Invitation to Media - Launch of the first paperless cross border travel at YUL

25/06/2019 09:48

MONTRÉAL, June 25, 2019 /CNW Telbec/ - The World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the governments of Canada and the Netherlands, invites media representatives to the very first demonstration of a new technology that will allow passengers to travel across international borders without paper. Initially conducted as a pilot project, it will allow travel between Canada and the Netherlands without a passport, using e-passport information stored securely in their phone.

DATEBOOK

WHAT:	Launch and demo of the first paperless, cross border travel

WHEN:	Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at 11:30 a.m.

WHERE:	YUL Montreal-Trudeau International Airport Security Checkpoint A (in front of Burger King restaurant)

SPEECHES:	Christoph Wolff, Head of Mobility Industries, World Economic Forum Michael Keenan, Deputy Minister of Transport, Transport Canada Ankie Broekers-Knol, Minister for Migration, The Netherlands (remarks via video) Philippe Rainville, President and CEO, Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Boubacar Djibo, Director of Air Transport Bureau, ICAO (delivering remarks on behalf of ICAO Secretary General)