Speaker Biograghy: Mats is an Innovation Manager with his roots in user experience and service design. After spending over a decade as a User Experience Design Consultant in the finance and media sectors, he decided to try out the more innovative parts of the airport business. During his first three years, he has helped define the strategy for digitalisation and established a ‘learn fast’ way of working at Swedavia, called The Function Factory.


Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Future Airports

17:00 - 17:30 - Panel Discussion: Part 2: Are hackathons a good method for innovation at airports?
Synopsis: In June 2017 the {re}coding aviation hackathon took place. Some figures: 7 airports, 35+ APIs, 154 participants, 37 ideas, 19 nationalities, 48 hours of hacking. One great vibe and on top of it, an incubation. So was it a success? We'll tell you all about it and answer all your questions on using hackathons as a way to innovate.

Audience will learn:

• The journey in organising a successful event with multiple airports
• How to co-create with brains external to your company
• What everyone gained from the event
• When every airport speaks the same language (ACRIS Seamless Travel API)

Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Future Airports

16:30 - 17:00 - Part 1: Report from the [Re]coding Aviation hackathon
Synopsis: In June 2017 the {Re}coding Aviation hackathon took place in Berlin. Seven airports participated, 35+ APIs were provided, 154 participants hacked, 37 ideas were presented, 19 nationalities took part in 48 hours of hacking, resulting in one grand winner and two incubations.

Audience will learn:

• How the hackathon was planned
• What happened at the hackathon
• What happened after the hackathon
• What we have learned