(Agenda details are provided below this high-level schedule overview)
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Lunch orientation with interested representatives from airport-owners, government, and academia to learn about the SMART Association's educa...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Lunch orientation with interested representatives from airport-owners, government, and academia to learn about the SMART Association's educa...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
This course will provide an overview of what's an airport owner's Digital Twin (DT) and the components and methods required to build and sus...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
This reception will include cocktails and appetizers along with some welcome remarks and introductions of attendees, sponsors, and exhibito...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
An innovative technology paper-airplane contest adjacent to the welcome reception. All are encouraged to bring their best paper-airplane co...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
All-day plenary sessions including keynote speakers on innovating the human experience through airports, technology disruptors, government r...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Awards banquet dinner honoring past & present airport technology pioneers, including symposium reception paper-airplane contest winners. Ap...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Three parallel educational tracks (A-B-C) reviewing proven airport technology use-cases and lessons learned; distributed across three adjace...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Details to come
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Three parallel short-course tracks (A-B-C) distributed across three adjacent meeting halls; followed by a working lunch with the SMART Assoc...
Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency Hotel
Disney Springs
Informal Groups with Bus Transportation
Disney Springs
Pre-symposium committee meetings, exhibitor setup, introductory short course, evening welcome reception with exhibitors, and fun contest.
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Hyatt Meeting Room: TBD
The SMART Association's Board of Directors will conduct its annual in-person meeting to:
Details coming soon; located in-front of the symposium's three meeting halls
Hyatt Meeting Room: TBD
Lunch orientation with interested representatives from airport-owners, government, and academia to learn about the SMART Association's educational mission, approach, and planned activities in consideration to join its Advisory Committee. The purpose for SMART's Advisory Committee is to guide the association's areas of focus and priorities, in researching and developing industry best practice guidelines via use-case studies, webinars, documented SMART-Sheets (i.e., specifications), etc.
SMART Board Members and Associate Members are encouraged to participate.
Hyatt Meeting Room: TBD
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This course will provide an overview of what's an airport owner's Digital Twin (DT) and the components and methods required to build and sustain it in support of optimizing airport management processes. This course will also address the relevance of DT to enabling optimum airport Business Intelligence (BI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. This short course is a worthwhile pre-cursor to more advanced use-case presentations coming up in the symposium. This course will be informal, supporting interactive Q&A discussions.
Hyatt Meeting Room: Symposium exhibitor space to the left of the Hyatt Reception Desk
This reception will include cocktails and appetizers along with some welcome remarks and introductions of attendees, sponsors, and exhibitors, as well as AIRPORTECH support staff at your service, and the SMART Association's Board of Directors.
Hyatt Meeting Room: TBD across from the exhibitors
An innovative technology paper-airplane contest adjacent to the welcome reception. All are encouraged to bring their best paper-airplane contest entrant, or fold one on the spot, using our high-tech white laser printer paper:) 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will be recognized with awards at the following evening's AIRPORTECH Awards Banquet.
All-day plenary sessions including keynote speakers on innovating the human experience through airports, technology disruptors, government regulatory facilitation, and deep educational dive into Artificial Intelligence (AI) for airports.
All Day-1 sessions taking place in the Hyatt's main ballroom
Sponsored by: TBD
Hyatt Meeting Room: Symposium exhibitor space to the left of the Hyatt Reception Desk and in-front of the symposium session halls
Presenter: David Tamir, SMart AiRport Technologies (SMART) Association CEO
Presenter: Richard Clarke, Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (GOAA) Chief Creative Officer
Presenter: Christiane Bausback, N+P Innovation Design Managing Director
Description: Airports are more than gateways—they are evolving into vibrant, intelligent ecosystems that connect people, spark ideas, and redefine the travel experience.
This opening session explores how bold innovation is transforming airports into centers of efficiency, growth, and human connection. Technology is driving this evolution. From AI and robotics to IoT and digital twins, airports are harnessing groundbreaking tools to optimize operations, unlock innovation, and create seamless, frictionless experiences. At the same time, the passenger journey is being completely reimagined—moving toward hyper-personalized services that make travel effortless, inspiring, and truly human-centered.
This session will set the tone for the symposium days ahead, offering a vision for the airports of tomorrow—where cutting-edge technology meets human ingenuity to create smarter, connected, and inspiring travel hubs. Join us as we chart a bold path forward and shape the future of air travel—together.
Let’s refocus on what truly matters: the people who travel, the people who work, and the people who bring airports to life. Technology plays a key role, but the real goal is to design airports that are intuitive, personal, and enjoyable. In this final session, we’ll explore how airports can go beyond efficiency to create moments of comfort, connection, and ease. From next-generation screening to AI-driven personalization, we’ll discuss how innovation can reduce stress and enhance experiences, making every journey feel seamless and human-centered.
This is our opportunity to take what we learn at this symposium and commit to building airports that leave a lasting impression—spaces where technology works quietly in the background, and the joy of travel takes center stage. Together, we can shape airports that not only meet expectations but transform travel—one passenger, one moment, and one journey at a time. Let’s get to work.
Presenter: Chris Runde, Introba (f.k.a., Ross & Baruzzini) Aviation Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: An overview will be provided of the following technology disruptors enabling airport innovations with exciting future possibilities.
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Description: This presentation will describe the research, testing, and certification process taking place at the FAA to integrate Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGV)s for on-airport applications, including a future look towards robotics.
Airport applications to be discussed include:
Sponsored by: TBD
Moderator: Doron Bergerbest, Asero Worldwide Founder & CEO, and SMART Association Board Member
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Description: This panel session will explore the threats of unauthorized drones infringing on airport operations, the roles and responsibilities of mitigating such threats, and the technologies for detection, differentiation, and protection against hazards drones within the complex aerodrome environment.
Presenter(s): (TSA -- Tentative)
Description: This presentation will address leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) innovations with advanced passenger and carry-on bag screening technologies to enable seamless and frictionless passenger processing at our airports.
Speaker: Retired Rear Admiral Lee Tillotson
Description: Motivational stories from a former F4 Fighter Pilot, Top-Gun instructor, Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier Captain, F14 Upgrade Program Manager, Orlando Nuclear Submarine School Base Commander, and Deputy Executive Director of Orlando Int'l Airport.
Sponsored by: TBD
Moderator: David Tamir, SMART Association Founder & CEO
This special session will provide a series of educational presentations and panel session by leading industry experts to help understand how to leverage AI now and plan its use into the future for optimizing various aspects of airport management.
Presenter(s): David Tamir, SMART Association Founder & CEO
Description: This introductory presentation will describe the close integral relationship between AI, BI and DT, for optimizing airport management processes; providing a framework for subsequent development.
Presenter: Dr. Ivan Garibay, Associate Professor for UCF School of Industrial Engineering & Management Systems and Director of AI Research & Development
Description: This presentation will provide a foundational understanding of AI relevant to airport applications, including a description of its components and learning methods.
Presenter: Dr. Mansooreh Mollaghasemi, Associate Professor for UCF School of Industrial Engineering Systems, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: Review of a sampling of currently readily available software tools and apps leveraging AI to improve daily tasks and work assignments, relevant to airport staff and management.
Sponsored by: TBD
Moderator: Udi Segall, Intell-Act Founder & CEO, and SMART Association Board Member
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Description: Traditional airport operations systems such as Airport Operations Database (AODB), Resource Management System (RMS), Common-Use Passenger Processing System (CUPPS), Queue Management System (QMS), passenger screening systems, Baggage Handling System (BHS), aircraft turnaround systems, and more are incorporating AI to enhance their respective solutions. This panel will discuss approaches, challenges, and timing to incorporate AI effectively and the anticipated improved capabilities.
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Description: This presentation will explore the potential for an airport macro-level AI, leveraging all airport data from the spectrum of airport systems and IoT devices including robots integrated via an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), to optimize various airport management processes. This optimum level of AI, stands to revolutionize airport efficiencies.
Presenter(s): Dr. Ozlem Ozmen Garibay, Assistant Professor for UCF School of Industrial Engineering Systems and AI
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Presenter: David Tamir, SMART Association Founder & CEO
Sponsored by: TBD
Hyatt Meeting Room: Main Ball Room (same as the sessions above)
Sponsored by: TBD
Description: Awards banquet dinner honoring past & present airport technology pioneers, including symposium reception paper-airplane contest winners. Approximately one dozen airports and their solution providers will be recognized, who will be presenting their respective use-cases and lessons learned during AIRPORTECH's Day-2 sessions.
Three parallel educational tracks (A-B-C) reviewing proven airport technology use-cases and lessons learned; distributed across three adjacent meeting halls in-front of the exhibitor space where breakfast and lunch will be served.
Sponsored by: TBD
Session Moderator: Dr. Prasad Chittaluru
CEO of EPIC Engineering & Consulting, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: This session, involving four presentations (listed below), will demonstrate various airport management processes digitally transformed using state-of-the-art cloud-based technologies including Microsoft, Apple, Google, Esri, and more...
Session Moderator: David Tamir, SMART Association Founder & CEO
Description: This session, involving four presentations (listed below), will include use-cases from several leading airports demonstrating best practice methods for building and sustaining airport digital twins using BIM, CAD, GIS, LiDAR, and imagery.
Session Moderator: Chris Runde, Introba (f.k.a., Ross & Baruzzini) Aviation Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: This session, involving four presentations (listed below), will include use-cases from several leading airports of state-of-the-art technologies optimizing passenger processing through the terminal.
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Description: This presentation will demonstrate ISM's digital transformation from paper and spreadsheets to an enterprise, cloud-based, state-of-the-art, web-enabled and mobile digital platform; supporting various airport Operations and Maintenance (O&M) business processes including numerous types of inspections, incident reports, daily ops log, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP), corresponding work orders, and training.
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Description: This presentation will demonstrate ISM's digital transformation from paper and spreadsheets to an enterprise, cloud-based, state-of-the-art, web-enabled and mobile digital platform; supporting various administration and finance business processes including management of access control badging and reporting on aircraft operations and fueling, rental cars, and lodging. Forthcoming process to be transformed will also be reviewed including management of leases, projects, and budgets.
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Presenter(s): David Tamir, SMART Association Founder & CEO
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Presenter(s): Bryan Wren, Deputy Executive Director, Valley International Airport, Harlingen, Texas
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Presenter(s): David Barron, RMMartin Consulting Technical Director
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Three parallel tracks (A-B-C) distributed across three adjacent meeting halls in-front of the exhibitor space
Session Moderator: Dr. Lynn Creelman, ClearSkies Co-Founder & CEO, AAAE Electrification Task Force Leader, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: This session, involving four presentations (listed below), will include use-cases from several leading airports and solution providers of state-of-the-art electrification implementations, including ground-mounted and roof-mounted solar panel farms, as well as battery storage and charging technologies.
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Description: This session, involving four presentations (listed below), will include use-cases from several leading airports and solution providers of airport automation applications using robots, Autonomous Ground Vehicles (AGV)s, and Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Drones.
Session Moderator: Chris Runde, Introba (f.k.a., Ross & Baruzzini) Aviation Vice President and Director of Corporate Strategy and Innovation, and SMART Association Board Member
Description: This session, involving four presentations/panel (listed below), will include use-cases from several leading airports and solution providers of aircraft and baggage processing innovations.
Presenter: Dr. Lynn Creelman, ClearSkies Co-Founder & CEO, AAAE Electrification Task Force Leader, and SMART Association Board Member
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Presenter(s): Igor Starkov, Teleworker.ai Founder & CEO
Description: New advancements in AI/ML, AR, and robotics now enable the automation of airport Operation & Maintenance (O&M) workflows by connecting mobile devices—such as robot dogs, wheeled platforms, and drones—to the vast information provided by Digital Twins. Igor Starkov, a pioneer of BIM-based Digital Twins, will showcase affordable and practical approaches that address real challenges faced by airport owners and managers.
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Presenter(s): Chris Evanich, Schneider Electric, New Energy Landscape Commercial Leader
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Moderator: Jen Zemba, Introba Baggage Handling Consulting Business Development Director
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Three parallel short-course tracks (A-B-C) distributed across three adjacent meeting halls; followed by a working lunch with the SMART Association's Best Practice Committees; followed by a special tour of MCO's Newest Terminal-C advanced technology systems
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Preparation for Afternoon Site Visit and Outing
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Informal Groups with Bus Transportation