Air Transport IT Summit Speakers

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Giovanni Bisignani
Director General and CEO, IATA


Mark Pilling
Editor, Airline Business Magazine


Francesco Violante
CEO, SITA


Paul Coby
CIO, British Airways

Idris Jala
Managing Director/CEO, Malaysia Airlines


Thomas Schnalke
Managing Director, Düsseldorf Airport


Abdul Wahab Teffaha Secretary General, Arab Air Carriers Organization (AACO)

Craig Bradbrook Director Security & Facilitation, Aiports Council International (ACI)

Edward Nicol
Director Information Management and CIO, Cathay Pacific

Industry Insight Session Speakers

Communicating with next generation aircraft

Philip Clinch, VP Aircraft Communications & Messaging - SITA
Tim Mitchell, Wireless Project Manager, Network Systems - The Boeing Company
Mark Hoskins
, Head of Aeronautical Business - Inmarsat
Carlos Triana
, Product Manager, Cockpit Solutions - SITA

Driving profits with technology

Ian Ryder, VP Portfolio Integration - SITA
Paul Rose
, Product Manager Revenue Management - SITA
Matthew McGilvary
, Manager Pricing Systems - British Airways

Building the next generation communication infrastructure for the ATI

Philip Hawker, IT Networks Design & Delivery Manager - British Airways
Xavier Aubry, CEO - Appear
Sebastien Fabre, Head of SITA CS BU Innovation - SITA

Simplifying the business - What’s next?

Philippe Bruyère, Programme Director Simplifying the Business - IATA
Eric Léopold,
Project Manager, Bar Coded Boarding Pass, StB - IATA
Nick Gates
, Baggage Portfolio Director - SITA
Rico Barandun
, VP e-services - Swissport
Andrew Price, BIP Project Manager - IATA

Getting ready for your “digital travellers”

Jim Peters, Chief Technology Officer - SITA
Norm Rose, President - Travel Tech Consulting, Inc.
Davide Mancuso, Principal Technology Advisor - Esmertec
Sarah Medicoff
, Director of Strategy - Orange Business Services

Meeting evolving border management requirements

Dan Ebbinghaus,
VP Government & Security SITA
Friso Buker, Senior Homeland Security Consultant - Frost and Sullivan
Thomas Marten,
VP Business Development Government & Security SITA
Matthew Finn,
Director, Government & Security SITA

Simplifying the business - What’s next?

Philippe Bruyère, Programme Director STB - IATA
Eric Léopold
, Project Manager, Bar Coded Boarding Pass, StB - IATA
Nick Gates
, Baggage Portfolio Director - SITA
Rico Barandun
, VP e-services - Swissport
Andrew Price,
BIP Project Manager - IATA

Preparing for environmental challenges

Frederic Falise, Director Environmental Program - SITA
Alain Fournié,
Head of User Relations & Development Bureau - Eurocontrol
Nino Moscardini
, Managing Partner - Gartner Group