ACI Airport Exchange confirms international speaker lineup

The ACI Airport Exchange event, taking place at the Qatar National Convention Centre, 11 to 13 November - hosted by Doha International Airport in partnership with ACI EUROPE and ACI Asia Pacific - has today confirmed its contingent of international speakers.

Above: Doha International Airport.

In Amsterdam the ACI Airport Exchange introduced the theme of 'Airports 2020' and in Doha it is extending this theme with 'Beyond Airports 2020'. Over 100 leading industry executives, including many air-transport CEOs, have been confirmed to present across the Keynote Arena, and five leading conferences covering development, security, operations, environment, IT, facilitation, customer service and digital engagement. Delegates can pick and choose their conference sessions to create their own unique agenda.

Speakers include:

• H.E. Akbar Al Baker, CEO, Doha International Airport and Qatar Airways
• Tony Douglas, CEO, Abu Dhabi Airports Company
• Arnaud Feist, CEO, The Brussels Airport Company & Chairman, ACI EUROPE
• Bertrand Piccard, president, Solar Impulse
• Ronald K. Noble, secretary general, Interpol
• Nicolas Notebaert, chairman, VINCI Airports
• Normand Boivin, chief operating officer, Heathrow Airport
• Patrick Muller, executive vice president, Doha International Airport
• Jan Rezab, CEO & co-founder, Socialbakers
• Velissarios Eleftheriou, aeronautical strategy manager, Dubai Airports
• Kevin Keniston, Long Term Concepts manager, Airbus
• Jürgen Wächtler, director Airport Operations, Hamburg Airport and Chairman of the ACI World Facilitation and Services Standing Committee
• Alexander Laukenmann, senior VP, Fraport
• Peter Spurway, VP Airport Experience, Halifax International Airport Authority
• Uwe Hörmann, head of strategy, Berlin Brandenburg Airport
• Joseph Suidan, head of ground operations, IATA
• David McMillan, chairman, Flight Safety Foundation
• Arasnipala T Srinivasan, CIO, Qatar Airways
• Giorgio Medici, Customer Care manager, SEA Aeroporti di Milano and Chairman, ACI EUROPE Facilitation and Customer Service Committee
• Vince Scanlon, executive general manager Airport Operations and Infrastructure, Adelaide Airport Ltd
• Joe Chiu, VP, Corporate Information Technology, Changi Airport Group
• Reg Krake, director Customer Care Operations, Vancouver Airport Authority
• Rossen Dimitrov, VP Customer Experience, Qatar Airways

Over 80 organisations will also be showcasing their products and services for airside and landside purposes in the adjacent exhibition and over 1,500 participants are expected to attend the event.