APEX FTE EMEA 2025 | Future Travel Experience | 9 June 2025 | The Dublin RDS, Merrion Rd, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4, D04 AK83, Ireland

This event returns to Dublin, where it is established as the region’s definitive end-to-end air transport innovation show with an atmosphere, energy and audience like no other.

This event is a very sizeable gathering, but more boutique in scale than many other industry events. We focus on creating a high-quality senior-level gathering in a more intimate environment, which enables attendees to connect and network one-to-one, share ideas and learnings with one another, and engage on a more personal level. This year’s event theme of ‘Customer-Centric Innovation’ is perfectly tailored to help you plan for the future by immersing yourself in meaningful discussions with industry peers on the most pertinent topics right now.

This high-level three-day event is dedicated to new thinking and concepts, and combines an exhibition, extensive social activities, conference sessions, interactive workshops, pitch sessions and awards with turbo-charged networking. It will look at innovation holistically and explore the most exciting ways in which digital, design, unique partnerships and collaboration can break new ground in the areas of operations, customer experience, commercial, product, service, safety and sustainability.

2024 Past Speakers

Neal McMahon
Chief Operations Officer, Ryanair

Sean Donohue
CEO, Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

Tero Taskila
CEO, BEOND

Anko van der Werff
President & CEO, SAS

Guðmundur Daði Rúnarsson
CCO and Airport Development Officer, Keflavik Airport

Steven Greenway
CEO, flyadeal

Annalisa Gigante
Board Member of Hangar 51 & Head of Innovation, International Airlines Group (IAG)

Martin Jones
CEO, CAVU

Karin Gylin
Head of Strategic Development and Innovation, Swedavia

Mark Breen
CEO, Oneiros Aerospace

Jennifer Schwierzke
VP of Customer Strategy & Innovation, United Airlines

Adrian Dunne
COO, Aer Lingus

Gregory Owens
VP of Europe and Africa, X

Kevin Kleist
Head of Emerging Trends, Southwest Airlines

Linda Schucroft
Vice President Innovation and Customer Experience, King Salman International Airport

Rohit Talwar
CEO, Fast Future

Dr. Joe Leader
CEO, APEX/IFSA

Sammy Patel
Chief Executive Officer, Midway Partnership & Vice President, Commercial, Vantage Airport Group

Melanie Harris
Managing Director - Digital Technology, United Airlines

Arthur Reijnhart
Executive Director Schiphol Commercial, Royal Schiphol Group

Eric Leopold
Founder, Threedot

Dr. Jost Daft
Head of Order Transformation, Lufthansa Group

Gerald Ong
Strategy and Commercial Development, Hamad International Airport

Daniel Coleman
Founder & CEO, Future Travel Experience

Manuel van Lijf
Director Aviation Innovation, nlmtd

Darin Juby
Head of Transformation, Future Travel Experience

Alan Kiernan
Founder & CTO, Cation Consulting

Stephen Keane
Head of Digital Transformation, Customer Services, Ryanair

Carlijn Brinkman
Service Designer, KLM

Gus Naughton
Senior Software Engineer, Emerging Technologies, Alaska Airlines

Tara Spielhagen
Founder & CEO, Swiipr

Tomasz Pawliszyn
CEO, AirHelp

Garret Malone
Chief Operations Officer, Arajet

James Lemon
Global Lead – Travel, Transport & Leisure, Stripe

Jamie Heaslip
Irish Strategic Growth Lead, Stripe & International Rugby Legend

Gail Taylor
Chief Commercial Officer (Non-Aero), Edinburgh Airport

Andrew Price
Managing Director, Opermium

Nick Woods
CIO, MAG

Giovanni Gennaro
Head of Open Innovation, Aeroporti di Roma

Celia Leiro del Álamo
Customer Experience Specialist, Aena

Yusuf Tungekar
Head Operations Business Systems, Dubai Airports

Johannes Noack
Product Manager eCommerce, Fraport AG

Dilanur Çetinalp
Digital Transformation and Channel Management Supervisor, İGA İstanbul Airport

Gertjan Bluemink
Business Development Director, Schiphol Group

Seth Miller
Contributing Editor, PaxEx.Aero

Andrea Carroll
Group Head of Sustainability, daa

Gary Byrnes
Founder & CEO, Tao Climate

Arnaud Cervantes
Project Manager, Air France

Mohammed Ahteshamuddin
Head of IT (CIO), flydubai

Lisa Samways
Business Development Manager, International Airlines Group (IAG)

Hansjuergen Lehmann
Senior Manager, Lufthansa Group

Adam Rouncivell
Head of Product Management, Qatar Airways

Hakan Sogut
Payment and Loyalty Solutions Director, Turkish Airlines

Kevin O’Shaughnessy
Founder, CityHook · Indigo

Kieran Harte
Head of Ireland, Uber

Carlos Boyero
Deputy Operations Manager, Smartvel

Ajintha Pathmanathan
CEO, Galeri AG

Thomas Sermon
European Sales Director, ZestIOT

Johnny Bosche
Founder, Cielo

Martine Skaret
Marketing & Growth Lead, Emu Analytics

Barry Klipp
CEO & Co-Founder, InterLnkd

Greg Kott
CEO, LiFE in the Air

Shabbir Girach
Managing Director, Shabstec Limited

Uri Sperling
Founder & CEO, UCPlaces

Harvey Tate
Human API – Digital Transformation, International Airlines Group (IAG)

Claus Grunow
Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Digitalization, Fraport

Dennis van Kleef
Programme Lead Baggage, Royal Schiphol Group

Wopke Dost
Programme Management Lead, nlmtd

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

Dongmin Lim
Senior Manager BHS Engineering & Renovation, Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC)

Pierre-Hugues Schmit
Chief Commercial and Operational Officer, VINCI Airports

Ross Falconer
Head of Content, Future Travel Experience

Charlotte Posada Kandel
Manager Ancillary Products, SunExpress

Bill McKimm
VP of Travel Sales, eSIM Go

Timothy Haupt
Manager, Ancillary Strategy & Commercial Development, Lufthansa Group

Juliana Ramirez
VP Ancillary Revenue & Digital Experience, Flair Airlines

Ella Alkalay Schreiber
GM of Fintech, Hopper Technology Solutions

Martin Thomas
(Acting) Head of Above Wing Automation, IAG Airports

Alex McEvoy
Product Manager, Airports and Lounges, Aer Lingus

Rebecca Thorp
Partnership Director – Strategic Projects and Business Development EMEA, Collinson Group

Jennifer Koontz
Vice President, Airport Properties & Relations, Enterprise Mobility

Carlos Ruiz
Director of Commercial Management, Cincinnati / Northern Kentucky International Airport

Caroline Bergstroem
Head of Ancillary Products, Connectivity and Retail, SAS

Nick Ashton
Global Airline Lead, Protect Group

Adrian Keating
Independent Aviation Consultant

Ursula Silling
CEO, Branchspace – digital reinvented

Bill Carleton
Director, Advanced Recognition Systems, NEC Corporation of America

Vanesa Calvo
Head of Funding and Innovation Trends department, Aena

Martijn Steur
Managing Director, Kinetic Consultancy

Mammen Tharakan
Vice President, Investment & Partnerships, King Salman International Airport

Joel Godfrey
Digital Product Director, CAVU

Ahmet Er
Digital Transformation and Channel Management Deputy Manager, İGA İstanbul Airport

Jonas von Kruechten
Head of Strategy and Business Development, AERQ & APEX Board Member

Glenn Morgan
Partner, Threedot

Christophe Guittard
Senior Vice President for Digital, Qatar Airways

Swapnal Chouhan
Head of Competence (Airport Management & Commercial), Munich Airport

Niels Colemont
Head of New Optimization Programs, FLYR

Abe Dev
Vice President - Digital Technology and Innovation, Riyadh Air

Bryan Porter
Chief Revenue Officer, Datalex

David Griffiths
Founder & CEO, The Travel Retail Consultancy

Andrew Harrison
Managing Director UK Travel, WHSmith

Luis Marin
President & CEO Europe, Middle East and Africa, Avolta

Ricard Vilà
Chief Digital Officer, LATAM Airlines

Keith Martin
Senior Strategy Manager, Lufthansa Group

Wong Mei Hong
Head, Ancillary Revenue, AirAsia