AGIFORS Annual Symposium 2005
Conference Agenda*

* Agenda is subject to change

Sunday – September 25

12:00 – 16:00 ILOG Optimization Technologies Workshop
Maximize The Impact Of Applied OR In Your Airline Applications
For more info and to register, go to: www.ilog.com/workshops/agifors/
Free to all symposium attendees. Space is limited, register early.
14:00 – 16:00

AGIFORS Council Meeting 
(Council Members Only

16:30 – 18:00

Delegate Registration

19:00 – 21:00

Symposium Opening Ceremony
Hotel Casa Grande, Guaruja’
Welcome Cocktail Party sponsored by EMBRAER

Monday – September 26

08:00 – 08:30 Delegate Registration
08:30 – 12:00

OR Managers Meeting 
(OR managers Only)

10:00 – 12:00 Delegate Registration
12:00 – 13:30

Business Lunch in the Hotel

13:30 – 14:00

Conference Overview / Welcome Address

14:00 – 14:45

Study Group Reviews
Olivier Du Merle, Michael Clarke, Gina Morello, Tim Jacobs

14:45 – 15:00

Coffee break

15:00 – 16:15 Modeling Itinerary Shares with GEV Models
Greg Coldren, Anna Valicek Medal Winner Presentation
17.00 – 21:00

Sunset Cruise

 

Tuesday – September 27

08:30 – 09:15

Dynamic Capacity in Airline Revenue Management
Michael Frank, Deutsche Lufthansa AG

09:15 – 10:00

Quantifying the Risks Associated with Market Performance
Tim L. Jacobs, Delta Airlines

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:15

Facing weather disruptions with Global Rescheduling
Cyrille Gueguen, Air France

11:15 – 11:30

Vendor Presentation – Carmen Systems

11:30 – 11:45

Vendor Presentations – Dash Optimization

11:45 – 12:00

Vendor Presentations – Ilog Inc.

12:00 – 12:15

Vendor Presentations – Manugistics

12:15 – 13:30

Business Lunch in the Hotel

13:30 – 14:15

Airline Operations Feedback Control with KPIs
Robin Riedel, MIT International Centre for Air Transportation

14:15 – 15:00

Intertemporal Valuations, Product Design and Revenue Management
Guillermo Gallego, Columbia University

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15

Analysis of the Short-haul First Wave at British Airways
Alex Ross, British Airways

16:15 – 17:00

Evaluating Robustness with Support Vector Machines
Michael Mederer , Deutsche Lufthansa AG

18.00 – 19:00

Evening Social Event – Pool Cocktail
Sponsored Event

19.00 – 21:00

Evening Social Event – Dinner at Rufino’s

 

Wednesday – September 28

09.00 – 21:30

Visit to EMBRAER facilities, Sao Jose’ dos Campos, Sao Paulo.  Includes lunch, key note speech and dinner

 

Thursday – September 29

08:30 – 09:15

The Price is Right
John Lancaster, Manugistics

09:15 – 10:00

New Generation in Demand Forecasting
Shankar Mishra, Sabre Airlines Solutions

10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:15

Innovation in Recovery Optimization
Alan Dormer, CTI

11:15 – 12:00

Aircraft Maintenance Planning and Control Simulation
Massoud Bazargan, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

12:00 – 13:15

Business Lunch in the Hotel

13:15 – 14:15

Integrating Revenue Management and Fleet Assignment
Barry Smith, Sabre Holdings

14:15 – 15:00

An Internet-based Pricing and Booking Tool
David Post, SigmaZen

15:00 – 15:30 Coffee break
15:30 – 16:15 Inventory Control Advances to Maximize Network Revenues
Umit Cholak, Sabre Airlines Solutions
16:15 – 17:00

Increasing Airline Margin by Optimizing Corporate Contracts
Julian Pachon, Navitaire

19.00 – 22:00

Evening Banquet with Keynote Speaker
Sponsored by Carmen Systems AB

Friday – September 30

08:30 – 09:15

Does Reducing Crew Premium Really Reduce Costs
Alex Burger, Qantas Airlines

09:15 – 10:00 Using Revenue Management Methods in Fleet Assignment
Jutta Rockmann, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee break
10:30 – 11:15 Operational Impact of Predeparture Sequencing
Wolfgang Hatzac, ATRiCS
11:15 – 12:00

Constraint Programming in Airline Optimization
Stefan Karisch, Carmen Systems

12:00 – 13:30

Business Lunch in the Hotel

13:30 – 14:15 Applications of new class of genetic algorithms
Andrzej Slodownik – LOT/GE 
14:15 – 15:00 Session 5-6
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15:00 – 15:30 Closing Coffee Break
16:00 – 18:00 AGIFORS Council Meeting
(Council Members Only

* Agenda is subject to change

** A selection of presentations covering airline operations, crew scheduling, schedule planning, revenue management, and airline strategy.

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