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Day One: Tuesday 13 September 2005
8.00am :: Registration and coffee
9.00am :: Session 1: Opening and Keynote Address: International keynote – priorities
for transit in the next decade
10.45am :: Session 2: Innovative transit delivery
• Latest in regional transit regulation and revenue sharing
• Performance based contracts as the nucleus of institutional
reform in the bus sector
• Trends and progress with integrated ticketing & smart
cards in Asia-Pacific
• New technologies for transit
• Keynote Speaker: International keynote
• Case studies from Queensland & interstate
12.30pm :: Lunch sponsored by Raywood Solutions Group
1.30pm :: Session 3: Branding & marketing
• Options for identification of needs including role of new
technology (eg smart cards)
• Branding – why and how
• Marketing
• Measuring customer satisfaction
• Keynote Speaker: International or Australian keynote
• Case studies from Queensland & interstate
3.00pm :: Afternoon Coffee Break
3.30pm :: Session 4: Criteria for designing &
delivering transit services
• New approaches for low density suburbs
• Network approach to delivering frequency & regional
coverage
• Service standards
• Australian and international experience with bus system
improvements
• Para-transit revival?
• Essential policy support
• Case studies from Queensland & interstate
5.00-6.00pm :: Drinks sponsored by Zonar Systems
7.00pm for 7.30pm Conference Dinner sponsored by Technisyst
Day Two: Wednesday 14 September 2005
8.00am :: Coffee
8.30am :: Session 5: Putting integration into integrated
transit
• New institutional models
• Integrated transit services – role of smart cards
• Role of passenger information/ terminal design
• Objectives and performance indicators for integrated transit
• Case studies from Queensland & interstate
10.00am :: Morning Coffee Break
10.30am :: Session 6: Design of information systems
• Pre-trip information needs and technologies
• En-route passenger information systems
• Vehicle dispatch and fleet management
• Transit security and surveillance
• Information for supporting business systems
• Keynote Speaker: International or Australian keynote
12.30pm :: Lunch
1.30pm :: Session 7: Developments in transit infrastructure
• New developments in advanced vehicles
• Infrastructure design, operational and maintenance issues
• New directions in rapid transit architecture
• Comfort, safety, security – what passengers want
3.00pm :: Afternoon Coffee Break
3.30pm :: Session 8: Panel Discussion
• Expert panel – lessons learned & summing up
4.30pm :: Conference close
Day Three: Thursday 15 September 2005
- Separate Conference on Transit Oriented Development
Separate registration required. Click
here for more information.
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