World Financial Symposium and World Passenger Symposium 2023 | International Air Transport Association (IATA) | 25 October 2023 | McCormick Place, 2301 S King Dr, Chicago, IL 60616, USA

This events brought 600 delegates to Doha, Qatar from 19 to 22 September 2022.It will continue offering plenary sessions and specialized streams on the airlines financial sustainability.

They combines the former Digital and Data and Retailing Symposium, the Global Airport and Passenger Symposium and the Accessibility Symposium into a single event to reflect the importance and connectedness of all three elements to the customer experience.

Why should you attend?
• Exclusive insights from industry representatives on challenges and opportunities in the airline industry
• Great industry intelligence and news of upcoming trends in airline industry
• Meeting opportunities with industry decision makers
• Network with a variety of industry representatives
• Knowledge sharing
• The program will follow soon.

Who will you meet?
• A diverse set of delegates including airline representatives, services and solutions providers, delegates from finance, retailing and the banking sector, consultancy firms, start-ups, fin-techs, etc.
• Over 100 individual airlines.
• Over 100 IATA strategic partners
• Over 70 sponsors and exhibitors

2023 Speakers

MODERATOR:

Harry Grewal
Director, Airport Infrastructure & Customer Experience,, IATA

Kat Morse
Senior Manager Innovation & Partnerships, IATA

Alicia Lines
Regional Director Financial & Distribution Services, IATA

Monica Muski
Manager of Strategy and Commercial Relationships,
Qantas

Christophe Kato
Head, Payment Services, IATA

Thierry Stucker
Director, Industry Payment Programs, IATA

SPEAKERS:

Andrew Matters
Director Policy and Standards, IATA

Lauren Riley
Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs, United Airlines

Erik Swelheim
Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, KLM

Jill Blickstein
Vice President, Sustainability, American Airlines

Lauren Riley
Chief Sustainability Officer and Managing Director, Global Environmental Affairs, United Airlines

Garima Sharma
Managing Director, Customer Next & Analytics, United Airlines

Hans Zijlstra
Director Customer & Market Insight, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

Mike Karam
Director, Customer Service Delivery Excellence – Airports, Air Canada

David Trastour
Head of Product, Amadeus

Aniket Upganlawar
Head of Technology, Verchaska Infotech Pvt. Ltd

Anna Ghion
Senior Global Lead, IGO AIR

David Trastour
Head of Product, Amadeus

Henk van der Velde
Regional Director, Trip.com

Henrich Grave
SVP Digital Identity, IDNow

Ricardo Vidal
Head of Innovation, British Airways

Ursula Silling
CEO, Branchspace

Victor Martinez Jurado
Engineering Manager, Digital Identity, SICPA

Erik Swelheim
Managing Director and CFO, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines; Chair of Industry Financial Advisory Council

Kai Schilb
Head of Payment, Lufthansa Group

Shanta Paratian
Senior Manager, Edgar, Dunn & Company

Jessica Püttmann
Product and Marketing Director, Diners Club Spain

Veronique Raynaud
Vice President Global Client Group International, American Express

Callie McKill
Senior Director - T&E Product and Payment Experience, Visa

Chiara Quaia
Senior Vice President Market Development Travel, Mastercard

Javier Orejas
Global Head Banking, IATA

Brett Turner
SVP, Head of Airline Acquiring, Elavon

Damien Cramer
Global Head of Airlines and Travel - Digital Commerce, Worldline

Thomas Helldorff
VP Airlines, Travel & Hospitality, Worldpay from FIS

Charlotta Frohm
Business Developer Customer Payment Solutions, SAS

Ersin Deniz
Payment Systems Manager, Turkish Airlines

2023 Sponsors

PRIME SPONSORS:
• Accelya
• Sabre

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Amadeus
• Visa

GOLD SPONSORS:
• American Express
• JRT
• Minsait
• Worldpay

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Flyr
• Master Card
• OAG
• Ryan
• SAP
• Wordline

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• ATPCO
• Cognizant
• Dohop
• US Bank
• Globant
• Hitit
• IBS Software
• Sky canner
• Vision-Box