Sanne Cox | Innovation Manager
Royal Schiphol Group
Sanne Cox works as an Innovation Manager at Schiphol Airport, within the Infrastructure department. The Innovation team focusses on smart asset management and aims to do pilots that reduce costs, guarantee business continuity or improve passenger experience, safety or sustainability.
Sanne has experience in various different areas, such as drone inspections, pavement management, grid congestion, the use of satellite data for asset management and autonomous robotic gras mowers.
As a speaker at the World Aviation Festival 2026, Sanne will share her insights on the roll-out and scale up of pilots at a large Hub Airport and the associated challenges.
Appearances:
WAF Day 3 @ 12:30
Panel: Scaling airport innovation – moving from pilot projects to operational deployment
- Airports are piloting more tools than ever across AI, automation, robotics and digital passenger services. What actually moves beyond the pilot stage?
- Capacity constraints are forcing airports to get more from existing infrastructure. Where is innovation delivering the biggest operational gains?
- Some innovations reduce cost, some improve experience, and some create new revenue. How do airports decide what matters most?
- What internal conditions really determine whether an innovation scale – governance, funding, culture or partner buy-in?
- Looking ahead, where should airports be placing their smartest innovation bets?
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