
	4 June programme

	Digital Twins Seminar Programme

	14.00	Registration opens
	14.30	West Suite
	14.30	Session 1 Integrating data to improve planning and prediction Convener: Mark Enzer, Chief Technical Officer, Mott MacDonald and Chair, Digital Framework Task Group (DFTG), Centre for Digital Built Britain Stefan Webb, Director of Digitising Planning and Standards, Connected Places Catapult Phil James, Director National Urban Observatory Facility, Newcastle University Lorraine Butler, Smart Motorways Delivery Director, Operations, Business Improvement and Change, Highways England Digital twin technology will integrate data from different data sources to enable effective data analytics and drive better decisions. An ecosystem of digital twins, of different infrastructure assets and systems, will enable a wide range of data sources to be more effectively input into modelling infrastructure. A brief history of digital twins What’s driving digital twin development? A national digital twin
	16.00	Networking break
	16.30	West Suite
	16.30	Session 2: pioneering Digital Twins Understanding the impact of digital twins on clients, consultancies and the supply chain Chair: Luis Willumsen, Director, Willumsen Advisory Services & Kineo Mobility Analytics Going digital in rail: smarter infrastructure from plan to operations Eduardo Lazzarotto, Senior Business Development Manager, Design Engineering, Bentley Systems Modelling urban energy systems using a digital twin: developing a toolkit for policy analysis Aruna Sivakumar, Executive Director, Urban Systems Lab & Senior Lecturer, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College London A 3D digital twin for asset, traffic and emergency management Sonal Ahuja, Executive Director, Sunovatech Aiding trust and regulation for smart city sustainability Matthieu Francoz, Business Developer Worldwide, Dassault Systèmes
	18.00	Seminar Close. Networking Tea & Coffee served

Networking Dinner Timetable

	18.30	Registration opens, with seating for dinner beginning at 19.30. Pre-dinner drinks are sponsored by:
	19.15	Warwickshire Suite
	19.15	Networking Dinner After dinner speech from Simon Statham, Head of Technical Programmes, Midlands Connect Midlands Connect is the Sub-National Transport Body (STB) for the Midlands region: from the Welsh border to the Lincolnshire Coast. Its primary role is to work with partners to build a strong evidence base around the case for investing in strategic transport infrastructure in the Midlands. Simon will outline what new approaches Midland Connect is taking to evidence-gathering and case-making.
	21.30	Drinks served at the bar sponsored by: Followed by networking close.