SMART AIRPORT –
TECHNOVATION CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION 2018

Internet of Things

160

DAYS
16

HOURS
13

MINUTES
40

SECONDS

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The annual Smart Airport – Technovation Conference and Exhibition is an ideal platform for airport community members and industry experts to exchange ideas on the latest trends in innovative technology. Stepping into its fourth year, the theme this year is "Internet of Things". We strive to improve passengers’ experience and optimise airport operations through the application of technology. In this respect, we will collaborate and steer HKIA in reaching new heights.

DATE:28 – 29 November 2018 (Wed – Thu)
VENUE: Hall 3E, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, 1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong

2017 HIGHLIGHTS

900+: DELEGATES

29: EXHIBITORS

25+: MEDIA REPORTERS

Programme

KNOWLEDGE SHARING

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10:00

Welcome Remarks

Mr. Fred Lam

Chief Executive Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

10:10

Opening Speech

Government Official

10:15

Opening Ceremony

Mr. Jack So

Chairman
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Mr. Fred Lam

Chief Executive Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Government Official

Theme: Insider Insights

10:25

From Good to Great: The Past, Present and Future of an Innovative HKIA

Mr. C K Ng

Executive Director, Airport Operations
Airport Authority Hong Kong

10:45

Flying in the Digital Era

Mr. Greg Hughes

Chief Operations and Service Delivery Officer
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

11:00

Creating Industry-Level Innovation: The NEXTT Programme

Mr. Thomas Pellegrin

Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific & Middle East
International Air Transport Association

11:15

The Prospect of Digital Technology in Aviation Development

Mr. Shi Miao

Vice President
Cainiao Network

11:30

Panel Discussion:
Opportunities and Challenges for Aviation Leadership in the Digital Era

[Panelists]

Mr. C K Ng

Executive Director, Airport Operations
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Mr. Greg Hughes

Chief Operations and Service Delivery Officer
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Mr. Thomas Pellegrin

Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific & Middle East
International Air Transport Association

Mr. Shi Miao

Vice President
Cainiao Network

[Panel Moderator]

Mr. Thomas Pellegrin

Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific & Middle East
International Air Transport Association

12:00

Award Presentation of “Smart Airport Technovation Awards”

Mr. Fred Lam

Chief Executive Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

12:30

Lunch Break (with Light Refreshment)

Theme: Innovation in Aviation

13:45

Reinventing the Digital Flying Experience

Mr. Leslie Lu

General Manager Digital
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

14:00

Future Airport: Empowering Passengers with Smart Technology

Mr. Suhail Kamil Kadri

Vice President of Technology & Innovation
Hamad International Airport

14:15

Digital Innovation in Retail, F&B and Advertising Business at the Airport

Mr. Shawn Dehpanah

External Vice President, Corporate Partnership and Innovation
Plug and Play

14:30

Nurturing the Future Innovative Leaders in Aviation

Mrs. Vivian Cheung

Deputy Director, Aviation Development
Airport Authority Hong Kong

14:45

Panel Discussion:
The Story Behind a Successful Innovation Corporation

[Panelists]

Mr. Leslie Lu

General Manager Digital
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

Mr. Suhail Kamil Kadri

Vice President of Technology & Innovation
Hamad International Airport

Mr. Shawn Dehpanah

External Vice President, Corporate Partnership and Innovation
Plug and Play

Mrs. Vivian Cheung

Deputy Director, Aviation Development
Airport Authority Hong Kong

[Panel Moderator]

Mr. Arnaud Brolly

Senior Product Manager
SITA

15:15

Networking Session (with Light Refreshment) & Tour of the Exhibition Area

Theme: Digital Transformation in Aviation

15:45

Making the New Digital Technology Led Airport a Reality

Mr. Steve Armitage

Head of Innovation and Intelligent Automation
Heathrow Airport Limited

16:00

Transforming a Functional Airport to a Smart One Using IoT

Mr. Alan Newbold

Director, Global Digital Aviation Leader
Arup

16:15

Moving to the “Next-Generation” of Digitalisation Based on V-DOM

Mr. Ben Wong

Chief Operating Officer
Hong Kong Airlines

16:30

Intrapreneurship Leading to a New Passenger Journey

Mr. Chris Au Young

General Manager, Smart Airport
Airport Authority Hong Kong

16:45

Panel Discussion:
Shaping the Future Travel Experience with Digitalisation: Opportunities and Challenges

[Panelists]

Mr. Steve Armitage

Head of Innovation and Intelligent Automation
Heathrow Airport Limited

Mr. Alan Newbold

Director, Global Digital Aviation Leader
Arup

Mr. Ben Wong

Chief Operating Officer
Hong Kong Airlines

Mr. Chris Au Young

General Manager, Smart Airport
Airport Authority Hong Kong

[Panel Moderator]

Mr. Alan Newbold

Director, Global Digital Aviation Leader
Arup

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10:00

Second Day Opening Speech

Mr. Alex Kwan

Executive Director, Engineering and Technology
Airport Authority Hong Kong

10:05

Living Digital Twins with IoT

Mr. Alex Kwan

Executive Director, Engineering and Technology
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Theme: IoT Application for Smart Airport

10:25

Empowering Smart Airport with IoT & ET Aviation Brain

Mr. Jintong Zhu

Director of Data Intelligence for International Business
Alibaba Cloud

10:40

IoT and the Evolution of Operational Agility

Mr. Carl Rogers

Senior Business Development Manager – Airport IT
Amadeus

10:55

Transforming Air Travel through New Technologies

Mr. Arnaud Brolly

Senior Product Manager
SITA

11:10

Digital Twin with IoT: Making a Smart Airport Smarter

Dr. Jack Cheng

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

11:25

Networking Session (with Light Refreshment)

Theme: Insider Insights

11:40

Siemens Digital Airport: Digital Solutions and Services Based on Mindsphere

Mr. Kadir Dindar

Senior VP, Global Head of Digital Business
Siemens PPAL

11:55

Disney Four Keys and Technology

Mr. Leon Chan

Director, Technology
Hong Kong Disneyland

12:10

Leading New ICT, Enables Digital Aviation Industry

Mr. Joe So

Chief Technology Officer, Industry Solutions, Enterprise Business Group
Huawei

12:25

Emergence of Digital Twin

Mr. Vishwanath (Vish) Narayan

Chief Technology Officer
IBM Watson IoT Lab Services

12:40

Lunch Break

13:50

Cyber Security for Smart Airport

Mr. Andy Bien

Chief Information Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

14:05

Embracing IoT for Smart City

Mr. Peter Lam

Managing Director, Engineering
HKT

14:20

Connected Airport – Digital Transformation with IoT

Mr. Ronald Chan

Azure IoT Sales Lead, Global Black Belt Team
Microsoft

14:35

Technology Ecosystem and Smart City of Hong Kong

Mr. Albert Wong

Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

14:50

IoT - Hype, Truth & Success Criteria

Mr. Sankar .S. Villupuram

Board of Director
Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance

15:00

Panel Discussion:
Is IoT a Trillion Dollar Economy?

[Panelists]

Mr. Andy Bien

Chief Information Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Mr. Peter Lam

Managing Director, Engineering
HKT

Mr. Ronald Chan

Azure IoT Sales Lead, Global Black Belt Team
Microsoft

Mr. Albert Wong

Chief Executive Officer
Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation

[Panel Moderator]

Mr. Sankar .S. Villupuram

Board of Director
Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance

15:25

Networking Session (with Light Refreshment)

Theme: IoT in Autonomous Vehicle and Robotics

15:55

IoT and Robotics

Professor Norman Tien

Chairman
AI and Robotics Alliance of Hong Kong

16:10

Autonomous Driving: The Emerging Transformation in Airports and Cities

Mr. Gansha Wu

Cofounder, chairman and CEO
Uisee Technologies Inc.

16:25

Smart Mobility Solutions in the Smart Airport

Dr. Lawrence Poon

General Manager
Hong Kong Productivity Council and Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems R&D Centre

16:40

Development Direction of Robotics

Mr. Berry Leung

Founder
Teksbotics Asia

16:55

The Future & Challenges of Robotics & AGVS

Mr. Simon Wong

Chief Executive Officer
Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre

17:10

Closing Remarks

Mr. Andy Bien

Chief Information Officer
Airport Authority Hong Kong

Speakers

MEET OUR PROFESSONALS

Mr. C K Ng

Executive Director, Airport Operations

Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr. Greg Hughes

Chief Operations and Service Delivery Officer

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Mr. Thomas Pellegrin

Head of Consulting, Asia-Pacific & Middle East

International Air Transport Association
Mr. Shi Miao

Vice President

Cainiao Network
Mr. Leslie Lu

General Manager Digital

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
Mr. Suhail Kamil Kadri

Vice President of Technology & Innovation

Hamad International Airport
Mr. Shawn Dehpanah

External Vice President, Corporate Partnership and Innovation

Plug and Play
Mrs. Vivian Cheung

Deputy Director, Aviation Development

Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr. Steve Armitage

Head of Innovation and Intelligent Automation

Heathrow Airport Limited
Mr. Alan Newbold

Director, Global Digital Aviation Leader

Arup
Mr. Ben Wong

Chief Operating Officer

Hong Kong Airlines
Mr. Chris Au Young

General Manager, Smart Airport

Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr. Alex Kwan

Executive Director, Engineering and Technology

Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr. Jintong Zhu

Director of Data Intelligence for International Business

Alibaba Cloud
Mr. Carl Rogers

Senior Business Development Manager – Airport IT

Amadeus
Mr. Arnaud Brolly

Senior Product Manager

SITA
Dr. Jack Cheng

Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Mr. Kadir Dindar

Senior VP, Global Head of Digital Business

Siemens PPAL
Mr. Leon Chan

Director, Technology

Hong Kong Disneyland
Mr. Joe So

Chief Technology Officer, Industry Solutions, Enterprise Business Group

Huawei
Mr. Vishwanath (Vish) Narayan

Chief Technology Officer

IBM Watson IoT Lab Services
Mr. Andy Bien

Chief Information Officer

Airport Authority Hong Kong
Mr. Peter Lam

Managing Director, Engineering

HKT
Mr. Ronald Chan

Azure IoT Sales Lead, Global Black Belt Team

Microsoft
Mr. Albert Wong

Chief Executive Officer

Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Mr. Sankar .S. Villupuram

Board of Director

Hong Kong Internet of Things Alliance
Professor Norman Tien

Chairman

AI and Robotics Alliance of Hong Kong
Mr. Gansha Wu

Cofounder, chairman and CEO

Uisee Technologies Inc.
Dr. Lawrence Poon

General Manager

Hong Kong Productivity Council and Automotive Parts and Accessory Systems R&D Centre
Mr. Berry Leung

Founder

Teksbotics Asia
Mr. Simon Wong

Chief Executive Officer

Logistics and Supply Chain MultiTech R&D Centre

Exhibitiors

PRODUCT SHOWCASING