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PLEASE NOTE: THE CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION WILL STILL GO AHEAD DESPITE THE TUBE STIKE. PLEASE VISIT WWW.TFL.GOV.UK FOR ALTERNATIVE TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS.
09.00: Registration & Coffee
DASTS – the new challenge
Prof. Phil Goodwin, University of the West of England
09.50: DASTS – what are the technical requirements and what opportunities does it offer modellers?
Gavin Gaunt, Head of NATA Refresh, Department for Transport
10.20: DASTS – are our models and Modellers up to it?
Dr Denvil Coombe, Principal, The Denvil Coombe Practice
10.50: Questions & discussion
11.10: Coffee
11.40: Why is a long distance model different?
Prof Andrew Daly, Senior Research Leader, RAND
12.00: A model that estimates carbon effects
Speaker to be confirmed
12.20: Modelling economic impacts – questions around the WebTAG approach
Tom Worsley, Divisional Manager, Department for Transport
12.40: Questions & discussion
13.00: Lunch
Other current challenges affecting modellers
14.00: Afternoon welcome from Chairman
Tom Van Vuren, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald and Visiting Professor, University of Leeds
14.05: What is the TEMPRO relevance in a contracting economy?
Clare Lindsay, Technical Director, WSP and Dr Ian Williams, WSP
14.25: Why has rail grown so much faster than our models predicted; and how to get it right
Dr Gerard Whelan, Divisional Director, MVA and Steve Lowe, MVA
14.45: Can our models predict the observed stagnation or reduction of car traffic into city centres; and how to improve this?
Andrew Potter, Mouchel
15.05: Questions & discussion
15.25: Drinks reception in exhibition hall
16.00: End of Day
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