ITS UK and the Department for Transport (DfT) are organising a series of interactive sessions across the country exploring the potential of, and creating opportunities for collaboration with, Digital Twins in the transport sector.

Why Digital Twins?

A Digital Twin is a digital representation or model of a physical system like a road network, vehicle or tunnel, which can be used to influence or control its operation. They can also be used to test decisions and how different actions could affect transport in the UK. 

The Government is seeking to accelerate the adoption of digital twin technologies across the transport sector, with a particular focus on integrated digital twins, crisis response and network management.

This ambition is reflected in the TRIB Digital Twin Vision and Roadmap to 2035, the Transport Data Action Plan, innovation funding provided through Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG), the Better Connected: A Strategy for Integrated Transport commitment to invest £30 million in Integrated Digital Twins for local authorities, and the commitment to a long term programme for network management, crisis response and resilience planning at the Transport Climate Adaptation Strategy.

Industry Days

The Industry Days are intended to help transport authorities and Arms’ Length Bodies, understand the opportunities presented by digital twins and prepare for future deployment.

To support DfT in raising awareness and understanding of digital twin technologies, ITS UK will organise a series of one-day interactive sessions throughout July, aimed particularly at local authorities, combined authorities and transport authorities.

The Digital Twin Industry Days will comprise five sessions, beginning on 14 July in Liverpool, the day before ITS UK’s Digital Transport Forum. The full list of sessions is as follows:

How to get involved

The events are open to all – including organisations in both the public and private sector. You do not need to be an ITS UK member to attend.

For public sector organisations working in digital twins, there are opportunities to present your work. Please email contact@its-uk.org to find out more.

We are also inviting private sector organisations to deliver short presentation sessions as part of the Industry Days. Each selected organisation will be allocated a 15-minute slot to showcase its work, with up to three presentation slots available at each event. Please note that suppliers may only participate in one session across the full programme of Industry Days.

To express your interest, please complete the form via the link below, indicating your preferred event date(s) and providing details of the content you propose to present. A member of the ITS UK team will contact you shortly after submission.