This is the PRELIMINARY agenda - presentation order may change. The event schedule is complete
Program is tentative and may change without notice. Technical presentations in black, airline update in brown, sponsor presentations in green, and breaks & social events in blue
Efficiency and Resiliency Amidst Economic and Political Uncertainty
Monday 13 April 2026
| Time |
Details |
| 17:00 - 18:00 |
Delegate registration in front of conference hall of Hilton Hotel |
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| 18:30 - 21:00 |
Social Event:
Welcome reception and cocktail Sponsored by Biarri
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Tuesday 14 April 2026
| Time |
Details |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Delegate registration
in front of conference hall of Hilton Hotel & continental breakfast in adjacent exhibit area
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| 08:00 - 08:30 |
Introductions / Conference Overview
Michael Irrgang & Tim Niznik (AGIFORS Ops co-chairs)
Rod Tjoelker & Patrice Yapo (AGIFORS MX co-chairs)
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| 08:30 - 09:00 |
Keynote Address: Oliver Iffert
Chief Operating Officer, Vueling Airlines
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| 09:30 - 10:05 |
Machine Learning Driven Decision Support System For Cargo Capacity Optimization in Passenger Aircraft Operations
Furkan Ayik, Egemen Çekiç, Ela Aslan; Turkish Technology
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| 10:05 - 10:20 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Pleiades Aerospace |
| 10:20 - 10:50 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
KLM + BCG Partnership |
| 10:50 - 11:25 |
Root Cause of Airline Delays R. Michael Baiada; ATH Group, Inc.
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| 11:25 - 12:00 |
Data-Driven Decision Space Tailoring for Airline Disruption Recovery
Thierry Delahaye; Amadeus
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| 12:00 - 13:00 |
Business Lunch - In the conference room
Sponsored by PA Consulting
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| 13:00 - 13:35 |
Modeling Airline Disruptions in Order to Predict Optimization Complexity and Solution Shape
Max Barkhausen, Andreas Andresen; tulanā |
| 13:35 - 14:05 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
Jeppesen Foreflight
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| 14:05 - 14:40 |
The Cathay Journey to Integrated Operations Planning and Delivery: From Schedule Assessment Simulations to Super-Typhoon Recovery
Amir Bennegadi, Kelvin Tse, Paul Van Kessel; Cathay Pacific Airways |
| 14:40 - 15:15 |
Beyond On-Time Performance: Exploring the Relationship Between Operational Trends and Airline Outcomes
Gavin Grochowski, Edward Stephens; Jeppesen Foreflight |
| 15:15 - 15:30 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Pleiades Aerospace |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
PA Consulting
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| 16:00 - 16:35 |
THOR : Task Hub Operational Research
Alexandra Deniaud; Air France |
| 16:35 - 17:10 |
The Truth About Power-by-the-Hour l What Every Airline Maintenance OR Specialist Should Know
Jeff Oboy; PA Consulting |
Wednesday 15 April 2026
| Time |
Details |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Continental breakfast - exhibit area |
| 08:00 - 08:35 |
Vueling Airlines Airline Update
Mohammad Kouhi
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| 08:35 - 09:05 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
Biarri
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| 09:05 - 09:40 |
Enhancing Baggage Handling Efficiency at Charles de Gaulle Airport through Machine Learning-Based Forecasting Models
Florian Bertosio; Groupe ADP
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| 09:40 - 10:15 |
Predictive Maintenance With Unstructured Operational Data: An Alternative to Sensor-Based Approaches
Faizan Patankar; Amygda
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| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Cirium |
| 10:30 - 11:00 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
Hexaly
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| 11:00 - 11:35 |
A Major Way to Mitigate Diversions & Delays From Weather-Caused Hub Disruption
Michael Irrgang; Airline Operations Solutions, Inc.
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| 11:35 - 12:10 |
On-Time Departure Performance Prediction With Machine Learning Methods
Mehmet Yalcin, Seda Soykan, Abdullah Bilgin, Kevser Şimşek ; Turkish Technology
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| 12:10 - 13:10 |
Business Lunch - In the conference room
Sponsored by PA Consulting
|
| 13:10 - 13:40 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
Amadeus
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| 13:40 - 14:15 |
Seamless Aircraft Reallocation with Swaptimiser
Javier Garcia, David Garcia Heredia; Ryanair
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| 14:15 - 14:25 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
Turkish Technology
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| 14:25 - 15:00 |
Operational Excellence Through Cross-Departmental Data Integration & Optimization
Panos Dimopoulos; Aegean Airlines
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| 15:00 - 15:30 |
Gold Sponsor Presentation
Bigblue Analytics
|
| 15:30 - 15:45 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Cirium |
| 15:45 - 16:20 |
Data-Driven Optimization of Baggage Handling Systems
Rim Jabri; Groupe ADP
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| 16:20 - 16:55 |
Airspace Flow Programs and Airline Mitigation Strategies
Ricardo Escalante Villalta; United Airlines
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| 17:10 - 18:55 |
Social Event:
Meet in lobby, walk to metro from hotel, take metro to Sagrada Familia cathedral. See cathedral in shifts (further explanation in conference)
sponsored by Big Blue Analytics
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| 18:45 - 21:45 |
Social Event:
Dinner at the Casa Carmen Passeig de Gracia
sponsored by KLM+BCG
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Thursday 16 April 2026
| Time |
Details |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Continental breakfast - exhibit area |
| 08:00 - 08:35 |
NASA Center for Air Transportation Resilience (CATRes): Year 2 Update
Max Z. Li; University of Michigan
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| 08:35 - 09:10 |
Validating Integrated Airline Recovery Decisions Using Time-Travel Benchmarking
Cristina Núñez; Big Blue Analytics |
| 09:10 - 09:25 |
Silver Sponsor Presentation
Pleiades Aerospace
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| 09:25 - 10:00 |
Data-Driven Maintenance Prioritization at United: An Updated Framework
Brian Ho; United Airlines
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| 10:00 - 10:10 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
IBS Software
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| 10:10 - 10:25 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Passur
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10:25 - 11:00
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From On-Time Performance to P&L: Quantifying the True Cost of Airline Disruptions
Satya Sahu, John Szatkowski; Seabury Airline Strategy Group
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| 11:00 - 11:10 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
Airline Operations Solutions, Inc.
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| 11:10 - 11:45 |
Optimizing Aircraft Maintenance Planning at Ryanair
David Garcia Heredia, Javier Garcia Rodriguez; Ryanair
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11:45 - 12:20
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From Simulation to Optimization: Building Robust Airline Schedules at Scale
Narges Sereshti; Air Canada
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| 12:20 - 13:20 |
Business Lunch - In the conference room
Sponsored by PA Consulting
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| 13:20 - 13:30 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
Lufthansa Systems
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| 13:30 - 14:05 |
Human-Centric Optimization for High-Quality Large-Scale Schedule Recovery
Kenichi Tsutsui; All Nippon Airways
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| 14:05 - 14:20 |
Silver Sponsor Presentation
Passur
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| 14:20 - 14:55 |
Simulation Tool to Stress-Test Day-of-Ops Performance of Strategic Flight Schedules Based on Historical Delay Data
Dennis Ulbrich, Christian Kumpf, Andreas Hottenrott, Till Rasche, Bernhard von Mutius; Lufthansa Group |
| 14:55 - 15:10 |
Silver Sponsor Presentation
Cirium
|
| 15:10 - 15:25 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by Passur
|
| 15:25 - 16:00 |
How NOT to do Data Science - Focus on Engineering & Maintenance / Supply Chain
Kieran Brady; TUI Airline
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| 16:30 - 19:00 |
Social Event:
Meet in lobby, walk to metro from hotel, take metro to skyride to go up to Montjuic Castle (further explanation in conference)
sponsored by Jeppesen Foreflight
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| 19:00 - 22:00 |
Social Event:
Dinner at the El Xalet de Montjuic, near the castle
sponsored by Hexaly
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Friday 17 April 2026
| Time |
Details |
| 07:00 - 08:00 |
Continental breakfast - exhibit area |
| 08:00 - 08:35 |
Predictive Tool for Anticipating Non-Routine Findings in Heavy Maintenance Checks
Alejandro Guemes, David Scarlatti; Boeing
|
| 08:35 - 09:10 |
AI in Flight Ops
Herald Berg, Pedro Aloy Macedo; Lufthansa Consulting |
| 09:10 - 09:45 |
Predictive Resolution Time Estimation for AOG Events
Sean Huynh; Boeing |
| 09:45 - 10:00 |
Silver Sponsor Presentation
FICO
|
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Coffee Break - Exhibit Area - Sponsored by FICO |
| 10:15 - 10:50 |
Cluster-Based Monitoring for Predictive Maintenance Alerts with Graph Embeddings
Shuang Ling, Nahid Parvez Farazi; United Airlines |
| 10:50 - 11:00 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
Gurobi
|
| 11:00 - 11:35 |
Simplified Technical English Validation
Melanie Lorang; Boeing |
| 11:35 - 12:35 |
Business Lunch - In the conference room
Sponsored by PA Consulting
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| 12:35 - 13:10 | Smart Overtime Management with an Analytical Staffing Framework Mihir Nevpurkar, Drew Larrabee; American Airlines |
| 13:10 - 13:20 |
Bronze Sponsor Presentation
d-fine
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| 13:20 - 13:55 |
Optimized for Whom? The Hidden Conflict in Flight Scheduling
Jeanette Schmidt; M2P Consulting
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| 13:55 - 14:30 | Data-Driven Operational Risk Forecasting with Decision-Oriented Outputs Timothy Sham; American Airlines |
| 14:30 - 14:40 |
Please finish your survey |
| 14:40 - 15:20 |
Business Meeting / Conference Closing / Award Ceremony
Michael Irrgang & Tim Niznik (AGIFORS Ops co-chairs)
Rod Tjoelker & Patrice Yapo (AGIFORS MX co-chairs)
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Program is tentative and may change without notice