Freight Traffic Control 2050 Project Final Symposium

Tuesday, 25 June 2019 | 09:30-16:30

University of Liverpool in London

'Fast, Green & Free Deliveries: Overcoming the Last-Mile Challenge in Urban Transport'

This is a joint symposium put together by the Freight Traffic Control project (www.ftc2050.com) and ITS (UK).

The event will involve industry, local authority and academic speakers along with a networking poster session covering four linked themes:

  • Customer behaviour and current Last-mile operating patterns
  • The future of the last-mile from the operators perspective
  • New systems to help address the last-mile
  • Infrastructure and policy needs for the last-mile.

The day is designed to inform on the current challenges facing the last-mile logistics sector, the range of innovative approaches being used by companies to address these, and the ways in which regulatory and land-use policies towards freight might be re-visited to improve service and reduce environmental impacts.

This event is free of charge. You can register your place here. 

AGENDA

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

This event is free of charge. You can register your place here.