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INSIDER

TFWA World Conference to feature a double Pulitzer Prize-winner, a
leading thinker on the interface between culture and global business and

a former White House geopolitical advisor

The keynote speaker at the 2023
TFWA World Conference will be American
journalist and author Bob Woodward,
whose reporting of the Watergate scandal
and the 9/11 attacks won him Pulitzer
Prizes in 1973 and 2003. He is a best-
selling author who has written about nine
U.S. Presidents, the CIA and the Supreme
Court among other subjects, and will
bring his unique perspective on U.S. and
global politics. His thoughts on the shifting
relations between the superpowers will be
of special interest.
Other speakers at Conference, which
kicks off the week’s events, include:
Erin Meyer, an INSEAD professor
and author of several best-selling business
books including “The Culture Map:
Breaking through the Invisible Boundaries
of Global business,” as well as the New
York Times best-seller “No Rules Rule.”
Meyer studies the impact of cultural
differences in global organizations. Among
the themes she will address are leadership,
business trends and the future of work.
Dr Pippa Malmgren is an author and
entrepreneur who has advised governments
on both sides of the Atlantic on trade
and industry, and has herself founded
and helped tech startups as well as being
named one of the UK’s Fifty Top Inspiring
Women. Malmgren served as special
assistant to U.S. President George W.
Bush and as a non-executive member of
the Department of International Trade in
the UK. She will share her expertise on
geopolitical risks and trends, economic
policy, Brexit, and tech innovation.
Kicking off the Conference, TFWA TFWA Workshops:
President Erik Juul-Mortensen will TFWA Airport Forum workshop sector can ensure it remains an attractive
welcome delegates to Cannes and present (Majestic Hotel, Tuesday October 3, at investment opportunity for brands and
the annual state-of-the-industry address. 8:00 am) will explore the findings of ACI’s retailers.
BBC journalist and presenter Stephen ANARA working group on the future for ‘Duty Free: Trusted, Transparent,
Sackur will return to moderate the event. non-aeronautical revenues. It will also Secure’, an update on TFWA’s anti-illicit
The Conference will run from 9:00 present an exclusive report commissioned trade campaign, will be held from 8:00 am
to 11:45 am on Monday, October 2, in by TFWA from global consultant Kearney on Wednesday, also at the Majestic Hotel.
the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des on how the duty free & travel retail
Festivals.

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