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NTRO - Transport Beyond Certainty

2023 Keynote Speakers

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Explore our exciting three day line-up*


Hear from industry experts and thought-leaders as they explore the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the world of transportation.

*Subject to change

Day 1 - Wednesday October 25th 2023

08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION 

9:00

Welcome Address: Michael Caltabiano, Chief Executive Officer (NTRO)

 

Keynote 1: The Road to Mars: Why it won't be easy
Professor Gordon Cable AM, Professor of Space Medicine (Australian National University College of Health and Medicine)

 

Keynote 2: Demographic Shifts - The Future of Transport in Australia
Simon Kuestenmacher, Director (The Demographics Group)

 10:15

Panel Q&A
Michael Caltabiano, Chief Executive Officer (NTRO)
10:15 - 10:40 MORNING TEA
10:40 Introduction to Technical Plenary - Next Generation Transport and Materials
Michael Caltabiano CEO (NTRO)
  Speaker 1: ...But what about culture?
Melissa Radke, Senior Manager Strategic Policy (Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator)
 
Speaker 2: Biogenic Bitumen: The Journey to Net Zero
Dr. Erik Denneman (Puma Bitumen)
 
Speaker 3: Planning Australia’s Greenfield, Regenerative Port
Patrick Seares (Westport)
 
Speaker 4: Long Term Agility for Corporate Success
Dr. Stas Krupenia PhD (Scania)
  Panel Q&A
Michael Caltabiano, Chief Executive Officer (NTRO)
12:45 Speaker 4: Department Secretary Address
Paul Younis (Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) Victoria)
12:45 - 13:30 LUNCH
 

Technical Sessions
 

STREAM 1 - NEW & EMERGING MATERIALS (1)
Chair - Stuart Dack (AustStab)

STREAM 2 - DRIVERS OF INNOVATION
Chair - Neil Scales OBE

CCAT SHOWCASE
(A NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE)
Chair - Rahila David (CCAT)
13:30

Mats Wendel (Peab Asfalt AB)

Sustainable asphalt practices

Dr Mike Shackleton (NTRO)

Involving the community in developing and implementing transport policy

Rahila David (CCAT)

Intro to CCAT
 

Allen Browne (Hiway Group / Hiway stabilisers)

HiTex™ Retexturization of flushed seals 

Fredrik Pehrsson (Codo Consultancy)

Derisking Future Transport Innovation
in a digitalised World

Michael Hopkins (National Transport Commission)

Regulating for an uncertain future
 

Dr Chrysoula Pandelidi (NTRO)

Methods for assessing microplastics release from recycled plastics-modified asphalt

Dr Elliot Fishman (Institute for Sensible Transport)

Electric vehicle charging: Understanding the factors for identifying high-demand locations.

Amit Trivedi & Nicholas Brook (TMR)

Cooperative and highly automated driving (CHAD) pilot
 

Dr Negin Zhalehjoo (NTRO)

Laboratory characterisation of stabilised recycled material blends

Dr David Lacey (FSG – Geotechnics + Foundations) &
Nicholas Lancashire (TMR)

Risk in perspective - Rockfall protection systems

Morgan Avera (Transurban)

The pathway to the commercial application of autonomous trucks
14:45

Amir Shahkolahi (Global Synthetics)

Sustainable solution for construction of pavements over expansive subgrades

John Esnouf (NTRO) & and  Trevor Distin (COLAS Australia Group)

Benefits of forward moving aggregate spreading for sprayed sealing

 Rahila David (Moderator) & Speakers

Panel Discussion
14:45-15:00

Session Q&A

Session Q&A
 
15:00 - 15:30 AFTERNOON TEA
 

Technical Sessions
 

STREAM 1 - NEW & EMERGING MATERIALS (2)
Chair - Kevin Reid (NZTA)

STREAM 2 - NEXT GENERATION RESEARCHERS
Chair - Carlos Rial (AfPA)

CCAT SHOWCASE
(A BROADER PERSPECTIVE)
Chair - Rahila David (CCAT)
15:30

Brook Hall (NTRO)

Recycled and Replacement Materials Market Analysis

Paul Davies (Austroads)

Skills to serve the roads sector into the future

Steve Cratchley (Suncorp Group)

Insurance impacts for vehicle automation
 

Mark Bondietti (Western Australian Local Government Association)
Christine Howland (NTRO)

Local Government guideline for sustainable road construction practices in Western Australia

Arjoon Jesudasan (SPARC Hub - Monash University)

A novel approach to evaluating unbound granular pavement rutting with the incorporation of climatic effects: insights from a New Zealand case study - CAPTIF

Rahila David
(Presenter & Moderator)

Steven Cratchley
(Suncorp Group)

Ben Haddock
(Arup)

Rebecca Hamilton
(Road Safety Commission WA)

Learnings from the CCAT International Outreach -  – Overview and Delegate Panel
 

Sean Dorahy (Transport for NSW)

A road agency case study towards greater reclaimed asphalt pavement usage in NSW

Georgia O'Connor (NTRO)

Towards more Sustainable Road Tunnels in Australia and New Zealand: Recommendations for Practitioners
 

Dr. Javad Yaghoubi (NTRO)

Development of A Technical Specification for Processed Solid Organic Waste for Road Infrastructure Applications

Havisanth Erasanayagam (SPARC Hub - Monash University)

Towards a better understanding of unsealed road corrugation formation: an innovative modelling framework
16:45

Dr James Grenfell (NTRO)

New Materials for a recycled future - Recycled paint and Carbon Black

Dr Arooran Sounthararajah (SPARC Hub - Monash University)

A new approach to maximise the benefits of current intelligent compaction technology for asphalt compaction
16:45-17:00

Session Q&A

Session Q&A
 
17:00-18:00 - Cocktail Drinks Networking Event - Conference Venue

 

 

Day 2 - Thursday, October 26th 2023
08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION
9:00 Session introduction - Chair Michael Caltabiano
  Speaker 1: Is Innovation in Transport an oxymoron? Some experiences from the UKPaul Campion (TRL)
  Speaker 2: Infrastructure support for an automated public transport
Prof. Michael Ortgiese PhD (DLR)
  Speaker 3: Addressing uncertainty in the safety assurance of machine learning for automotive applicationsProf. Dr. Simon Burton (Fraunhofer IKS)
  Speaker 4: Sustainability in the Port & Airport sectors: the great acceleration…and what lies ahead
Jason Sprott (NTRO)
10:45 Panel Q&A
10:45-11:15 MORNING TEA
 

Technical Sessions
 

STREAM 1 - ASSET ASSURANCE (1)
Chair - Nick Marinelli (South West Gateway Alliance)

STREAM 2 - TECHNOLOGY & DATA
Chair - Pamela Henderson (TfNSW)
11:15

Johan Cronjé (NTRO)

iPAVe on Western Australia airports

Dr. Clarissa Han (NTRO)

Optimising road network operations through new technologies & digitalisation
 

Dr Burt Look OAM (FSG - Geotechnics + Foundations)

Past successes constrains the implementation of current geotechnology testing in earthworks design & construction assurance

Dr. Yuanhao Guo (RoadMainT Co., Ltd.)

αCrack: A fast and accurate pavement distress detection method based on deep grid segmentation
 

Jinjiang Zhong (Logan City Council)

Adopting deep learning/computer vision in Road Asset Management

Dr. Tim Martin (NTRO)

Updated Austroads road deterioration models
12:15

Dr. Robert Kochhan (NTRO)

Electric Vehicle Fires and Road Infrastructure

Tim Cross & David Rawlinson (WSP)

Smart Use of Machine Learning for Pavement Asset Management
12:15-12:30

Session Q&A

Session Q&A
 
12:30-13:30 LUNCH
 

Technical Sessions
 

STREAM 1 - ASSET ASSURANCE (2)
Chair - Alan Martin (DTP)

STREAM 2 - AGILE TRANSPORT FUTURES
Chair - Ian Webb (CCAT)
13:30

Lalinda Karunaratne (Main Roads Western Australia) 

  Systematic approach to validating and improving pavement performance model for network-wide long-term investment decision-making making

Marshall Arokia (Greenwood Engineering A/S)

Experiences from Traffic Speed Deflectometer (TSD) measurements on airport pavements.
 

Georgia O'Connor (NTRO)

Understanding infrastructure vulnerability due to climate change

Amit Trivedi (TMR)

Lines, Signs, Traffic lights and HD maps – Government’s role in enabling the deployment of Connected and Automated Vehicles
 

Heng Zhao (RoadMainT Co., Ltd.)

Research on decision-making technology for pavement maintenance based on long-term pavement performance observation for 15 years.

Prof Colin Cole (Central Queensland University)

Zero emission energy storage options for long-haul road vehicles   
 

Melissa Lyons (NTRO)

Impact of bushfire on infrastructure and a framework to incorporate bushfire resilience in road design 

Nicholas Brook (TMR)

Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS): Lessons from Queensland's deployment of C-ITS
14:45

Roberto Caporusso (MERMEC)

Train and Railway Condition Monitoring: What and Why​

Dr. Hendrik Zurlinden (NTRO)

Optimised motorway design and operation as a contribution to Vision Zero
14:45-15:00

Session Q&A

Session Q&A
 
15:00-15:30 AFTERNOON TEA
 

Workshops
 

ROADS BEYOND CERTAINTY

RAIL BEYOND CERTAINTY
15:30-17:00
 The Future of Roads
Jeff Doyle, Executive Director of Roads (NTRO)

Rail Beyond Certainty
Natalie Loughborough, Executive Director of Rail (NTRO)
& Paul Bennett, Ronny Kutadinata, Timothy Farnworth (University of Newcastle)

 Carousel drop in session 

 
Journey to Net Zero from a Transurban Perspective - What Needs to Happen
Liz Waller (Transurban)
Building Roads: What are we doing now and what will we be doing in the coming years
Jill Boag (Leed)
Data Collection & Analysis: State-of-the-art Technology, the Source of Truth
Richard Wix (NTRO)
Panel Q&A
Jeff Doyle (NTRO)
 
18:30-Late - NTRO Gala Dinner & Awards Night - Cargo Hall, South Wharf

 


Day 3 - Friday October 27th 2023
08:00 - 09:00 REGISTRATION

09:30-10:30

Networking Brunch

10:30-10:35

Conference Day 3 Welcome: Dr Mike Shackleton, Chief Research Officer (NTRO)
10:35-12:35

WHAT LIES BEYOND

Scene-setting workshop on the future uncertainties in transport

A/Prof Alexa Delbosc & A/Prof Joshua Newman (Monash University) and Jaimi Harrison & Sarah Zhang (NTRO)

12:35-12:45

Conference Day 3 Closing - NTRO Chief Research Officer, Dr Mike Shackleton
Conference Close
12:45 Onwards Venue, Refreshments + Lab Tours Available

 

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