The 14th Annual Conference & Exhibition for data and modelling professionals


	5 June Programme

08.45	Delegate registration in the foyer outside the Banqueting Suite with refreshments served inside the main exhibition hall area
09.30	West Suite
	Morning plenary Innovative approaches to developing next generation models Chair: Tom Van Vuren, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald Llewelyn Morgan, Head of Innovation, Oxfordshire County Council Richard Bradley, Head of Data, Modelling & Appraisal, Transport for the North Mike Waters, Director of Policy, Strategy and Innovation, Transport for West Midlands Tim Veitch, CEO, Veitch Lister Consulting
11.00	Morning break: Tea & coffee served in the main exhibition hall area
11.30	West Suite	1882 Lounge	Chairman's Lounge
	DfT modelling and appraisal strategies: next steps Chair: Claire Worsdall, Head of Strategic Analysis, Department for Transport (DfT) Outcomes from the Appraisal and Modelling Strategies: priorities and next steps Claire Worsdall, Head of Strategic Analysis, DfT and Helen Bowkett, Senior Technical Director, Arcadis Demand matrix building: emerging guidance Nila Sari, Principal Transport Modeller, DfT and Reza Tolouei, Associate Director, AECOM Congested values of time Iven Stead, Economist, DfT NTM v5: a new model to enhance our forecasting capability Philip Sumner, Principal Transport Modeller, DfT and Tim Gent, Technical Director, Atkins The future of the National Trip End Model Roger Witte, Principal Transport Modeller, DfT Followed by Q&A session Sponsored by:	Innovation in data and data handling Chair: Paul O'Neill, Director, Intelligent Data Drone surveys: a new source of data for transport planners Gavin Coupe, Managing Consultant, Atkins and Duncan Armstrong, Managing director, Kestrel Cam Using new evidential data to better understand the root causes of congestion Dr Sam Chapman, Chief Innovation Officer, Co-Founder and Director, The Floow Adding detail to anonymised data by merging traditional surveys and big data Charisma Choudhury, Associate Professor at the Institute for Transport Studies and School of Civil Engineering at the University of Leeds Optimisation study and mobility Improvement for Gaborone’s urban traffic system Jude Freeman, Director, Vectio UK Followed by Q&A session Sponsored by:	Freight modelling Chair: Dave Carter, Transport Modelling Market Director, SYSTRA The drivers of freight in London and their interactions Collins Teye, Strategic Transport Modeller, Transport for London Modelling freight in long-term investment programmes Chris Wright, Technical Director, MDS Transmodal and Wei Cui, Principal Technical Management and Assurance Officer, Transport for the North Integrated logistics and transport planning Devrim Kara, Director, PTV Group UK & Ireland and Wayne Savill, Logistics Professional, PTV Group Large-scale simulation for logistics services Dave Williams, Solutions Director, Immense Simulations Followed by Q&A session Sponsored by:
13.15	Lunch: Served in the main exhibition hall area Sponsored by:
14.30	West Suite	1882 Lounge	Chairman's Lounge
	Current and new tools: balancing innovation with ‘tried and tested’ Chair: Tim Gent, Technical Director, Transportation, Atkins, UK & Europe Using machine learning techniques in transport modelling Tim Veitch, CEO, Veitch Lister Consulting MoTiON: a new travel demand model for London Claire Cheriyan, Strategic Analysis Manager, Transport for London and Elena Golovenko, Technical Director, Transport Modelling, Jacobs A low cost national transport model Adil Mohammad, Traffic and Pedestrian Modelling Consultant Application and analysis of Google Maps journey time data in transport planning: a proof of concept study Siamak Khorgami, Regional Director, Consulting, Transportation, EMEA, AECOM, Sonny Tolofari, Modelling Specialist, Alex Gray, Team Manager (Network Data & Intelligence) Leicestershire County Council Followed by Q&A session	Agent-based models – innovation or distraction Chair: Dr Patrizia Franco, senior technologist in Transport Modelling, Connected Places Catapult Large scale agent-based simulation Vittoria Parisi, Senior Applications Engineer, Immense Simulations Modelling new types of transport: one-way car sharing Peter Davidson, Director, Peter Davidson Consultancy Hybrid agent-based modelling of on-demand shared mobility Michael Oliver, Technical Director, PTV Group Modelling CAVs using a traditional highway model Marcus Chick, Principal Transport Modeller, Highways England Followed by Q&A session Session sponsored by:	Handling uncertainty in decision-making Chair: Luis Willumsen, Director, Kineo Analytics Developing a scenario planning tool Boris Johansson, Project Director, Systra & Stephen Cragg, Associate Transport Modeller, Transport Scotland Responding effectively to change Annette Smith, Project Principal, Mott MacDonald Modelling and appraisal of Northern Powerhouse Rail – from railway lines to a transformed economic geography Jack Snape, Principal Data Analytics and Modelling Officer, Transport for the North and Musa Imran, Economics Advisor, DfT A toolkit for extracting and analysing travel data using smartphone sensors Sonal Ahuja, Director, Sunovatech Followed by Q&A session Sponsored by:
16.00	Afternoon break: Tea & coffee served in the main exhibition hall area
16.30	West Suite
	Closing Plenary Modelling and forecasting – delivering value to the decision-maker Chair: Tom Worsley, Visiting Professor, Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds Call yourself a forecaster? Tom Van Vuren, Divisional Director, Mott MacDonald Going beyond the BCR Jamie King, Benefits Management Lead for the Regional Investment Programme, Highways England Estimating the benefits of transport investment Dr Lars Nesheim, Co-Director, Centre for Microdata Methods and Practice, Institute for Fiscal Studies and University College London How can modellers add more value? Claire Cheriyan, Strategic Analysis Manager, Transport for London Followed by Q&A session
17.45	Conference close
17.50	Room with a view
	Master of Modelling Awards & Drinks Reception Drinks reception Sponsored by:
19.00	Event close