Day 1 Wednesday 29 October 2008

Session 1: Congestion: An International Perspective

Opening Address: Alan Tesch, Director General of Main Roads, Queensland (invited)

• International Keynote speaker:
  Generations of Congestion Charging
  Jack Opiola, Principal, Booz & Co, London UK ... details
• Urban congestion management: a South East Queensland perspective
  Paul Low, Deputy Director-General, Queensland Transport ... details

Session 2: Demand Management

• Keynote presentation:
  Congestion in Australian Cities - Costs and Policy Options
  Anthony Ockwell, Executive Consultant and
  Malinda Parkinson, Consultant, Meyrick Associates, Canberra ACT ... details
• Addressing congestion: opportunities for Australia
  Mark Elford, Member, Urban Congestion Management Working Group - Standing Committee on Transport and Director Road Transport Policy & Planning, SA Dept for Transport Energy & Infrastructure, Adelaide SA ... details
• How London's lessons could be played out in Australian Cities
  Dr Rana Roy, Director of Economics, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW ... details

Session 3: Active Traffic Management

• International Keynote speaker:
  Managed Lanes and Active Traffic Management – future trends in congestion management
  Dr Beverly Kuhn, Division Head and Senior Research Engineer, Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, Texas USA ... details
• Current status of implementation plans for network operations management in Australia
  Dennis Walsh, Executive Director, Planning Design and Operations, Main Roads Queensland, Brisbane Qld ... details
• Benefits of Active Traffic Management to efficient network operations
  Gethin Perry, Principal Consultant - Intelligent Transport Systems, Maunsell Australia Pty Ltd, Sydney NSW ... details

Session 4: Infrastructure and Services

• Trends in Tollway Operations
  Zoltan Maklary, General Manager, Infrastructure, Transurban, Melbourne Vic ... details
• Designing urban roads to mitigate congestion - Melbourne case study
  John Gaffney, Delivery Manager Coordinated Ramp Metering, Monash CityLink-Westgate Upgrade Project VicRoads, Melbourne Vic ... details
• Traffic Incident Management - state of the art
  Professor Phil Charles, Centre for Transport Strategy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane Qld ... details
• Developments in crash reconstruction for traffic incident management
  Prof Clive Fraser, University of Melbourne, Melbourne Vic ... details

Day 2

Session 5: Delivering Tolling & Technology solutions

• New Developments in Tolling and Charging
  Jack Opiola, Principal, Booz & Co, London UK ... details
• Next generation connected motoring services
  Brian Smith, General Manager, Traffic and Content, Intelematics Pty Ltd, Melbourne Vic ... details
• Prospects for Intelligent Infrastructure and Vehicles
  Dennis Walsh, Executive Director, Planning Design and Operations, Main Roads Queensland, Brisbane Qld ... details
• Delivering Smart Tolling Systems - A Queensland Case Study
  Phil Mumford, Chief Executive Officer, Queensland Motorways Ltd, Brisbane Qld ... details

Session 6: Integrating Mega-Projects into the Network

• Road network design and mega-projects
  Mark Williams, Acting Director (Infrastructure Planning), Main Roads Queensland, Brisbane Qld ... details
• Integrating road transport networks - lessons from new thinking about franchised mass rapid transit infrastructure and operations
  Philip Sayeg, Principal, Policy Appraisal Services, Brisbane Qld
  David Bray, Principal, Economic and Policy Services, Adelaide SA ... details
• Network integration - Brisbane’s strategic approach
  Barry Broe, Divisional Manager, Brisbane Infrastructure, Brisbane City Council, Brisbane Qld .. details

Session 7: Demand Modelling and Evaluation Challenges

• Understanding congestion Drivers Through Data and Modelling
  Damien Bitzios, Director, Bitzios Consulting, Gold Coast Qld ... details
• Economic evaluation requirements for congested networks
  David Bray, Principal, Economic and Policy Services, Adelaide SA ... details
• Quantifying the economic benefits delivered by Australian toll roads
  Mark Streeting, Principal, Booz & Co, Brisbane Qld (Partner, Economic Advisory, Ernst & Young from Nov 2008) ... details

Session 8: Effective Strategies to Alleviate Urban Congestion

• An Expert's Summing Up
  David Bray, Principal, Economic Policy and Services, Adelaide SA ... details
• Discuss and propose priorities