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Δευτέρα 18 Νοεμβρίου 2024

Future Design & Development Summit - SMART Airports ATL 15 - 17 July 2025

 What are the latest developments, future trends, and challenges for Next airport construction? SMART planning, design, construction, technological innovation, and operational management will all be key in the future of the Airport ecosystem.


How does the industry balance the customer experience, design aesthetics, digital transformation, accessibility, future mobility with environmental responsibility?

PROGRAM                                  

09.00 – 09.30 – Chair & Hosts Opening Welcomes

09.30 – 10.30 – Session One – Panel Discussion
AIRPORTS ACCELERATOR – growing regional prosperity & global competitiveness. How does collaboration with the key stakeholder’s create opportunity, drive economic investment, job creation, and improve quality of life for the region?

  • Growing regional prosperity & global competitiveness
  • Drive economic investment, job growth, and quality of life
  • SMART airports, cities, and regions
  • Citizen engagement and serving the community
  • Transforming transportation: sustainable intermodal transportation
  • Citizen engagement and serving the community

10.30 – 11.30 – Session Two – Panel Discussion
(CEO/ AIRPORT DIRECTOR PANEL DISCUSSION):
OPPORTUNITY FAST FORWARD – what is the industry outlook for future aviation? What key strategies & challenges will airports face in a sustainable and innovation powered future?

  • Community consent, socially impactful airports & regions,
  • Planning resilience in uncertain times
  • Digitization, IOT and SMART city initiatives
  • Future urban/advanced air mobility, EV, E mobility
  • Aviation Net Zero, decarbonization, ESG & sustainability
  • DEC&I, Diverse, Dynamic Future Workforce planning

11.30 – 12.00 – Networking Break 

12.00 – 13.00 – Session Three – Panel Discussion
(CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER PANEL) DISCUSSION:
INNOVATION ACCELERATOR – the latest airport technology trends will undoubtedly transform the future of air travel like never before. Innovations from AI and Metaverse to sustainable development will not only enhance the passenger experience but also drive business growth within airports.

  • Automation & robotics
  • Agile AI, AI chat bots, LLM’s to revolutionize customer experience and industry functions
  • Autonomous systems in airport operations
  •  IoT, 5G, and Cloud
  • Unmanned and sustainable aviation
  • Advanced-data analytics
  • Digital transformation

13.00 – 14.30 – Networking Lunch

14.30 – 15.30 – Session Four – Panel Discussion
BLUEPRINT: AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE – transforming airport infrastructure to deliver a world-class travel experience and support sustainable long-term growth.

  • Designing in decarbonization
  • Advanced air mobility & EV ecosystems
  • Infrastructure investment in the uncertain environments
  • Reconfiguring design concepts for the technology-enhanced future
  • Digitizing design and construction
  • Preparing for future growth

15.30 – 16.00 – Networking Break

16.00 – 17.30 – Session Five – Panel Discussion
THE NEW OUTLOOK FOR NON-AERONAUTICAL REVENUE – how can airports harness technology to provide revenue growth that will enhance passenger experience?

  • Changing spending patterns and new revenue sources
  • Embracing AI, machine learning, chat bots
  • E-commerce and adapting the business model – airport click/order/collect/ delivery
  • Concessions
  • How the travel retail/ F&B offering has changed
  • Parking, ground transportation, TNC’s
  • Advertising innovations

Conference Day One Ends

09.30 – 10.30 – Plenary Session
THE POWER OF CONNECTIVITY – how do airports and regions leverage international and local connectivity to enhance development?

  • Site locations
  • Air & rail highspeed rail sustainable connections
  • Airport related business
  • Hub function
  • Urban and regional connectivity
  • Data connectivity – digital connectivity

10.30 – 11.00 – Networking Break

What are the latest developments, future trends, and challenges for Next airport construction? SMART planning, design, construction, technological innovation, and operational management will all be key in the future of the Airport ecosystem.

How does the industry balance the customer experience, design aesthetics, digital transformation, accessibility, future mobility with environmental responsibility?

11.00 – 12.30 – Session One
SMART AIRPORT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT – providing terminals designed for the fast future.

  • Future airport modernization and expansion projects
  • Increasing airport capacity and flexibility
  • Digital transformation
  • Design concepts for the technology-enhanced future
  • Innovative architectural design for next airports
  • Airport terminal transformations

12.30 – 14.00 – Networking Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 – Session Two
DEVELOPING FUTURE AIRPORTS: WHAT ARE THE NEW CHALLENGES? – how are airports embracing the future transition? What is the new landscape for airport planning, construction, capital development, and improvement programs?

  • Airport investment
  • Regulatory and environmental constraints
  • What are the challenges during the design and construction stages?
  • New trends in terminal design
  • physical, sensory, behavioral, and emotional environment
  • Designing in airport accessibility

15.30 – 17.00 – Session Three
ACCELERATING FUTURE MOBILITY & INFRASTRUCUTRE SYSTEMS – investing in new aviation systems will be core to airport profitability and sustainability, securing the future of Aviation. What are the new opportunities and challenges in Infrastructure transformation, sustainable development, enhanced passenger experiences.

  • Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Advanced Air Mobility (AAM)
  • Vertiports, future flight systems
  • Intermodal connectivity, PRT’s, PODS
  • Electrification & automation of vehicles
  • integrated, green-transit strategies
  • Infrastructure challenges