Emerging Futures: Smart Transport and Quality Design in Transit Oriented Development

Conference: Thursday 15 September 2005 :: Rydges Southbank, Brisbane Australia
Short Course: Friday 16 September 2005 :: Rydges Southbank, Brisbane Australia

Overview:

Following on from Smart Urban Transport 2005, this one day conference, run jointly with the Centre for Transport Strategy at the University of Queensland, focused on the benefits that can be achieved by adopting innovative approaches to transit oriented development, and featured emerging trends and best practice in strategic planning, policy, architectural design, urban planning and institutional requirements.

Expert international and Australian speakers were invited to lead conference sessions and this conference provided an opportunity for others to contribute experience, research and ideas to making it happen.

Who Should Attend:

This all plenary conference brought together government policy makers and planners, and private sector infrastructure providers, financiers, engineering and planning consultants, commercial and residential property industry specialists and investors and university researchers.

Call for Papers:

A poster exhibition was available for interested individuals, including students.

Short Course:

Transit Oriented Development: an introduction
Friday 16 September 2005
This one day short course provided an introduction to the state of practice in transit oriented development (TOD).

Presenter: Alan Hoffman, The Mission Group, San Diego California

Click here for more information on this short course.

Conference Registration:

$590 (Speakers/Authors $390; Full-time Students $190)

Registration available now! Click here to download and print the registration form.

Conference Program:

9:00 Session 1: Transit oriented development: an overview
• Keynote speaker: international experience with transit oriented development
• Success factors and lessons learned in implementing transit oriented development
• Innovations and emerging trends in transit oriented development
• Transit oriented development in Australia
Speakers:
• Professor Sigurd Grava, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University New York
• Alan Hoffman, The Mission Group, San Diego California
• Randall Fleischer, Metro-North Railroad, New York

11:00 Session 2: Innovations in transit oriented design
• Emerging trends and innovations in architectural and urban design
• Best practice urban planning concepts for transit oriented development
• Designing for security and threat management
• Case studies
Speakers:
• Dr Kathi Holt-Damant, Architecture, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Threat Management Expert
• Barry Gyte, Gyte Consulting International, Brisbane

1:30 Session 3: Institutional requirements for transit oriented development
• Transit oriented development friendly planning and policy environment
• New institutional models for successful transit oriented development
• Barriers to transit oriented development implementation
• Public and private financing transit oriented development
• Case studies
Speakers:
• Professor Phil Charles, Centre for Transport Strategy, The University of Queensland, Brisbane
• John Larcombe, Infrastructure Coordination, Queensland Office of Urban Management, Brisbane
• Bruce James Integrated Transport Planning, Queensland Transport, Brisbane
• Dr Bhishna Bajracharya, Urban Development, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

3:30 Session 4: Emerging futures
• Future directions: planning, design, policy and research agenda
Panel Session

For Further Information:

For further information on sponsorship and exhibition opportunities, topics and speakers please contact:
Prof Phil Charles
Tel +617 3365 1569
E-mail: p.charles@uq.edu.au