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Tuesday, 24th February 2009
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8.50am | Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
Tony De Domenico, Executive Director, Urban development institute of Australia (VIC)
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| URBAN TRANSPORT POLICY AND LEADERSHIP |
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| Strategy updates: state-by-state
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- Policies and trends across modes and sectors
- Delivering robust and sustainable urban transport infrastructure
- Creating cross-modal links, promoting mobility and access
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9am | NSW Opposition Address
Gladys Berejiklian MP, Shadow Minister for Transport, NSW Liberal Party
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9.25am | South Australia
The Hon. Patrick Conlon MP, Minister for Transport, SA Government
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9.50am | Urban transport infrastructure and sustainability
- How Infrastructure Australia is addressing this issue
- Sustainability as infrastructure driver
- Can public transport and TODs reduce car use?
- The role of renewables and electric vehicles
- What about freight?
Professor Peter Newman, Curtin Sustainability Policy Institute, Curtin University
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10.15am | Speed Networking
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10.55am | Morning tea
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| TRANSPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT |
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11.20am | Cities, transport and the war on climate change
- Cities and urban transport as frontline weapons
- Defining Professor Garnaut’s ‘dangerous climate change’
- Redesigning land-use and transport systems
- Integrated public transport for Australia’s low density cities
Professor Nicholas Low, Director, GAMUT
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11.45am | Panel Session: The Great Urban Transport Debate
- Increasing capacity and reducing congestion
- Delivering integrated regional transport networks
Patricia Forsythe, Executive Director, Sydney Chamber of Commerce
Peter Martinovoch, Director Rail Infrastructure Project, Perth Public transport Authority
Gladys Berejiklian MP, Shadow Minister for Transport, NSW Liberal Party
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12.30pm | New South Wales
Strategy updates: state-by-state
- Policies and trends across modes and sectors
- Delivering robust and sustainable urban transport infrastructure
- Creating cross-modal links, promoting mobility and access
The Hon. David Campbell MP, Minister for Transport, NSW Government
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12.55pm | Networking Lunch
Welcome address by:
Hans Christian Baunsoe, Managing Director, Veolia Transport Australasia (10 min)
Sponsored by: 
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| TRANSPORTATION PLANNING & MANAGEMENT |
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1.55pm | Delivering Network Cities
- Integrating Perth’s public transport system with larger urban concerns
- The impact of Network City on transport planning and operation
- Extending rail’s reach: measuring the success of the Perth-to-
- Mandurah New MetroRail project
Peter Martinovoch, Director Rail Infrastructure Project, Perth Public transport Authority
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2.20pm | Case study: Private sector role in provision of public transport
Peter Lodge, Director of Business Development and general Counsel, Veolia Transport Australasia
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2.45pm | The role of roads in urban transport: today and tomorrow
Rachel Johnson, General Manager, Westlink Motorway Limited
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3.10pm | Afternoon tea
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3.40pm | Demand management – optimising the use of existing
transport systems and services
- Pricing, charging and rationing road space
- Voluntary travel behaviour change programs
- Role of new technologies, such as traveller information systems
Professor Michael Taylor, Director, Acting Director, Institute for Sustainable Systems and Technologies University of South Australia
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4.05pm | Queensland State Strategy Update
- Policies and trends across modes and sectors
- Delivering robust and sustainable urban transport infrastructure
- Creating cross - modal links, promoting mobility and access
The Hon. Paul Lucas MP, Deputy Premier, Queensland Government
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4.30pm | Panel Session: Public transit planning for the 21st century
- Evolution and role of urban public transportation modes, systems and services
- Technological characteristics and their impact on capacity, service quality and cost
- Performance monitoring, route design, frequency determination and vehicle and crew scheduling
- Effect of pricing policy and service quality on ridership
Professor Graham Currie, Chair of Public Transport, Institute of Transport Studies, Monash University
Owen Eckford, CEO, WestBus
Professor Corinne Mulley, Founding chair in public transport, Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies, Sydney University
Stefan Gemperli, Head of Sales, Public Transit Solutions, Continental Automotive Switzerland AG
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5.15pm | Comments from chair and close of day one
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5.20pm | Networking drinks
Welcome Address By:
David Stuart-Watt, Regional Director, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Sponsored by: 
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Wednesday, 25th February 2009
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8.50am | Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
Prof. Nicholas Low, Director, GAMUT
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| FINANCING AND DELIVERING URBAN TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE |
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9am | Public transport investment and policy development
- The Canadian experience
- Political challenges
- Towards a national transit strategy
- Lessons for Australia
Michael Roschlau, President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Urban Transit Association
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9.25am | Levelling the playing field: towards a nationalised PPP
framework
- The current PPP conundrum and its impact on fast-tracking infrastructure projects
- The challenges that confront consortiums in the PPP process
- Harmonised PPP standards as a way of streamlining the tendering process and adequately allocating risk
- The benefits to all the stakeholders in getting it right
Scott Alison, Managing Director, Abigroup Asset Developments
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9.50am | Private sector participation in delivering urban transport
infrastructure
- Summary of current and future urban transport projects
- Reducing the extreme costs of bidding
- Ensuring efficient levels of consortium, efficacy and competition
Peter Block, Senior Partner, Minter Ellison
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10.15am | Morning tea
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10.45am | Global perspectives on PPPs in urban transport delivery
- Making service-led PPPs work
- Docklands Light Rail in focus
- Global recession and recovery the opposite for service enabled growth
Nick Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Serco Integrated Transport
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11.10am | Finance and construction outlook panel
- What’s what: assessing debt, equity and infrastructure funds as vehicles for urban transport infrastructure development
- Urban transport infrastructure outlook in Australia
Scott Alison, Managing Director, Abigroup Asset Developments
Peter Block, Senior Partner, Minter Ellison
Michael Roschlau, President & Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Urban Transit Association
Nick Brown, Chief Executive Officer, Serco Integrated Transport
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| PROJECT PLANNING AND DELIVERY |
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11.50am | Case study: City building on a transit corridor
- Developing a case for LRT
- Planning and development
- Working with multiple stakeholders
Tim Poole, Project Manager, Gold Coast Rapid Transit Project
David Mepham, Coordinator Transport Futures, Gold Coast City Council
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12.15pm | Luncheon
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1.15pm | QR’s response to growing demands on public transport
- It’s all in the figures – successive patronage increases on Citytrain services
- Managing development under the South East Queensland
Infrastructure Plan and Program
- Catering to new areas of demand
Paul Scurrah, Executive General Manager, QR Passenger
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| NEW URBANISM AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS |
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1.40pm | Transit Oriented Development in the Portland Metro Region
- Why has the region been successful in pursuing TOD?
- How does TOD fit into the Region’s 2040 Vision?
- The role of public/private partnerships in implementing TOD
- Future TOD opportunities and challenges
Megan Gibb, Director TOD, Metro Council Portland, Oregon
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2.05pm | Reversing out of a dead end street – the end of globalisation and the rise of post-petroleum regionalism
- Review of urban master plans for large urban transport investment projects
- Setting technical standards and policy guidance
- Transit oriented development versus transit proximate
- Will we see the growth of transit villages in Australia?
Dr. Garry Glazebrook, Senior lecturer, Faculty of design, architecture and building, University of Technology Sydney
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2.30pm | Roundtable discussions
Roundtable 1: Sense of space: The link between planning and effective urban transport led by Julie Bindon, State President, Planning Institute of Australia(NSW division)
Roundtable 2: Data Integration and Visualisation for improved Service Delivery and Operational Performance
led by  Terry Bills, Transportation Industry Manager, ESRI
Roundtable 3: Passenger information in the context of Urban or Rural public transport
led by 
Stefan Gemperli, Head of Sales, Continental Automative Switzerland AG
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3.30pm | Afternoon break
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4pm | Improving accessibility – the link between transport, housing and employment
- The link between poor urban and service planning and underinvestment in public transport infrastructure
- Bridging the geographic divide between people, jobs and
services as a matter of priority
- Instigating change: crucial changes for the future of urban transport in Australia
David Chesterman AM, Founding Director, Jackson Teece
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| AUSTRALIAN URBAN TRANSPORT: 2030 |
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4.25pm | Panel discussion: Assessing Australia’s future urban transport tas
- Defining future challenges
- Projections of travel demand in metropolitan regions
- Impacts on transportation systems of projected land uses\Alternative funding methods – land value capture
Paul Scurrah, Executive General Manager, QR Passenger
Rick Naylor, General Manager – Strategy, Sales & Marketing, Thales
Colin Henson, Chair Transport Chapter, Planning institute of Australia (NSW Division)
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5pm | End of day two and sponsored networking drinks
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Thursday, 26th February 2009, MetroRail 2009
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8.50am | Welcome and opening remarks from chair
Tony De Domenico, executive Director, Urban development institute of Australia(VIC)
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| METRORAIL AUTHORITY SESSION |
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9am | Delivering a world class metro system for Sydney
- Addressing Sydney’s present and future transport needs
- Metrorail's place as part of Sydney's long term transport strategy
- Line priorities and project timelines
- Integration with other forms of pubic transport
- Metro as a stimulant for urban renewal, job creation and housing growth
Les Wielinga, CEO, Sydney Metro Authority
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9.30am | London - Preparing for 2012
- Investing £3 billion in preparation for the Olympics
- Deliver an integrated rail network which makes commuting easy
- Ensuring a safe and reliable system with frequent services during periods of peak usage
Howard Smith, COO, London Rail
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10am | Designing the “unattended metros” of the third millenium
- Copenhagen, Brescia, Rome (line C), Thessaloniki and Milan
- Utilising experience and an innovative approach
- System design and integration and operations and maintenance
Francesco Di Maio, SVP Business Systems, Ansaldo STS
Gennaro Romito, Head of Proposals Management Department, Ansaldo STS
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10.30am | Speed networking
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11am | Morning break
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11.30am | Delivering a successful metro
- When is a metro system viable for mass rapid urban transport?
- Learing by example: sucessful global metro rollout
- Secrets for development sucess
T.C. Chew, Head of Mass Transit, Bombardier
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11.55am | Panel session: The business case for metro – where, why and how?
- Is metro the way to go – examining the business case?
- Funding the project – What are the finance models?
- Line options – where and when is metro most feasible?
- Driver or driverless?
T.C. Chew, Head of Mass Transit, Bombardier
Jesper Christensen, Vice Chairman, Metroselskabets Copenhagen
Rommel C. Gavieta, Vice President, MRTC
Howard Smith, COO, London Rail
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12.40pm | Metro line development – case studies from globally
significant metro systems
- Achieving reliability, lower operating and maintenance costs and optimising lifecycle costs
- Focusing on passenger safety, security and comfort
- Enabling seamless travel with integrated fare collection (e-
Ticketing)
Pierre Maciejowski, Vice President, Security solutions and services
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1.05pm | Luncheon
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2.05pm | Case study: Copenhagen Metro project
- Why did Copenhagen choose a Metro
- How to manage safety and security
- How to manage sustainability
- How to finance a huge project like the Copenhagen Metro?
Jesper Christensen, Vice Chairmen, Metroselskabets Copenhagen
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| PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION |
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2.30pm | Designing, building and operating a world-class metro system
- Evaluating tender documents
- Reviewing and coordinating design, procurement, installation and commissioning of track work, rolling stock, electrical and mechanical systems
- Construction inspection
- Operations and maintenance planning
Mike Jenkins MBE, General Manager of Rails & Tunnels Australia-Pacific, Parsons Brinckerhoff
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2.55pm | Case study: Driverless Metro
- Sustainability in modern urban transportation
- Modular manufacturing solution (customisable etc, environmentally friendly)
- Eco friendly features (low noise levels, up to 90% recyclable vehicle, regeneraltion brake system, etc)
- Various levels of driverless metro systems (ATO, DTO, UTO)
- Advantages of UTO
- Challenges for train manufacturers
Guido Vogel, Senior Director, Business Development and Engineering, Business Unit Asia, Passenger Division, Bombardier Transportation
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3.15pm | Planning symposium: Metro as the heart of the city
- Density vs. transit – when is a metro a viable option?
- Suburban expansion and cross-modal links – creating a seamless journey experience
- The future for metro systems globally
Mike Jenkins MBE, General Manager of Rails & Tunnels Australia-Pacific, Parsons Brinckerhoff
Megan Gibb, Director TOD, Metro Council Portland, Oregon
Tony Smith, Director Business Development Rail, Thales (UK)
Jesper Christensen, Vice Chairmen, Metroselskabets Copenhagen
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4pm | Afternoon break
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| TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY AND SECURITY |
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4.30pm | Carbon credits for MRT systems
- Global examples of carbon credits for MRT systems
- Principals and guidelines
- Creating an MRT carbon trading checklist
Rommel C. Gavieta, Vice President, Metro Rail Transit Corporation
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4.55pm | Broadband and security applications to mass transit systems
- Video Surveillance and passenger Information
- VOIP and advertising
- Service communication, diagnostic and CBTC
Domenico Lanciotto, Head of Engineering Department, Ansaldo STS
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5.20pm | Implementation strategies, operations and maintenance
- Overview of available technologies – deciding on STO, DTO or UTO
- Designing a framework for implementation
- Aligning all aspects and achieving desired safety standards
- Transit safety and security strategy
Rommel C. Gavieta, Vice President, MRTC
Peter Beggs, General Manager, Transport and Signalling, Thales
Ben Phyland, Business Development Manager, Bombardier
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6pm | Comments from chair and close of conference
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