Speaker Biograghy: Fiona is the co-founder and CEO of CrowdVision. She has personal responsibility for business development and client-facing activities. Fiona spent the first 10 years of her career in the UK’s Ministry of Defence. She managed large government-industry and international projects, served in ministers’ offices, and became the Director of Science and Technology Policy, supporting the Chief Scientific Adviser. Despite holding the honour of being the fastest-promoted civil servant in the Ministry of Defence, after 10 years Fiona left to pursue a career in the private sector. She joined a strategy consulting firm in the defence and national security sector, and built its Homeland Security practice. She then co-founded Secure Futures, a consulting firm helping government agencies and major corporates to develop industry and technology strategies. In 2009 Fiona collaborated with Dr Anders Johansson to found CrowdVision, an automated pedestrian analytics and insights company.


Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Future Airports

15:15 - 15:45 - Creating a smart airport: London Stansted Airport
Synopsis: The subject of ‘smart airports’ is hot at the moment. As pressure increases to create a fast, safe and seamless experience for passengers, airports are having to evolve from infrastructure providers to fully fledged, profit-making businesses. This talk will cover real cases where airports have taken advantage of emerging technologies (Internet of Things, big data, machine learning) and made significant changes to the way they operate to be more efficient and markedly more profitable.

Audience will learn:

• What is a smart airport
• Which smart airport strategies London Stansted Airport adopted, and why
• What outcomes London Stansted Airport achieved
• What London Stansted Airport learned from the experience that would be relevant for other airports
• What next from a smart airport/technology perspective at London Stansted Airport