The 58th Annual Symposium hosted by All Nippon Airways will take place October 8-12, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan. Event registration and detailed information is available on the event website.  

In particular, if you are interested in giving a presentation or becoming a sponsor please refer to the respective sections on the event page on how to submit your information. 

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After the end of the Annual Symposium, the newly elected council met and decided on the following positions:

President: David Foster, Delta Air Lines

Past President: Laurie Garrows, Georgia Institute of Technology

Vice President: Richard Cleaz, Air Canada

Treasurer: Eric Ruhlin, United Airlines

Secretary & Study Group Coordinator: John-Paul Clarke, Georgia Institute of Technology

Membership Secretary: Anne Jan Beeks, Air France/KLM

Communications & Webmaster: Jonas Rauch, Deutsche Lufthansa

Symposium Technical Chair: Semi Gabateni, Amadeus

Sponsorship Coordinator: Zeliha Akca, Turkish Airlines 

All the presentations from this year's AGIFORS study group presentations have been uploaded to our searchable database. They are now available to all AGIFORS Members. 

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Register NOW for the Annual Symposium in London hosted by British Airways. Prices increase on Friday, September 8.

Alex Cruz, the Chairman and CEO of British Airways is confirmed as the Keynote Speaker at the Annual Symposium. Alex will be speaking at 8:30 am on Wednesday, October 4.

Alex began his professional career at American Airlines Decision Technologies in 1995, spending half his 10 years at the group with its travel technology arm, Sabre, in London, working with a range of European airlines. In 2000, he became a partner at Arthur D Little before setting up his own aviation consulting firm in 2002. In 2005, he joined Accenture as its head of aviation. In 2006 he founded Clickair, a Barcelona-based airline, merging the airline with Vueling in 2009 and becoming Vueling’s Chairman and CEO. Vueling was acquired by International Airline Group (IAG) in 2013, with Alex joining the IAG Management Committee. In April 2016, Alex was appointed Chairman and CEO of British Airways.

He is also a visiting lecturer at the IESE Business School in Madrid and the ESADE Business & Law School in Barcelona.

Alex is 50 years old and originally from Bilbao in Spain. He has a degree in industrial engineering from Central Michigan University, an MSc from the Ohio State University, and Business Management & Administration degree from the Cox School of Business in Dallas. He is married with four children and lives in London.

For more information on the Symposium, held this year from October 2-6 in London, England, visit the meeting website at 57th Annual Symposium.

Abstracts for the upcoming Annual Symposium in London are available on the Technical Program Abstracts page. 

As always, this year's Symposium will offer the latest innovation in airline operations research. Various topics to be discussed include airline operations, airline strategy, cargo logistics, crew scheduling, e-commerce, information technology, OR management, revenue management, robust planning, and scheduling planning. Representatives from airlines, air transport associations, universities, industrial research labs, and consultants will discuss new ideas and present technical papers. The conference includes a vendor program for you to review the latest products. Come and share with us your ideas, thoughts, current trends, philosophies, and latest technological advances on any of the above or related topics.

For more information on the Symposium, visit the 57th Annual Symposium website.

The new 2018-2020 AGIFORS Council was recently elected. Their term officially begins at the end of Annual Symposium, which will be held in London from October 2-6. 

Returning to the Council are:

• Anne Jan Beeks, Air France/KLM
• David Foster, Delta Air Lines
• Eric Ruhlin, United Airlines
• Laurie Garrows, Georgia Institute of Technology (Past President)
• Semi Gabateni, Amadeus

Newly elected to the council are:

• John-Paul Clarke, Georgia Institute of Technology
• Jonas Rauch, Deutsche Lufthansa
• Richard Cleaz, Air Canada

The positions on the council, including President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Symposium Chair, Symposium Technical Chair, Membership Secretary, Communications Officer, and Publication Officer, will be decided during the first Council meeting on October 6. In addition, at that time, the new president may appoint additional members to the council to provide necessary services in the best interest of the organization.

The AGIFORS Annual Symposium will be hosted this year by British Airways from the 2nd through the 6th of October 2017.

The AGIFORS Symposium is a unique forum to share the recent developments in airline operations research and analytics, as well as connect with colleagues in the industry. Among the various topics to be discussed are airline operations, airline strategy, cargo logistics, crew scheduling, e-commerce, information technology, OR management, revenue management, robust planning, and scheduling planning. Representatives from airlines, air transport associations, universities, industrial research labs, and consultants will discuss new ideas and present technical papers.

If you are interested in giving a technical presentation at the annual symposium, please contact Semi Gabteni at semi.gabteni@amadeus.com or complete the online submission form.