Co-organised and hosted with influential travel retail blog, Trunblocked.com, the programme for this two-day pivotal webinar event: Future Airports: From Here to Where? staged on 15th& 16thhas now been revealed:  As you can see from the Programme Schedule below, each session is designed specifically to provide solutions to repurposing and reimagining the airport experience.

 

The speaker list and panels across the two days will feature major names from both inside and outside the airport and travel retail industries (see full programme below). Many of the names appearing are globally-recognised as leaders in their sectors including Polly Barnfield (CEO, Maybe), Miya Knights (Head of Industry Insight, Eagle Eye Solutions) and Rory Sutherland (Vice Chairman, Ogilvy UK).

 

Alongside some of the travel retail industry’s top consultants, also appearing are well-known High Street retail experts, three prominent airport CEOs and two leading CEOs from the F&B sector.

 

There will be studio panel sessions, pre-recorded interviews and location filming, combined with all things virtual. There will even be some fun segments.

 

Peter Marshall of Trunblocked.com comments: “Our sole focus is to effect change within the business community and we are delighted to have assembled a remarkable combination of talent represented by the speakers and panellists – from both outside and inside the business. 

 

Lewis Allen, Director of Environments at Portland comments:  “it is a journey to the future of airport retail and is a very different webinar model. It will be a hybrid event, combining studio panel sessions, live plus pre-recorded interviews and location filming, as well as some surprise segments”.

 

The cost is 60 GBP for the two days. Importantly, the profits will be passed on to the Duty Free World Council’s Academy to cover newly created bursaries for their online training programme that will be available for the disadvantaged and for those with diverse backgrounds who want to join the business. 

 

The Webinar Programme

 

Programme Schedule Day 1

September 15 2020. 1400 - 1700 (UTC)

 

S 01. Should Airports Reimagine a Different Future?

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Managing Director - Portland Design

Christina Cassotis, CEO - Pittsburgh International Airport

Polly Barnfield, CEO - Maybe*

Dr. Lutz Weisser, Managing Partner - amd Sigma Consulting

 

S 02. A Changing Environment. What IS going to work?

Lewis Allen, Senior Director - Portland Design

Miya Knights, Head of Industry Insight - Eagle Eye Solutions

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman - Ogilvy UK

 

S.03 Can We Learn from the High Street?

Mary Wallace - IBM Global Business Processes

Kim Gray, Director, Business Development - Airports & Travel Retail Europe - Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

 

S 04 Different Perspectives on New Retail and Food & Beverage

Walter Seib, CEO - HMS Host

Kevin Zajax, CEO - Ground Control

Peter Eriksson, Founder - Eriksson & Partner

 

S 05 Business Partnership Under Pressure - New Commercial Pillars and Principles

Julian Jäger, Joint CEO - Vienna International Airport

Francois Bourienne, Commercial Director - AGS

Adil Raihani - Adil Raihani Consulting

Martijn Steur, Managing Director - Kinetic Consultancy

 

 

Programme Schedule Day 2

September 16 2020. 1400 - 1630 (UTC)

 

S 06 How Doable is Digital? And What Could it Do? 

Stéphanie Metz-Thevenod, Executive Vice President - Lagardère Travel Retail

Michael Raasch, Head of Airline Solutions - AOE

 

S 07 Brands and Retail Theatre: A Bigger or Lesser Choice?

Stewart Dryburgh, General Manager - Nestlé International Travel Retail

Jérôme Le Page, Marketing & Business Development Director - JC Decaux

Heidi Van Roon, Founder & President - Spark Group of Companies

Moyra Race, Founder - Strategic Buying Consulting Services

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman - Ogilvy UK

 

S 08 How can Travel Retailers Retain their Share?: Learning from the Disruptors

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Managing Director - Portland Design

More panellists TBC

 

S 09 What Will Customers Expect? The Future Passenger Journey Explored

Sally Allington, CEO & Founder - Ethos Farm

Anne Kavanagh, Founder - Kavanagh Communications

Kim Gray, Director, Business Development - Airports & Travel Retail Europe - Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield

Miya Knights, Head of Industry Insight - Eagle Eye Solutions

 

S 10 The Future Commercial Platform: New Metrics, Opportunities and More

Herculano Rodrigues, Associate Director - Retail and Commercial Spaces - Javelin Group

Peter Eriksson, Founder - Eriksson & Partner

Adil Raihani - Adil Raihani Consulting

Ibrahim Ibrahim, Managing Director - Portland Design

Lewis Allen, Senior Director - Portland Design

 

Programme schedule for both days will be regularly updated with additional names still to be announced. Moderator: Peter Marshall for both days.

 

https://www.fromheretowhere.co.uk/schedule

 

To register:

 

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/future-airports-from-here-to-where-tickets-113357605650