Tuesday 8 September 2026
Guided tours of Dallas Fort Worth International Airport
FTE Digital, Innovation & Startup Hub meeting at Southwest HQ (Corporate Partners only)
FTE Smart Ramp meeting (Members only)
FTE Baggage Innovation Working Group meeting hosted by Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (Members only)
Networking Welcome Party at Glass Cactus (featuring the FTE Hall of Fame Ceremony)
Wednesday 9 September 2026
07:30 - 18:00
Registration Open
Opening Keynote Session
10:00 - 11:30
Exhibition Hall Opening & Networking Break on the show floor
Keynote Address
Case Study Spotlight: Big & bold new tech strategies – visions, deployments, learnings and next steps
Making the checkpoint of the future a reality (session sponsored by Synect)
Successful Change Management Approaches Workshop
Airline and airport leadership strategies to be future ready
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch and networking on the exhibition floor with exclusive launches and unveilings
The FTE Global Moonshot Competition
The FTE AI Symposium – Part 1: A little less conversation, a little more AI action
Towards the smart apron: Automating the turnaround process
The FTE CX Leaders Symposium
15:30 - 16:30
Networking on the exhibition floor
Tech & Innovation Briefing on the exhibition floor – Accessibility
The FTE AI Symposium – Part 2: A deep-dive into Agentic AI and the move towards Artificial General Intelligence
Scaling the baggage handling revolution
Understanding the trends, and factors, that will impact customer journeys and future expansion strategies of airports and airlines by 2040
Interactive workshop on Passenger Accessibility: How do we go way beyond compliance and excel as a sector?
Day 1 Closing Keynote
FTE Global Networking Drinks (featuring the FTE Global Moonshot Competition Ceremony)
Thursday 10 September 2026
08:00 - 16:00
Registration Open
U.S. CBP Symposium: Securing travel by air and sea
Morning Keynote: CEO Fireside Chat
09:00 - 16:00
Exhibition Open
The FTE Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics & Humanoids Symposium – Part 1: Engineering the Ecosystem for Robotic Aviation
Case Study Spotlight: Blueprints for brilliance: Inside the world’s most inspiring airport developments
Advancing digital identity & seamless travel efforts
10:30 - 11:30
Networking Break on exhibition floor
Tech & Innovation Briefing on the exhibition floor – Self-Service & Automation
The FTE Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics & Humanoids Symposium – Part 2: Learnings from pioneers around the world
How AI and other new technologies are reimagining the end-to-end customer journey and empowering customer-facing staff
Case Study Spotlight: Future airport design, collaboration and operating strategies
Cybersecurity Workshop
12:30 - 14:00
Lunch and networking on the exhibition floor with exclusive launches and unveilings
Briefings & Announcements
Tech & Innovation Briefing on the exhibition floor – Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles
Post-Lunch Keynote – 20th Anniversary Keynote Special
The FTE Data Sharing Symposium (featuring an exclusive update from the FTE Data Sharing Think Tank)
Interactive Workshop: Imagining an AI first organisation running an airport
What should the tech stack of the future at airports look like, should we be transitioning away faster from legacy systems, and how will effective orchestration be achieved?
Future Mobility Approaches: What are the new ways in which passengers will arrive and move through the airport, and how should the industry prepare for this?
Closing Keynote
FTE Global Unofficial Wrap-Up Drinks
![Mo Gawdat, Former Chief Business Officer, Google [X] & Founder, One Billion Happy, keynoting at FTE Global](https://www.futuretravelexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/5-Mo-Gawdat.jpg)
