2010 AGIFORS CREW MANAGEMENT STUDY GROUP CONFERENCE

On Behalf of our host organization – YA SSAS! (Hello)

Join Us in Athens, Greece for the 2010 AGIFORS Crew Management Study Group Conference!

This year’s conference is being graciously hosted by HELLENIC AVIATION SOCIETY in the historic city of Athens.

Conference dates are August 16th through August 20th at the Sofitel Athens Airport.


We invite your company to participate at this year's conference as it will draw participants from various crew functions. Major topics to be discussed and reviewed relate to Preferential Bidding Systems, Crew Planning, Pairing Optimization, Crew Rostering, Crew Systems Access, Crew Scheduling, Training Scheduling, Crew Tracking, System Integration, Crew Recovery, Airline Integrated Solutions and the impact of industry changes on crew management.

Who should attend the Crew Management conference?

  • Crew Resource/Planning Directors, Managers and Team Members
  • Crew IT Directors, Managers and Team Members
  • Business Solution Directors, Managers and Support Personnel
  • ProjectManagers, Directors, Team Leaders supporting crew application selection,development and deployment
  • Operations research practitioners, Directors, and Managers
  • Vendors in the field of crew systems, airline operations,crew management, preferential bidding, rostering, recovery, crew communication/system access, training scheduling, tracking and system integration
  • Academics with an emphasis on crewing solutions in both routine and irregular operations

Come and share with us your ideas, thoughts, practical innovations, current trends, research, philosophies, and the latest advances on the topics which are relevant to you. We look forward to seeing you on August 16th in Athens!

The official conference registration website with detailed conference information will open on Friday, June 19th to accept registrations. Hotel room reservations, presentation rooms and sponsorships will be accommodated via the registration website.

If you are interested in presenting at the study group meeting in Athens, please submit an abstract via email by July 15th to Mirela Stojkovic, (mirela.stojkovic@delta.com). As always talks are subject to approval based on content. Time slots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis - so if you are interested, act now!

Some suggested appropriate presentation topics and/or areas of interest:

  1. Advances in trip optimization
  2. Innovative approaches to crew recovery solutions during unexpected disruptions
  3. Legacy crew management system replacement strategies
  4. Crew considerations including costs during the flight schedule development process
  5. Research results within the crew management discipline
  6. Creative crew planning solutions in addressing company/contractual or operational constraints

Abstract Submission Deadline: JULY 15th Complete Presentation Submission Deadline: August 1st.
For more information on The AGIFORS Crew Management 2010 conference technical program, please contact mirela.stojkovic@delta.com.


AGIFORS is 50 years old!

Founded in 1960 in Aix-en-Provence, France by four visionaries who recognized the need for an “Airline Group” within the wider operations research community as represented by the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS), AGIFORS is the professional organization for analysts and operations researchers who worked in or on problems faced by the airline industry.

AGIFORS has also been the home of several critical innovations in the airline industry. Even a cursory look through the proceedings of the annual symposium, or one of the five study groups that have been formed to address specific topics, will reveal that most any operations researcher and analyst who has had a significant impact on the industry has “come to AGIFORS.”

This year the Best Technical Paper and Best Innovation Paper will each receive an expense-free trip to this year’s AGIFORS Symposium in Nice, France. Both winners will represent the best of this year’s Crew Management Study Group conference by presenting their papers at the symposium.

2010 CREW MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE FEE SCHEDULE

              Airline Delegate: $400.00
              Airline Delegate Daily Rate:     $125.00
              Academic Delegate: $250.00
              Industry Delegate: $650.00
              Vendor Delegate: $1,100.00
              Social Guest: $125.00

Included in the registration fee for each delegate is a daily business lunch, hosted coffee breaks, Monday evening's welcome reception, vendor exhibition space, the administrative costs associated with the conference, online access to the conference proceedings (containing the papers presented, airline and vendor updates, agenda and list of attendees). Also included in the delegate fee is Wednesday afternoon’s tour of historic Athens culminating in an evening by the sea where we will experience a traditional Greek dinner.

HOTEL RATE INFORMATION:   The conference's daily room rate at the Sofitel Athens Airport is 150.00 euro plus tax for a single room and 166.00 euro for a double. This rate includes a full American breakfast each morning.

AGIFORS manages and forwards room reservations directly to the hotel from the information you enter on the registration website. This includes your credit card information. This is only to guarantee your reservation.

AIRLINE DELEGATES:   Please come prepared to present a 5-10 minute update on your company covering the following 2 topics.

1. COMPANY OVERVIEW
  • types and number of aircraft
  • primary route structure
  • total crew members (pilots and flight attendants)
  • number of crew bases and locations
  • unique contractural considerations
  • crew management advances in 2009 - 2010

      2. CURRENT CREW MANAGEMENT TOOLSET
  • staff forecasting/planning
  • primary route structure
  • trip/pairing/rotation construction
  • monthly scheduling/rostering
  • daily tracking
  • distance learning (use of e-Learning/LMS)
  • planning next steps for 2010 - 2011

VENDOR DELEGATES:   Please come prepared to present a 5-10 minute overview of your company outlining products and/or services offered.

PRESENTATION SUITES

There is a limited number of presentation suites adjacent to the conference hall. They have been made available through each of the 3 conference sponsorship opportunities. Please note the levels of sponsorships available for this year's conference are being offered at the time of registration. Thank you in advance for your consideration. There are also a few presentation suites available one floor up from the conference hall. If you would like more information regarding exact location, capacity, rental fee etc., please contact Mike directly at michael.wysocki@delta.com .

SHIPPING: The shipping address for the hotel along with contact information and any associated fees will be forwarded to each vendor representative upon completion of the registration process. We apologize for any inconvenience.

AVOID the $100.00 late registration fee and register by July 31, 2010!

We look forward to seeing you in Athens with the opportunity to renew old friendships and welcome new participants to another productive, informative and successful meeting! Should you have any questions, feel free to e-mail or phone either Mike or Mirela. Use the following link, or click here to access conference information and to register.

http://www.regonline.com/agifors_2010_crew_management_study_group

Please forward this announcement to other interested colleagues. Thank you and we will see you in Athens!




 
EFHARI STO!
(thank you),
 
     
Mike Wysocki         Mirela Stojkovic         Spyros Jancovich        
Chairman AGIFORS Technical Chair Vice President
Crew Management Study Group              Crew Management Study Group              A340 Captain
Director mirela.stojkovic@delta.com Hellenic Aviation Society
Office: (404) 715 - 1612    
Mobile: (612) 747 - 7575    
michael.wysocki@delta.com