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 Baggage Innovation Working Group meeting hosted by Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (Members only)
FTE Smart Ramp meeting (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
Tech & Innovation Briefing on the exhibition floor – Artificial Intelligence
Keynote Address
The Checkpoint Has Changed
Case Study Spotlight: Big & bold new tech strategies – visions, deployments, learnings and next steps
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
Speed Networking Forum – Discover the Airlines
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
09:00 - 16:00
Exhibition Open
Morning Keynote: CEO Fireside Chat
The FTE Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics & Humanoids Symposium – Part 1: Advanced Robotics & Humanoids: Is the air transport industry ready to embrace advanced robotics and humanoids?
Enter the ground handler: Why are we overlooking the best kept secret for supercharging passenger journeys?
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 & Baggage
The FTE Autonomous Vehicles, Robotics & Humanoids Symposium – Part 2: Autonomous Vehicles: Scaling the rollout of AVs to deliver wide-reaching operational efficiency
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
Speed Networking Forum – Discover the Airports
Tech & Innovation Briefing on the exhibition floor – Robotics & Autonomous Vehicles
Post-Lunch Keynote: What might we have done differently? Lessons learned from the launch of a new Terminal
The FTE Data Sharing Think Tank: Will widespread data collaboration ever become a reality? An exclusive session on a cross industry partnership to boost collective KPIs
The airport tech stack of the future – transitioning away from legacy systems
In, Out and Around: Future Airport Mobility Approaches
Closing Keynote: The premortem: ‘What are the 5 biggest threats to successful implementation and how are we going to stop them derailing us after this Conference?
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)
