A post-COVID world: Reflecting on modelling priorities | TMN | 20 Apr 2023

Now that the dust has settled post-COVID – we seek to understand how travel patterns have changed and where to from here for modelling. The session looks to draw out key modelling challenges associated with uncertainty in different dimensions through three presentations and a panel discussion.

Hosted by the AITPM Transport Modelling Network (TMN), attendees will hear from:

1. Joshua Stewart, Insights and Evidence | Department of Transport and Planning VIC

Joshua is the Advanced Analytics Program Manager at the Department of Transport and Planning.  Josh has worked in transport analytics and insights across various roles for the past 15 years and has managed the Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA) since 2017.

2. Dr Milad Ghasrikhouzani, Senior Lecturer | UNSW Canberra

Milad is a senior lecturer in travel behaviour and transport planning at UNSW Canberra, with a strong track record in theory-based and data-driven transport planning approaches. With expertise in integrated land use and transport planning and behavioural analysis, he is recognised as an emerging research leader. Milad's research focuses on the role of social influence in decision-making processes in the context of travel behaviour. He has worked with various government agencies, including the Department of Environment and Heritage NSW, Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute, and the ACT Government. Milad has published extensively in top-notch journals in the field and has presented his work at prestigious conferences.

3. Frank Milthorpe, Advanced Analytics and Insights | TfNSW

Frank is an experienced practitioner especially multimodal strategic modelling. He has managed the development of the tour based Sydney Strategic Travel Model (STM). He lead teams producing traffic forecasts for a number of Sydney's major transport initiatives. He has extensive experience in producing inputs to models including demographic forecasts in addition to analysis of outputs from models.

Presenters will also address practical ways of accounting for these based on the latest academic research and practice.

The session will consist of three presentations followed by a panel QA/ discussion.