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09.00

Delegate registration in the main exhibition hall area

09.30

INDIA ROOM

MORNING PLENARY: THE USES AND MISUSES OF MODELS

Welcome address

Chair: Tom van Vuren, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald

Making better use of modellers' time
Yaron Hollander, Director, CTthink!

Understanding model use
Alice Crossley, Head of Project Modelling and Appraisal, Department for Transport

Ethics in transport modelling
Gordon Stokes,Visiting Research Associate, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford

11.00

Morning break: Tea & coffee served in the main exhibition hall area

11.30

Delegates choose
from 1 of 3

INDIA ROOM

JOHN MAJOR ROOM

DOUBLE BOX 56/57

EVALUATION AND APPRAISAL: REDUCING UNCERTAINTY

Chair: Tom van Vuren

Ex-post assessment: overcoming challenges
Tom Worsley, Visiting Fellow, Institute of Transport Studies, Leeds University

Do we get the transport system we deserve? Appraisal, values of time and decision-makers
Stephen Joseph, Director, Campaign for Better Transport

Segmentation tools: testing options and scenarios that traditional modelling tools struggle to represent
Clare Sheffield, Policy Analysis Manager, Transport for London

Strengthening links between appraisal and evaluation
Steven Finch, Head of Evaluation, Department for Transport and  Robin Cambery, Transport Modeller,
Transport Appraisal and Strategic Modelling, Department for Transport

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ACCELERATING MODELS

Chair: Graham Fletcher, Cubic Transportation Ltd

GPU: a step-change in model runtimes
Richard Bradley, Technical Director, Intelligent Mobility, Atkins

Alternative GPU friendly assignment algorithms
Paul Richmond and Peter Heywood, Department of Computer Science, Sheffield University

Moving transport modelling to High Performance Computers
Mark Mawson, Computer Scientist, STFC/Hartree Centre

Big models: NTM and Europe
Michael Oliver, PTV GROUP, Solution Director PTV Visum

MODELLING TRAVEL IN THE AGE OF APPS

Chair: Paul O'Neill, Director, Intelligent Data

Innovations in London’s transport: Big data for a better customer experience
Dale Campbell, Operational Research & Analytics Manager, Transport for London

Big data processing to facilitate model building
Klaus Noekel, Head of Innovation, PTV Group

Better data for modellers
Jonathan Raper, Transport API

Transformational change and Mobility as a Service
Martin Higgitt, Associate Director, JMP SYSTRA

13.15

Lunch: Served in the main exhibition hall area

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14.30

Delegates choose
from 1 of 3

INDIA ROOM

JOHN MAJOR ROOM

DOUBLE BOX 56/57

DATA AND VISUALISATION

Chair: Luis Willumsen, ‎Independent Consultant, Transport Planning, Demand Modelling and Forecasting 

Big data analytics and visualisation to optimise transit operations and planning
Matt Pettit, Citilabs/Urban Engines

Urban informatics and urban modelling with big data
Katarzyna Sila-Nowicka, Urban Big Data Centre, Glasgow University

Mobile phone data and transport modelling: a toll road case study
Miguel Picornell,Technical Manager, Kineo/Nommon

Integrating data and models for urban planning and design
Eime Tobari, Associate Director, Space Syntax 

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MODELLING CYCLING AND WALKING

Chair:  Nicola Troll, Pedestrian Modelling Team Leader, SYSTRA 

Unacknowledged delays: new insights from a microsimulation model of bus-cycle interactions
Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer in Transport, University of Westminster & Luke Best, Multimodal Ltd

Developing a new cycling route choice model for London
Ali Inayathusein, Manager, Policy Appraisal & Sub Regional Modelling, Strategic Analysis, Planning, Transport for London

FLOW: Congestion reduction through walking/cycling measures
Martin Wedderburn, Walk 21

Informing cycling investment: The National Propensity to Cycle Tool for England (PCT-England)
Anna Goodman, National Propensity to Cycle Tool team, CEDAR, Cambridge University

MODELS: FASTER AND SIMPLER

Chair: Hugh Neffendorf, Katalysis Limited

Transim: Rapid web-based filtering of heavy transit provision and routing options
Marc Joly, Technical Unit, Systra

Dynamic flow model analysis for large-scale networks
Martijn Breen, Scientific Software Developer, TSS-Transport Simulation Systems SL

A new data model: integrating existing datasets
Chris Sharpe, Director, Holistic City

Recommendations on the use of mobile network data for transport modelling
Carl Goves, Transport Systems Catapult

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16.00

Afternoon break: Tea & coffee served in the main exhibition hall area

16.30

INDIA ROOM

DRIVERS OF CHANGE: TOWARDS TOMORROW'S MODELS

Chair: Simon Neilsen, Head of Strategic Analysis, Transport for London

Complexity in land use transportation models
Mike Batty, Chairman, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London

What if? The future is unwritten: scenarios in public health and transport modelling
James Woodcock, Programme Lead, Public health modelling, CEDAR, Cambridge University

Modelling connected and autonomous vehicles
Robin North,  Lead Technologist, Transport Systems Catapult

17.45

Drinks reception

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19.00

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