Conference & Research Manager, TFWA & Executive Officer, APTRA

Michael started his career in 1995 as a journalist at European news channel EuroNews in Lyon before joining the network's marketing department. Since then he has worked in both media and new media, as well as for an international NGO, specialising in fundraising, marketing and communications. Michael joined TFWA as Conference & Research Manager in 2006. He is part of the TFWA Marketing and Conference Department, responsible for organising the TFWA World Exhibition and TFWA Asia Pacific & GATE ONE2ONE conferences in Cannes and Singapore , as well as the annual MEDFA Conference. In July this year, he was appointed Executive Officer for the Asia Pacific Travel Retail Association (APTRA), a position he holds alongside his TFWA role.

Doug Newhouse is the founding Editorial Director of The Travel Retail Business, the industry's monthly trade magazine serving the duty free and travel retail industry. He is also the Editor of the daily travel retail internet news service www.trend-news.com - a joint venture between "The Business" and the industry's global analysts, Generation Databank. He contributed to numerous publications and film media, and spoken at many industry conferences over the years. 

Stephen Sackur is presenter of HARDtalk, the current affairs flagship on BBC World and News 24. He also presents for Today and the World at One.
Before this, as Europe Correspondent, his remit included reporting day to day political news from European institutions and NATO, as well as breaking news across the continent. He has fronted documentaries on Hurricane Katrina and the fiftieth anniversary of the Suez Crisis.
Stephen joined the BBC Brussels bureau from the United States, where he served as Washington Correspondent. He covered the scandal surrounding Clinton’s impeachment trial, as well as the Presidential elections.
Sackur’s extensive reporting on the impact of September 11 gained particular praise for its analytical portrayal of that unforgettable event. His insight into the US, its politics and society earned him widespread acclaim, and led to numerous opinion pieces for the American press.
Before moving to Washington, Sackur served as the Middle East Correspondent in Cairo and Jerusalem. He reported on the death of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and the emergence of the Palestinian Authority. He also broke the story of the mass killing on the Basra road out of Kuwait, marking the end of the first Gulf War.