SSP 2026 Agenda
All times are Montreal local time (UTC-4)
Tentative timetable - subject to change Back to conference website
| Conference Venue: |
Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel 1201 Boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Montréal, QC H3B 2L7, Canada |
Map to Venue |
| Start time | Details |
|---|---|
| 17:30 - 19:30 | Welcome Reception Ballroom East - Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel 1201 Boul. René-Lévesque Ouest, Montréal, QC H3B 2L7, Canada Map |
| Start time | Details |
|---|---|
| 08:30 |
Registration desk open (check-in, collect badges) Ballroom East - Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel |
| 09:00 - 09:15 |
Conference Opening, IntroductionsCumhur Gelogullari, Judith Semar - AGIFORS SSP chairs |
| 09:15 - 09:45 |
Cabin Level Origin and Destination (O&D) Fleet Assignment ModelShahram Shahinpour | Sabre |
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09:45 - 10:15 |
A Profit-Maximizing Airline Capacity Allocation Model with Endogenous Demand StimulationAhmed Abdelghany | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Coffee/snack break |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
Sponsor Presentation - KearneySumit Mitra, Bernhard von Mutius, Andreas Hottenrott | Kearney |
| 11:15 - 11:30 |
Airline Update - Air Canada |
| 11:30 - 12:00 |
One Demand, Many Solvers: Automating Airline-Wide Joint Planning to Close the Planned-to-Flown GapRoberto Ruiz-Melendez | Stanford University |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 14:00 |
Beyond MILP: Hexaly, a Hybrid Optimization Solver - Sponsor PresentationFred Gardi | Hexaly
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| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Navigating the New Era of DOT Aviation Data: Implementing the 40% O&D Survey RuleKevin Bryan and Maura Twillman | U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Aviation Analysis |
| 14:30 - 15:00 |
Integrated Airline Network Planning and Flight Scheduling in Hub-and-Spoke Networks with Bank StructuresAntonio Montaruli | HEC Montreal / KLM Royal Dutch Airlines / University of Twente |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Coffee/snack break |
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Sponsor Presentation - Data Powered Aviation Intelligence (DPAI)Josephine Dietrich and John Pepper | DPAI |
| 15:45 - 16:15 |
Monte-Carlo Simulation to Stress-Test Day-of-Ops Performance of Future Flight SchedulesAndreas Hottenrott and Bernhard von Mutius | Kearney |
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16:15 - 16:45 |
Commercial Value Driven Robust Flight SchedulingMahekha Dahanayaka | HEC Montreal / KLM Royal Dutch Airlines / University of Twente |
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18:30 - 23:00 |
Networking Dinner 18:00: Meet at hotel lobby; Head to Grand Quai, Port de Montréal, 200 rue de la Commune Ouest, H2Y 4B2 18:30: Welcoming and boarding the boat 19:00: Cruise departure and meal service 21:15: Entertainment 22:00: 20-minute fireworks show 23:00: Return to quay and end of the evening |
| Start time | Details |
|---|---|
| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Coffee Ballroom East - Le Centre Sheraton Montreal Hotel |
| 09:00 - 09:45 |
Keynote AddressAlexandre LefèvreVP of Network Planning and Global Sales | Air Canada |
| 09:45 - 10:15 | Coffee/snack break |
| 10:15 - 10:45 |
Gurobi: Optimization for Enterprise Airline Planning and Scheduling - Sponsor Presentation Jue Xue | Gurobi |
| 10:45 - 11:15 |
A New Frontier for Engines - What Every Airline SSP Specialist Should Know Jeffery Oboy | PA Consulting |
| 11:15 - 11:45 |
From Signals to Service: Using Alternative Data, Data Cloud, and AI to Reveal Aviation and Tourism Trends Josephine Dietrich | DPAI, John Pepper | DPAI/Bermudair |
| 11:45 - 12:00 |
Airline Update - American Airlines Joshua Neronha and Henry Liu |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30 - 13:45 |
Sponsor Presentation - Lufthansa Systems Wasiq Khurshid and Judith Semar | Lufthansa Systems |
| 13:45 - 14:00 |
Airline Presentation - Virgin Australia Oliver Kroll, Alan Sagan, Ben Hinton-Lever |
| 14:00 - 14:30 |
Large-Scale Aircraft Routing Optimization Under Uncertainty Using Simulation-Derived Risk MetricsNarges Sereshti | Air Canada |
| 14:30 - 14:45 |
Airline Presentation - Bermudair John Pepper |
| 14:45 - 15:15 |
Geopolitical Shocks and Long-Haul Aviation: Evidence from the Closure of Russian Airspace on North America-India Routes Pablo Herrera-Vergara | HEC Montreal / Air Canada |
| 15:15 - 15:45 |
Coffee/snack break Voting for best presentation |
| 15:45- 16:00 |
Best Presentation Award Conference Closing and Farewell Cumhur Gelogullari, Judith Semar - AGIFORS SSP chairs |