AGIFORS Reservations and Yield Management 2003
Conference Agenda

Monday – June 2

 

08:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.   

 

On-Site Registration, Payment for Registration at hotel check in

7:30 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.   

 

Networking Event, Kuola Ranch, Meet at the tour bus staging area of the hotel at 7:15 a.m.

06:00  p.m. 

Welcome Luau, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Meet in lobby at 5:15  p.m.

 

Tuesday – June 3

 

08:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.   

On-Site Registration, Payment for Registration at hotel check in

 

08:15 a.m. – 09:00 a.m.   

Breakfast- Beverages and pastries available at the Oahu Room

 

09:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m.                   

Conference located in the Oahu Room

Conference Overview and Welcome

09:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.       

   

Airline, Academic, and Vendor Updates

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break
 

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

"Impacts on RM Performance of Low-Fare Carriers and Alternative Fare Structures", Peter Belobaba and  Andrew Cusano, MIT

  

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.        

“Bid Price Control at US Airways: Benefits and Costs of O&D Revenue Management”, Rick Zeni, US Airways
  

12:00 p.m.– 01:30 p.m.

 

Business Lunch in the Hanohano Room

 

01:30 p.m. – 02:15 p.m.     

"Market Airline Class Revenue Management", Craig Hopperstad, Hopperstad Consulting, Inc.
 

02:15  p.m. – 03:00 p.m    

"Revenue Management with Restriction-free Pricing", Shankar Mishra, Sabre, Inc.
 

03:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m

 

Break

 

03:30 p.m. –04:15 p.m.     

Technical Presentation, Mandeep Grewal, Continental Airlines

 

04:15 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.     

“Optimal Selection of Data Collection Points” Edward Kambour, Ph.D, PROS Revenue Management

 

Evening on your own

 

Wednesday – June 4

 

08:00 a.m. – 05:00 p.m.   

On-Site Registration, Payment for Registration at hotel check in

08:15 a.m. – 09:00 a.m.   

Breakfast- Beverages and pastries available at the Oahu Room

 

09:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m.                   

Conference located in the Oahu Room

Conference Business and Updates

 

09:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.          

"Constrained Forecasts", Ronald P. Menich, Ph.D, Manugistics

 

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break
 

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

“Airlines: Is the business really unique?”, Scott Nason, American Airlines

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.        

"EMSR vs. EMSU:  Revenue or Utility?", Professor Larry Weatherford, University of Wyoming
 

12:00 p.m. – 01:30 p.m.

Business Lunch in the Hanohano Room

 

01:30 p.m. – 02:15 p.m.     

"Modeling Price Elasticity", Katia Frank, Kiran Ravulapati and Wassim Chaar, Delta Technology

 

02:15  p.m. – 03:00 p.m  

"O&O&D Passenger Demand Forecasting",

Alvin Lim, John Blankenbaker and Wassim Chaar,

Delta Technology

 

03:00 p.m. – 03:30 p.m

Break

 

03:30 p.m. – 04:15 p.m.     

Technical Presentation, Judy Pastor, Continental Airlines

 

04:15 p.m. – 05:00 p.m.     

"Approaches to Availability Processing - The Increasing Problem of Shopping",  Richard Ratliff, Sabre, Inc.

 

Optional Dinner, Cost and Location TBD


Thursday – June 5

 

08:15 a.m. – 09:00 a.m.   

Breakfast- Beverages and pastries available at the Niihau Room

 

09:00 a.m. – 09:15 a.m.                   

Conference located in the Niihau Room

Conference Business and Updates

 

09:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.          

“Adaptive Mechanisms in an OD Demand Forecast”, Silvia Riedel, Lufthansa Systems Berlin

 

10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

Break
 

10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

"Some Static Network Revenue Management Models With Asymptotic Property", Xiubin Wang, University of Wisconsin-Superior

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.        

"O & D Forecasting for O & D Control", Arjan Westerhof, KLM

 

12:00  p.m. – 01:30 p.m.

Voting for Best Presentation, Most Innovative Paper and Best Technical Paper

 

Business Lunch in the Hanohano Room

 

01:30  p.m.– 02:00  p.m.

Awards Presentation, 2004 RM Host Airline Announcement


* Agenda is subject to change

Please refer to previous years conference proceedings for a complete listing of technical presentations given in the past at AGIFORS Reservations and Yield Management .

 

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