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Come and hear engineers present their answers to this question and
help us adapt those ideas and find the best transport solutions.
The event will use the
Crowd Wise process designed by new economics foundation
to seek a consensus:
Beginning with the open question above, participants (speakers and audience)
are invited to work together to create and refine possible answers.
This is a collaborative process, where answers can be merged, split or refined
by anyone, in order to create the most interesting, wide ranging and appealing
range of possibilities.
Then, instead of voting for their favourite, each participant is asked to
rank each answer from best to worst. Votes are then counted to establish which
option has the broadest support.
Speakers include:
Matteo Conti,
Northumbria University
Katja Leyendecker, Environment Agency, Newcastle Cycling Campaign
Adriana Monroy-Olaya, Newcastle University
Come along, join in the discussions and take part in this
fascinating experiment!
The initial options being discussed are:
A
Catering for car use
B
Investment in public transport
C
Improving infrastructure for cycling
D
Promotion of walking
E
Electrification of transport
F
Reducing number of journeys people take and spreading demand
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Please note, this event is FREE, but places are limited so
PLEASE RESERVE YOUR PLACE.
To book contact Caspar Hewett on the e-mail address below.
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Matteo Conti is a specialist in transportation design practice
and in the area of low carbon vehicles (LCVs). He is the Lead Design
for the High Value Low Carbon (HVLC) R&D unit at Northumbria University
where he has been a senior lecturer in Transportation Design and an
industrial placement tutor for the past ten years.
This Italian bi-lingual academic has forged a number of
successful industrial partnerships with
prestigious design consultancies (Concept Group International,
Drive, Iveco, Jaguar, Pininfarina, Stile Bertone, and Visteon)
over the years to carry out collaborative projects and secure student
placements.
His previous engineering background working in robotics is particularly
useful in the development of LCVs as he aims to produce proof of concepts,
prototypes and pre-production designs. HVLC’s operating model is enabling
Matteo’s development of ongoing industrial and academic collaboration,
new postgraduate curricula, and commercial value for business both
through contract research and CPD.
Katja Leyendecker is Programme manager at Environment Agency
delivering flood risk management programmes by training, guiding and
leading project engineers. She is a chartered engineer with
wide-ranging experience in water engineering, including
technical activities such as Computer Aided Design,
Geographical Information Systems and computerised hydraulic modelling
of gravity and pumped systems; drainage and treatment system design to
industry standards (for water, wastewater/sewage); and
flood risk management and singificant project management experience
and project and team leadership expertise.
Katja is also on the Management committee at
Newcastle Cycling Campaign,
helping to manage the campaign which provides a hub for
cyclists in Newcastle upon Tyne to improve cycling conditions
in the city centre.
Adriana Monroy-Olaya is an environmental engineer with an MSc and
PgD in Environmental Health and Safety. She initially gained experience
while working as an environmental consultant with various companies in
South America and later in the UK with institutions such as the
Health Protection Agency.
Adriana is currently undertaking a PhD with the
Transport Operation Research Group
(TORG) at Newcastle University.
Her research aims to develop a modelling framework for the installation
of a public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in Tyne and Wear.
Adriana’s research interests include low carbon vehicles, alternative
fuels and sustainable transport.
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