Kiran Merchant, CEO, Merchant Aviation, USA

Speaker Biograghy: Kiran is the CEO of Merchant Aviation, a full-service aviation consulting firm specialising in strategic visioning, planning, design/construction, airline operations and financial feasibility studies at airports around the world. As Chief of Aviation Planning Division at the Port Authority of NY/NJ, he recently led the planning efforts of various terminal, airside, landside and cargo planning projects, including a major delay reduction programme for the NY/NJ airports. As Director of Terminal Planning for a leading consulting firm prior to joining PA, Kiran led numerous terminal planning projects at several large and small hub airports. He has worked at more than 50 airports around the world during his tenure at TWA and Continental Airlines in the Corporate Real Estate, Planning, Design and Construction divisions. His work in Airport Terminal of the Future is outstanding, and he has conducted numerous workshops and focus group discussions around the world on this topic.


Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Future Airports

11:30 - 12:30 - Panel Discussion: CEO airport innovation
Synopsis: Building an innovation culture to meet the demands of the future of air travel.

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Day 1 - 20 March
Session: Future Airports

09:05 - 09:05 - Conference Chair

Day 2 - 21 March
Session: Airport Design, Planning & Development - Middle East & Asia

10:55 - 11:25 - Panel Discussion: Innovation and future-proofing airports in Asia
Synopsis: The panel will cover the views of an investor, a state-owned operator and a private-sector investor/operator on these key topics and challenges facing us all. Innovation – how much do we spend on this as airport operators?

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