Travel & Tourism

Experts in the promotion and management of travel experiences, focusing on leisure, business, and cultural exploration

Paula Grzegorzewska

Paula Grzegorzewska

Paula Grzegorzewska is the Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Linux Foundation Europe, where she leads initiatives to strengthen the presence of global open technologies across the EU. Based in Brussels, she works at the intersection of digital policy, open source software, and the digital transformation of public services and has over six years of experience in the digital policy landscape. Prior to joining the Linux Foundation, she served as the Strategic Partnerships Director at OpenForum Europe, a prominent think tank where she managed engagements with global partners across government, academia, and industry. She participated in many research projects, including as a co-author of the European Commission’s landmark 2021 study on the economic impact of open source software and hardware. She holds a Master’s degree in New Media and Communications from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and is a frequent speaker and moderator at international forums, focusing on how open source can drive innovation, interoperability, and trusted infrastructure.

Paula Grzegorzewska is the Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships at Linux Foundation Europe, where she leads initiatives to strengthen the presence of global open technologies across the EU. Based in Brussels, she works at the intersection of digita... Show more

Sandipana Das

Sandipana Das

Sandipana Das is a UX Designer at IBM whose work sits at the intersection of AI, enterprise systems, and human-centered design. Beyond enterprise product design, Sandipana explores the future of learning and equitable access, especially in contexts where technology may extend guidance beyond institutional limits.

She designs for complex, high-stakes environments across sustainability, finance, and knowledge-rich workflows, with a focus on how intelligent systems can better support comprehension, decision-making, and trust.
Her practice combines design strategy, systems thinking, and emerging AI behaviors to examine how interfaces might evolve from reactive tools into more context-aware forms of support. She is particularly interested in adaptive AI, multimodal interaction, and the ethical questions that arise when systems begin interpreting human signals, behavior, and cognitive strain.

Sandipana Das is a UX Designer at IBM whose work sits at the intersection of AI, enterprise systems, and human-centered design. Beyond enterprise product design, Sandipana explores the future of learning and equitable access, especially in contexts w... Show more

Cesario Estrada

Cesario Estrada

Cesario is an AI and Machine Learning developer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Currently pursuing advanced studies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the University of Winnipeg, he combines technical expertise in Python, SQL databases, and cloud data architecture with hands-on experience in automated systems.
Cesario is passionate about building practical data pipelines, solving complex engineering challenges, and engaging with the local tech community.

Cesario is an AI and Machine Learning developer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Currently pursuing advanced studies in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the University of Winnipeg, he combines technical expertise in Python, SQL databases, ... Show more

Kruthika Gopinathan

Kruthika Gopinathan

Power Platform Developer at Carnival Cruise

Power Platform Developer at Carnival Cruise Show more

Arun Ganapathi

Arun Ganapathi

Arun Ganapathi is a software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience architecting cloud-native, high-availability systems and large-scale IAM platforms. He serves as Senior Manager of Software Development at Oracle USA, leading OPERA Cloud Identity Management a globally distributed, multi-tenant IAM solution supporting thousands of hospitality enterprises worldwide.
His work spans cloud architecture, microservices, security, and federated identity systems. He has driven major IAM transformations delivering 99.9% uptime, 50% faster incident response through observability modernization, and significant gains in onboarding and high-load performance.
At Oracle, Arun has earned honors including the Architects Choice Award, R&D Hall of Fame Award, and Hospitality Pineapple Award for contributions to cloud-native IAM, federated identity, and high-availability SaaS architectures.
He is certified as an Oracle Gen AI Professional, OCI Architect, and Professional Scrum Master, with expertise in OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML 2.0, RBAC, and zero-downtime deployments.

Arun Ganapathi is a software engineering leader with 18+ years of experience architecting cloud-native, high-availability systems and large-scale IAM platforms. He serves as Senior Manager of Software Development at Oracle USA, leading OPERA Cloud Id... Show more

Marat Kenzhebulatov

Marat Kenzhebulatov

I lead the technical side of agentic AI adoption in Booking.com’s FinTech organization, helping engineering teams turn individual experiments into everyday practice.
I build the tooling and workflows behind that shift—from reusable agent skills and MCP integrations to spec-driven development.

I lead the technical side of agentic AI adoption in Booking.com’s FinTech organization, helping engineering teams turn individual experiments into everyday practice. I build the tooling and workflows behind that shift—from reusable agent skills and... Show more

George Malamidis

George Malamidis

George is VP of Engineering at loveholidays, where he's been since August 2019. Before that he held engineering positions at DRW, Forward Internet Group, ThoughtWorks and others.

George is VP of Engineering at loveholidays, where he's been since August 2019. Before that he held engineering positions at DRW, Forward Internet Group, ThoughtWorks and others. Show more

Simran Dhameja

Simran Dhameja

Simran Harish Dhameja is an Indian Entrepreneur and public speaker who started her journey in the startup world at 19 year old. With over 8 years of experience in IT, e-commerce, and business development, she has built, scaled, and managed multiple ventures turning ideas into massively scaled businesses.

She is the Founder and CEO of Shark En, an IT and business development company that helps startups, e-commerce brands, and creators scale through technology, automation, and growth strategy .Under her leadership, Shark En has supported businesses across India in launching, scaling, and systemising their growth journeys.

As a public speaker, Simran has delivered 100+ sessions and keynotes across India — including college tours and talks for Google and the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) she has trained and inspired thousands of students, entrepreneurs, and business owners on topics like startup growth, AI for business, scaling e-commerce , and personal brand and to young entrepreneurs and students as well on embracing technology, innovation, AI and business.

Her mission is to empower India’s youth to build scalable, tech-driven businesses and and become leaders of tomorrow through real-world education and entrepreneurial awareness.

Simran Harish Dhameja is an Indian Entrepreneur and public speaker who started her journey in the startup world at 19 year old. With over 8 years of experience in IT, e-commerce, and business development, she has built, scaled, and managed multiple ... Show more

Eliad Cohen

Eliad Cohen

An R&D leader who turns vision into reality — scaling teams from under 5 to 40+, founding departments and multi-discipline teams from scratch, and driving the initiatives that get them there. Relentlessly focused on optimization and staying at the technology cutting edge, with pending patents in real-time communication protocols.

Currently R&D Director at Priority Software, leading the R&D in Priority Hospitality a line of PMS products, and the initiative behind this talk: an open protocol for exposing application capabilities directly to AI agents.

An R&D leader who turns vision into reality — scaling teams from under 5 to 40+, founding departments and multi-discipline teams from scratch, and driving the initiatives that get them there. Relentlessly focused on optimization and staying at the te... Show more

Sanket Kalekar

Sanket Kalekar

I'm Sanket Kalekar, an AI Software Engineer specializing in LLMs and recommendation systems, i exploring how these technologies reshape user experiences and wrte blogs. Beyond coding, I'm deeply rooted in the developer community actively speaking at local meetups, organizing community days, and helping developers level up. I serve as a core member at GDG Baroda, AWS user group's Vadodara and Ahmedabad, CNCF Ahmedabad, and Docker Ahmedabad, where I bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI and practical implementation. As an open-source enthusiast and former ArgoCD project maintainer, I believe in learning through building and sharing knowledge.

I'm Sanket Kalekar, an AI Software Engineer specializing in LLMs and recommendation systems, i exploring how these technologies reshape user experiences and wrte blogs. Beyond coding, I'm deeply rooted in the developer community actively speaking at ... Show more

Bron Thulke

Bron Thulke

Bron has been developing code since the turn of the century, and loves learning new tech. Her motto is "if you're not learning, you're not moving". Yes she just made that up, she is a programmer not a wordsmith. Bron is the CTO at YouLi Travel and a Microsoft MVP (.NET)

Bron has been developing code since the turn of the century, and loves learning new tech. Her motto is "if you're not learning, you're not moving". Yes she just made that up, she is a programmer not a wordsmith. Bron is the CTO at YouLi Travel and a ... Show more

Nastasia Golembusch

Nastasia Golembusch

Looking for opportunities to speak about anything relationship or mental health anywhere in the east coast! I have been a speaker for years and always love engaging with the audiences and growing people's perspectives

Looking for opportunities to speak about anything relationship or mental health anywhere in the east coast! I have been a speaker for years and always love engaging with the audiences and growing people's perspectives Show more

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automotive & online dating. Aside from work, she loves to travel, read, organise stuff (😬), play music & video games and spend time with her fluffy pets.

Simona Milanovic works at Google as an Android Developer Relations Engineer, on Jetpack Compose and Android Studio. Before joining Google, Simona worked as an Android Dev in a variety of different industries - retail, transportation, banking, automot... Show more

Antonia Fatsea

Antonia Fatsea

What happens when you mix a Mathematician’s logic with a Marketer’s creativity? You get strategic growth backed by real data.

I am a Business Development Lead & Strategic Analyst with a passion for turning complex problems into operational excellence. With a background in Mathematics and Operations Research, I don't just look at numbers; I see patterns, opportunities, and solutions that drive revenue.

Currently serving as Head of Core Business Operations at Value® Marketing Agency, I lead cross-functional teams and design custom strategies that have generated 70% of new client acquisitions across Greece and international markets (Switzerland, UAE, USA). My approach is simple: build strong relationships, optimize workflows, and let the data guide the decision-making.

Beyond the office, I am deeply involved in the global project management community as the Global Head of Marketing & Communication for IPMA Young Crew, coaching leaders across 7 countries.

I thrive in dynamic, startup environments where I can foster high-performance cultures and drive digital transformation. Let’s connect and discuss how we can drive growth together.

What happens when you mix a Mathematician’s logic with a Marketer’s creativity? You get strategic growth backed by real data. I am a Business Development Lead & Strategic Analyst with a passion for turning complex problems into operational excelle... Show more

Manoj Chokkakula

Manoj Chokkakula

Senior Software Development Engineer and technical leader with 19+ years of experience spanning enterprise voice platforms, cloud contact centers, distributed systems, API platforms, and production engineering. Deep expertise in modernizing legacy Cisco/Avaya contact-center environments and designing cloud-native CCaaS solutions using Amazon Connect, Twilio, AWS, Java/Spring, serverless architectures, Redis, GraphQL, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Splunk, and Datadog. Progressed from infrastructure and voice-platform engineering into engineering management and subsequently transitioned to a hands-on Senior Software Development Engineer / IC technical leadership role, focusing on architecture, scalable services, production readiness, and Voice/AI platforms. Experienced in translating ambiguous business requirements into technical architecture, implementation plans, APIs, production deployments, observability, operational tooling, and cross-team engineering execution.

Senior Software Development Engineer and technical leader with 19+ years of experience spanning enterprise voice platforms, cloud contact centers, distributed systems, API platforms, and production engineering. Deep expertise in modernizing legacy Ci... Show more

Anbu Ilangovane

Anbu Ilangovane

I build engineering organizations that deliver exceptional business value through deep alignment between technology strategy and organizational outcomes.

Great engineering leaders don't just ship code—they ship business value. I specialize in aligning technology investments with strategic business objectives, ensuring every sprint, every architectural decision, and every team initiative ladders up to measurable organizational outcomes. This requires translating complex technical work into business impact and empowering teams to think like product owners, not just engineers.

I build engineering organizations that deliver exceptional business value through deep alignment between technology strategy and organizational outcomes. Great engineering leaders don't just ship code—they ship business value. I specialize in alig... Show more

Justin Carter

Justin Carter

Justin Carter has been in the Dynamics space since 2007 and a BizApps MVP since 2014. He has been involved with the Microsoft certification exam development and MCT training materials since 2013. He has a passion for delivering quality implementations, but more importantly, enabling customers to take things to the next level and grow their business by innovating with the newest technologies, not just using them. This requires customers to be an expert in how to find educational content, not just being training by someone else who already did that.

He will always do his best to be around to answer 1:1 questions or point you in the right direction if nothing else. Don't be shy. He loves off-roading, brewing, home DIY repair, and traveling with his lovely family.

Justin Carter has been in the Dynamics space since 2007 and a BizApps MVP since 2014. He has been involved with the Microsoft certification exam development and MCT training materials since 2013. He has a passion for delivering quality implementation... Show more

Segev Sharabi

Segev Sharabi

Segev is a Senior Product Manager at JFrog with 10 years of experience in the software industry. Specializing in DevSecOps and SDLC innovation, he leads the development of tools that enable enterprise teams to deliver secure, cloud-native applications at scale. He is driven by a passion for distilling complex DevSecOps challenges into seamless, automated workflows that scale.

Segev is a Senior Product Manager at JFrog with 10 years of experience in the software industry. Specializing in DevSecOps and SDLC innovation, he leads the development of tools that enable enterprise teams to deliver secure, cloud-native application... Show more

Adam Grzanka Grzanka

Adam Grzanka Grzanka

Adam Grzanka is a Polish television presenter, comedian, event host and writer based in Kraków. He is known for hosting programs including “Dwie Stolice” and “1200 Muzeów,” as well as for his stand-up performances and cultural projects connected with Nowa Huta. His work combines humor, improvisation and positive audience interaction.

Adam Grzanka is a Polish television presenter, comedian, event host and writer based in Kraków. He is known for hosting programs including “Dwie Stolice” and “1200 Muzeów,” as well as for his stand-up performances and cultural projects connected with... Show more

Magda Canarias

Magda Canarias

36 year-old, born in Portugal, lived in Barcelona, Costa Rica, on board of yachts, and currently based in The Netherlands for almost 8 years.
My career choices brought me from Hospitality to Scrum Master and Talent Manager. My mission is to make people's experience better.
I'm also very passionate about women's body literacy and fertility awareness education.

36 year-old, born in Portugal, lived in Barcelona, Costa Rica, on board of yachts, and currently based in The Netherlands for almost 8 years. My career choices brought me from Hospitality to Scrum Master and Talent Manager. My mission is to make peo... Show more

Radoslaw Szulgo

Radoslaw Szulgo

Radoslaw is a Senior Product Manager at Percona, responsible for driving Percona Software for MongoDB. He has over 15 years of experience in building distributed applications, serving as a product manager, leader, and software engineer. Radek is an Agile product development enthusiast and a fan of personal development. Outside of work, he's an amateur volleyball player.

Radoslaw is a Senior Product Manager at Percona, responsible for driving Percona Software for MongoDB. He has over 15 years of experience in building distributed applications, serving as a product manager, leader, and software engineer. Radek is an A... Show more

Matija Alešević

Matija Alešević

Dugogodišnji streličar iz Rijeke. Instruktor rukovanja srednje teškim i teškim povijesnim vojnim lukovima i samostrelima. Predavač o povijesnom oružju, načinu i tehnikama korištenja. Djelovanje unutar povijesne udruge O.S.V. i osnivač grupe Š.T.S. Zorya, škole za autentično povijesno streličarstvo.

Dugogodišnji streličar iz Rijeke. Instruktor rukovanja srednje teškim i teškim povijesnim vojnim lukovima i samostrelima. Predavač o povijesnom oružju, načinu i tehnikama korištenja. Djelovanje unutar povijesne udruge O.S.V. i osnivač grupe Š.T.S. Zo... Show more

Sebastian Häni

Sebastian Häni

Sebastian Häni, Lead Architect at FAIRTIQ, is a driving force behind critical initiatives at his organization aimed at enhancing engineering processes. He focuses on establishing a robust reliability framework, streamlining architecture decision-making, implementing innovative solutions, and optimizing data management. Sebastian holds an MSc degree in Engineering with specialization in Data Science.

Sebastian Häni, Lead Architect at FAIRTIQ, is a driving force behind critical initiatives at his organization aimed at enhancing engineering processes. He focuses on establishing a robust reliability framework, streamlining architecture decision-maki... Show more

Tom Sherman

Tom Sherman

In 2017, Tom Sherman discovered the 5th season of the year after nearly a decade of studying timekeeping and measurement systems. He then spent the next 3 years deconstructing the Gregorian Calendar and re-engineering a New Calendar system using modern math, science and logic that divides time evenly, precisely, and accurately, for the first time in the history of time. With humor, philosophy, and curiosity, Tom is able to expand your perception of reality and uncover new systems and patterns that are currently hiding in plain sight.

In 2017, Tom Sherman discovered the 5th season of the year after nearly a decade of studying timekeeping and measurement systems. He then spent the next 3 years deconstructing the Gregorian Calendar and re-engineering a New Calendar system using mode... Show more

Simon Mudd

Simon Mudd

Simon is an Englishman who has been living in Madrid for over 35 years.

He has also lived in the UK and the Netherlands, working in IT and the financial markets.

He is an expert who has been working with both MySQL and MariaDB, managing this infrastructure at scale.
Prior to this he worked with replicated Sybase clusters used for real-time trading systems.

He has two children, enjoys tech, travel and photography.

Simon is an Englishman who has been living in Madrid for over 35 years. He has also lived in the UK and the Netherlands, working in IT and the financial markets. He is an expert who has been working with both MySQL and MariaDB, managing this in... Show more

Stratus Axarlis

Stratus Axarlis

Self-motivated, setting high standards and hard-worker providing effective and efficient solutions.
Adaptable to new technologies when required
Passion for technology and e-business especially in enterprise environments.
Deep knowledge of HTML and experience in Javascript, and frameworks like Angular,
Specialized in C# . Net , .Net Core 10 & Blazor , Αngular, utilizing my technical and coordination skills.
Specialties: E-Commerce, Microsoft technologies , Airline Software, Gambling Software , Portals, reporting,
Background processes, SOLID principles, Documentation, Jira And confluence , UML design, JavaScript Sourcing &
testing, online Marketing, CMS, CRM ,Project Management , Formal Specifications, Object Oriented Methods ,
Reverse Engineering , Colour theory , Responsive, Design Patterns ,PostGreSQL , RavenDb , MS- SQL databases, SASS,
flex design, UML ,XSLT ,XML, FLUID design, MVC, advanced Entity Framework Core , code first , web services, Blazor ,
Restful APIs, Service bus, CI/CD, experience, Angular 20+,Experienced in modular monolithic , microservice
development and design. Redis, ElasticSearch, SignalR , MediatR , DDD, gRPC, libraries

Self-motivated, setting high standards and hard-worker providing effective and efficient solutions. Adaptable to new technologies when required Passion for technology and e-business especially in enterprise environments. Deep knowledge of HTML and... Show more

Lorin Thwaits

Lorin Thwaits

Having worked in Fintech, Health, and Hospitality, Lorin has experience in bringing the most challenging sets of data together into something meaningful.

So — bring your complex things out, and then let's cause your environment to be altogether simpler to visualise, and thus to leverage for good!

Having worked in Fintech, Health, and Hospitality, Lorin has experience in bringing the most challenging sets of data together into something meaningful. So — bring your complex things out, and then let's cause your environment to be altogether si... Show more

Mirco Patroncini

Mirco Patroncini

I am Chief Technology Officer at lastminute.com, where I define the technology strategy and drive innovation and digital transformation across the group. With a degree in Computer Science and more than 20 years of experience in the digital sector, I previously held leadership roles at YOOX-Net-a-Porter. My work focuses on building modern platforms, adopting responsible approaches to artificial intelligence, and supporting the growth of people and organizations. I believe that innovation, strategy and empathy are essential to creating sustainable impact.

I am Chief Technology Officer at lastminute.com, where I define the technology strategy and drive innovation and digital transformation across the group. With a degree in Computer Science and more than 20 years of experience in the digital sector, I ... Show more

Patrick Savio

Patrick Savio

Specializzato nella gestione della sicurezza e delle identità nel mondo Microsoft, con un forte focus sul percorso di adoption Modern Work nelle PMI. Supporta le aziende nelle transizioni verso modelli cloud più sicuri ed efficienti, guidandole attraverso processi di modernizzazione, consolidamento e implementazione del modello Zero Trust. La sua esperienza sul campo in ambienti brownfield gli permette di unire approccio pratico e visione architetturale, aiutando le PMI a raggiungere una postura di sicurezza matura e pronta per l’AI.

Specializzato nella gestione della sicurezza e delle identità nel mondo Microsoft, con un forte focus sul percorso di adoption Modern Work nelle PMI. Supporta le aziende nelle transizioni verso modelli cloud più sicuri ed efficienti, guidandole attra... Show more

Paolo Banfi

Paolo Banfi

I am an accomplished Software Engineer, specialized in Object Oriented Design and Analysis with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including prototyping, proof of concept, design, interface implementation, testing and maintenance.

In the past few years I've been working in lastminute.com, shaping the new platform and rescuing legacy code.

I am an accomplished Software Engineer, specialized in Object Oriented Design and Analysis with extensive experience in the full life cycle of the software design process including prototyping, proof of concept, design, interface implementation, test... Show more

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