Conference agenda
We will discuss global and local technology trends, travel startups and new developments and internet technology opportunities for hoteliers and airlines.

All conference sessions are simultaneously translated to English and Russian.
09:00
09:00
Registration opens
10:00
10:00
Start of the conference,
welcome from organizers
Valentin Dombrovsky, Travelabs
Dina Salyukova, HQ Agency
10:15
10:15
Startup competition
Pitches of startups Surprise Me, Road.travel, VacAgent, 1Checkin
4 finalists of the startup competition will introduce their projects to win tickets to Phocuswright Europe 2019

Read also: Startup pitch competition finalists are announced
11:15
11:15
Coffee break
11:45
11:45
Panel discussion "Online travel trends in Russia"
Felix Shpilman, Ostrovok.ru
Dmitrii Yakovlev, Yandex.Travel
Khoren Airapetian, Travelata
Moderator: Fedor Egorov, Dreamlines RU
12:15
12:15
Leonid Marmer
General director Amadeus IT Russia
Digital Transformation in Travel Industry
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
12:40
12:40
Richard Harris
How travel ecommerce can survive when search and commerce collide
in English
13:05
13:05
Dmitrii Malyanov, Dragorad Knezi, Andrey Osintsev
Travel bloggers: market realities, leaders vs. micro influencers
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
13:30
13:30
Marcin Wesolowski
Director of operations @ Bidroom
Breaking monopoly with new solutions. Why diversity is important for travel and hospitality industry
In English
13:55
13:55
Alexander Eshmekov
Online hotel services distribution expert @ TravelLine
Newest trends of hotel service distribution
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
14:15 - 15:15
14:15 - 15:15
Lunch
15:15
15:15
Gregory Pomerantsev
Managing partner @ Aeropartner Solutions Group
Airlines and Destinations: Cooperation Synergies for mutual prosperity
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
15:40
15:40
Yaroslav Kotyshov
VP Revenue Management @ Aviasales
Checkout evolution: dynamic bidding in metasearch
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
16:05
16:05
Dmitrii Salikhov
CEO iway
How to get maximum sales of airport transfers
on the airline website?
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
16:30
16:30
Roman Blinov
Director of development @ Corteos
Trends of online business travel market in Russia
In Russian (simultaneous translation)
17:00
17:00
Coffee break
17:30
17:30
Richard Valtr
Founder and director Mews Systems
How hotels can become more like tech companies
in English
18:00
18:00
Francesco Canzoniere
Why hoteliers are failing at converting
their visitors into sales

in English
See also: slides of Booklyng, the winner of TTCR startup competition 2017
18:30
18:30
Round table: Tours & Activities
Egor Yakovlev, izi.TRAVEL
Alexandr Kim, Sputnik8
Boris Plotitsa, Tripster
Moderator: Valentin Dombrovsky, Travelabs
19:00
19:00
Round-up, startup competition winner announcement
19:15
19:15
After-party
Learn about new trends and
expand your professional network