DfT Digital Twin Industry Day – Online

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.

ITS UK is supporting the Department for Transport in raising awareness and understanding of digital twin technologies among local, combined, and transport authorities through a series of national Digital Twin Industry Days.

The Days will aim to:

1. Increase awareness and understanding among local, combined, and transport authorities of the potential value of digital twins, including practical use cases, lessons from existing deployments, and examples of best practice.
2. Provide a platform for industry engagement, enabling suppliers to showcase existing digital twin products, services, and capabilities, while facilitating dialogue between the public sector and the supply chain.

An agenda will be shared with attendees ahead of each session.

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Agenda

11am | Arrivals

11.05am | Welcome & Run through of Day
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK

11.10am | Ministerial Video & Opening Address
Chris Brown, Integrated Transport Digital Twins- Engagement Lead, Department for Transport

11.20am | Framework for AI-enabled Transport Digital Twin Development: Case Study of Liverpool and Busan
Dr Heeseo Rain Kwon, Lecturer (Asst. Prof) in Geographic Data Science, University of Liverpool

11.45am | Industry Presentations

• Modelling people’s movement in Digital twins with FUSE-ACT | Patrizia Franco, SYSTRA
• Bringing life to digital twins | Alex Howard, Skyral
• Digital twin capability for vehicle electrification | James Stevenson, Enterprise Mobility
• Better Connected promises the seamless journey. How will this be delivered? | Antony Lain, Osmodal

12.25pm | Q&A

12.35pm | Conclusions and future discussion
Max Sugarman and Chris Brown

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