Aviation Festival Americas 2024 | Terrapinn | 15 May 2024 | Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Ctr Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA

In it’s 16th year running as a leading event in the aviation industry, this event continues to be the meeting place to spark new strategies and relationships to deliver the solutions you need. Hear from 250+ of the most influential voices in the industry across 8 dedicated conference tracks. Past speakers include the CEO of Frontier, CRO of American, CCO of Sprit, and CEO of Viva Air Group. Join dedicated makers from every major airline and airport, as well as solution providers, for 2 full days of education, networking and strategizing!

2024 Speakers

Chad A Willis
Director of Planning & Sustainability, Allegheny County Airport Authority

Nirali Amin
SVP, Global Solutions and Success, LivePerson

Adam Aren
Venture Head of Business & Growth, Alaska Airlines / UP.Labs

Megan Atkins Thoben
Director Of Operations And Business Development, Louisville Regional Airport Authority

Renee Azerbegi
National Sustainability Market Leader, Mead and Hunt

Tom Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Airline Revenue Optimization

Ben Baldanza
Former Chief Executive Officer- Spirit Airlines, Co-Host, Airlines Confidential Podcast

Azim Barodawala
CEO, Volantio Inc.

Alexander Barrett
Program Manager, Wayfinding And Connections, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Michael Bell
Senior Client Partner, Aviation And Aerospace, Korn Ferry

Cecilia Beltranena
Digital Manager, Volaris

Shelly Bernal
International Trade Consultant, Small Business Development Center of Florida

Basil Binns, II
Deputy Director of Aviation, Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MIA)

Max Bohn
Air Service Development Manager, Merchant Aviation, A Groupe ADP Co

Steven Boliek
Senior Manager - Strategy and Innovation, United Airlines

Eric Boromisa
Managing Partner, Numbers & Letters

Jacob Burcham
Product Strategy Lead, IXOPAY, A TokenEx Company

Albertina Cardiel
IT Governance, Contract Risk Management Director for US-CAN, Softtek

Paul Chen
Managing Director, V.X Consulting

Ryan Chou
Managing Director of the Investments, JetBlue Ventures

Prith Choudhury
VP Global Aviation Business, TCG Digital

Charles Christianson
Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, cxLoyalty

Fabricio Cojuc
Senior International Aviation Consultant, Independent Consultant

Camilo Convers
Chief Information, Technology and Projects Officer, Arajet Airlines

Eric Crump
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Aerospace Center for Excellence

Desiree Curtis
Assistant Director, Airport Operations, Port San Antonio

Altair Dahrouch
Manager, Ancillary Product, Allegiant Air

Anne De Hauw
Founder, IN Air Travel Experience

Janick Denoncourt
Sr Mgr Ancillary Revenues - Air, Air Canada

Vijay Dheap
Chief Solutions Officer, RozieAI

Karina Dorta Putarov Medeiros
Transformation and Products Manager, IATA

Philip Douglas
Chief Executive Officer, 2e Systems

Charles Duncan
Senior Advisor, AltitudeX Aviation Group

T.J. Dunn
Editor-in-Chief, Prince of Travel

Nick Ewen
Director of Content, The Points Guy

Lisa Eyamie
Director, Digital Roadmap and Innovation, WestJet

Karyn Fernandes
Sr. Manager Pricing Strategy and Revenue Analysis, Sun Country Airlines

Leo Ferri
Business Development Lead, Airsiders

Daniel Friedli
Managing Director and Partner, Travel in Motion AG

John Gable
Manager, Technology, Southwest Airlines

Simon Gandy
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, The New Terminal One at JFK

Carolina Garibay
Senior Manager, Routes Marketing, Air Canada

John Taylor Garner
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Odynn

Daniel Gelemovich
Digital & Marketing Director, Volaris

Chris Gilliland
Director, Innovative Travel Solutions, Vancouver Airport Authority

Anthony Gilmer
Vice President of Air Service Development and Strategic Marketing, Louisville Regional Airport Authority

David Glantz
Director Business Development & Consulting​, Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH

Jason Glenn
RVP Sales - Offer Creation, PROS, Inc.

Aaron Goldberg
Director, Product Management, Intelsat Corporation

Claire Gombault
Head of Commercial Aviation, OneWeb

Christy Gomez
Airline Affairs Program Manager, City of Phoenix - Aviation Department

Patrice Gordon
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Eminere Limited

Galen Greene
Market Development Manager, Eastman Chemical Co

Kiera Haining
SVP Travel, Hopper

Shatequa Hamilton
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, AVIATION DISCOVERIES INC

Steven Hansen
Sr. Director Product Management, Flight Operations, Civil Flight Services, CAE

Andrew Harvell
Manager, Digital Product - Customer Experience & Digital, Southwest Airlines

Mark Heefner
Commissioner of Aviation, Greater Binghamton Airport

Roberto Held
Business Development - Americas, Avion Express

Ricardo Hernandez Larios
CEO, Juan Santamaria International Airport San Jose Costa Rica

Jim Hicks
VP of IT, Global Crossing Airlines

Kevin Hightower
Vice President of Product, Cirium

Amy Imamura
Director, Economic Impact & Transformation, Los Angeles World Airports

Gregoire James
Commercial Director, International Aviation Waste Management Association (IAWMA)

Maurice Jenkins
Chief Innovation Officer, Miami International Airport

Alex Jorre
Co-Founder, Quiplex

Maria Julia Poratelli
Planning Manager - Airport Infrastructure, Aeropuertos Argentina 2000

Dawid Karaś
Head of Sales, LOT Polish Airlines

Ben Kaufman
Head of Marketing & Customer Strategy, JSX

Lisa Krieg
Director, Business Intelligence, Sun Country Airlines

Juan Pablo Lafosse
Chief Executive Officer, TravelX

Julie Laurin
Director Product Management, contact centres, Aircanada

Maggie Lehr
Manager, Revenue Products, Alaska Airlines

Suzanne Lemaitre
Executive Director, World BASC Organization

Larry Leung
Principal, Transformidy

Jason Lim
Capability Manager for Identity Management, U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

Alicia Lines
Regional Director, Financial and Distribution Services- The Americas, IATA

Toreson Lloyd
co-Founder & CCO, APEXX Global

Daniel Loftus
Chief Executive Officer/Founder, urbanfox

Joseph Lonjin
Senior Solutions Manager, Cohesive

Pablo Lopez Loeches
Head of Ideation & Entrepreneurship Division, AENA

Adam Lunn
Airport Assistant Director, Lakeland Linder International Airport

Neeraj Mahadoo
Manager, Cybersecurity Threat Intelligence, JetBlue Airways Corp

Javier Martos
Head of Product Management, 2e Systems

Bryan Matthews
Research Engineer - KBR, Inc., NASA

Nick Maynard
Market Development Director, Eutelsat OneWeb

Scott Mccartney
Former Editor, Wall Street Journal Aviation, Co-Host, Airlines Confidential Podcast

Sharon Mccloskey
Vice President, Customer Experience, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

Drew McEwen
Chief Commerical Officer, AURA AERO

Judy McMurtry
Chief Executive Officer/President, JM Excel Consultant LLC

Simon Mcnamara
Director of Government and Industry Affairs, Heart Aerospace

Elena Mendez
Regional Director, Eastern Region, Small Business Group, Exim Bank

Seth Miller
Editor, PaxEx.Aero

Rob Miller
SVP Business Development, TA Connections

Paul Mills
Head of Inflight Services, Virgin Atlantic Airways

Christopher Munoz
Sr. International Trade Specialist, US Commercial Service

Ben Murphy
VP, North America Sales, Accounts & Programs, Intelsat

Sandro Murtas
Lead Export Finance Manager, Office of International Trade, US Small Business Administration

Vicki Nakata
Airline Venture CEO, Alaska Airlines / UP.Labs

Olivier Navarro
Senior Director, Revenue Management, Pricing and Ancillary, Air Transat

Eric Newman
VIce President, Commerical & Sustainability, Atlantic Aviation Group

Simon Newton-Smith
SVP Americas, EL AL Israel Airlines

Baard Nordhagen
Commercial Director, NORSE ATLANTIC AIRWAYS

Jonathan Norman
Managing Director, Normanas Aerospace

Brett Oakleaf
Strategic Partnership Manager, National Renewable Energy Laboratory

Toluwalashe Omotunde
Data Solutions Consultant, Delta Airlines

Louie Orbeta
Manager, Cybersecurity and IT Infrastructure, Winnipeg Airports Authority

Victor Pacheco Mendez
Founder and CEO, Arajet Airlines

Mariana Padua
VP Client Delivery and Enterprise Sales, Accommodations Plus International

John Parker
Director - Capacity Planning, Southwest Airlines

Sapana Patel
Senior Director, Solution Delivery And Architecture, Spirit Airlines

Ismael Pavia
Team Leader Technology, Southwest Airlines

Liliana Petrova
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, The Petrova Experience

Rupen S. Philloura
Director/Terminal Operations & AOC, Miami International Airport

João Pita
Chief Commercial Officer, G.R.U. Airport

Victoria Platt
Partner, Kyndryl

Guillermo Pucciano
Loyalty Program Director, Sky Airline

Taylor Putnam
Principal Commercial Product Manager, Alaska Airlines

Andrew Pyne
Chief Executive Officer, Fly Atlantic

Jorge Quiroz
Chief Executive Officer, PDBM Consulting

Debabrata Ray
Sr Director Global Aviation Business, TCG Digital

Juan Felipe Restrepo
Chief Product Officer, KIU System Solutions

Juan Nicolás Rhoads
Independent Aviation Consultant, & Former VP, Customer Experience, Aeroméxico

Arrel Rose
Senior Manager - Technology, Southwest Airlines

Marc Rosenberg
President, STRATACONNEX

Tiffany Sauquet
Senior Director, Global Sales Engineering, FLYR

Cindi Schulenberg
Director, Digital Travel Readiness, Southwest Airlines

Debdas Sen
Chief Executive Officer, TCG Digital

Patricio Sepúlveda
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Aeronex LLC

Charlie Shapiro
President, Massmedia, Inc. & Executive Producer, Airlines Confidential Podcast, Airlines Confidential Podcast & Massmedia, Inc

Ben Shaw
Chief Executive Officer, Flyla.com

Lauren Short
Director of Travel and Hospitality, Attentive

Jason Silverstein
President, Tango

Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, Operations & Partnerships, JetBlue Ventures

Cristian Sosa
SVP Strategy and Growth, Long Beach Airport

Paul Sowerby
Director, Analytics & Insights, Alaska Airlines

Zane Tarence
Managing Director, Founders Advisors

Jonathan Trask
Director, R&D, WestJet

Roger Turner
Principal Engineer, 5G/AI & Head of Research, ITS Joint Program Office, USDOT

Kai U. Turner
Senior Director, Ancillary Services, Southwest Airlines

Karen Walker
Senior Partner, Airside Consulting

Patricia Waskowiak
Vice President, Customer Experience & Delivery, Southwest Airlines

Raul Weinberg
Director Of Global Innovation, Aeromexico

Daphne Westerhof
Business Development Manager, Sun Country Airlines

Chris Wiltsey
Senior Director of Data Strategy, Data Science, BI & Analytics, United Airlines

Ashley Wood
Project Manager, Southwest Airlines

Sylvia Zanchi
Senior Manager Ancillary Revenue Strategy, Copa Airlines

2024 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Attentive
• FLYR
• Tango

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Kyndryl
• cxLoyalty
• CAE
• RozieAI (AI Partner)
• Cirium
• Cohesive
• Eastman Chemical Co
• Hopper
• Intelsat
• LivePerson
• TravelX
• KIU System Solutions
• 815Labs
• TCG Digital
• Volantio Inc.

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Airship
• APEXX Global
• Blackhawk Network
• Designit, A Wipro Company
• Eutelsat OneWeb
• TA Connections
• The Weather Company
• Loyalty Partner Solutions GmbH
• OpenJaw Tech
• PROS, Inc.
• The Petrova Experience
• IXOPAY, A TokenEx Company
• 2e Systems
• Softtek

START-UPS:
• Airlegit
• Aviation Space Past & Future
• Aviationx
• CTW Travel
• Designerpilots
• Dovetail Electric Aviation
• Dune7
• Emu Analytics
• Fairlyne
• Finmont Global
• FlywareLabs
• Further Network
• Gradible
• GreenTaxi, Inc
• Hands In
• Inspire Solutions Inc
• Life in the Air
• LoyaltyConnectOS
• Meander
• Met Ai Rverse
• Motulus.aero
• Navi Savi Video Travel App
• Nexus Lab
• NoamAI
• Plane Finder
• RAVL
• Runway Health, Inc.
• Saturn Flight Simulator
• Skailark Aviation Intelligence GmbH
• Skali inc
• Skyway
• Tarmac Technologies
• Tech4TH
• Urbanfox
• Vennspring
• VIRV