“The WAEA Annual Conference is the one ‘must attend’ entry
in my diary. Where else can I get a year's worth of information,
contacts, ideas, and friendly faces in just one week?
Nowhere!”
—Michael Freedman, Executive Producer, Qantas IFE,
Qantas Airways Ltd.
“Attending WAEA reduces risk giving us data we don't get
from our daily supplier/airline information channels. And this
conference allows us to communicate (and get feedback on)
our strategic objectives to the single most concentrated, yet
diverse, grouping of IFE professionals.”
—Charlie O'Neil, Boeing Cabin Systems - 787,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA, USA
“The WAEA Annual Conference & Exhibition exceeds my
expectations on every level. We have lots of activity at the
booth all week with interested and qualified airline decisionmakers.
In addition, the educational break-out sessions are
very informative.”
—Al McGowan, Director of Business Development,
TEAC Aerospace Technologies, Monterey Park, CA, USA
“BBC Worldwide has been attending WAEA for 26 years. The
WAEA is the focal point of the IFE industry.”
—Julia Lewis, Sales/Marketing Manager, Onboard Entertainment,
BBC Worldwide Television, London, UK
“Thales sees WAEA as a primary venue for IFE, and we look
forward to the 2006 Conference in Miami.”
—Lori Krans, VP, Communications,
Thales Aerospace Division - IFE & US Region, Irvine,
CA, USA
“WAEA has proven to be the most effective marketplace and
educational forum for the IFE industry.”
—Michael Manstein-Spanbloechl, Manager IFE,
Lufthansa German Airlines
“WAEA remains the single greatest forum for fielding IFE
and communications offerings. It is our most important
tradeshow for meeting with the airlines and entering into
discussions with their key decision-makers.”
—Steve Cutbirth, Director-Airline Sales,
AirCell, Inc., Louisville, CO, USA
“Great networking opportunities, perfect platform for showcasing
our content to a very targeted audience, maintaining relationships
and making new ones! Each year I walk away from
the conference with a very much clearer picture of what my
clients need, their constraints, and their expectations. The
WAEA Annual Conference & Exhibition continues to be the one
highlight of the year that makes the hard work worthwhile."
—Jovita Toh, Deputy Managing Director,
Emphasis Media Limited, Hong Kong
“The Annual WAEA Conference is a ‘MUST-attend’ for any
company that is serious about inflight entertainment. Miss it
at your peril.”
—Steve Harvey, Managing Director
Inflight Productions, London, UK
“The WAEA Conference is an excellent opportunity to meet
with IFE programming companies, hardware and software
suppliers, and colleagues throughout the IFE industry. You
could never get this much industry information in such a
short period of time without attending the conference.”
—Eric Kleiman, Director of Product Marketing,
Continental Airlines
“The WAEA Annual Conference & Exhibition is not only the
best professional IFE event, but also an exciting personal
entertainment you cannot miss.”
—Florence Coriat, IFE Department Deputy Manager,
Air France
“No matter how far we need to travel from Hong Kong in
order to participate at the WAEA Conference, the reward has
always been that we are able to see many friendly faces
which in fact are all members of the WAEA family.”
—Eugenio Gili, Managing Director,
Chatsford Limited/Airsound HK, Hong Kong
“The perfect opportunity to meet customers from around the
world. The exchange of ideas is invaluable!”
—Phyllis Bagdadi, Senior V.P., Non-Theatrical,
NBC Universal, Universal City, California, USA
“It's a tough few days, but for an airline it's an invaluable
and cost-effective forum for getting the information on the
latest technology, for forming and maintaining business relationships,
and for finding out the 'real' stories in the market!
It should be a priority for anyone who works in IFE.”
—Sarah Blomfield, Manager, Products,
Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.
“AVID continues to view the WAEA Exhibition as the premier
IFE venue. Spending quality time with worldwide customers,
displaying our latest designs and technology, as well as discussing
complete IFE procurement, make this event essential
for anybody involved in inflight entertainment.”
—Thomas G. Mockler, Vice President Sales,
AVID Airline Products, Middletown, RI, USA
“The added value of the WAEA Annual Conference to me is
the ‘one-stop shopping'. In a short period of time meeting
and greeting (a large part of ...) the whole ‘IFE World’. It's
sharing, educating, and inspiring.”
—Audrey Zielinski, Inflight Entertainment Manager,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
“The perfect venue to launch a new product. The exhibition
format gives airlines a chance to ‘touch and feel’ ... and
having a pre-determined appointment schedule ensures that
everyone gets quality time.”
—Gordon Stevenson, Marketing/Business Development,
eFLyte, Jacksonville, FL, USA
“The WAEA Annual Conference is a great place to see new products,
talk shop, and catch up with old friends and colleagues!”
—Patrick Redahan, Manager, Onboard Media,
Product Marketing,
Delta Air Lines
“Collaborating with the IFE community at the exhibition,
sharing our visions of emerging IFE technologies in the
educational sessions, and sponsoring various networking
events to build new industry relationships are just a few of
the reasons we look forward to attending WAEA each year.”
—Pete Mandich, Option Manager,
Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Seattle, WA, USA
“The most complete and efficient IFE market and meeting
place in the world.”
—Jens Bremermann, Industry Team Manager,
Aviation, Automotive, OEM,
Sennheiser Electronic GmbH, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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