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Dear All, The Final Project Symposium for the Freight Traffic Control 2050 project (www.ftc2050.com<http://www.ftc2050.com>) will take place in London on Tuesday 25 June 2019. The day will consist of presentations, panel and poster discussions about operational, land-use, technological and policy implications of urban last-mile deliveries. Please see the agenda below for further details. We are delighted to announce that the keynote speaker for the event will be Professor Phil Blythe, Chief Scientific Advisor for the UK Department for Transport. Other speakers include practitioners, policymakers and academics. Attendance is free. To book a place please visit: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joint-symposium-meeting-its-uk-and-freight-control-traffic-tickets-56635390979. We look forward to seeing you at the event. Best wishes, Maja Freight Traffic Control 2050 Project Final Symposium 'Fast, Green & Free Deliveries: Overcoming the Last-Mile Challenge in Urban Transport' Venue: University of Liverpool in London 33 Finsbury Square, London, EC2A 1AG 25 June 2019 Chair: Geoff Clarke, AECOM / ITS UK 09:30 - 10:00 Registration and Coffee 10:00 - 10:10 Welcome and Introductions 10:10 - 10:30 Keynote Address: Phil Blythe, Chief Scientific Adviser, DfT Office for Science, Department for Transport 10:30 - 11:30 Customer Behaviour and Current Operating Patterns * Parcel Delivery in Central London: Current Operating Patterns and Future Challenges, Tom Cherrett, University of Southampton * Fast, Green & Free – Winning Over the Online Shopper, Maja Piecyk, University of Westminster * Serving the Online Grocery Shopper, Phil Greening, Heriot-Watt University * Q&A with all speakers 11.30 - 12.00 Poster Presentations * Developing a Dashboard for Last-Mile Freight Traffic, Kostas Cheliotis, University College London * Co-designing Digital Services for Collaborative and Sustainable Logistics, Oliver Bates, Lancaster University * Optimised Routing Strategies for the Last Mile, Tolga Bektas, University of Liverpool * Agent-Based Model of Grocery Deliveries in Cambridge, Pratyush Dadhich, Heriot-Watt University * Impact of Electric Vehicles on the Home Delivery Network Design, Nadia Ameli, Heriot-Watt University 12:00 - 13:00 Lunch + Poster Q&A Session 13:00 - 14:00 Panel Discussion: Future of the Last Mile: Operators Perspective Moderator: Ian Wainwright, Future City Logistics Panellists: Sam Clarke, Gnewt Cargo; Dervla Gallagher and Jonathan Smith, APC; Ali Kagalwalla, CitySprint; Andy Wilson, TNT; 14:00-15:00 New Systems for the Last Mile * Drones, Autonomous Vehicles & Droids for the Last-Mile (TBC) * Collaboration in Action – the Highlands and Islands Consolidation Model, Fraser Maclean, Menzies Distribution * Re-introducing Portering to London: Concept to Reality, Tom Cherrett, University of Southampton & Sam Clarke, Gnewt Cargo * Q&A with all speakers 15:00 -15:30 Coffee 15:30-16:30 Infrastructure and Policy Needs for the Last Mile * Mitigating the Impact of Last-Mile Deliveries on Kerbside Space and Road Occupancy (TBC) * Last-Mile Logistics in London: A Policymaker’s Perspective Tom Rice, Transport for London * Planning Policy and Land Use for Last-Mile Logistics, Amy Gilham, Turley * Q&A with all speakers 16:30 Symposium Close ----------------------------------- Dr Maja Piecyk Reader in Logistics School of Architecture and Cities University of Westminster 35 Marylebone Road NW1 5LS London Room M156 T: +44 (0)2079 115 154 E: [log in to unmask] The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the UTSG list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=UTSG&A=1