Sydney, 1-2 August
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth

Adaptive Australia/NZ aviation and travel strategies

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Strategic Sponsor Airport Host Airline Host
 
Confirmed Speakers
 Andrew Parker
Group Executive, Government, Industry and International Affairs
Qantas
 Jayne 
Hrdlicka
Group CEO
Jetstar
Christopher Luxon
CEO
Air New Zealand
Peter Bellew
Group CEO
Malaysia Airlines
Kerrie Mather
CEO & Managing Director
Sydney Airport
Rob Sharp
Acting Group Executive
Virgin Australia

Benyamin Ismail
CEO
AirAsia X 

Mark Dunkerley
President & CEO
Hawaiian Airlines
John O'Sullivan
Managing Director & CEO
Tourism 
Australia
Suren Ratwatte
CEO
SriLankan Airlines

Pinyot Pibulsonggram
VP Marketing & Sales
Nok Air
Michael
Issenberg
Chairman & CEO
AccorHotels
Asia Pacific
Sean Donohue
CEO
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
Bob East
CEO
Mantra Group
Richard Davis
Partner
HWL Ebsworth Lawyers 
Graeme Samuel AC
Chairman
Airlines for Australia and 
New Zealand (A4ANZ)
Stephen Borthwick
Acting Executive Director, Aviation and Airports 
Department of Infrastructure & Regional Development
Barry Abrams
Executive Director
Board of Airline Representatives
of Australia
 
Antoinette 
Nassopoulos Erickson
Partner
Foster+Partners 
Michael Burke
Assistant Director Commercial
Hong Kong Airlines 
Lance Blockley
Managing Director
Initiatives Group
 
Martin Warner
Principal
MW Travel Consultancy
Barry Parsons
Director
Agri-nomics Australia
David Orszaczky
Head of Sales & Commercial 
Planning

Qantas
Airways
Sumesh Patel
President APAC 
SITA
Ivo Favotto
CEO & Managing Director
The Mercurius Group
Alex Fitzpatrick
Vice President Global Travel Payment Solutions
Travelport
Simon Gandy
Chief of Aviation
Melbourne Airport 
Alan Polivnick 
Partner
Watson Farley & Williams
Dr Eric Tyree
Chief Data
Scientist 

Carlson
Wagonlit Travel
 
John O'Shea
Senior Research Analyst
Ord Minnett
Kurt Knackstedt
President/CEO
ACTE/Troovo

Peter Thornton
Principal
Transportation Associates

Jorge Sebastiao
ICT Security Expert, Cloud Practice Leader 
Huawei Technologies

James Marshall
VP, Transport Partner Services, Asia Pacific
Expedia

Sally Fielke
General Manager Corporate Affairs
Sydney Airport

Dr Andrew Ebringer
Regional Medical Director
International SOS
Bjorn Shakespeare
Regional Director - Insurance Partnerships
International SOS
Nati Harpaz
CEO
Catch Group
Sean Douglas
Vice President of Global Service Delivery, APAC
AMEX GBT
Hugh Wehby
Chief Operating Officer
Sydney Airport
Ian Heywood
Global Head of Product & Marketing
Travelport 
Chris Ramm
Senior Commercial Director Asia Pacific, Air Commerce
Travelport 
Sarah Hunter
Head of Australia Macroeconomics 
BIS Oxford Economics
Charlie Sultan
SVP, Supplier Management
Concur
Minna Monaghan
Aviation Industry Consultant
Mimone Consulting
Brian Tyson
Managing Partner
Newgate Communications
David Borger
Western Sydney Director
Sydney
Business
Chamber
David Peller
Director Strategic Partnerships, Asia Pacific
Booking.com
Vanessa Hudson
Executive Manager - Customer & Commercial Relationships
Qantas Airways 
Chris Mills
CEO
Queensland Airports
Captain Brian Greeves
Safety and Technical Consultant
AIPA  
Rebecca Tissington
Business Development Manager
Commonwealth Bank of Australia
 Steve Mackenzie
CEO
The Lido Group
Gregor Lochtie
Director Product Sales
Mastercard 
George Woods
Partner
L.E.K. Consulting
Mark Streeting
Partner
L.E.K.
Consulting
 
Mark Williams
Chief Development Officer
Bpay
Adrian Lovney
CEO
New Payments Platform
Simon Roll
Sales and Solutions Director
Sabre Travel Network 
Jayson Westbury
CEO
AFTA / WTAAA
Claire Ollivier
Senior Director, APAC
Advito

Eugenie Lam
Head of APAC, Business Development, 
Travel

Google
Asia Pacific
 
Andrew Flannery
Executive General Manager
Flight Centre Travel Group
Emma Duff
Director of Consulting & Advisory
4th Dimension
Nazim Ali
VP Sales, Asia Pacific
Adyen 
Benjamin Morgan
Executive Director
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association
Hugh Twomey
Regional Sales Manager International
AirPlus
Caroline Wilkie
Chief Executive Officer
Australian
Airports Association
Otto Gergye
VP Asia Pacific
Inmarsat Aviation
Jeremy Prentice
Partner
K&L Gates
Blake Hedger
Head of Customer Experience and Portfolio Delivery
Travelport Locomote
The Hon. Adam Marshall
Minister for Tourism
Parliament of NSW
Hugh Aitken
Director Business Development
Skyscanner
Peter Pallot
General Manager
Sunshine Coast Airport
Margy Osmond
CEO
Tourism & Transport Forum 
David Holmes
Senior Vice President, Global Sales
UATP
Christopher
Brown AM
Chairman & 
Founder

Western Sydney Leadership
Dialogue
James Cooper 
Special Counsel
Clyde & Co
Rick Howell
Chief Operating Adviser
Cebu Pacific
Anthony
Drury
Director, Head of Enterprise Business
PayPal 
Satu Raunola-Spencer
Principal
Satu Raunola Consulting
  Elizabeth Georgopoulos
Director of National Sales
AccorHotels

Marc Cavaliere
Chief Marketing Officer
Fiji Airways
  Matthew Holmes
Category Manager Travel – Asia Pacific
Serco
  Siew Hoon Yeoh
Founder and Editor
WebinTravel  
  Steven Fitzgerald
Executive Director
H.R.L. Morrison & Co 
Paul Bredereck
Managing Director Airlines
Jetgo Australia 
Nabil El-Shafeay
Head of Global Partnerships
BeMyGuest
Hichame Assi
CEO
HotelsCombined
Larry Diamond
CEO and Founder
zipMoney 
Bob Cain
Managing Director
Tourism Futures International
Curtis Oh
Founder
Playwings
Enguerrand Vidor
CEO & Founder
Leezair 




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