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What is the future air travel? How does United Airlines use technology-first strategies to drive transformation and profitability? How does Scott approach wide-scale challenges like the COVID-19 pandemic and the sustainability of travel?
Join us for a fireside chat with Scott Kirby, CEO at United Airlines moderated by Harvard SEAS Dean David Parkes to learn about the science and engineering breakthroughs that are needed in the aviation industry.
WHEN | Thursday, March 5 from 4-5 PM ET; Reception 5-5:30 PM ET
(Seating is first-come, first serve. HUID required.)
WHERE| Harvard Science and Engineering Complex (SEC)
150 Western Ave. Allston, MA | Winokur Family Hall; Room: SEC 1.321
Scott Kirby
Scott Kirby
CEO, United Airlines
CEO, United Airlines
Scott Kirby is CEO of United Airlines, which operates the most comprehensive global route network among North American carriers and is now the largest airline in the world as measured by available seat miles.
He previously served as president from 2016 to 2020, overseeing operations, marketing, sales, alliances, network planning, and revenue management, and playing a key role in United’s cultural transformation and strategic growth. In December 2020, he was elected Chairman of the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board and also serves on the International Air Transport Association Board of Governors.
Prior to United, Scott was president of American Airlines from 2013 to 2016 and US Airways from 2006 to 2013, bringing more than three decades of airline industry leadership. He began his career at the Pentagon and in the technology sector and holds degrees from the U.S. Air Force Academy and George Washington University.
David Parkes
David Parkes
John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
John A. Paulson Dean of the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
David C. Parkes is the Dean and George F. Colony Professor of Computer Science at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). Parkes founded the EconCS research group at SEAS, which conducts theoretical and experimental research at the intersection of economics and computer sciences, exploring artificial intelligence and algorithms for social and economic impact.
He has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Dean Parkes was the founding faculty co-director of the Harvard Data Science Initiative adn of the Harvard Business Analytics program, and was named a Harvard College Professor, a 5-year appointment that recognizes exemplary teaching.
Following his M.Eng. in Engineering and Computing Science from the University of Oxford, Parkes received a Thouron Award to study at the University of Pennsylvania, earning a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Science. He is the inventor or co-inventor on 17 patents.
In the Harvard SEAS Industry Insights series, industry experts discuss opportunities in the science and engineering sectors, new technology applications, and the ways that organizations are evolving to address challenges impacting business and society.
Please contact Michelle Lane, Program Manager for Industry Partnerships, at mlane@seas.harvard.edu if you have questions regarding this event.
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