AGIFORS Scheduling and Strategic Planning 2012
Planning in a dynamic and complex business environment

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Join us this May in Barcelona, Spain!

AGIFORS SSP 2012 has been scheduled for 3^rd-4^th May 2012 in vibrant city of Barcelona (Spain). This year's conference is being held in a recently opened award-winning Porta Fira hotel located within a short metro or taxi ride from the city centre. Preceding the main event, on May 2^nd we will offer a SSP OR 101 workshop for those who are interested in an introduction to operations research models used in airline planning and scheduling.

Overview

Major topics to be discussed and reviewed relate to demand forecasting, fleet and network planning, alliances and codeshare, long term maintenance planning, fleet assignment and aircraft routing, schedule robustness, governmental rules and regulations, environmental issues, and many others. Come and share with us your ideas, thoughts, current trends, business practices, philosophies, and latest technological advances on any of the above topics. To get a better feeling of what to expect please take a look at the last year’s agenda. Also, AGIFORS RM study group will hold its sessions in parallel to our meeitng. We will organize a joined social program with multiple options for interaction, networking and enjoying hospitality of this wonderful region. We look forward to seeing you in May in Barcelona!

Who Should Attend this Conference

AGIFORS SSP is a that provides an opportunity to review the most pressing issues facing airline planning and scheduling today, offer potential solutions, and high level networking. We invite

· Airline and Airport Network Development managers

· Long-term and Short-term Scheduling managers

· Fleet and Maintenance planners

· Alliance Planning managers

· Operations Research practitioners

· Data Collection and Business Analytics agencies

· Academicians working in the area of Operations Research in air transportation

· Vendors providing solutions and consulting services for demand forecasting, network development, capacity planning, scheduling and ground resources management

· Anybody also who is interested in airline planning and scheduling

Update (April 8th)

Just a few days left for the early registration discount being available for our upcoming conference. Please register before April 1^st if you’d like to take an advantage of this opportunity. Here are a few updates on the conference:

· The following airlines and vendors have already confirmed their participation: Air Europe, American Airlines, British Airways, Copa Airlines, Delta Airlines, Egyptair, FedEx, FedEx Express, Iberia, JetBlue, Lufthansa, S7 Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Turkish Airlines, United Airlines, Airbus, airconomy aviation intelligence GmbH & Co. KG, Amadeus, Booz Allen Hamilton, Decisal Ltd, DLR, Embraer, Eurocontrol, GMV Aerospace and Defence S.A.U., Industrial Optimizers, Jeppessen, Lufthansa Systems, OpenAirlines, Sabre Airline Solutions, University of Augsburg, University of Michigan.

· The keynote speech will be delivered by Mr. Alex Cruz, CEO of Vueling Airlines.

· The first draft of the technical program is available here: Program. We still have several slots available, so if you’d like to present please register here: Presentation. The deadline for abstract submission is extended to April 15^th.

· As a par t of the technical program we will have a panel of industry experts discussing the state of decision support systems used in airline’s planning and scheduling processes.

· We have significant interest in the SSP OR 101 workshop, so we confirm that we will offer it on May 2^nd.

· As a part of our social program we will offer a visit to BCN airport (control room, airside and landside).

· Our social outing will take place on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea at the Xup-xup restaurant (http://xupxuprestaurant.com/).

· We had to release the block of rooms at the hotel, but rooms might still be available at the conference rate, so if you have not booked them yet please do.

· If you need an invitation letter for visa application please let me know.

We will be updating the conference website with more details on technical, vendor and social programs over the next few weeks. If you have any questions or suggestions, please do not hesitate to contact me via email: sergey.shebalov@sabre.com

Best regards from the conference organizers,

James Paton Local Chairman

Sunny Ja  Technical Chair

Sergey Shebalov SSP Study Group Chair

Official Sponsors and Partners

	- AGIFORS
	- BCN Air Route Development Committee
	- Barcelona-El Prat Airport