Industry event

World Aviation Festival

08 October 2024

10 October 2024

RAI, Amsterdam

The World Aviation Festival is a conference and an exhibition. The event is for the leaders of the world’s airlines, airports and their most senior executives in charge of software, services, marketing and distribution.

In 2024 we are moving back to Amsterdam to bring our community of 5,000+ global executives together once again to be inspired by 600 speakers over 3 incredible days.

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Speaking

Zachary Wynne

Regional Director, EMEA

Zachary has 15 years’ experience leading commercial transformation projects at airlines around the world. In his current role, Zachary facilitates dialog with ATPCO’s airline and technology partners, helping to make modern airline retailing a reality. His special focus areas include deployment of airline rich content, pricing and revenue management automation, and distribution modernization. Before this role, Zachary filled several roles at ATPCO in account management, consulting services, analytics, and marketing. As an American based in Europe, Zachary is an avid traveler who enjoys discovering new destinations with his family. In addition to his native English, Zachary also speaks fluent German and conversational Russian, Spanish, and Hungarian.

Panel: How does NDC need to further develop so that we are fully prepared for an offer-order world?

How are we tapping into AI to successfully decide what offers we want to put in front of the customer?
The revenue potential for offer-order Is huge but where is the breakeven point?
What is the state of play in the vendor landscape when it comes to developing offers and orders?
How do we as an industry take offer and order from concept to design?

Panel: What kind of infrastructure transformation do we need to see to deliver on the promise of offer-order?

Are we starting to see a decoupling from legacy PSS systems as we move towards better retail experiences?
What is the current appetite to build vs partner with a vendor when developing new retail solutions?
How can you plan this huge transition to offer and order when there is still huge modernization reform needed to the standards we use to communicate today?
When will we see a global sunsetting of Edifact?

Attending

Megan Humphries

Global Head of Corporate Communications

Megan grew up in the most isolated capital city in the world, Perth, Western Australia, which led her to the wonder of travel and visiting over 40 countries. This passion for travel steered her to a career in the aviation industry. At ATPCO, Megan leads external and internal communications. She works closely with media and industry analysts on shaping cohesive communications strategies that showcase ATPCO’s key priorities with all external stakeholders. Previously, Megan was the Director of Marketing at Routehappy, which ATPCO acquired in 2018. She also held various positions as a publicist at multiple PR agencies in both New York City and Australia.

Graham Wareham

Director, Business Development and Partnerships

Graham has over 25 years of experience in the airline industry, including more than eight years with ATPCO. His most recent experience as an aviation executive included strategic development, cost/revenue management, and market analysis. Before joining ATPCO, Graham worked as a Senior Director, Distribution and Consumer Direct for Air Canada. In his current role, Graham leads ATPCO's Business Development and Industry team, developing strategic business partnerships and relationships that will help to evolve standards and solutions that help solve evolving industry issues.

Marcos Alsina de Freitas

Retailing Sales Director, Europe, Middle East, Africa & Central Asia

Marcos has worked the last 25 years in several commercial positions at GDSs and ATPCO. His experience ranges from running the pricing and data distribution department at Transbrasil and working in the pricing platform at Sabre, to teaching all ATPCO products, to running the EMEA & Central Asia Sales and Customer Marketing division, to developing retailing activities in the same region. His current focus is transforming offer presentation to unlock true airline retailing, where clear, well-articulated, visually presented offers are made available to passengers wherever they are shopping. Marcos holds an MBA degree on Information Technology and Management from the University of California UCI, Irvine and FGV.

Asma Raja

Partner Success Director, EMEA

With over two decades of experience at ATPCO, Asma currently serves as the Partner Success Director, focusing on airline and system partners across Europe, Middle East, and Africa. In this role, her primary responsibility is to support customers by providing ATPCO’s products and solutions, ensuring strong and lasting customer relationships. Additionally, Asma is dedicated to introducing new airlines to the ATPCO family, expanding their network and fostering growth.

Stan Barnes

Head of Business Development

Stan’s primary focus is to educate airlines and associated travel companies about 3Victors data and analytic solutions. Stan has been in the travel industry for 10+ years, supporting revenue management and pricing operations across airline, hospitality, and rental car companies. Before entering the travel industry, Stan was a publisher of multiple magazines and produced dozens of conferences in the software development industry. 