future Customer Journey Manager
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Ingo Wuggetzer
Vice President, Cabin Marketing
Airbus
Prae Prasitwisat
Chief Experience Officer
YATES+partners
Nicholas Donovan
Head of Aviation Services
Melbourne Airport
Jesse Jalleh
Senior Director, Member Services Enablement
Star Alliance
Steven Dickson
Operations Advisor
Cebu Pacific
Kate Groth
President
West Entertainment
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Nick Silvester
Director Airline Accounts, APAC
Intelsat
Ben Asmar
Vice President, Products and Strategy
RAVE Aerospace
Javed Malik
Founder
Bytes not Bricks
Sumesh Patel
President, Asia Pacific
SITA
Rohit Talwar
CEO
Fast Future
Christian Draeger
Senior Vice President, Passenger Experience
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
Craig Devoy
Managing Partner
Yates+Partners
Stuart Forster
Editor - Retail and Technology
Onboard Hospitality
Syaifullah Sarip
Head of Business Development, APAC
Airport Dimensions 
Lauren Costello
Executive Director
Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX)
Verena Bintaro
Director of Marketing, Communications and Partnerships
AERQ
Kit Su Lee
Regional Head of Operations, Asia-Pacific
Collins Aerospace
Sunil Ankalgi
Regional Director, Sales & Account Management, AirOps, APAC
Amadeus
Ryan Ghee
Chief Operating Officer
Future Travel Experience
Daniel Coleman
Founder & Chairman
Future Travel Experience
Dr. Joe Leader
Group CEO
APEX/IFSA/FTE
Simon Yaffe
Director of Client Service, Global
Buzz
Jennifer Green
Co-Founder + President
Procurall Solutions
Jean Paul Hildebrandt
CEO / Co-founder
NOVELPAY
Shabbir Girach
Managing Director
Shabstec Limited
Sitaramaiah Alamuri
Practice Director
Optimetrix
Ina Eldøy
CEO
BagID
Thomas D. Pellegrin
Senior Principal, Consulting
IATA
John Vidal
General Manager APAC
Immfly
Duncan de Boer
Chief Commercial Officer
Foodcase International BV
Steve Harvey
Travel Consultant
Clinova Ltd
Kim Chua
Assistant Professor
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Peter Ververis
Senior Manager Terminals & Facilitation
Melbourne Airport
Maneesh Jaikrishna
Managing Director of Middle East, Asia Pacific & Africa
Vision-Box
Bill Carleton
Director, Global Aviation
NEC
Ursula Silling
CEO
Branchspace – digital reinvented
Nick Redpath
Business Development Director EMEA & APAC
Airport Dimensions 
Mitch Fordham
Co-founder & CRO
eSIM Go
Gus Naughton
Principal Software Engineer – Innovation
Alaska Airlines
Jason Smith
Programme Manager – Baggage Service
Auckland Airport
Ivan Lee
Manager, Customer Experience (Baggage)
Star Alliance
Barathan Pasupathi
Chief Executive Officer
Jetstar Asia
Tan Lye Teck
Executive Vice President - Airport Management
Changi Airport Group
Riad Asmat
Chief Executive Officer
AirAsia Malaysia
Andre Viljoen
Managing Director & CEO
Fiji Airways
Carolijn Schoofs
Head of Innovation
Aviation Solutions by Schiphol Group
Jeffrey Goh
Group CEO
Gulf Air Group
Hideharu Miyamoto
Senior Executive Officer / Deputy Executive Divisional Director of Corporate Planning Division
Narita International Airport Corporation
Colin Currie
President (Commercial)
Capital A
Christine Wang
Managing Director
Lufthansa Innovation Hub
Azman B. Ahmad
GM Product Management
Saudia Airlines
David Cho
Senior Manager
Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)
Deacon Konc
Director, Innovation & Solutions
United Airlines
Javier Massot
COO
Cebu Pacific
Jayne Wear
Head of Omnichannel
Auckland Airport
Gunardi Minah
GM Marketing
Lion Air, and Member of the FTE APEX Asia Expo Advisory Board
Yudong Tan
VP, CEO of the Flights BG
Trip.com Group (a global travel services company that owns and operates Trip.com, Ctrip, Skyscanner and Qunar)
Darin Juby
Head of Transformation
Future Travel Experience
Travis Lim
Principal Digital Strategist
Singapore Airlines
Apple Ignacio
Director Ancillaries
Cebu Pacific
Stefan List
Head of Cabin Market Insights
Airbus
Anissa Soraya
Manager Inflight Material & IFEC
Garuda Indonesia
Hon Lung Chu
Head of APAC
Volocopter
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Vital Event Information
For the first time, APEX EXPO and FTE Asia Expo unite as one global platform.
This year, we build on 15 years of extraordinary momentum as our long-running regional show transforms into a true global mega-event. APEX FTE EXPO Asia 2026 (formerly FTE Asia and FTE APEX Asia Expo) combines the unrivalled customer experience heritage of APEX with Future Travel Experience’s long-established regional innovation platform.
This powerful collaboration creates the industry’s most comprehensive platform for passenger experience and innovation – connecting airline, airport and technology leaders from across APAC and beyond to showcase the ideas, solutions and partnerships redefining the future of travel.
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