|
Program at a Glance
(as
of 17 April 2002)
Please
note:
this agenda has changed since the printing of the brochure
- review carefully to see if a session you were interested
in may have been eliminated. (Some topics have been
postponed to the Seattle Annual Conference.)
|
| Time |
Topic |
Speakers |
| Wednesday,
24 April |
| 15:00
- 18:00 |
Delegate
Registration |
|
18:00
- 19:00
|
Welcome
Cocktail Reception |
Kent
D. Craver (Continental Airlines), WAEA President |
| Thursday,
25 April |
| 08:00 |
Delegate
Registration Opens |
| 08:00
- 09:00 |
Continental
Breakfast |
| 09:00
- 09:15 |
Welcome
Address |
Kent
D. Craver (Continental Airlines), WAEA President |
| |
Current
Global Trends and Their Impact on IFE |
| 09:15
- 10:15 |
~Psychology
of travelers today (presentation and Q&A)
|
Claudia
de Zeuuw and Lucas van Gerwen (VALK Foundation on Fear
of Flying)
|
| 10:15
- 10:45 |
Break |
| 10:45
- 11:05 |
~New
trends in the travel business in general |
Peter
Morris (IATA) |
| 11:05
- 11:25 |
~New
aircraft production forecast from Boeing and Airbus |
Jörg
Reitmann (Airbus) |
| 11:25
- 11:55 |
~Impact
of global trends on IFE Industry |
Walé
Adepoju (IMDC Research) |
| 11:55
- 12:30 |
Panel
Discussion Q&A |
| 12:30
- 14:00 |
Lunch
- accompanied by a Cabin Security Briefing |
Rolf
Gödecke (Airbus), Peter Stein (Goodrich Corporation, Rosemount
Aerospace) |
| |
The
Future of Content |
| 14:00
- 15:00 |
Keynote:
Programming Issues and the New Technologies that will
drive them |
Barry
Fox (Independent Journalist) |
| 15:00
- 16:00 |
Breakouts: |
| ~What
type of programming are airlines trending toward now,
and where is Hollywood headed? |
Linda
Palmer (Buena Vista Non-Theatrical Inc.), Sue Pinfold
(Spafax) |
| ~Future
role of content management |
Leigh
Mantle (Inflight Productions), Sue Luxem (American Airlines) |
| ~Digital
content issues: connectivity and streaming, data servers,
AVOD |
Bryan
Rusenko (Crest National Digital Media), Dave Tharp (Inflight
Digital) |
| 16:00
- 17:00 |
Report
Back from Small Groups, Q & A |
| 18:00
- 19:30 |
Networking
Reception |
| Friday,
26 April |
| 07:30 |
Delegate
Registration Opens |
| 07:30
- 08:30 |
Continental
Breakfast |
| |
Audio
Programming and Technologies |
| 08:30
- 09:15 |
Keynote:
Audio Content Issues & New Audio Technologies
An end-to-end reference model of audio programming and
distribution to and on the aircraft |
John
Salzman (DMX Inflight), Al McGowan (TEAC America) |
| 09:15
- 10:00 |
Breakouts: |
| ~New
Strategies in Audio Programming |
Peter
Barsby (SPC Skyline), Jon Wheat (DMX Inflight) |
| ~Audio
system quality and reliability issues |
Geoff
Underwood (Inflight Peripherals Ltd.), Kevin Munday (MASC) |
| ~MP3
and Next Generation Audio Reproducers |
Bryan
Rusenko (Crest National Digital Media), Al McGowan (TEAC
America), John Salzman (DMX Inflight) |
| 10:00
- 10:15 |
Break |
| 10:15
- 11:00 |
Report
Back from Small Groups, Q & A |
| 11:00
- 11:45 |
Connectivity
Update: what is the status now?
Internet/email: who is looking, who is testing, who is
flying? Who will survive the "Inflight Internet"
shake-out? |
Karen
Gielen (Connexion by Boeing), Simon Tudge (Inmarsat) |
| 11:45
- 13:15 |
Lunch
- accompanied by a Special Airline Profile on Swissair |
Karl
Laasner (IFCON) |
| |
Airline
Financial Issues In an Economic Climate of Cost Efficiencies |
| 13:15
- 14:00 |
Keynote:
The state of affairs at airlines and suppliers now, and
where do we go from here? |
Kieran
Daly (Air Transport Intelligence) |
| 14:00
- 14:45 |
Panel
Presentation with Q&A on:
Best Practices on Managing in a Climate of Cost Cutting.
Three airlines will share how they've dealt with cost-cutting
issues. |
Bob
Williams (United Airlines), Arno Doerflinger (Austrian
Airlines), Edward Couto (Varig Brazilian Airlines) |
| 14:45
- 15:00 |
Break |
| 15:00
- 15:45 |
Revenue
Generation |
| Breakouts: |
| ~Advertising
revenue opportunities & collecting pax data |
Rod
Farley (IMS), Christophe Groh (Qatar Airways) |
| ~Onboard
Shopping trends and issues |
Charles
Vine (FlightStore Ltd.), Casey Christ (SkyMall) |
| ~Inflight
Magazines and revenue tie-ins with IFE |
John
Courtright (Rockwell Collins), Sophie Vossenaar (KLM) |
| 15:45
- 16:30 |
Report
Back from Small Groups, Q & A
|
| 16:30
- 16:45 |
Closing
Session |
Kent
D. Craver (Continental Airlines), WAEA President |
