Programme
Overview

A digital interface between baggage handling and fleet management – a kind of “Uber” for ground handlers. Developed with Heathrow and its handlers and heading into live testing, presented as an open session on the story and the solution.

• Jamie Ratcliffe – Senior Baggage Product Development Manager, Heathrow Airport
• Dennis Dalman – Innovations Manager, BEUMER Group

Sharing ground support equipment across handlers – transparently and reliably. A first-hand look at the centralised non-motorised pool at Düsseldorf with 700+ units, SmartFLEET telematics, and the trust framework that makes it work.

• Wolfgang Fasching – Head of Commercials, HiSERV
• Speaker (TBA) – Düsseldorf Airport

In a short, interactive discussion, participants jointly assess infrastructure-based marshalling as a stepping stone toward autonomous apron operations – weighing the potential benefits for safety and efficiency, the technical and operational requirements, limitations and regulatory considerations, the preconditions for an infrastructure-based approach, and hybrid models that combine vehicle-based and infrastructure-based solutions. Attendees leave with practical ideas for initial implementation.

• Edgar Ziller – Director Partner Management Airports, T-Systems
• Christer Neimöck – Senior Manager Autonomous Driving, T-Systems
• Matthias Burchert – T-Systems

Travel by passengers with reduced mobility (PRM) keeps growing. This interactive session shows how data-driven decisions, machine learning and AI-supported dispatching can improve PRM services – cutting waiting times, optimising coordination across the airport and making the journey smoother, more transparent and more inclusive.

• Eva Wille – Product Manager, INFORM
• Margo van Bokhoven – Consultant, INFORM

Geometrically accurate digital twins linked to real process models, now evolved into an AI-supported forecasting tool across operational, tactical and strategic horizons – developed with Cologne Bonn Airport, with a clear look at cost, benefit and return.

• Tom Alexander Heuer – Managing Director, Airport Research Center
• Dr. Manuel Henrich – Head of AI Development, Airport Research Center
• Jörg Stetza – Slot & Capacity Manager, Cologne Bonn Airport

Holistic engineering – from product to high-end digital twins. Where the modular CityBot platform meets airport realities, with a case study from Fraport.

• Makso Zabarac – Senior Sales Manager, EDAG
• Jörg Gehrmann – VP Sales, EDAG
• Gerhard Koerbel – Product Owner CityBot, EDAG
• Eric Agthe – Fraport Ground Services

Motional Digital Twin – powered by Physical AI and 3D LiDAR – continuously captures 3D spatial data for unmatched visibility into how people and vehicles really move, improving efficiency, passenger experience and safety. With deployment examples from major international airports.

• Loïs Guillemaille – Regional Sales Director, Outsight
• Frederik Jean – Leader Consulting & Strategy, FraAlliance

Pushback is one of the apron's most safety-critical processes. Using Hamburg Airport's move toward single-operator pushback with Evitado's ELVIZ hazard awareness as a live case study, this interactive session maps the path from digital assistance to higher automation – building a shared Pushback Automation Roadmap.

• Andrew Moakes – Chief Product Officer, Evitado Technologies
• Russell Pink – Head of Customer Success, Evitado Technologies
• Burkhardt Höfer – EVP Commercial, Hamburg Airport
• Markus Scholz – Head of Ground Operations, SATS (Hamburg Airport)

Beyond the vision: a five-step framework for operationalising AI in complex, regulated organisations. Featuring the Lenze transformation as a working case study, plus a guided self-assessment for participants.

• Annekatrin Konermann – Manager AI & Implementation, Lenze
• Dr. Moritz Belling – Family Shareholder, Lenze

The Chronolite approach: adaptive, science-based lighting across the full passenger journey – terminal to aircraft – to reduce stress and jet lag, and turn lighting from infrastructure into a strategic experience tool.

• Dr. Achim Leder – Managing Partner, jetlite GmbH
• Guido Miletic – Dortmund Airport 21 (TBC)

As airports face increasing demands for safety, operational continuity, and resilience against evolving security threats, traditional perimeter protection systems are reaching their limits. This workshop explores the next generation of intelligent airport security based on the fusion of LiDAR and camera technologies. By combining the precise 3D spatial awareness of LiDAR with the rich contextual information provided by visual imaging, sensor fusion enables highly reliable detection, classification, and tracking of intrusions while significantly reducing false alarms caused by wildlife, weather, or environmental factors.

• Andreas Hofmann Director Business Development, Amorph Systems GmbH
• Karl-Heinz Biersack Director Business Development Airport, Dallmeier electronic