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SSP 2025 Agenda

All times are Istanbul local time (UTC+3)

Tentative timetable - subject to change

SUNDAY, Jul 20

Start time Details 
19:00 - 21:00

Welcome Reception 

Nite Bar at Crowne Plaza Hotel Ortakoy Borphorus   Map 



Conference Venue:

Dotshub meeting space

Yıldız, Çırağan Cd. No:44, 34347 Beşiktaş/Istanbul

Map to Venue

Monday, JUL 21

Start time Details 
08:30

Registration desk open (check-in, collect badges)
Coffee/snacks

09:00

Conference Opening, Introductions

Cumhur Gelogullari, Judith Semar - AGIFORS SSP chairs

09:15 - 09:45

Keynote Address

Emre Pekesen

Sales and Network Planning Group Director - Pegasus Airlines

09:45 - 10:15

Optimizing Flight Schedules through Revenue Intelligence

Mohamed Moussaoui, Félicien Fichet  |  Air France - KLM

10:15 - 10:30

Airline update - American Airlines

10:30 - 10:50  Coffee/snack break
10:50 - 11:20

A Two-Stage Integrated Optimization Framework for Route Selection, Cargo Flow, and Aircraft Assignment in Hub-Based Air Networks

Yavuz Durdak  |  Turkish Airlines

11:20 - 12:00

Modernizing Market Share Models: A Machine Learning Approach in NetLine/Plan

Arpad Toth  |  Lufthansa Systems

12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:00

Sponsor Presentation: Kearney

14:00 - 14:30

Beyond the Horizon: Network Intelligence and Forecasting Optimization at American Airlines​

Ron Chu, Chad Williams, Llyod Kwan, Rohit Ashok  |  American Airlines

14:30 - 14:45 

Airline update - All Nippon Airways

14:45 - 15:20 

A Branch and Price Algorithm for the Tail Assignment Problem with Hour-to-Cycle Ratio Constraints

Çiya Aydogan, Sinan Gurel  |  Middle East Technical University

15:20 - 15:50  Coffee/snack break
15:50 - 16:05 

Sponsor Presentation: Lufthansa Systems

16:05 - 16:20 

Airline update - Saudia Airlines
16:20 - 16:50

Clean-sheet Scheduling with Enhanced Bank Connectivity

Pranav Gupta, Carlos Jose Nohra Khouri  |  Amadeus

16:50 - 17:25

From Strategy to Results: Lufthansa Group’s Real-World Optimization with HubDesigner

Enea Borra - Lufthansa Group  | Bernhard von Mutius, Kearney

19:00 - 22:00




Social & Networking Event

Dinner Cruise on the Bosphorus




Tuesday, JUL 22

 Start time Details 
 08:30 - 09:00

Arrive at the Venue
Coffee/snacks

09:00 - 09:30

Schedule Building at Ryanair: A Business-Driven and Optimization-Aware Approach

Lisa Lentati, Sergio Vivó  |  Ryanair

09:30 - 09:45

Airline Update - Vueling

09:45 - 10:15

Building a Better Network: Optimization in Action & What's Still Missing

Elif Dogruoz, Kivanc Meroglu  |  Pegasus Airlines

10:15 - 10:35 Coffee/snack break
10:35 - 11:10

Forecasting Evolved: Leveraging External Market Signals for Airline Strategy

Maria Browarska  |  Fetcherr

11:10-11:25 Airline Update - 
11:25-11:40

Best Presentation Award

Conference Closing and Farewell

Cumhur Gelogullari, Judith Semar - AGIFORS SSP chairs

 11:40-12:50 Lunch
 13:00 - 17:30



Pegasus Airlines IOCC / Training Centers visit



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