ATRS World Conference 2023 in Kobe, Japan

Program:

ATRS 2023 in Kobe Time Table

July 1:
Ph.D seminar, executive meeting, pure online sessions, welcome reception
July 2:
Opening ceremony, keynote speech, plenary session, Global Airport Benchmarking Awards session, concurrent sessions (in-person)
July 3:
Concurrent sessions (in-person), gala dinner
July 4:
Concurrent sessions (in-person), ATRS general assembly, closing ceremony, technical tour

Program Overview

Pre-Conference

Saturday, 1 July

09:00 – 09:15

Online welcome address

  • Anming Zhang, President of the ATRS
  • Mikio Takebayashi, Chair of ATRS Kobe Conference Local Organizing Committee
09:15 – 09:30

Break
09:30 – 11:00

Online paper session Ⅰ (Americas / Asia / Oceania)

P1-1
Multimodal Transportation
P1-2
Airport Operations 1
P1-3
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 1
P1-4
Marketing & Consumer Behavior in Air Transport 1
P1-5
Air Transport Demand & COVID-19
P1-6
Airport Case Studies 1
11:00 – 13:00

Break
13:00 – 13:30

Online keynote speech

  • Tae Oum, University of British Columbia
    Topic: The future transport research priority in the changing global economic and political environment
14:00 – 18:00

Ph.D. student and junior faculty workshop (live broadcasting)
18:30 – 20:00

Online paper session Ⅱ (Europe / Asia / Oceania)

P2-1
Sustainability in Air Transport 1
P2-2
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 2
P2-3
Airport Performance Assessment
P2-4
Airline Economics & Performance 1
P2-5
Airline Strategy & Management 1
P2-6
Airport Operations 2

Main Conference

Saturday, 1 July

09:15 – 14:30

Meetings (by invitation only)
13:30 – 20:30

Conference registration
14:00 – 18:00

Ph.D. student and junior faculty workshop (registration required)

  • Yukihiro Kidokoro, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
    Topic: Airports' non-aeronautical service and their effects
  • Andreas Papatheodorou, University of the Aegean
    Topic: Tourism and air transportation
  • Xiaoqian Sun, Beihang University
    Topic: Location and scheduling problems in air transport
18:30 – 20:30

Welcome reception

Sunday, 2 July

08:30 – 17:30

Conference registration
09:00 – 09:15

Welcome address

  • Anming Zhang, President of the ATRS
  • Masao Imanishi, Deputy Mayor, City of Kobe
  • Masaharu Kubota, Director-General, Civil Aviation Bureau, MLIT
  • Mikio Takebayashi, Chair of ATRS Kobe Conference Local Organizing Committee
09:15 – 10:00

Industry keynote speech

  • Junichiro Miyagawa, All Nippon Airways
    Topic: Lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic - ANA's 1000 Days of Struggle
  • Yoriyuki Kashiwagi, Japan Airlines
    Topic: JAL's growth strategy after Covid-19
  • Sunghun Cha, Cirium
    Topic: Aviation data analytics: how data enabled innovation and helped revive the industry during and after the pandemic
10:00 – 10:45

Global airport benchmarking awards session
10:45 – 11:15

Coffee break
11:15 – 12:45

Paper session Ⅰ

M1-1
Industry Session 1: Airport Planning and Forecasting
M1-2
Air Transport Demand 1
M1-3
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 3
M1-4
Airline Economics & Performance 2
M1-5
Airline Network Development 1
M1-6
Sustainability in Air Transport 2
M1-7
Urban Air Mobility 1
12:45 – 14:00

Lunch
14:00 – 15:30

Paper session Ⅱ

M2-1
Industry Session 2: Cargo
M2-2
Air Transport and COVID-19 1
M2-3
Airline Strategy & Management 2
M2-4
Airport Operations 3
M2-5
Aviation Safety & Security 1
M2-6
Marketing & Consumer Behavior in Air Transport 2
M2-7
Sustainability in Air Transport 3
15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break
16:00 – 17:30

Paper session Ⅲ

M3-1
Industry Session 3: Environmental Sustainability
M3-2
Air Traffic Control 1
M3-3
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 4
M3-4
Airline Operations 1
M3-5
Airport Strategy & Management
M3-6
Aviation & Economic Development
M3-7
Technology Adoption and Acceptance in Aviation

Monday, 3 July

08:30 – 17:30

Conference registration
09:00 – 10:00

Academic keynote speech

  • Nicole Adler, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Topic: Applying game theory to understand aviation markets
10:00 – 10:30

Coffee break
10:30 – 12:00

Paper session Ⅳ

M4-1
Industry Session 4: Airlines, Networks, and Markets
M4-2
Air Transport and COVID-19 2
M4-3
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 5
M4-4
Airport Economics & Performance 1
M4-5
Intermodal Operations & Modal Competition 1
M4-6
Sustainability in Air Transport 4
M4-7
Urban Air Mobility 2
12:00 – 13:30

Lunch
13:30 – 15:00

Paper session Ⅴ

M5-1
Industry Session 5: COVID-19 and the Impact on Air Transport Markets
M5-2
Air Cargo
M5-3
Air Transport Demand 2
M5-4
Airline Economics & Performance 3
M5-5
Airport Operations 4
M5-6
Aviation Safety & Security 2
M5-7
Sustainability in Air Transport 5
15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break
15:30 – 17:00

Paper session Ⅵ

M6-1
Industry Session 6: Safety & Security
M6-2
Air Traffic Control 2
M6-3
Airline Strategy & Management 3
M6-4
Airport Case Studies 2
M6-5
Intermodal Operations & Modal Competition 2
M6-6
Marketing & Consumer Behavior in Air Transport 3
M6-7
Sustainability in Air Transport 6
19:00 – 22:00

Gala Dinner

Tuesday, 4 July

08:30 – 12:30

Conference Registration
09:00 – 10:30

Paper session Ⅶ

M7-1
Air Transport and COVID-19 3
M7-2
Air Transport Policy & Regulation 6
M7-3
Airline Economics & Performance 4
M7-4
Airline Network Development 2
M7-5
Airline Operations 2
M7-6
Marketing & Consumer Behavior in Air Transport 4
M7-7
Intermodal Operations & Modal Competition 3
10:30 – 11:00

Coffee break
11:00 – 12:30

ATRS general assembly & closing ceremony
14:00 – 15:00

Technical tour

Information about Technical Tour

Technical Tour: Seeing Airport and Port from the sea

After the conference, we will come to the berth near Meriken Park and ride the boat to see around theKobe Airport and Port of Kobe. You can enjoy 60 minutes boat tour.

Boat: Boh Boh (operated by Hayakoma Unyu)