Presentations from the World Financial Symposium & World Passenger Symposium, Istanbul, Türkiye, 5-6 November 2025.

Wednesday 5 November Presentations 

Opening Plenary

 

presentation title speakers
IATA Industry Economic Outlook (pdf)

Andrew Matters, Director Sustainability and Economics, IATA

Global Passenger Survey (GPS)-Results (pdf)

Nick Careen, Senior Vice President Operations, Safety and Security, IATA  

Digital Transformation in Payments – Live! (pdf)

Gary Liu, CEO, Antom, Ant International

Putting the Customer First: Transforming Finance, Distribution, and Delivery on the Journey to Offers and Orders (pdf)

Yanik Hoyles, Director Distribution, IATA

Track 1: Offers & Orders in the making  

 

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The industry status on the journey to Modern Airline Retailing (pdf)

Yanik Hoyles, Director Distribution, IATA

Airline Case Study: Realizing Modern Retailing with Offers & Orders (pdf)

Sam Gilliland, CEO, Accelya

Beyond the Slide Deck: How IT Vendors Are Delivering Legacy-Free Solutions (pdf)

Sebastien Touraine, Head IATA Airline Commercial Systems, IATA

Beyond the Slide Deck. Living in an Offer and Orderd World (pdf)

Charles Ruesch, Senior Director, Offer & Order Transformation, FLYR

Beyond the Slide Deck.Transforming Turkish Airline Systems (pdf)

Serdar Gürbüz, General Manager, Turkish Technology

Beyond the Slide Deck. Top 5 Shifts Shaping the Future of Airline Retailing (pdf)

Surain Adyanthaya, President Global Industries, PROS

Inside the Transformation: A CEO and CCO talk tech, truths and takeoff with Offers and Orders (pdf)

Roshan MendisCCO Travel Solution, Sabre

Jiri Marek, CEO, Air Serbia

Implementing Modern Retailing with Offers & Orders (pdf)

Maher Koubaa, EVP Managing Director EMEA, Amadeus

Vendor CEO case study: Realizing Modern Retailing with Offers & Orders (pdf)

Somit Goyal ,CEO, IBS Software

Track 2: Payment & Finance to Order!

 

presentation title speakers

Understanding Airlines and Their Customer’s Payment Pain Points (pdf)

Christophe Kato, Head Payment Services, IATA

From Friction To Flight: Simplifying Airline Payments (pdf)

Rachelle Lim, General manager, Antom EMEA

The case for Digital Euro (pdf)

Eric Tak, Head of the Product Proposition Division in the Digital Euro Directorate, European Central Bank

Shaping the Future of Payments through Global Standards (pdf) Jean-Philippe Joliveau, Nexi Group, Chairman nexo standards
What do corporate clients need in an Offers and Orders-driven airline ecosystem? (pdf)

Hoy Chin Yeoh,Director Industry Financial Services, IATA

Rethinking Industry Solutions for Airlines (pdf)

Jason Byrne, Head Payment Solutions, IATA

Track 3: Improving Customer Experience with Digital Identity & Orders

 

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Always through the lens of the Customer: What else does the GPS tell us? Are we listening to the customer? (pdf)

Harry Grewal, Director Airports & Customer experience, IATA

Always through the lens of the Customer: What else does the GPS tell us? Are we listening to the customer? (pdf)

Tannie Kwong, Head of Customer Support, Cathay Pacific

Always through the lens of the Customer: What else does the GPS tell us? Are we listening to the customer? (pdf)

Patrick Sgueglia, Senior Product Manager, Airport Experience, Standards & Industry Solutions, Lufthansa

Always through the lens of the Customer: What else does the GPS tell us? Are we listening to the customer? (pdf)

Utku Demiryakan, Accessibility Specialist, Turkish Technology

Always through the lens of the Customer: What else does the GPS tell us? Are we listening to the customer? (pdf)

Rick Nagy, Principal Product Manager, Alaska Airlines

Enhancing passenger admissibility into countries by leveraging digitalization and fostering collaborative efforts (pdf)

Linda Ristagno, Assistant Director, External Affairs, IATA

Enhancing passenger admissibility into countries by leveraging digitalization and fostering collaborative efforts(pdf)

Francois Laurelle, Director of ETIAS Central Unit Division, Frontex European, Border & Coast Guard Agency

Enhancing passenger admissibility into countries by leveraging digitalization and fostering collaborative efforts​ (pdf)

Caroline Bibi, Reservation IT Development, Lufthansa

Enhancing passenger admissibility into countries by leveraging digitalization and fostering collaborative efforts​ (pdf)

Michael Schriek, Deputy Head of Unit at Bundesverwaltungsamt, Government of Germany

Wednesday 5 November Videos

Opening Plenary

 

Thursday 6 November Presentations 

Track 1: Offers & Orders in the making 

 

presentation title speakers
Airline Systems Modularity in Action with Offers & Orders​ (pdf)

Oleg KitSenior Manager Airline Retailing, IATA

IT Vendor Modularity in Action using legacy-free Offers & Orders (pdf)

Moderator:
Oleg Kit, Senior Manager Airline Retailing, IATA

Speakers:

Russell Potter, Senior Director, Head of Global Sales Engineering, Sabre

Atanas Popov, Application Manager, Lufthansa Systems

Eric Silva, Product Manager Flights Enterprise & Cloud, Google Flights

Preston Clark, Director of Business Development, CellPoint Digital

Airline case study - Future of Interlining with Offers & Orders (pdf)

Oliver Ahad, Head of Offer and Order Solutions, British Airways

Mark Wong, Director Distribution Strategy, American Airlines

Airline case study - Our journey Moving to Offers and Orders (pdf) Iris Taguet, Modern Airline Retailing Program Director, Air France/KLM
Legacy is our common enemy: key process simplifications identified (pdf) Valerie Courtas, Senior Manager Airline Retailing, IATA
Airline Case Study: A Show case of a legacy –free capability with Offers & Orders (pdf)

Emre Erden, Leader, Alternative Sales Channel, Pegasus

Ilker Duzgoren, Business Development Manager, Hitit

 Seller case study – adapting to Orders (pdf) John H. Palomino, Senior Vice President, Core Systems, Product Planning and Development, BCD Travel

Track 2: Payment & Finance to Order!

 

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Beyond theory and concepts - Order Accounting in action! (pdf) Daniel Friedli, CEO, Travel in Motion
Retailing Order to Cash - Offer Management to Order Accounting (pdf)

Sam Chamberlain, Chief Product Officer, FLYR

Retailing Order to Cash - Offer Management to Order Accounting (pdf)

Simon Lescarcelle-Evin, Global Head Travel and Transportation Service, SAP

Track 3: Improving Customer Experience with Digital Identity & Orders

 

presentation title speakers
Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf) David Hojenberg, IT Solutions Architect, Scandinavian Airlines
Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf)

Anthony Carmoy, Technical Director of France Identité, Ministère de l’Intérieur (ANTS)

Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf)

Anthony Kemp, Sr. Manager, Customer Identity & Cyber, Air New Zealand

Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf)

Hakan Sögüt, Group Director Customer Solutions, Turkish Airlines

Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf)

Martin Thomas, AI and Innovation Portfolio Manager, IAG

Look out: Digital Identity is here to stay! (pdf)

Massimiliano Pennone, Department for Policies of Persons with Disabilities Italian Government – Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri

Showcase from SITA on digital identity implementation (pdf)

Andy Smith, Director of Industry and Innovation, SITA

Bringing it to life! (pdf)

Youn Kim,Senior Manager Customer Experience, IATA

Bringing it to life! (pdf)

Dilek Murat, Senior Expert Business Analyst, Turkish Airlines

Bringing it to life! (pdf)

Tom Gibson, Principal Architect – IT, United

Bringing it to life! (pdf)

Valérie Viale, Director of Product Marketing, AirOps, Amadeus

IT Vendor Modularity in Action using legacy-free Offers & Orders (pdf)

Fred van Toorn, Director of Product Strategy, Offers & Orders, Datalex

Closing Plenary

 

presentation title speakers
IT Vendor Modularity in Action (pdf) Sebastien Touraine, Head Airline Commercial Systems, IATA
Turning Strategy into Impact – What Really Moves the Bottom Line? (pdf)

Victor Cheng, Equity Research Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Thursday 6 November Videos

Closing Plenary