OMEGA Workshop I

23rd-26th January 2007 | The Royal Institute of British Architects, London, UK

 

 

SESSION 1

Welcome & Introduction to Workshop Participants

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

 

SESSION 2

Round Table Introduction to UCL Centre Team and Country Principal Investigators

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

 

SESSION 3

Presentation of CoE Research Programme Overall Methodology

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

Session 4 – 8

Country Team Informal Summaries of Current and Future Challenges to Mega Urban Transport Projects

France pt.I

Elisabeth Campagnac, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, LATTS

France pt.II

Stéphanie Leheis, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées, LATTS

Germany

Prof. Markus Hesse, Institute for Geographical Studies, Urban Studies Freie Universität Berlin

Greece

Prof. Pantelis Skayannis, Director of Infrastrucure Research Unit, University of Thessaly, Volos

Netherlands

Prof. Willem Salet, Institute for Metropolitan Studies, University of Amsterdam

Sweden

Dr Jamil Khan, Department of Technology and Society, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University

 

Hong Kong

Prof. Frederik Pretorius, Department of Real Estate and Construction, University of Hong Kong

Japan

Prof. Yasunori Muromachi, Department of Built Environment, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Australia

Prof. Nick Low, Australasian Centre for the Governance and Management of Urban Transport (GAMUT), The University of Melbourne, Melbourne

 

United States of America

Prof. Charles Brecher, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service

 

United Kingdom

Philip Wright, OMEGA Centre University College London

Taiwan

 

 

 

Session 1

Summary of Project Tasks Undertaken by Centre during Stage 1A – The Anatomy of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (CTRL). Pilot Project Study

Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

Session 2

Project Spatial Context Analysis

Varina Delrieu, OMEGA Centre, University College London

Session 3

Project Profile

Philip Wright, OMEGA Centre University College London

Session 4

Mega Urban Transport Project Pilot Study: Channel Tunnel Rail Link. Project Stakeholders Analysis

Yen-Ning Tseng, VREF PhD Scholarship holder

Session 5

Collaboration Tools for OMEGA

Philip Riding, E-learning Advisor, UCL Learning Technologies Support Service

Data Collection and Management

Dr. John Ward, Research Fellow OMEGA Centre University College London

Session 6 & 7

Introduction to pre-hypothesis research and narrative pattern analysis: Part I & II

Sharon Darwent, Director for Learning and Network Development, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

 

Session 8,9 & 10

Illustrative demsonstration of SenseMaker suite:collector, explorer and indexer

Sharon Darwent, Director for Learning and Network Development, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

 

Session 1, 2 & 3

Narrative Pattern Analysis – Indexes, Trends and Outliers: Part I & II

Sharon Darwent, Director for Learning and Network Development, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

 

Session 4 & 5

A walk through the UK CTRL project

Sharon Darwent, Director for Learning and Network Development, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd

 

Session 6

Summary of Project Tasks and Project Logistics to be Completed by the Centre – Stage 1B

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

Session 7

Structure & Content of Working Papers & Hypothesis-led Questionnaire Design

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

 

Session 8

Project Logistics and Summary of Tasks to be completed in Stage 2

Prof. Harry T. Dimitriou, Director of OMEGA Centre, University College London

 

 Omega CoE Project Site Visits

Visits to Channel Tunnel Rail Link Ebsfleet Station and developments and London Thames Gateway

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