AGIFORS – Scheduling & Strategic Planning 2008

May 13-15, 2008

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TENTATIVE Conference Agenda

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

 

08:30-9:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

09:00-09:15

Welcome  from Conference Organizers: Laurie, Roger, Bill

09:15-09:45

Overview of AGIFORS

Tim Jacobs (American Airlines)

 

09:45-10:30

Roundtable discussion by all delegates Part 1

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-11:45

Roundtable discussion by all delegates Part 2

11:45-13:00

Business luncheon

13:00-13:30

Block Times for Robust Schedule Design
Diego Klabjan (Northwestern U.); Milind Sohoni (Indian School of Business); Yu-Ching (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)

 

13:30-14:00

Maintenance Reachability

Alex Heinold (Southwest Airlines)

 

14:00-14:30

Break

14:30-15:00

Transitioning from Aggregate to Disaggregate Data for Customer Choice Modeling: Lessons Learned through the Years

Frank Koppelman (Northwestern University)

 

15:00-15:30

Airline Pricing Behavior: Analysis of Competitive Reponses in US Markets

Laurie Garrow (Georgia Tech)

 

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-17:00

Keynote Address                                                                                  Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines

 

17:00-18:30

Cocktails

18:30-???

Dinner on your own

 

 

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

 

08:15-9:00

Continental Breakfast

09:00-9:30

A Modeling Framework for Airlines Network Competition Analysis 

Khaled Abdelghany (Southern Methodist Univ); Ahmed Hassan; Ahmed Abdelghany

 

9:30-10:00

Simultaneous Aircraft Design and Airline Fleet Assignment

Sharon Arroyo, Ervin Cramer, Paul Frank, John Sabino (Boeing)

 

10:00-10:30

Improving Schedule Profitability with Equipment Swaps and Flight Retiming Length 

Sergey Shebalov (Sabre); Ellis Johnson (Georgia Tech); Hari Subramanian (Sabre)

 

10:30-11:00

Break

11:00-11:30

Recent Developments in Passenger Baggage Demand              Robin Riedel (Air Canada)

 

11:30-12:00

Fully Dated Scheduling – Approach and Practical Considerations 

Robert Westgate (Sabre)

 

12:00-14:00

BBQ lunch outside with volleyball

14:00-14:30

Dynamic Aircraft Scheduling 

Hai Jiang (Sabre)

 

14:30-15:00

Schedule Optimization at Southwest Airlines

David Michael (Southwest)

 

15:00-15:30

Unconstraining on High Load Factors

Christian Cantos (Air France)

 

15:30-16:00

Break

16:00-16:30

Consumer Choice Analysis: An Examination of Low-Cost Carrier Preferences in the UK

Tim Ryley and Lisa Davison (Loughborough University)

 

16:30-17:00

Reorganize the Domestic Airline Industry

John Kettelle and Mark Tedone (Metron)

 

17:00-17:30

Open Presentation Slot

17:30-19:00

Break

19:00-22:00

Banquet dinner overlooking Dallas Love Field airport

 

 

Thursday, May 15, 2008

 

08:15-9:00

Continental Breakfast

9:00-9:30

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Practice

Barry Smith

 

9:30-10:00

Advancements in Passenger Choice Modeling

Roger Parker

 

10:00-12:00

Roundtable Discussion

12:00-1:30

Business lunch and wrap-up

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