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Agenda for VREF Workshop at UC Berkeley, May 18-21, 2008.
Contains links to presentations and posters.

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The Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, CA
     
May 18 1 to 8 p.m. Registration
May 19    
8 to 9 a.m. Registration and Breakfast  
9 a.m. to noon Session 1: Welcome, Status Report and CoE Overviews
  9 to 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Kickoff
   

Harrison Fraker, Dean, College of Environmental Design, University of California at Berkeley
Carlos Daganzo, Berkeley CoE Director
  9:30 to 10 a.m.

Status Report: What has happened since Delhi; plans for the future
Volvo Research and Education Foundations
  10 a.m. to noon

Overviews of CoEs  (15 minutes each)
(Australia) Nicholas Low, Australasian Centre for Governance and Management of Urban Transport, University of Melbourne
(China) Yuling Jiang, China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Center, China Academy of Transport Sciences (CATS), Ministry of Communications
(India) Dinesh Mohan and Geetam Tiwari, Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Program, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi           
(South Africa) Roger Behrens, Centre for Transport Studies, University of Cape Town
(UK) Harry Dimitriou, The Omega Centre for the Study of Mega Projects in Transport and Development, The Bartlett School of Planning, University College London
(USA) Elliott Sclar, The Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Columbia University
(USA) Carlos Daganzo, The Volvo Center for Future Urban Transport, University of California at Berkeley
  noon to 1 p.m. Lunch
1 to 6 p.m. Session 2: The Future of Urban Transport in the San Francisco Bay Area – a Multi-center region with a Reputation for Innovation
  Panel 1: Government Speakers: Challenges and Strategies
  1 to 1:20 p.m.

The Politics of Brokering Transportation Initiatives in the San Francisco Bay Area
Therese McMillan, Executive Deputy Director, MTC of San Francisco Bay Area
  1:20 to 1:40 p.m.

Cars, Buses and Beyond: Towards a new people-moving balance in San Francisco
Jose Luis Moscovich, Executive Director, San Francisco County Transportation Authority

  1:40 to 2 p.m.

California’s Strategic Growth Plan
Tom West, Director, California Center for Innovative Transportation
  2 to 2:15 p.m. Discussion
  Panel 2: NGO Speakers: Multiple Voices
  2:15 to 2:30 p.m. Getting to Scale: Harnessing the Market for TOD Shelley Poticha, President, Reconnecting America
  2:30 to 2:55 p.m.

Uniting Environmental and Community Groups to Shape Transportation Policy           
Stuart Cohen, Founder and Executive Director, Transportation and Land Use Coalition
  2:35 to 3:10 p.m. Discussion
  3:10 to 3:20 p.m. Coffee Break
  Panel 3: Industry Speakers: Innovations and Impacts
  3:20 to 3:40 p.m.

Carsharing: Its growth and impacts
Rick Hutchinson, CEO, Citycarshare
  3:40 to 4 p.m.

Collaborative Location-Based Services and the Privacy Implications
Quinn Jacobson, Nokia Research
  4 to 4:20 p.m.

Multimodal trip planning: seamless integration of transit information
Chris Harrelson, Google Transit
  4:20 to 4:35 p.m. Discussion
  Panel 4: Academics from Outside the CoE's: New Directions
  4:35 to 4:55 p.m.

Better Design and Smarter Transport Systems for Cities Ready to Change                       
Elizabeth Macdonald, Assistant Professor, UCB
  4:55 to 5:15 p.m.

Eco-Blocks, a Replicable Model for Sustainable Neighborhoods
Harrison Fraker, Dean, College of Environmental Design, UCB
  5:15 to 5:35 p.m.

Magical Thinking, Addictive Behavior, and Market Failures
Michael O'Hare, Prof. of Public Policy, Goldman School of Public Policy, UCB
  5:35 to 6 p.m. General Discussion and Conclusions
6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Reception  
7:15 to 9 p.m. Dinner  
  7:30 p.m.

Environmental Effects of Next Generation Biofuels
Chris Somerville, Director, Energy and Biosciences Institute
May 20    
  8 to 9 a.m. Breakfast
9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Session 3: CoE Research Highlights
  CUSTRec Benchmarking Efficiency of Sustainable Urban Transport in China—7 Challenges and 5 Strategic Priorities, presented by Dr. Wu Hongyang, CUSTReC
  GAMUT Planning Australian transport to stabilise the climate at 2-3 degrees C hotter than today, presented by Patrick Moriarty and Damon Honnery
  GAMUT Institutional Barriers and Enablers to Children’s Independent Mobility, presented Dr. Carolyn Whitzman
  TRIPP Sustainable Urban Transport in Less Motorised Countries: Research and Training
  TRIPP Vulnerable Road User, presented by Sudipto Mukherjee
  ACET Development and governance of public and non-motorised transport provision in African cities, presented by Roger Behrens
  OMEGA Research Highlights-Current/Future Activities and Collaborations
  CSUD Nairobi Regional Project, presented by Elliot Sclar
  UCB COE Research Highlights, presented by Michael Cassidy
  12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Session 4a: Posters Showcasing Research Projects of CoEs
  CUSTReC Posters
  TRIPP Posters
  OMEGA Posters
  CUSD Posters
  UCB COE Posters
2:45 to 5 p.m. Session 4b: Breakouts and Brainstorming
  2:45 to 3 p.m. Getting organized for breakouts: choosing topics, chairs, assignments, reporting procedures
  3 to 4:30 p.m. Breakouts: brainstorming
   
  • Collaborations on specific issues identified from earlier sessions;
  • Education and training;
  • Implementation and deployment strategies;
  • What we are missing.
  4:30 to 5 p.m. Breakouts
6 to 10 p.m. Dinner Cruise (Hornblower)
  6 to 6:10 p.m. Board bus at Claremont Hotel
  6:30 to 6:45 p.m. Board boat at Berkeley Doubletree Guest Dock
  6:45 to 9:30 p.m. Dinner Cruise
  9:30 to 9:45 p.m. Disembark boat, board bus at Berkeley Doubletree Guest Dock
May 21    
  8 to 9 a.m. Breakfast
9 to 10:45 a.m. Session 5a: Bring It All Together
  9 to 10 a.m. Report from breakout session chairs
  10 to 10:45 a.m. General discussions on plans for future network cooperation
  10:45 to 11 a.m. Coffee Break
11 to 12:30 p.m. Session 5b: Demands on VREF
   
  • how VREFs project and CoE portfolio should look like some 5 years from now (topics, geographical distribution)
  • What VREF can do to enhance effectiveness of CoEs
  12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Lunch and Fareweil