Henrik Rothe

is an accomplished architect with considerable expertise having worked in 35 countries in airport planning, terminal design and urbanism, amongst others for Vienna Airport, Gazprom Bank, Zurich Airport and SEA Milano. In 2014 Henrik has conceived the Urban turbine research project, pioneering work that expands the possibilities of design innovation.His MexT project in collaboration with Ole Scheeren for a new London City Hall was awarded The Presidents Medal of the Royal Institute of British Architects

Paul Beck

founder of planeground, a professional cooperative of specialist aviation planners and consultants. Gaining from 10 years working at NACO in strategic airport consulting, master planning, infrastructure and terminal development at many renowned airports around the world, Paul now focuses on future global trends and accompanying changes to air transportation and airports in particular. His project engagements increasingly revolve around new airport design and shifting functional, operational and commercial requirements.
www.planeground.de

Theo Reitsema

graduated with honours from the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Technology in Eindhoven in 2005. His research project focused on the influences and impact of Low Cost Carriers on Airport Terminals. His study was rewarded the second prize of the Archiprix 2005. Theo was selected as one of Europe’s most important emerging young architects under 40. His research about the airport terminal of the future results in better wayfinding, transparent terminal design, new income models and new phasing model.
www.reitsema.com

Max Schintlmeister

integrates commercial, financial, operational and planning requirements into comprehensive business models, supporting airport managers identifying and exploiting potentials in the airport decision-making process.
Max 20+ years’ experience includes airport employment (Vienna), managing airport director (Klagenfurt) and freelance consultant (ORAT, development and privatisation). Max lectures at the Munich Airport Academy, Cranfield and the University of Westminster.
www.airport-excellence.com

Ulf Klose

has found his passion in combining the areas of constructing and operating buildings, computer science and aviation and consistently follows the path of digital automation. As a digital en­trepreneur, he and his team are devoted entirely to the digitalisation of the construction and building management process by revolutionising the way future building operating systems can be programmed and implemented worldwide.
www.leitron.de and opsconnect.de

Thomas Melcher

is an enthusiastic entrepreneur in urban mobility, linking yet undiscovered potential of airports to tourism and commuting, seamless travelling, intermodality and accessibility. Thomas is curious to assess innovations and their impact on aviation as part of the travel industries, taking a front rows in digitalization when handling infrastructure, airports and stations. In 10+ years Thomas gained experience in urban- and airport developments in Europe, EMEA and Asia as planner and developer and currently works for destination marketing in Austria increasing touristic income by improved accessibility.

Sohail Chughtai

is a Chartered Aerospace Engineer with 30 years’ experience in aircraft design, flight test and structural analysis. A member of the Royal Aeronautical Society since 1986 and Vice Chair on its Air Transport Specialist Group Committee, he excels in multi-disciplinary conversations and collaborations with industry, academia and government on the future of air transport. Connected to executive policy-making networks, in 2018 he is founding director of Metadynamics, passionately advocating the convergence & integration of ground & air transport for future 4D cities; in x,y,z and time.
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Mirjam Wiedemann

is a lecturer and researcher at the University of South Australia and founder of WiedemannConsultants; specialising in regional economic development, airport cities and aerotropolises. Mirjam holds a PhD from Southern Cross University on companies’ decisions of location and infrastructure needs in airport-related regions and has helped numerous airports and regions in their strategy. She gives expert lectures and training worldwide and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Mirjam is an EU advisory board member, Adjunct Professional to Curtin University and engages with the Aerotropolis Institute in South Africa
www.wiedemannconsultants.com

Edgar Jimenez

is lecturer in Air Transport Management at Cranfield and PhD holder in Transport Systems from the MIT Portugal Programme, University of Porto. He has been researching in air transport, urban mobility and higher education at the University of Ibague, Colombia, the INESC-TEC in Porto and the MIT in Cambridge, USA. His main areas of research and consulting cover policy design, airport strategic planning, the impact of low-cost carriers on airports and the interaction between airports and the regions they serve.

Javeed Khan

is a passionate architect and creative thinker. His research in ‘Low-Cost Airports’ includes pre-fabrication of cost effective terminal modules as part of the plan by The Indian Government to develop 200 ‘Low Cost Airports’ across the country and the impact of airports on urban development. Javeed’s work received critical appreciation from the Airports Authority of India.
Currently Javeed is working for Pascall+Watson on the new Navi-Mumbai Airport in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects.

Jen Samuelson

Jen Samuelson and Alice Drew are planners at leading planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore with experience in a range of cross-sector projects, including regional airports across the UK and major transport corridors including the A34.
Jen and Alice recently presented the paper ‘Southampton: An Airport City of the Future’, as part of the European Council of Spatial Planners ‘Young Planners Workshop’ in May 2018. The case study explored whether the Airport City model can apply to regional airports and potential advantages for the cultural and economic prosperity of an area.

Alice Drew

Jen Samuelson and Alice Drew are planners at leading planning and design consultancy Barton Willmore with experience in a range of cross-sector projects, including regional airports across the UK and major transport corridors including the A34.
Jen and Alice recently presented the paper ‘Southampton: An Airport City of the Future’, as part of the European Council of Spatial Planners ‘Young Planners Workshop’ in May 2018. The case study explored whether the Airport City model can apply to regional airports and potential advantages for the cultural and economic prosperity of an area.

Manjit Dhillon

has over 15 years ‘hands on’ experience of commercial master planning of airports. He brings a practical knowledge of the importance attached to non-aviation related airport facilities, passenger experience, design of airport touch points. His key skills focus on developing design solutions that enhance passenger experience – but also develop ways to maximise an airport’s commercial capabilities. He has worked on over 40 airport terminals worldwide.

Wouter Dewulf

works at the DfT and Regional economics of the University of Antwerp (Belgium), and is currently performing research on Air Cargo Strategy, Airport Strategy, Urban Logistics and E-commerce. He also is a professor at and academic director of C-MAT (Centre of Maritime and Transport Management, UoA); and is visiting professor at the University of Hasselt (Belgium) and University of Chongqing (China). His previous research on the strategy of air cargo operators led to his Ph.D. on ‘The Strategy of Air transport carriers, about Carpet Sellers and Cargo Stars’.www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/wouter-dewulf/

Prof. Dr. Roel Gevaers

is a senior supply chain manager and academic with a Ph.D. on Innovations in Last Mile, Reverse and Waste Logistics at the University of Antwerp. During his academic research he adviced several governments and companies (ex. Flemish Government, P&G) on logistics and last mile topics. Since June 2018, he is Logistics Innovation Manager at BD myShopi (Belgian logistics company) developing and advising on new last mile, reverse and eCommerce concepts. Roel strongly believes in and supports collaborations and strong relations between business and academic research. www.uantwerpen.be/en/staff/roel-gevaers/

Randel Darby

is CEO and Founder of travel technology company Airportr, a platform to help airlines and airports with smarter baggage management. As entrepreneur with a background rooted in venture capital and digital businesses, he is bringing these skills together to engineer a baggage-free transport model improving city connectivity, driving modal shift to public transport and disrupting traditional airport design with a more scalable and distributed infrastructure. The engagement with world leading airlines and airports has already proofed this game-changing solution.  www.airportr.com

Adrian Todd

founder of AiQ Consulting, a firm of world class airport demand & capacity analysts and consultants. With a global footprint and over 15 years continuous involvement in Heathrow’s development, Adrian and his multi-disciplinary team has amassed a wealth of knowledge in holistic modelling of constrained city hub airport environs. As well as passenger experience, his focus is on the development of modern approaches to solve complex challenges around transit, baggage & vehicle apron systems whilst tackling environment, automation, efficiency, and growth. www.aiqconsulting.com

Adrian Stratta

Adrian has a wealth of aviation experience as a senior leader and stakeholder manager. With Menzies, Gate Gourmet, Tourvest and Air Fayre he lead business restructuring, turnaround, efficiencies and driving change. As a consultant he has delivered programme to Aviance, EC Harris and nasair, among others. Adrian currently supports AIQ in the joint NATS airport end-to-end capacity and efficiency solutions initiative. Adrian was the Interim Operations Director for AirPortr within their early start-up phase, working alongside Randel Derby. www.aiqconsulting.com