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Steve Johnson is Senior Director, Hospitality EMEA, for RUCKUS Networks. Prior to his nine years tenure at Ruckus, Steve spent time in management roles at Tech Data, 3Com and Extreme Networks. A long standing in the network industry is mapped to a history of deep and successful engagements with hospitality establishments of all sizes.

David is a chemical engineer and project manager. He has 15 years of experience in engineering consultancy and operations management in the fine chemical sector. David joined Green Cat Hydrogen in 2023 and leads the company’s project development activities. He is responsible for building project business cases and working closely with offtakers on the practical aspects and engineering challenges of adopting green hydrogen.

Over 25 years’ experience in packaging solutions. Starting with packaging design, then equipment training, then project management of special machines such as beverage or aseptic combis, and finally product and market management for sensitive products. All this in two major companies, Sidel and Serac. I’m the father of two children (aged 21 and 11) and have been a crossfit enthusiast for over 20 years.

Maik is the inventor of the methane inhibitor 3-NOP (Bovaer®) and heading the R&D program for the project “Clean Cow” at DSM. At the same time, he is responsible for technology scouting for the business unit in close interaction with the group of dsm-firmenich Venturing.

As chemist by training with a background in molecular biology he is working with his team to bring cutting edge technology into the animal nutrition and health sector with a special focus on sustainability topics.

Bringing an entrepreneurial spirit as a co-founder of a biotech company in Switzerland, he also worked as a Senior Scientist at Sanofi-Aventis (structural biology) prior to join DSM and project “Clean-Cow”. He holds a PhD in Chemistry and a post-doctoral degree from the EPFL Lausanne (CH) in chemical biology.

Guy Barnes leads the Sabre Hospitality sales team for Europe and is passionate about helping hotels generate more revenues through innovative ecommerce and distribution technologies. A commercial leader with 25+ years of experience in driving revenue performance, he is used to dealing with complex challenges and working with senior stakeholders as an advisor to develop revenue opportunities. Guy previously spent 18 years with IDeaS managing strategic relationships and leading new sales for enterprise hotel groups in EMEA, and latterly airport parking globally. Prior to joining IDeaS, he held a number of corporate revenue management positions with Forte and then Macdonald hotels.

Philip is a serial software entrepreneur in the field of cloud based technology. He is a co-founder of Apaleo, the Munich based open hospitality platform. Throughout the past 20 years and prior to co-found Apaleo, he has successfully built up various cloud businesses including logistics platform, real estate platform, and first cloud-native PMS. Philip acts as an advisor for startups and has also invested in various innovative software companies.