TAC Connect 2025: Collaborate. Accelerate. Elevate. | Join Us for the Connect Event 2025!
TAC Connect is our only all-in, in-person gathering of the year — a chance for Game Changers, airline sustainability leads, partners, and stakeholders to come together, share results, and chart the path ahead.
Next Stop: Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: 20-22 January 2026
Hosting Airline: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Theme: Collaborate, Accelerate, Elevate
Be part of the movement shaping the future of sustainable aviation. Let’s talk, collaborate, and take action — together.
| Tuesday, January 20, 2026 | ||
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| Day 1. Welcome & Event Kick-off | 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM | 17:00 – 17:30 | Arrival & Welcome 17:30 – 17:40 | Opening Toast from Pernille Ormholt Vang, Chief People Officer and Executive Vice President at SAS 17:40 – 18:00 | Keynote from Mads Brandstrup, SVP Communications and Public Affairs at SAS 18:00 – 19:45 | Open Mingling & Networking 19:45 – 20:00 | Closing Remarks |
| Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | ||
| Day 2. Main Programming & Award Dinner | 8:30 AM - 9:00 PM | 08:30 – 09:00 | Arrival and Coffee 09:00 – 09:05 | Welcome from SkyTeam 09:05 – 09:10 | Opening Remarks from Paul Verhagen, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at SAS 09:05 – 09:10 | Opening Remarks from Evgenia Starkova,Vice President of Marketing and Sustainability at SkyTeam 09:20 – 10:00 | Real Talk: Collaborating Toward Results Panel with Haldane Dodd, Kati Ihamäki, and Kata Cserep 10:00 – 10:30 | Coffee and Connection Break 10:30 – 12:45 | Solutions Showcase – Morning Round 12:45 – 13:30 | Lunch and Networking 13:30 – 13:45 | Solutions Showcase - EMAX Edition (Student feature) 13:45 – 14:45 | Solutions Showcase – Afternoon Round 14:45 – 15:15 | What Will You Accelerate? – Network Conversation Circles 15:15 – 15:30 | Collective Closing 15:30 – 17:30 | Afternoon Break
18:00 – 21:00 | Awards Dinner and Closing Celebration |
| Thursday, January 22, 2026 | ||
| Day 3. City Tour | 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM | 9:30 –14:00 | 'Highlights of Nordhavn' City Exploration Tour, with sustainability and innovation being put at the forefront of the itinerary. You will leave Copenhagen full of inspiration and new ideas. __________ 08:30 – 09:30 | Pick-up by bus (two meeting points) 09:30 – 10:30 | Breakfast at La Cabra 10:30 – 12:30 | Guided tour of Nordhavn 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch at Silo Restaurant 14:00 | Departure to Kastrup Airport
Transportation details Please look for a bus operated by Vikingbus with signage clearly displayed at the front reading: SAS | SkyTeam – Day 3 City Tour Pick-up locations and times:
Please plan to arrive a few minutes early to ensure an on-time departure.
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