Conference Overview
- A forum for airline senior managers, airline personnel, vendors, and members of academia to review the most pressing issues facing airline operations today, offer potential solutions, and provide opportunity for high level networking
- Airline updates on what’s the latest happenings and plans in the near term for new business processes, systems replacements and/or upgrades
- Eighteen (18) technical presentations from leading experts in the airline industry
- Representatives from 30 airlines: Aegean Airlines, Aeroflot Russian Airlines, AirBlue, Air Canada, Air France KLM, Air Transat, Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific Airways, Delta Airlines, Emirates, Finnair, Hawaiian Airlines, Indigo, JetBlue, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, LATAM, Lufthansa Airlines, Oman Air, Qatar Airways, Siberia Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Transavia, Turkish Airways, United Airlines, Vueling, Xiamen Airlines
- Vendors exhibitions in the field of airline operations control, airport planning systems, crew management, and maintenance planning; from 20 vendors: AIMS International, Amadeus, Boeing/Jeppesen, Cirium, FlightAware, GE Aviation Digital, IBM, Industrial Optimizers, INFORM GmbH, Lufthansa Systems, M2P Consulting, OpenAirlines, Optym, ORTEC Consulting, PASSUR Aerospace, Sabre Airline Solutions, SITAOnAir, SlickOR, zeroG GmbH
- A special AGIFORS MRO breakout session this year, with five additional 5 technical presentations
- Conference Registration: The delegate registration fee includes conference technical materials*, all scheduled meals and social events outlined in the meeting agenda (*delegate registration only). The registration fee is US$575 per (airline, or academic) delegate, US$1,035 per industry delegate, and US$1,495 per vendor delegate. Registrants can also add social guests for US$240, to attend all social events. A "social guest" is a spouse, partner, child, or friend and is not a business colleague. A "social guest" may not attend the technical program.
Discounted hotel registration is no longer available!
Conference Keynote
The conference keynote address will be given at part of the joint session on Tuesday 4 June at 11:00 by Ekbel Bouzgarrou - Vice President Information Technology Distributed Services - Air France / KLM.
Ekbel Bouzgarrou is the Vice-president of Air France-KLM’s Information Technology Distributed Services. After obtaining a PhD in Operations Research and Computer at Grenoble’s Institut Polytechnique, he joined Air France in 1999 as an Operations Research engineer. He led the Operations Research department between 2005 and 2011 and then managed the IT program aiming to build the new Revenue Management tool. Prior to his current position, Ekbel was the Air France KLM Group’s Chief Technology Officer.
In addition, Ekbel was a member of the AGIFORS council for a number of years over the past decade.
Conference Sponsors
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If your company is interested in sponsorship opportunities, we are offering a variety of sponsorship packages for your consideration. With each package, your company with be recognized an official sponsor for the conference, and recognized at the start of each day’s proceedings. If you would like to sign up for one of the limited sponsorship opportunities, please complete the online submission form at your earliest convenience.
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Conference Agenda
The theme of this year's conference is
Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Enhance Productivity
Monday
3 June 2019
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17:00 - 18:00 |
Registration
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19:00 - 21:00
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Welcome Reception and Cocktails
Sponsored by Boeing/Jeppesen
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Tuesday
4 June 2019
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08:00 - 08:30
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Introductions / Conference Overview |
08:30 - 09:00
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Why is your flight late? Mining airline data to assess root-causes & impact of delays
Goran Stojkovic - Boeing Global Services
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09:00 - 09:30 |
Kick starting your analytics program, key tools and data required for maintenance optimization
Helmuth Naumer - IBM
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09:30 - 10:15 |
Machine Learning Application for Automatic Analysis of Aircraft Operations Interruptions
W. Olivares L. Vianna, J. E. Cardoso Cruz - EMBRAER
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10:15 - 10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30 - 11:00
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Schedule planning with hub infrastructure constraints
Alexandre Pizzut - Air France KLM
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11:00 - 12:00
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Keynote Address: Ekbel Bouzgarrou - Vice President Information Technology Distributed Services - Air France / KLM
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12:00 - 13:15
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Business Lunch
Sponsored by Cirium
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13:15 - 14:00
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Digital Operations Transformation
Fernando Bosch - BCG
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14:00 - 14:30 |
Vendor Presentations
Sabre | Lufthansa Systems | Boeing/Jeppesen
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14:30 - 15:00 |
Vendor Presentations
Cirium | Amadeus/Optym | IBM | SITAOnAir
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15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee Break
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16:00 - 22.00
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Dinner Cruise on the Seine
Sponsored by Sabre Airline Solutions |
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Wednesday 5 June 2019
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08:00 - 08:30
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Airline Updates (3) |
09:00 - 09:30
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Blockchain-Inspired Integrated Airline Operations Recovery
Zachary Bluestein - Georgia Tech
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09:30 - 10:15 |
Modeling Activity at Charlotte Douglas Airport for Strategic Planning of Airline Operations
L. Doug Smith - Utah Valley University
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10:15 - 10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30 - 11:15
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Fast-Time Gate to Gate Simulation for Today & Tomorrow
Anthony Weatherington - Jeppesen
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11:15 - 11:45
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Using data science to optimize ground staff planning under delay uncertainty
Benoit Patacq - Air France
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11:45 - 12:15
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Centralized Deicing Facilities During Winter Operations
Ryan Leick - Utah Valley University
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12:15 - 13:30
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Business Lunch
Sponsored by FlightAware
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13:30 - 14:00
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Airline Updates (3)
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14:00 - 15:00
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Vendor Presentations
FlightAware | GE Aviation | SlickOR
AIMS Intl | M2P Consulting | OpenAirlines
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15:00 - 15:15
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Coffee Break
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15:15 - 17:00
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Vendor Exhibition
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17:00 - 22:30
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Dinner on your own (Free night) |
Thursday
6 June 2019
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08:00 - 08:45
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Airline Updates (3)
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08:45 - 09:30
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Data Blind Spots Preventing Optimal IROPS Recovery Solutions
Rex Bull - SlickOR
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09:30 - 10:15 | Automated timestamp generation through machine learning for solid collaboration in turnaround management
Manuel van Esch - zeroG
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10:15 - 10:30
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Coffee Break
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10:30 - 11:15
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Building a Shorter Approach Fuel Saving Best Practice through Clustering Nicolas Pinchenel - OpenAirlines
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11:15 - 11:45 |
The need for Airspace Users-driven flight prioritisation in case of delay Nadine Pilon - EUROCONTROL
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11:45 - 12:15 | Airline Disruptions and Holistic Recovery
Hocine Bouarab - GE
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12:15 - 13:30
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Business Lunch
Sponsored by SlickOR
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13:30 - 14:00
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Airline Updates (3)
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14:00 - 15:00
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Vendor Presentations
INFORM | zeroG | PASSUR Aerospace
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15:00 - 15:30
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Coffee Break
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15:30 - 17:00
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Vendor Exhibition
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20:00 - 22:30 |
Dinner in Renaissance Hotel
Sponsored by Lufthansa Systems
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Friday
7 June 2019
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08:30 - 09:00 |
Airline Updates (3)
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09:00 - 09:45 | The die is cast, gear up for the unknown Davide Bardelli & Tim Nickel - Lufthansa Systems | 09:45 - 10:15 | Practioneer Talk: Refining the decisions in the Operations Centre Anders Bohlin - Jeppesen |
10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:15
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Understanding and overcoming barriers of implementing disruption management systems in airline operations control
Sebastian Heger - m2p
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11:15 - 12:00 |
Business Meeting / Award Ceremony
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12:00 - 13:00 |
Business Lunch
Sponsored by GE Aviation
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14:00 |
Conference End |
Program is tentative and may change without notice
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