0900 - 0930 EDT

The CEO of Uplift shares what’s in store for the future of financing in travel

Brian Barth, CEO of Uplift, joins Elevate for the first time in an intimate Q&A with Alex Zoghlin, President and CEO of ATPCO, to chat about the future of customer financing in the travel space. (Hint: The future is bright!)

Speakers

• Brian Barth, CEO, Uplift
• Alex Zoghlin, President and CEO, ATPCO

KEYNOTE, THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

0930 - 1015 EDT

The quest for the ultimate retailing experience

Modern retailing is already here but you’re not too late to get into the game (yet). Direct from the leaderboard, top players share what it took to achieve a modern storefront and what’s coming next.

Speakers

• Mitra Sorrells, Senior Reporter, PhocusWire
• Rob Brown, Senior Director Sales Strategy & B2B Channel, Southwest
• Tye Radcliffe, VP of Product Strategy, Order Group, Accelya
• Anthony Salomone, Director, Product, Kayak

PANEL   •   STANDARDS

1015 - 1100 EDT

Choosing our journey wisely: How Councils explore which paths we should take

ATPCO’s Councils are a new way to facilitate collaboration and prioritize the industry’s top issues. Join Councils leaders from Air Canada, Amadeus, British Airways, and Delta to discuss how we’re going from idea to action to results faster than ever before.

Speakers

• Pamela Burns-Thompson, Head of Product Management, Travelport
• Stefania DiGesu, Product Support Manager, British Airways
• Cesar Rincon Mateus, Managing Director, Commercial Delivery and Development, Delta Air Lines
• Hervé Prezet, VP Industry & Expertise, Amadeus
• Keith Wallis, Sr Director, Distribution & Payments, Air Canada
• David Smith, Head, Standards & Industry Governance, ATPCO

PANEL

2100 - 2145 EDT

Getting NDC to scale: It's not really about the pipes anymore

It's time to stop talking about NDC “pipes” and start talking about the content that flows through them. Only then will the industry be able to unlock NDC’s full capabilities.

Speakers

• Cory Garner (moderating), Group Co-CEO & President of Distribution, T2RL
• Jim Davidson, Chief Product Officer, Accelya Group
• Tina Larson, Managing Director, Distribution, Sales Strategy & Alliances, Hawaiian Airlines
• Mark Ridley, Head of NDC [X] Program, Amadeus
• Graham Wareham, Director, BD-NDC & Partnership, ATPCO

PANEL   •   NDC, NDC EXCHANGE

2145 - 2215 EDT

Emerging tech starts with the cloud (So why aren't more travel companies there?)

The game has just begun for travel companies moving to the cloud. In fact, only 4% of travel and transactions are handled in the cloud. How can more travel companies get from static, physical infrastructure to a model that allows faster innovation, scale, and reduced cost? Amazon Web Services’ David Peller joins our CIO John Murphy to explain the way forward.

Speakers

• David Peller, Managing Director, Travel & Hospitality, Amazon Web Services
• John Murphy, Chief Technology Officer, ATPCO

INTERVIEW

2215 - 2245 EDT

Exclusive sneak peek: Architect

Optimize your data with Architect. It combines the best of automation, workflow simplification, and management of strategic pricing rules. This is a closed session demonstrating our premiere pricing tool and giving you a sneak peek into what’s coming.

Let us know if you’d like to join. By invite or request only.

Speaker: Will Linderman, Director, Global Sales, ATPCO

PRODUCT DEMO  •  ARCHITECT

0900 - 0930 EDT

Balancing the environment and your bottom line: A chat on sustainability

Sustainability is critical to the future of our industry. From the board room to operations, airlines are embracing strategies to fight climate change and accelerate the path to decarbonization, all while keeping an eye on a healthy bottom line.

Speakers

• Amelia DeLuca, Managing Director, Sustainability, Delta Air Lines
• Vince Palmiere, Chief Financial Officer, ATPCO

INTERVIEW

0930 - 1000 EDT

Corporate contracts ready to book in one day: Happy sales team and happy customers

Getting your negotiated and corporate contract fares available to your customers fast is an achievement that automation can help you unlock.

Learn how United Airlines used Express Contracts to change the game for their sales team and discover how your contracts can become bookable fares in minutes.

Speakers

• Swati Sharma, Integrations Manager, ATPCO
• Glenn Hollister, VP Sales Strategy & Effectiveness, United Airlines

CASE STUDY   •   EXPRESS CONTRACTS

1000 - 1045 EDT

Why DEI is good for your bottom line 

There’s a proven link between good business results and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives. So how do we bring more diversity and amplify more voices in an industry that historically looks quite uniform? It’s not just the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do.

Speakers

• Keyra Lynn Johnson, VP & Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Delta Airlines
• Maya Bordeaux, Chief People & Culture Officer, ATPCO

Read how the people of ATPCO are united by our values of trust, empowerment, learning, innovation, collaboration, and transparency.

INTERVIEW

1045 - 1115 EDT

British Airways and Dual RBD: A path to dynamic offer creation  

A key ingredient when transitioning to dynamic offer generation and advanced retailing is having the flexibility of more than 26 price points. ATPCO’s Dual RBD is a simple, interoperable solution that allows you to introduce and manage more price points that support targeted pricing.

British Airways shares how using Dual RBD is just one tool on the road to Dynamic Offer Creation and discusses ATPCO’s future role in enabling more capabilities at scale

Speakers

• Tom Gregorson, Chief Strategy Officer, ATPCO
• Jerry Foran, Head of Product Delivery, Revenue Management, British Airways

CASE STUDY   •   DUAL RBD, DYNAMIC OFFER CREATION