This week, the global community of airport innovators, start‑ups, visionary thinkers, researchers and top tech minds gathers at Rome Fiumicino Airport for AIRPORTS INNOVATE 2024. The conference, organised jointly by ACI EUROPE, ACI Asia‑Pacific & Middle East and ACI World, and hosted by Aeroporti di Roma, will chart the future of air travel, pooling innovative solutions, groundbreaking tools and know‑how from across the globe.

Key topics on the agenda include: 

Unlocking the potential of Generative AI;

Identifying new tools and solutions boosting airports’ sustainability efforts;

Innovations enhancing operations and passenger experience;

Future‑proofing of HR practices;

Data‑ and AI‑driven forecasting;

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM);

The future of energy at airports.

Marco Troncone, CEO of Aeroporti di Roma commented: “Innovation lies at the core of Aeroporti di Roma’s DNA, with our ‘open innovation’ model setting a benchmark in the aviation industry and fostering collaboration with hundreds of startups worldwide. Hosting this year’s ACI AIRPORTS INNOVATE at Rome-Fiumicino Airport is both an honor and a testament to our commitment to shaping the airport of the future. This event provides the perfect platform to exchange ideas, share our expertise, and harness collective creativity to reimagine the future of air travel with the global airport community".

Olivier Jankovec, Director General of ACI EUROPE said: “The airport industry is uniquely geared towards innovation with more and more airports setting up their own Innovation Hubs at their premises and nurturing the next generation of aviation solutions. As ACI EUROPE, this is something we are supporting with our own Innovation and Technology Forum, which brings together the community of airport innovators and which is meeting in the margins of this conference. A collaborative effort with our sister organisations ACI Asia‑Pacific & Middle East and ACI World, AIRPORTS INNOVATE is designed to accelerate this process and provide unique access for our members to the freshest of ideas from all World regions. I look forward to all the insightful sessions ahead of us that will surely lead to heated discussions and the formation of innovative ideas".