Program Outline
This event involves access to a resource library of all presenter videos listed below to view, along with the recording of the Live Q&A session.
Presenter videos are now available for viewing on-demand. The recordings of the Live Q&A sessions will be available within 48 hours of the sessions during February 2024.
Program - Live Q&A Sessions
Tuesday 13 Feb 2024
1.00pm-1.15pm AEDT Opening
1.15pm - 2.00pm AEDT Live Q&A
Stream Sponsored by:
Data and Digital Collaboration
- Session Chair - David Nash, SIDRA Solutions
- Guillame Paix, SYSTRA - CYCLOPS: planning cycling infrastructures through better modelling and digital collaboration
- Mike Kenny, MetroCount - RoadPod® VM provides rapid solution in Western Australia’s Remote North
- Jack Jin, TransUrban - TransDem: A Pioneering Validation and Disaggregation Model for Enhanced Small-Area Transport Planning
Wednesday 14 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Placemaking
- Session Chair - Melanie Venter, NTRO
- Sonja Hayes, PJA - "Placemaking" - Necessary, or Not?
- Sam Williams, PJA - Are Engineers the Enemy of Placemakers?
- James Willey, Ramboll - Reimagining Connectivity: Collaborative Practices for Integrated Community Infrastructure
- Nick Veitch, VLC - Using People Movement Data to guide the delivery of Movement and Place frameworks
Thursday 15 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Mode Share & Behaviour Change
- Session Chair - Lauren Walker, WSP
- Harry Barber, PBA Transport Planning - A review of the Lambeth Council Kerbside Strategy - Rebalancing priorities for Lambeth streets
- Dr Parinaz Yousefian, QUT/Urbis - Changing drivers’ parking choices around hospitals
- David Surplice, Travel Demand Management - Revitalising a return to office with Behavioural Science informed interventions
- Reena Lall, WSP - The role of benefit realisation in transport planning
Friday 16 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Traffic Engineering
- Session Chair - Jo Garretty, SALT3
- Richard Isted, SMEC - A Shout Out to Traffic Engineering Fundamentals
- Deborah Donald, O'Brien Traffic - Parking Provision and Parking Design for Developments - A Victorian Traffic Engineer's View
- Adam Wilmot , GHD - Road Safety Insights using Compass IoT - Regional STiLS Evaluation
Monday 19 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Stream Sponsored by:
Emerging & Innovative Modelling Practices
- Session Chair - Bruce Johnson, Arup
- Dr Tamas Matrai, Aurecon - Comprehensive sensitivity analysis of cost-benefit analysis variables for transport projects
- Manuela Burgers, Department of Transport and Planning VIC - EV Impacts on the Victorian Transport Network
- Bala Arumugham, Mott MacDonald - Modelling the Decide and Provide approach: Case Study on VKT, CO2 reduction and Mode shift
- James Eunson, Department of Transport and Planning VIC - Nowcasting
Tuesday 20 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Active Transport
- Session Chair - Sarah Lowe, WSP
- Ashleigh Ballantyne, AECOM - Finding inclusivity in the Counts - uncovering insights into active transport trends beyond the CBD commute
- Andrew Ross, Department of Transport and Main Roads and Alana Plummer, Department of Transport and Main Roads - Making plans for walking in Queensland
- James Reynolds, Monash University - Pop-up bus lanes, ‘guerrilla’ action by cyclists, and strategies for implementing plans, policies and transport improvements
- Oscar Hayes, WSP and Dustin Moore, Department of State Growth, Tasmania Tactical Cycling Infrastructure Guidance: A responsive and Inclusive approach for urban Tasmania
Wednesday 21 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Towards Zero Emissions
- Session Chair - David Green, NTRO
- Vincent Chan, GHD - EV charging at Park ‘n’ Ride facilities – integrating energy and transport planning
- Eleanor Short, WSP - Net Zero Transport Planning - Beyond Zero Emission Vehicles
- Eleanor Short, WSP - Zero emission freight - the long haul to net zero
Thursday 22 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
New Technology
- Session Chair - Willem Snel, Mott MacDonald
- Santiago Ruiz- Pineros, Ramboll - Handbook for Planning & Establishing EV Charging Infrastructure
- Angus McDonald, Compass IoT - Modernising Road Planning in the Era of Connected Vehicles
- Samira Namin, GHD - Smart Infrastructure & Net Zero
Friday 23 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Public Transport
- Session Chair - Matt Johnson, GHD
- Alex Sabohanian, Department for Infrastructure and Transport -Analysing Travel Behaviour of Public Transport Commuters by AFC Data Mining
- Andres Fielbaum, University of Sydney - On the relationship between free public transport, stop spacing, and optimal frequencies
- Evelyn Sung, WSP - Sentiment Unveiled: Artificial Intelligence Insights into Public Opinion on Transit-Oriented Development
- David Freer, Hartecs Group - Viable Public Transport in new Urban Growth Areas
Monday 26 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Network Optimisation
- Session Chair - Paul Bennett, NTRO
- Lulu Zeng, BDO - Monetising construction phase impact of large transport project
- Mark O'Brien, O'Brien Traffic - Motorway Management: Is Ramp Metering Always Part of the Answer?
- Azadeh Emami, Department of Transport and Planning VIC - Optimising Traffic Signals in Melbourne to improve the Efficiency, Safety, and Amenity of the Road Network
- Quddus Wazirzada, Principal Smart Sustainable Solutions - Travel Reliability and Safety
Tuesday 27 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Active Transport Users
- Session Chair - Lindsay Smith, SMEC
- Lisa Steinmetz, O'Brien Traffic, Design options to improve active transport connections - and what stakeholders think of them
- Ten-Zen Guh, Mott MacDonald, Pedestrian Infrastructure Good Practice
- Neil Edgar, City of Moreton Bay Council - Reducing Road Safety Risk in Australia's 3rd Largest Council Area
Wednesday 28 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Stream Sponsored by:
LUTM & Integrated Modelling
- Session Chair - Ian Espada, SIDRA Solutions
- Elliot Roberts, Arup - Assessing network resilience using transport models
- Rathish Vijayarajan, Department of Transport and Planning VIC - City Shaping using Land Use Transport Models
- James Ramsey, VLC - Land use and transport interaction modelling using a simplified Spatial General Equilibrium (SGE) model: Case Study on Cross River Rail, Brisbane
- James Lennox, Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University - Spatial economic dynamics in transport project appraisal
Thursday 29 Feb 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
New Mobility
- Session Chair - Vanina Varnier, Aurecon
- Zahra Nourmohammadi , Student - Enhancing Last-Mile Delivery Planning: Understanding Drivers' Preferences with Machine Learning
- James Wiley, Ramboll - Living Well Locally: a national approach to 20 minute neighbourhoods
- David Bohm, BDO - Project Development: The journey to delivery
- Shifani Sood, WSP - Rethinking the urban freight task: A roadmap for micromobility uptake in goods delivery
- Eric Rivers, Arup - User experience design (UX) is the most important planning tool you might not know about
Friday 1 March 2024
1.00pm-2.00pm AEDT (Syd & Mel)
Conference Close and Recap of 2023/2024
- Session Chair - Tim Boxall, PSA
- James Ramm - EPN Award Winner 2023
- Akanksha Balakumar - EPN Award Winner 2023
- Samira Namin, GHD - 2023 Presenter and Session Coordinator
- David Freer, Hartecs Group - 2023 Presenter and Session Coordinator
