The ACI-NA team and I are touching down in Montréal later this week to join ACI World in co-hosting the 2016 ACI-NA/World Annual Conference/World Annual General Assembly. We are thrilled to begin this year’s annual conference and cannot wait to show what Montréal has in store for you. We are delighted that this year’s conference will be the largest "for airports, by airports" gathering in the world. We have more than 2,000 pre-registered attendees from more than 50 countries, 150 exhibitors, and 260 exhibit booths.
Airports around the world face new challenges each day in this industry ranging from maintaining control during a crisis to staying ahead of the game as new technologies emerge. This year’s annual conference is equipped with many sessions that will address these challenges and give attendees feedback from experts who have successfully pushed past those obstacles.
ACI-NA and ACI World have worked around the clock to ensure everyone’s time in Montréal contributes to their airport’s continued success in the future.
Don’t want to miss out? There is still time to register!
I look forward to seeing you all in Montréal!
Kevin M. Burke
President and CEO
ACI-NA
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Peter
Bergen
CNN National
Security Analyst/Author
One of the few Westerners to interview Osama bin Laden
face-to-face, Peter Bergen is a print and television journalist, documentary
producer, and the author of four books, three of which were New York Times
bestsellers and were named books of the year by the Washington Post. The books
have been translated into twenty languages. He is the director of the national
security studies program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.; a
fellow at Fordham University’s Center on National Security and CNN’s national
security analyst. He has held teaching positions at the Kennedy School of
Government at Harvard University and at the School of Advanced International
Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Bergen has reported on al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Pakistan,
counterterrorism, homeland security and countries around the Middle East for a
range of American newspapers and magazines including the New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, Foreign Affairs, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic,
Rolling Stone, TIME, The Nation, The National Interest, Mother Jones, Newsweek,
Washington Times and Vanity Fair. He is a contributing editor at The New
Republic and writes a weekly column for CNN.com. His story on extraordinary
rendition for Mother Jones was part of a package of stories nominated for a
2008 National Magazine Award. He has also written for newspapers and magazines
around the world such as The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph,
International Herald Tribune, Prospect, El Mundo, La Repubblica, The National,
Der Spiegel and Die Welt. And he has worked as a correspondent or producer for
multiple documentaries that have aired on National Geographic, Discovery and
CNN. Bergen has a M.A. in Modern History from
New College, Oxford University.
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Just because you're at a conference doesn't mean the world stops. This
section will feature the latest industry news so you don't miss a beat while
networking with old friends and new connections.
OPINION - The Abraham Lincoln-Thomas
Jefferson Airport Act Of 2016: No one on the left or right credibly denies
that much of America’s aging infrastructure is crumbling or outdated. The sticky question, as is so often the case
with such issues, is not whether or not more needs to be done but how to pay
for it. Read
more
DOT debates access for disabled
in plane restrooms, entertainment, animals: Disabled travelers who depend
on wheelchairs say it's so difficult to use restrooms on many airplanes that
they dehydrate themselves for a cross-country trip or avoid flying entirely.
Some relief could be on the way as the Transportation Department considers this
week the most sweeping rule revisions in 30 years to make airlines — now exempt
from the Americans with Disabilities Act — more accommodating to passengers
with limited mobility. Read
more
Orlando airport hits new
passenger record of 41 million: Orlando International Airport again
expanded its ceiling for record number of passengers, with 41 million departing
and arriving fliers going through the airport between July of this year and
July 2015. That's a 10 percent increase from a year ago. Read
more
New and adjusted flights at
Tampa International Airport: WestJet, a Canadian airline, is testing out a
new direct route between St. John's International Airport and Tampa
International Airport next spring. It's one of several new or adjusted routes
coming to Tampa International Airport over the next several months that involve
flights to Panama, Las Vegas, Baltimore, Cincinnati and Akron-Canton,
Ohio. Read
more
Allegiant Air to reach leisure
travelers on Newark routes: Allegiant Air’s service to Newark, launching in
November, is an attempt to reach what COO Jude Bricker said is the "top leisure
destination" in the U.S. — New York City. Read
more
Southwest developing new res
system to include foreign sales: Dallas-based Southwest Airlines’
international expansion could take it to Canada, and an executive for the
company did not rule out eventual transatlantic flights. Read
more
Orlando airport to open USO
Welcome Center: The Orlando International Airport is officially opening a
USO Welcome Center today for the hundreds of thousands of military members,
veterans and their families who visit Central Florida annually. Read
more
SeaPort Airlines shuts down, faces
liquidation: SeaPort Airlines has flown its final flight. The tiny commuter
airline launched in 2008 with flights between Portland, Ore., and Seattle. Read
more
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The 2016 ACI-NA/World Annual Conference/World Annual
General Assembly is the aviation industry event you don’t want to miss,
featuring many opportunities to network with industry professionals from across
the globe. This conference also provides a chance for attendees to gather in
Montréal and learn about the latest updates in aviation that will impact the
airport industry in North America.
In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to
explore our expansive trade show floor to see the latest technology in the
industry.
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Be sure to tweet comments and photos leading up to the
2016 ACI-NA/World Annual Conference/World Annual General Assembly. Mention@airportscouncil and use the hashtag #airports16
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To enhance your conference experience, we are excited to
introduce the ACI-NA Conferences app!
Available to all registered attendees,
the ACI-NA Conferences app engages attendees and gives them the latest annual
conference information on their smartphones and tablets. Search the participant
list, connect with attendees, customize your agenda, and much more. This year’s mobile app is sponsored by The
Hudson Group.
Get the app now by clicking on one of the links or search
"ACI-NA Conferences" in the App
Store or Google Play.
Once downloaded, your login for the app is:
Username: Email used to register for the annual conference
Password: airports
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Check out the full 2016 ACI-NA/World Annual
Conference/World Annual General Assembly agenda here.
Crisis
Communication – the World Is Watching: The public’s fascination with
aviation, a global news cycle that never ends, and the emergence of the citizen
– or passenger – journalist have complicated traditional airport crisis
response plans. Facing an incredible challenge like never before, airports must
respond quickly and effectively to security incidents, accidents and other
disruptions while maintaining public confidence to strengthen their reputation.
Take advantage of this opportunity to learn from airport CEOs who have
successfully led their airports through crisis in the middle of a media storm
on issues that command international attention.
How Digital Is
Transforming the Airport Industry: In the global marketplace, the most
successful airports have embraced "business intelligence" to help improve the
passenger experience, maximize operational efficiency and increase revenue.
Passengers are constantly connected with smartphones, and as such, passengers
are demanding an increased level of personalized service. Adopting a digital
approach can be used to optimize and increase capacity of existing facilities
and lower operational expenditure. Make sure you are taking advantage of your
data to better serve your customers, avoid disruptions and increase revenue.
Breaking Down the
Silos in Safety: Airports are complex operating environments involving
multiple stakeholder groups--airlines, general aviation, ground handlers,
terminal tenants, air navigation service providers and airport staff. Although
safety is a top concern for all of these groups, in most cases each of them
brings their corporate cultures, policies, procedures, training programs, and
performance metrics with them to the airport. How can airport operators and
their stakeholder partners work to break down these "silos" and make their safety
programs more effective and holistic? In this session we’ll discuss some of the
cross industry initiatives that key operator groups are undertaking to do this.
Respond to New and
Emerging Security Threats: In responding to dynamic security challenges,
airports work on a daily basis in close coordination with regulators and
security authorities such as TSA and the Canadian Air Transport Security
Authority. Considering the evolving threat environment, it is essential to
leverage industry/government partnerships, work collaboratively and assess what
countermeasures and technologies may be necessary to respond to threats while
working to maximize efficiency. Innovation is critical given the unique
geographic and operational differences between airports. This session will
provide an opportunity to gain a global view from ICAO and talk directly with
senior TSA and CATSA representatives about strategies to enhance the security
of the aviation system.
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