Schedule

2018 Conference schedule

Registration

19 June 2018

15:00 — 18:00

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Registration

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Day 1

20 June 2018

08:00 — 17:30

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Registration

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

08:20

Meet in main hotel lobby, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki Buses depart promptly at 08:30am Return to hotel by 12:30

Helsinki Airport Tour - Finavia

Meet in main hotel lobby, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki Buses depart promptly at 08:30am Return to hotel by 12:30

12:30

Served in the Kitchen & Table restaurant, Makasiini Event Venue, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Opening Lunch

Served in the Kitchen & Table restaurant, Makasiini Event Venue, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

FAB 2018 conference

Located in the Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Bysa Room, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

FAB 2018 Conference

Located in the Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Bysa Room, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

14:00

Welcome and introduction

Martin Moodie, Chairman, The Moodie Davitt Report

14:15

Host airport’s welcome

Joni Sundelin, Senior Vice President, Airport Director of Helsinki Airport, Finavia

14:30

Why Innovation + Imagination = Incremental Revenues

Elena Stenholm, Vice President Commercial Services, Finavia
Walter Seib, CEO, HMSHost
Eugene Barry, Executive Vice President Commercial, Dubai Airports

15:30

Digitalisation and humanisation in travel dining

Xavier Rossinyol, CEO, Gategroup

16:00

Coffee Break

Sponsored by:

16:30

Transforming consumer perception

Glyn Williams, General Manager Retail, Sydney Airport

17:35

Day 1 concludes

18:30

Restaurant Saaristo, Klippan Island, Helsinki

Welcome Evening & Opening Cocktail

Hosted by:

Meet in main hotel lobby, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Buses depart promptly from 18:30
Final bus departs at 19:00
Return buses will operate from the island from 21:00 to 21:45 to Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Restaurant Saaristo, Klippan Island, Helsinki

Day 2

21 June 2018

08:00

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Registration & refreshments

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

08:45

Welcome

Martin Moodie, Chairman, The Moodie Davitt Report

08:50

People Power: Profiling the finalists in the FAB Team Member of the Year Award

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (SSP and Cousins BBQ), Carolyn ‘Suzie” Grider, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

HMSHost North America, Lily Olson, Minneapolis-St.Paul International Airport

SSP America, D’Angelo Charles, Phoenix International Airport

SSP UK, Darren McLean, Manchester Victoria Station

TRG Concessions, Fabio Azevedo Dos Reis, London Heathrow Airport

09:20

Tech, Trends & Tastes – Analysing the evolving airport F&B landscape

Sarah Naqvi, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer, HMSHost
George Martin Moore, Vice President – Non Aeronautical Revenues Bahrain Airport Company
Richard Cross, Head of Retail, London Stansted Airport

To be joined for Q&A session by:
Steve Johnson, President & CEO, HMSHost North America

10:20

Driving a data revolution

Craig Mackie, General Manager, Moodie Insights

10:50

Coffee Break

Sponsored by:

11:15

Thinking out of the box in airport dining

Heidi Köpple, Head Commercial Centers, Zurich Airport
Mustafa Al Hashimi, Co-Founder, HWH Hospitality Investments
Deema Anani, Commercial Director, Amman Queen Alia International Airport (Jordan)

12:15

FAB COOKS! The Chef’s Table

Renowned Finnish chefs Marko Palovaara (Bistro O Mat, Kirkkonummi) and
Mika Roito (Ravinteli Bertha, Tampere) and Jussi Laakso, Director Marketing and Business Development at SSP Finland join SSP CEO Nordics and Spain, Group Director Strategic Client Partnerships Nick Inkster for a live cooking demonstration and interactive discussion on culinary trends.

13:15

Served in the Kitchen & Table restaurant, Makasiini Event Venue, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Lunch

Served in the Kitchen & Table restaurant, Makasiini Event Venue, 1st Floor, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

14:30

New dynamics in airport F&B

Steve Collis, Joint Managing Director, JHP
Mark Bergsrud, CEO, GRAB
Mélanie Guilldou, Executive Vice President Food Services, Lagardère Travel Retail

15:30

Coffee Break

Sponsored by:

16:00

Future positive? Where is airport dining headed?

Nick Inkster, CEO Nordics and Spain, Group Director Strategic Client Partnerships, SSP
Angela Heuer, Director of Business Development for Airports, Westfield
Zenola Campbell, Vice President Concessions, Dallas Fort Worth Airport
David King, Convenor of Judges, FAB

17:00

Conference ends

19:00

Pre-Gala Dinner cocktails

20:00

Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Bysa Room, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

Gala Dinner & Airport Food & Beverage (FAB) Awards 2018

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Makasiini Event Venue, 3rd Floor, Bysa Room, Clarion Hotel, Helsinki

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