Agenda

Pittsburgh International Airport is transforming travel by undergoing an ambitious, airport-wide modernization to better meet the needs of a region on the rise, providing Western Pennsylvania with an elevated platform for exploration, development and innovation in 2025.

A transformed PIT is designed to deliver a more intuitive, cohesive and carefully crafted passenger journey – from curb to gate and back again.

FTE World Innovation Summit will get the chance to tour this landmark new facility with specialist briefings from PIT specialist to tell the story behind these key areas:

• Design, Construction, Sustainability, Delivery & ORAT
• Technology & Operations
• Service Design & Commercial

Pittsburgh-based Journey Robotics is developing a drop-in, robotic baggage handling system that enables continuous, consistent, fast baggage handling with reduced dependency on human labour, resulting in decreased wait times, and improved passenger experience and you can see it live at the FTE World Innovation Summit as the company is currently testing its Baggage Handler platform in a real-world environment within Pittsburgh International Airport’s xBridge program. Register to save your spot on the demo tour to see the system in on Tuesday May 13th. Spots are limited, so sign up today by emailing your name, title, and company to info@journeyrobotics.com and include your preferred timeslot. Choose from 4pm, 4:15pm, 4:30pm, and 4:45pm.

Make the most of the vital networking opportunities provided at the Kickoff event where delegates can network with their peers over drinks and delicious food amidst the incredible surroundings of the new PIT terminal ahead of its opening later in 2025.

The FTE World Innovation Summit Networking Reception will take place at the Cinderlands Warehouse, a unique craft brewery in Pittsburgh’s famous Strip District. The Reception will provide a perfect opportunity to relax and network in a vibrant environment after a busy day of panels at CMU, Pitch Sessions & innovation tours across Pittsburgh.

Sponsored by:

If at first you don’t succeed – how Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic will become the first commercial company to successfully land on the moon through Griffin Mission One.

Following the culmination of the interactive workshops, tours and conference sessions, the Summit will close with a memorable finale.

First we will have Mike Formica, one of our workshop facilitators from last year and founder of Formica ProtoFab discuss the ideas that came from last year’s workshops, Pittsburgh’s Henry L. Hillman Foundation pledge of $75,000 to the Allegheny County Airport Authority Charitable Foundation to explore the initial commercialization stages of one of the ideas emanating from the interactive workshops, and the process of technical investigation, business analysis, and customer discovery undertaken to move one of those ideas from an idea to an early prototype. Hear about the considerations, challenges, and process of taking one idea from concept to prototype in the aviation sector.

Following that we will bring the winner from each Meet the Innovators: Pitch Session from this year’s show to present to the audience who will then vote on which pitch is the most exciting for the future of our sector, and they will be presented with our FTE World Innovation Summit Meet the Innovators: Pitch Session Award.

The event will then conclude with closing remarks, an outline of the all-important next steps, and a call to action designed to ensure that everything achieved during the event and workshops lives on beyond the Summit.