Distribution Conference
19.00: Tuesday 28 March: the event opens with
an evening Welcome Reception sponsored by Enterprise
Ireland. Wednesday 29 March: a full day of keynote speakers and
informative business sessions beginning with:
UATP and Airline Business present Airline Distribution
2006, 28-30 March, Dublin at The Burlington Hotel.
To listen to feed of the conference, visit
www.traveltalkradio.com/UATP06.html
9.00: Airline Executive Panel: Moderated by Mark
Pilling.
Featuring: Michael Cawley, Deputy Chief Executive,
Ryanair; Padraig O’Ceidigh, Managing Director,
Aer Arann; Al Lenza, Vice President, Distribution,
NWA.
10.45: Keynote Address: Duane Futch, Director Global
Travel Services, Wal-Mart “Think Globally, Act
Locally”
11:30: New Airline Distribution Strategies:
Moderated by Chris Tarry, Managing Director, CTAIRA
Consultancy
Featuring: Robin Kamark, SVP, Airline Commercial,
SAS; Ubiratan Da Motta, Director of Commercial
Logistics, TAM; Marc Heinicke, Euro Shuttle
Manager, Air Berlin
14.00: Next Generation Payment Models: Moderated
by Pascal Burg, Director, Edgar Dunn &
Company
Featuring: Roy Vella, Director, Merchant Services, PayPal,
Inc.; George Eubank, Director, CheckFree;
Martijn Hovinga, CEO BilltoBill; Scot Bealer, Vice
President, Worldwide Sales, UATP
16.00: Data Privacy and Fraud: Moderated by Bill
Houck, Director, Risk Management, UATP
Featuring: Peter Warner, EVP, Retail Decisions;
Herman Mensink, EVP, Prism Group, EMEA; Paul
Buelens, Fraud Manager, MasterCard International,
ESAMEA; Cherie Lauretta, Manager, United
Airlines
8.30: Thursday 30 March 2006
Keynote address: Onno van den Brink,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
transavia.com – new business strategy for
harnessing Transavia’s technology to create a competitive and
profitable online booking portal.
9.00: GDS: New Deals and Models: Moderated by Richard
Clarke, Director, Travel Technology Research Ltd.
Group
Featuring: Reet Wiseman, VP, North Region & Global
Accounts, Sabre Travel Network; Bryan Conway, VP,
Distribution, EMEA, Cendant Travel Distribution
Services; John Dabkowski, Managing Director,
Navitaire
10.30: Expanding Choices in Distribution:
Moderated by Mark Pilling, Editor Airline
Business
Featuring: David Peller, Senior Director, Worldwide Business
Development, ITA Software; Christoph Lang, Program
Manager of FACE, Lufthansa Systems; Maurice
Coleman, Head of Commercial Strategy, Aer Lingus;
Darren Peisley, General Manager of Distribution Strategy and Sales
Planning, Qantas; Graham Wareham, GM for product
Distribution,
Star Alliance/Air Canada
11.40: The Continuted Rise of the Online World:
Moderated by David Field, Americas Editor, Airline
Business
Featuring: Ellen Keszler, President, Corporate Solutions,
Sabre Holdings; Werner Tschiesche, Director of
Sales, EMEA, Cendant; Declan Boland, Director,
Global Commercial Industries, Unisys; Glen Drury,
Managing Director Yahoo! UK
