Ready for Take-Off Towards the Next Generation of Airports

With the expected growth in the number of people travelling by air in the years to come, airports have huge opportunities sitting in front of them to offer better services, facilities and have the possibility to monetise and increase their revenue. The need for attention to discuss strategic topics addressing current and future challenges within airport development is apparent, but how many are actually discussing about it?

marcus evans is proud to organise the highly anticipated Future Ready Airports conference scheduled on the 23^rd to 25^th July 2018 in Pan Pacific Hotel Singapore. The event provides a perfect platform to address significant aspects in the entire spectrum of airport development from planning, designing, operating and sustaining. Driven by technological advancement, increase in automation, commercialisation and the importance of ‘sense of place’, innovations in terminal design and passenger processing to ensure a seamless experience will be uncovered. Additionally, airport digitisation will be discussed in order to enhance passenger travel experience and future airport readiness through the power of technology.

An expert line-up of speakers within the industry are gathered such as Brendan Mcrandle (Executive Director, Aviation and Airports & Western Sydney Unit, Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities, Department Of Infrastructure, Australia), Steve Mayers (Director, Customer Experience, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, USA), Jakrapop Charatsri (Vice President, Airports of Thailand (AOT), Chairman– Regional Environment Committee, ACI-ASIAPAC), Philip Liao (Deputy Project Director, Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan), Marc Houalla (Executive Director & MD, Paris-Charles De Gaulle Airport, France), Damien Trower (Head of Airport Security, Gatwick Airport, UK), Heikki Koski (Chief Digital Officer, Finavia, Finland), Khair Mirza (MD Asiatique Advisory, Malaysia), Mustafa Chehabeddine (Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates, UK, Senior Representative, Siemens, Singapore), Jay Shears (Sr. Product Marketing Leader – Aviation & Transportation, Servicemax, GE Digital), Jonathan Manning (Group MD, Osmond Lange Architects & Planners, South Africa), Michael Portier (MD, To70 Aviation, Singapore), Gerard Geurtjens Project Director, Capital Programme, new Pier & Terminal, Sciphol Group, Netherlands), Paul Coughlan (Project Director, New Parallel Runway, Brisbane Airport, Australia), Graham Bolton (Global Aviation Practice Leader, Mott Macdonald, UK, Chairman, British Aviation Group), Suchita Shetty (AVP/Head of Terminal Management & Baggage Operations, Mumbai International Airport, India), Subir Hazra (Vice President & Head of Strategic Planning, Delhi International Airport, India), Neil Bentley (Vice President, Aviation – APAC, AECOM, HK), Ian Taylor (Director of Aviation, Global Business Leader ARUP, HK), Andrew Perez (Principal, Grimshaw Architects, Australia) and Gary Gibb (President – APAC, Landrum & Brown).

The conference will be covering themes on; the development and expansion that will incorporate a master plan based on a passenger-centric approach to enhance efficient use of space and maximise revenue; and operational excellence and innovation to deliver better airport performance by incorporating cutting-edge technologies including baggage handling systems, robotic solutions and passenger automation technology. With ever ready solution providers to facilitate the on-going issues faced are the proud Association Partners: Siemens, GE Aviation and GE Digital and Jensen Hughes and Silver Partner: L&B.