Speaker Biograghy: Stanis leads Stantec’s Airport Group, as well as Stantec’s Creativity and Innovation Programme. Born and educated in South Africa, Stanis is an architect and the former CEO of Architectura, one of Canada’s premier design firms. In 2003 Architectura was acquired by Stantec, and Stanis led the charge to grow Stantec’s Buildings Group to its present stature as one of the largest in the world. For the past 23 years Stanis has provided leadership to numerous airport projects across North America and internationally. He is an acknowledged expert and frequent speaker on the topic of airport terminal design.


Day 1 - 14 March
Session: Commercial - Concessions, Retail & Media

16:40 - 17:10 - Sense of place
Synopsis: How airports can create a distinctive passenger experience and brand by celebrating whatever is unique and special about their city and community. Many of our airport clients are interested in how they can use art, exhibits, interior design, architecture, graphics, live entertainment and other innovative strategies to differentiate their airports and enhance the passenger experience.

Audience will learn:

• How airports can brand themselves through 'sense of place' to market and differentiate themselves from competitor airports
• How airports can enhance the passenger experience by creating a unique and distinctive 'sense of place'
• How airports with a memorable 'sense of place' outperform their peers in passenger satisfaction scores
• How 'sense of place' can differentiate an airport's communications and social media strategy