Following the success of the first edition in Madrid in 2018, IATA will organize the second 'Wings of Change Europe' event on 19-20 November 2019 at the Grand Hyatt Berlin hotal in Germany, where we would be delighted to count you among our guests.
The conference serves as aviation’s flagship event in Europe, where Transport Ministers, EU officials, CEOs, and industry experts from the entire spectrum of the value chain meet, network and partake in discussions and debates on the present and future of the air transport industry.
Among the speakers who have confirmed attendance are Mr. Scheuer, Germany’s Transport and Digital Infrastructure Minister; Ms. Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, the Netherlands’ Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management; Mr. Carsten Spohr, Lufthansa Group CEO, Mr. Ben Smith, Air France-KLM CEO, Mr.Bjørn Kjos, Norwegian Air Shuttle founder and former CEO, and Mr. Eamonn Brennan, EUROCONTROL DG.
This second edition will revolve around Sustainable Growth. As passenger numbers are expected to double worldwide in the next 20 years, our industry has set some ambitious goals for itself by limiting its carbon footprint all the while aiming to better the passenger experience and maintain costs at acceptable levels.
Key topics on the agenda (pdf) include
Don't miss the chance to engage with leaders, subject matter experts and outstanding speakers in the aviation industry and, of course, take advantage of some great networking opportunities!
Top Executives and airline CEOs, Speakers and Participants as of Monday, September 30th, 2019 (in alphabetical order by last name):
• Á BERGI Jóhanna, CEO, Atlantic Airways
• ANNAKOV Bayram, CEO & Founder, App in the Air
• BAGORRO Sérgio, CFO, Hi Fly
• BENSCHOP Dick, CEO, Royal Schiphol Group
• BERENI Luc, CEO, Air Corsica
• BOGASON Bogi Nils, CEO, Icelandair
• BORTOLI Stefano, CEO, ATR
• BRENNAN Eamonn, DG EUROCONTROL
• DE JUNIAC Alexandre, DG & CEO, IATA
• DIMITRESCU Gabriel, Director, Romatsa
• EBERHART Joerg, President & CEO, Air Dolomiti
• FERNANDES Eugenio, CEO, Euroatlantic Airways
• GEORGES Maurice, Director, DSNA
• GERBER Peter, CEO, Lufthansa Cargo
• GUSTAFSON Rickard, CEO, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
• HOLOLEI Henrik, Director-General for Mobility and Transport, European Commission
• KELLY Andrew, President, ERA
• KEMPIS Chris, Director, Flight Operations Cathay Pacific Airways
• KJOS Bjørn, Founder and former CEO, Norwegian Air Shuttle
• KRATKY Kay, Chairman of the Board, Caphenia (and former CEO, Austrian Airlines)
• LANGER Christian, VP Digital Strategy Lufthansa
• LINK Becky, CEO, Blue Islands
• LUST Sylviane, Director General, AIRE
• MIDDLETON Jane, Chairman, Airlines UK
• MIRPURI Paulo, President & CEO, Hi Fly
• NANE Mehmet T., CEO, Pegasus Airlines
• PEARCE Brian, Chief Economist, IATA
• PETRESCU Oana, CEO, Blue Air
• SAIZ Enrique, CEO, Wamos Air
• SATTEL Julia, SVP Airlines, Amadeus IT Group
• SCHEUER Andreas, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, Germany
• SCHEURLE Klaus-Dieter, Chairman & CEO, DFS
• SCHVARTZMAN Rafael, RVP Europe, IATA
• SPOHR Carsten, CEO, Lufthansa Group
• SMITH Ben, CEO, Air France-KLM
• STRACHAN Caroline, Managing Partner, Festive Road
• TOSUN Teoman, CEO, Onur Air
• VAN NIEUWENHUIZEN Cora, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, The Netherlands
• ZINELL Alexander, CEO, Fraport Greece
Register for Wings of Change Europe 2019
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