Introduction - Welcome to the event

Speaker: Eraldo Baluci - South Europe Regional Vice President, SITA

Panel 1: Security in the airport environment

As growth in the sector dictates that operators manage travelers through the airport more quickly to ease congestion and reduce transit pressures, escalated security risks demand a more vigilant approach, which results in transit bottlenecks. How these pressures are created and the measures to be taken to relieve them will be discussed in detail.

Moderator: Sean Farrell - Portfolio Director Governement & Security, SITA

Panel 2: Intelligent Airport Vision - The airport of the future

Airports today are facing critical efficiency issues as a result of increased air travel volume. At the same time, passengers are more demanding than ever: they expect a smooth, hassle-free, safe and timely journey, with permanent connectivity and personalized information. Essentially, airports and passengers are asking for the same thing: more fluidity, more agility, more automation, more integration, in other words: more intelligent airports.

Moderator: Catherine Mayer - Vice President, SITA

Panel 3: Commercialization - Transforming airport processes to increase revenue

The overall airport business is evolving to one whereby non-aeronautical revenues will become increasingly important to supplement aeronautical revenues. Airport Commercialization is facing a situation in which the airport is a freely accessible ICT market place where multiple vendors are providing a variety of services to the airport stakeholders cutting the airport off a fundamental resource of income.

Moderator: Fabiano Chies - Principal Business Consultant Communication & Infrastructure, SITA

Panel 4: Infrastructure optimization - driving a 'zero cost IT'

An enabling infrastructure servicing the airport ecosystem- a mission critical foundation that is reliable, secure, common, integrated, scalable and cost effective. SITA's strengths come in leveraging its total portfolio and role within the community, to identify infrastructure solutions that address the airport and its ecosystem specific needs such as common IT infrastructure platforms, specialized IT integrated systems, and infrastructure as a service, to name a few.

Moderator: Nathalie Abdallah - Director Solution Line Airport Communications, SITA