Speaker Biograghy: Rogier is driven by the challenges in the aviation industry and currently works for 2ndSense AirportCreators as a senior consultant and managing partner. Rogier’s focus is on bridging the gap between strategy development and projects. Before AirportCreators, he worked in the masterplanning and strategy department at Schiphol Group. He was responsible for the cooperation with Aéroports de Paris and Incheon Airport and for redeveloping the intercontinental departure areas at Schiphol.


Day 3 - 22 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development

10:05 - 10:35 - Creating airports of tomorrow in a changing aviation landscape
Synopsis: In today’s complex business environment, many projects at airports run off course. The traditional design-driven approach is failing in the increasingly complicated stakeholder field and business environment, and consequently several airport companies are now successfully shifting to a new approach to airport development. Decisive elements of this new approach include focusing on actual needs, preparing for changes, developing airports as holistic systems, creating a ‘top-down’ strategic fit of projects, engaging stakeholders and aligning expertise. These success factors underpin the principles of a project management approach called Systems Engineering.

Audience will learn:

• Why traditional projects run off course
• Introduction of a new airport development approach
• Decisive elements of the new approach