APEX FTE Asia Expo Speakers

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Speakers who participated in APEX FTE Asia Expo 2024 include:

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

CEO

APEX/IFSA

Dominic Green

Director – Inflight Entertainment

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 Reporter

BBC News

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

Vice President Airport Development PMO (CEO's office)

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

SVP | Global Head of Aviation Architecture + 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

General Manager, Seletar Airport

Changi Airport Group

Jeong-ju An

Manager of Fast Travel Team

Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)

Giovanni Gennaro

Head of Open Innovation

Aeroporti di Roma

Daniel Coleman

CEO & Founder

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 Innovation – Travel & Transportation

nlmtd

Tomoyuki Kikuchi

Manager, Ground Handling Planning, Airport Support, Operations Support Center

ANA

Gus Naughton

Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies

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 & Retail

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 Logistics

Vineeth K Murali

Head of the Product for Web and Mobile

Air India

Nick Wiley

Global Managing Director

En Route International Ltd

Ross Falconer

Head of Content

Future Travel Experience

Farnush Anwar

Manager, Airport Systems and Automation

flydubai

Fırat Ocak

Aviation Development Director

İGA İstanbul 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

Safran Passenger Innovations

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

Manager, Fast Travel, 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 and Pricing & Commercial Strategy

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 - Product (Onboard) & IFE&C

Air India

Dabraj Sing

Chief Business Officer

airasia MOVE

April Murphy

Hub Developments Portfolio Manager

Alaska Airlines

Andrew Tan

Vice President Airport Development PMO (CEO's office)

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

Safran Passenger Innovations

Sumesh Patel

President, Asia Pacific

SITA

Rohit Talwar

CEO

Fast Future

Christian Draeger

VP Customer Experience

Star Alliance

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, Airline and Airport Operations, APAC

Amadeus

Ryan Ghee

Chief Operating Officer

Future Travel Experience

Daniel Coleman

CEO & Founder

Future Travel Experience

Dr. Joe Leader

CEO

APEX/IFSA

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, Advanced Recognition Systems

NEC Corporation of America

Ursula Silling

CEO

Branchspace – digital reinvented

Nick Redpath

Business Development Director EMEA & APAC

Airport Dimensions 

Mitch Fordham

Co-founder & CRO

eSIM Go

Gus Naughton

Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies

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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Delegate and exhibitor testimonials

“There is so much taking place in the Premium Conference and on the Expo Stage that I wish I could be in two places at once. In the exhibition, it’s great to see the improvements in technology and what’s new in the market. It’s also an opportunity to meet with my customers, clients and suppliers here in one location in Singapore. The attendees are right in the markets that we are interested in. I look forward to coming back next year.”

Andrew Tan, Director and Head Airport Operations, Changi Airports International

“The event is very good and very beneficial to airlines. The conference speakers have been real experts sharing their insights. Meanwhile, in the exhibition there are many IT and service infrastructure providers, so it’s very beneficial for new ideas.”

Ronny Lau Nga Lok, Assistant to Vice President, Customer Services cum General Manager – Service Development, Air Macau

“It has been amazing. Connectivity and personalisation are two of our key objectives for 2023 and we’re seeing so much of it here at the expo, which has been so great for us. We’re really grateful that we had the privilege to come here. We’ve already decided to attend next year.”

Andre Viljoen, Managing Director & CEO, Fiji Airways

“APEX FTE Asia Expo has been fantastic – it has been incredibly stimulating, with lots of great ideas, interesting people and fantastic talks, so there’s really a lot to take home and think about. The exhibition has had some fantastic suppliers and a lot of companies I didn’t know before. I’m already looking forward to coming back next year.”

Jonathan Good, Chief Technology & Marketing Officer, Auckland Airport

“It is always a pleasure to exhibit at FTE APEX Asia Expo. We always find a good mix of customers, partners and companies from the entire travel ecosystem here, so all in all we are very satisfied. The quality of attendees is super top-notch – all of the decision-makers from airports, airlines and government agencies are here. It has been an amazing event and we will definitely come back again next year.”

Gaurav Gupta, Global Head of Sales, Travel and Transport, IDEMIA Public Security:

“It has been a great audience at FTE APEX Asia Expo, with a lot of visitors from different dimensions in the aviation business, especially airports and airlines from many countries. The conferences have made the event even more fruitful. We will definitely be back again next year.”

Aziz Can Aksoyek, Business Development Director, TAV Technologies:

“We have had a really good experience at FTE APEX Asia Expo this year. It is great to connect with airlines in the region and have conversations with our customers and prospective customers. It has also been really nice to share ideas on the conference stages and listen to ideas that the airlines have about how we can work together to make the industry better. The networking, as always, has been fantastic – it is great to have the opportunity to connect with people in a more social setting.”

Ben Asmar, Vice President, Products & Strategy, Safran Passenger Innovations:

“FTE APEX Asia Expo is a very high-quality event. Many of the airports we wanted to approach came to our booth and we had very productive discussions. We were also pleased to have some unexpected prospects come to our booth and show interest in our product. The networking opportunities are very valuable experiences to mingle with colleagues in the industry, both existing clients and future prospects. We look forward to attending FTE APEX Asia Expo again in the future.”

Kim Xie, APAC Sales Director, Outsight:

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Travel & Accommodation

Perfect Location

Marina Bay Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore, 11-12 November 2025

Singapore is a highly appealing and accessible destination and a reference site for customer experience excellence. In addition, the iconic Marina Bay Sands offers world-class event facilities, ultimate luxury and breathtaking views across the city.

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Awards

FTE & APEX Asia Awards

Recognising the most customer-centric airports and airlines across Asia and Oceania

APEX FTE Asia Expo will host regional awards ceremonies led by both Future Travel Experience (FTE) and the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX).

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Networking

APEX FTE Asia Expo Networking

Event app and attendee engagement platform

Driving new collaborations to support industry progress is at the heart of the event, and our intelligent event app is designed to help enable this.

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Vital Event Information

APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025 is Asia’s biggest free to attend passenger experience and business performance expo for the aviation industry. It provides an unrivalled platform for the industry’s most innovative product, service and solution providers from across Asia and beyond to showcase their latest products and concepts designed to help airlines and airports improve end-to-end customer experiences, reduce costs, increase revenues, and enhance sustainability and operational efficiency.