Vanesa Calvo of Aena will share insights on deploying agentic AI in airports at IAR’s annual breakfast briefing during PTE 2026.
International Airport Review has announced Vanesa Calvo, Head of Funding and Innovation Trends at Aena, as the first confirmed speaker for its annual breakfast briefing in partnership with SITA, taking place on 18 March during Passenger Terminal Expo 2026 in London.
The session, titled The agentic AI revolution: Architecting the future of operations, resilience, and passenger experience, will focus on how agentic AI in airports is redefining operational efficiency, resilience and passenger experience. Unlike traditional AI, agentic AI systems take proactive ownership of workflows, trigger actions across integrated platforms and escalate only exceptions to human teams.
Vanesa Calvo,[/caption] As airports face mounting pressure to deliver seamless passenger experiences while managing disruption, resource constraints and sustainability targets, the briefing will outline practical steps for deploying agentic AI. Attendees will gain insight into minimum architecture requirements, observability, human-in-the-loop controls, risk and safety cases, and how to run a 90-day pilot focused on disruption recovery, turnaround coordination, baggage exceptions and passenger flow.
The discussion will also address governance guardrails, ethical frameworks and talent strategies to prepare for “Neural OPS” and total airport autonomy. Participants will leave with a concise adoption roadmap and a checklist to assess vendor claims.
Target audience:
The briefing is designed for C-level and senior leaders in airport and airline operations and technology, as well as transformation leads exploring automation.
Why attend?
- Understand what agentic AI means for airport operations and why a unified operational data architecture is essential.
- Explore high-value use cases that enhance efficiency, resilience and passenger experience.
- Learn how to design a safe, ethical and measurable pilot programme.
Registration is now open and is FREE! Secure your place at this essential industry briefing and join the conversation shaping the future of airport operations.
