Agifors Scheduling & Strategic Planning Conference

Session Themes: May 19 & 20, 2005

Boeing Longacres Complex

Seattle, Washington

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If you plan to make a presentation please submit a summary abstract by April 20th to Kemp Harker at kemp.d.harker@boeing.com

 

Keynote Theme:         Navigating Change / Building for the Future

                                               

 

Technology Advances in Scheduling & Strategic Planning What new techniques are being explored to help develop and analyze networks?  Are we continuing to advance our technology or have we reached a plateau?  Is existing technology appropriate and adaptable to changes in industry?

 

 

Schedule Generation: Techniques to Build Effective and Efficient Schedules      What investigative tools are being used to measure schedule quality?  Are alternative schedules assessed for schedule robustness or reliability?  How does the strategic planning process (impact?) address schedule quality and/ or reliability?

 

 

Key Factors in Developing Low-Cost Carrier Schedules    What techniques and/or criteria are used by low cost carriers to develop their schedules?  Are advances in operations research employed in the low cost carrier model?  As low cost models mature will they adopt pieces of the operations research techniques used by traditional carriers?

 

 

The Effect of Alliances in Scheduling and Strategic Planning         How do carriers integrate their schedule planning process with alliance partners?  Can alliances develop a strategic advantage by tightly coupling their schedules?

 

 

Hubs in Future Networks      How is the role of hub airports evolving?  Are their new hybrid models evolving beyond “rolling-hubs” and the “focus city” concept employed by low cost carriers.

 

 

Possible Panel Discussions (1):

  1. Data Sources Available for Passenger and Cargo Forecasting
  2. Using Choice Models to Understand Passenger Behavior
  3. How Security Issues Influence Scheduling and Strategic Planning
  4. Analyzing the low cost carrier paradigm
  5. How will industry changes drive future development and operational research activities?