Digital Twins, new innovative models for urban planning and environmental management: how could local authorities adopt and manage their own digital twins
| Dates: | 15 October 2019 |
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| Times: | 12:00 - 13:00 |
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| What is it: | Workshop |
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| Organiser: | School of Environment, Education and Development |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, External researchers, Adults, Current University students |
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| Speaker: | Simon Mabey |
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Introduced by Dave Carter, Honorary Knowledge Exchange Fellow, Planning and Environmental Management and Co-Lead, Smart and Sustainable Cities, Manchester Urban Institute.
https://digitalurban.place/
Simon Mabey has been developing digital services working within the Architecture, Engineering, Construction and Design sector for over 28 years. This workshop provides a unique opportunity to share this experience with anyone interested in how digital services can transform planning and environmental management, including through the use of Digital Twins. This is particularly relevant to those of us working on smart/future cities issues.
This workshop aims to be interactive sharing lessons learned as well as the challenges being faced. It will include:
- City Modelling – in the region, nationally and international
- Key challenges for cities and neighbourhood
- The potential value for local authorities and city regions
- Liverpool case study – work in progress on adoption and lessons learned
- Key challenges for implementing Digital Twins
- Making the case for the first steps
Bio:
Simon spent the first half of his career developing applications of 3D technology including; Verified photomontages, 4D modelling, as well as being the practitioner behind many of the government funded reports which have influenced the development and adoption BIM technology within the UK construction industry. For the second half of his career Simon focused on Cities, utilising the knowledge and experience of working on building models and applying this to an urban context. His first Urban project was to develop a 3D city model of Manchester following the terrorist bomb in 1996. This city model has continued to grow in both area and detail, being used by many different parties, supporting an ever-increasing range of applications. Simon received a Royal Town Planning award in 2008 for this work. Simon went on to establish a successful digital team during his 14 years at Arup with a cities focus, working alongside many different disciplines, integrating technical data and helping clients and citizens to make more informed decisions. Some of his applications include; air quality, traffic and pedestrian movement, energy consumption, solar studies, flood
Speaker
Simon Mabey
Organisation: Digital Urban
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1.010
Roscoe Building
Manchester
