Speaker Biograghy: Renaud is Director of SITA Lab, the company’s strategic research and development arm. He is responsible for overseeing projects and programmes that explore new technology for the air transport industry, including wearable technology, iBeacons, near-field communications (NFC), location-based services, contextual mobile applications and many other initiatives. Renaud joined SITA in 2005 in the Project Management Office, as Program and Project Director responsible for project management methodologies. Previously he was Director Innovation Management for Valeo, a US$15bn automotive supplier, where he led a project to revamp innovation and product development processes. Renaud has also held various roles in new product development, sales and business development, and programme and project management at ITT Industries in the USA, and in R&D at Motorola in Switzerland. Renaud holds an MSc from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, an MSc in Applied Physics from the Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). He has led the SITA Lab team in developing more than eight world firsts in technology for the air transport industry. In addition, he and the SITA Lab team have won several awards, including the 2011 CAPA Award for Innovation with Malaysia Airlines and the Smart Technology Award from Wearable Technology Show 2014 for the first Google Glass live trial in the air transport industry with Virgin Atlantic Airways. Renaud’s passion is for breaking the barriers of what is possible to do. He is based in Geneva.


Day 1 - 10 March
Session: Commercial Development, Concessions, Retail & Media

17:05 - 17:35 - Beacons – gateway to the Internet of Things
Synopsis: This presentation will explore how Bluetooth beacons can be deployed at an airport to improve the passenger experience and also provide real-time information on the airport environment through light, temperature, movement and audio sensors. The presentation will also cover why the industry needs to treat beacons as a common-use technology in the airport, and why we need standards to make the experience interoperable.

Audience will learn:

• What Bluetooth low-energy beacons are
• How passengers can benefit from them
• Why they need to be a shared resource
• How they can be used to monitor the airport environment (such as temperature/light/movement)