Speakers

Eric Bailey
Global Travel Management Guru

Trina Butler
Senior Director, Global Accounts, HelmsBriscoe

Johnny Thorsen
Global Travel Tech Legend

Matt Duffy
Chief Operating Officer,
Western Sydney Airport

Massimo Morin
Global Head of Travel, AWS Travel & Hospitality

Roger Sharp
Chair, Technology Queenstown

Philip Faraj
Senior Client Director, APAC
Endava

Janene Wardrop
Program Manager Events
International College of Management Sydney (ICMS)

Leron Zinatullin
Chief Information Security Officer, Linkly

Rita Arrigo
Strategic Engagement Manager
National AI Centre

Stuart Johnstone
CTO and Cofounder,
Stralis Aircraft

Renee Elliott
VP of Product, EventsAir

Rachel Jones
Director of Travel Partnerships,
WEX

Robert Dougan
Executive General Manager, Strategy & Culture, Tourism Australia

Steve Hui
Founder & CEO, iFLYflat

Janina Babaic
Business Process Analyst, Finance, ANSTO

Fernando Lonergan
Vice President, Asia Pacific Sales, Account Management and Australia, BCD Meetings & Events

Thomas Marland
Principal Solutions Consultant, SAP Concur

Ricarda Schneider
Director, Sustainability, Asia Pacific excluding China,
Marriott

Richard Savva
Risk Manager, International SOS

Matt Crouch
Principal, Matt Crouch Legal

David Goldman
Joint Managing Director
Goldman Travel

Phil Murphy
Co-Founder, Smart Outsourcing Solution

John Staub
Director, Commercial Sales, Large and Mid-Market Solutions
Visa

Ali Lord
CEO, Headbox

Lisa Batchelor
Strategic Sourcing Manager - Global Business Services
Cochlear Limited

Rhiana Stickings
Head of Global Supplier Payments, Flight Centre Travel Group

Luxsho Logan
Head of APAC, Cirium

Jack Ukil
Country Head Australia, Cvent

Lata Ghosh
GDS Market Manager,
SiteMinder

Gena Signorini
Director of Commercial Operations, Kudos Travel Technology

Jon Webster
Associate Consultant,
Festive Road

Tim McDonnell
Senior Payment Specialist,
Adyen

Alex Gnoss
Director, APAC Customer Success, Navan

Nicola Winchester
Global Travel, Meetings & Events Leader, EY

Jan Reinmueller
Director, Industry Advisor
Microsoft

James Heape ​​​
Head of Sales & Partnerships, Australasia, Conferma

Michael Chase-Smith
Executive Director, Orbit World Travel

David Cameron
Chief Security Officer
International SOS

Steve Limbrick
Executive Director
Envest Global

Stephen Snyder
Managing Director, SKY VC

Cam Wallace
Chief Executive Officer, Qantas International and Freight

Andy Winchester
APAC Travel Manager,
Bloomberg LP

Libby Minogue
Chief Marketing Officer,
Virgin Australia

Michelle Sargent
Co-Owner & Managing Director, Events Beyond

Darrin Grafton
CEO, Serko

Peter Harbison
Chairman, Greener Airlines

Mike Orchard
Head of People & Performance, Festive Road

Cherie Drummond
Chief Product Officer ANZ, Corporate Travel Management

Jim Crowder
Strategic Sales Director - APAC
Global Strategic Sales
Enterprise Mobility

Jono Nicholas
Managing Director,
The Wellbeing Outfit

Robert Miletic
Area Director of Sales & Marketing, Australasia & Global Sales (Sydney), Shangri-La Group

Dr Renee Petrilli
Medical Director,
International SOS

Brett Giddings
Head of Customers and Partnerships, Tasman Environmental Markets (TEM)

Anthony Cassar
Managing Director
Centrecom

Katie Fraser
General Manager, Customer and Operations, FCM Meetings & Events

Alexi Thornton
Founder, epalithia

Joanne Cohen
Sales and Account Manager - Pacific, STR

Susanne Becken
Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith University

Jakki Govan
Chief Fun Officer
Clockwise Consulting

Craig Southee
Regional General Manager - QLD & WA, CT Connections

Bec Williams
Regional Director,
Hilton Worldwide Sales Australasia

Antoinette Nassopoulos-Erickson
Deputy Head of Studio I Senior Partner, Foster + Partners

Harris Meitanis
Founder & CEO, acta

Allan Leibowitz
Journalist, business travel BUZZZ

Sanjay Shenoy
Founder & CEO, Airline Metrics

Rob Vass
Co-Founder, Joi

Kate Vircoe
Managing Director, Newland Chase

Belinda Doery
Principal Consultant, PCMA Australia and Lusion Advisory

Wayne Nagle
Director, Procurement Consulting & Supplier Solutions, HRS Group

Jake Dimarco
Co-Founder and CEO
VenueNow

Alex Moloney
Travel Procurement Leader

Michael Woodley
Chief Executive Officer,
Yindjibarndi Group

Ilya Gutlin
CEO, aeroLABS

Matt Campbell
Director, Content & Distribution Partnerships, Spotnana

Aline Yamamoto
Finance & IT Director
L'OCCITANE - ANZ

Jovina Rasiah
Global Head of Mobility
ResMed

Jamison Warren
Director - Global Sales & Strategic University Partnerships, FCM Travel

Marten Jagers
Vice President - Asia-Pacific-Japan, Emburse

Lucy Rawcliffe
Director TMC, GDS & Agency Partners, Middle East, Africa & Asia Pacific, Accor

Chris Lewis
CEO and Founder
Travelogix

Gaurav Shekhar Nagwekar
Group Head – Corporate Travel & Logistics, Reliance Industries

Suzanne Neufang
CEO, Global Business Travel Association

Tony Fernandes
CEO, AirAsia Group

Simon Baptist
Principal Economist Asia Pacific, Visa

Melissa Elf
Global Corporate COO
& Global FCM MD, FCM

Marissa Fernandez
Managing Director, DMS Destination Marketing Services

Andre Moten
Chief Commercial Officer, Connections Travel Group

Shankar Kotha
Chief Commercial Officer,
Cllix Group

Katrina Barry
Group CEO and Managing Director, Webjet

Catherine Logan
Regional SVP - EMEA & APAC, Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)

Kaylene Shuttlewood
Managing Director,
Amadeus Pacific

Dan Walmsley
General Manager, Cedrent Enterprises

Timmo Rol
Airline Retailing Specialist

Leon Burman
Managing Director, Tribe Travel & Events

Ben Wedlock
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Asia Pacific, BCD Travel

Susette van der Linden
Vice President, Global Accounts, Team Director, Asia-Pacific, ConferenceDirect

Adele Eliseo
Founder & Loyalty Strategist, The Champagne Mile

James Hogben
Senior Program Manager, Customer Programs, SAP Concur

Lance Blockley
Managing Director,
Initiatives Group

Tim Ryley
Professor of Aviation,
Griffith University

John O'Shea
Senior Research Analyst
Ord Minnett

Nikunj Agrawal
CEO & Co-Founder, Zenmer

Denise Farrell
General Manager, Travel Operations, Webjet Business Travel

Thuy Lam
CEO, Blackbook AI

Alan Polivnick
Partner, Watson Farley & Williams

Penny Spencer
ChairpersonAssociation of Travel Management Companies (ATMC)

Donna Kessler
Founder & Managing Director
Tourism Portfolio

Shellia Chang
Sales Director ANZ & Pacific Hospitality, infor

Oliver Tams
Executive Director, ATMC

Alex Stewart
Director of Strategic Partnerships, Paygle

Steve Vella
Founder, Present Sense

Kerri Homann
Travel Manager
Rheinmetall Defence Australia and New Zealand

Jonathan Nelson
Executive General Manager
Corporate Travel Management

Grant Johnstone
Travel Payments Expert

David Golding
Travel Services Manager, UNSW

Lance Batty
Head of Asia Pacific Commercial, Outpayce

Ajay Bhatt
Group Head - Corporate Services, Godrej Industries Group (GIG)

Devendra Saraiya
Executive Director, Deloitte Shared Services India LLP

Mike Humphries
Group Head, Sales & Marketing
Travel Beyond Group

Rick Dyer
Director Global Client Management, American Express Global Business Travel

Joel Robertson
Head of Business Optimisation - APAC, American Express Global Business Travel

Thomas Clark
Sales Director for Australia,
BCD Travel
