AGIFORS Annual Symposium 2009
Delivering Operations Research Based Innovation

 

 

Join us this September in the wonderful and exciting city of Atlanta, Georgia!

AGIFORS' 49th Annual Symposium will be hosted by Georgia Tech and SITA in the wonderful and exciting city of Atlanta, Georgia.  This year's conference has been scheduled for 27th of September 2009 through the 2nd of October 2009 at the centrally located at the Georgia Tech Hotel in downtown Atlanta. 

Conference Overview

The Symposium offers the latest on innovation in airline operations research. 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. There will also be a vendor program in which the latest products will be displayed. Come and share with us your ideas, thoughts, current trends, philosophies, and latest technological advances on any of the above or related topics.

Please click here to register for the AGIFORS Annual Symposium 2009.  Hotel registration can be completed online via the hotel registration form before 6th September 2009 to obtain the nightly conference rate of USD $109 for a single/double occupancy room.

Hotel Registration (online)

Please complete the customized symposium hotel reservation process online and submit it directly to the hotel for confirmation.  Reservations must be received by 6th September 2009 to obtain the nightly conference rate of approximately USD 109 for single/double occupancy.  All credit card information must be provided to confirm reservations.

Call for Papers

If you are interested in presenting at the annual symposium in Montreal, please complete the on-line submission form: www.agifors.org/symposium/2009/present.html.

As always, talks are subject to approval, and time slots are available on a first-come, first-serve basis - so if you are interested, act now!

Abstract Deadline: 31 August 2009

The AGIFORS 49th Annual Symposium technical program is currently being finalized, for more information please contact tim.jacobs@aa.com.

Who Should Attend this Conference

The AGIFORS Symposium provides an ideal forum for airline senior managers, airline personnel, vendors, and members of academia to review and debate the most pressing issues facing the global airline industry today, offer potential solutions, and provide opportunity for high level networking.

·  Airline executives in airline operations, cargo and logistics, crew management, revenue management and distribution, strategic and schedule planning

·  Business Solution Managers

·  Key Information Technology System Users

·  Project Managers, Directors, Team Leaders

·  Operations research practitioners and managers

·  Software vendors in the airline information technology field

Official Sponsors

  • Georgia Tech
  • SITA

The Airline Group of the International Federation of Operations Research Societies (AGIFORS) is a society with the avowed purpose of forwarding the practice of Operational Research in airlines. The membership consists of Operational Research workers who are also employed by recognized civil airlines. There are, in addition, correspondents who are people keenly interested in the application of Operational Research to aviation problems.

 

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