Conference Agenda

Session Overview
 
Date: Monday, 08/July/2024
9:30am - 3:00pmReg: Conference Registration
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
This is one of several opportunities to register your arrival at the conference venue and pick up your conference lanyard and water bottle as well as branded bag.
10:00am - 11:00amMsgtTour1a: Tour of Marshgate labs - (Morning - Group 1)
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
Sign up via Eventbrite using the link below and the password: TE2024tech
Link only visible if you are a TE2024 participant (paid delegate) and you are logged into your ConfTool account.
Please note: Due to the capacity of the labs, we will be running two morning tours and two afternoon tours in parallel. The overall programme will be the same whether you sign up for Group 1 or Group 2.
10:00am - 11:00amMsgtTour1b: Tour of Marshgate labs - (Morning - Group 2)
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
Sign up via Eventbrite using the link below and the password: TE2024tech
Link only visible if you are a TE2024 participant (paid delegate) and you are logged into you ConfTool Account.
Please note: Due to the capacity of the labs, we will be running two morning tours and two afternoon tours in parallel. The overall programme will be the same whether you sign up for Group 1 or Group 2.
10:30am - 12:30pmPreConfWS1: Pre-conference Workshop: Transition Engineering
Location: Marshgate - Seminar room 304
Session Chair: Susan Krumdieck, Heriot-Watt University, ICNZ, United Kingdom
There is no need to register for this workshop, just turn up at the right time and place indicated here.
2:30pm - 4:30pmPreConfWS2: Pre-conference Workshop: TE and Innovation/IP issues and challenges
Location: Marshgate - Seminar room 304
Session Chair: Amy Trappey, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
There is no need to register for this workshop - just turn up on the day at the right time and place as indicated here.
3:00pm - 4:00pmMsgtTour2a: Tour of Marshgate labs (Afternoon - Group 1)
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
Sign up via Eventbrite using the link below and the password: TE2024tech
Link only visible if you are a TE2024 participant (paid delegate) and you are logged into your ConfTool account.
Please note: Due to the capacity of the labs, we will be running two morning tours and two afternoon tours in parallel. The overall programme will be the same whether you sign up for Group 1 or Group 2.
3:00pm - 4:00pmMsgtTour2b: Tour of Marshgate labs (Afternoon - Group 2)
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
Sign up via Eventbrite using the link below and the password: TE2024tech
Link only visible if you are a TE2024 participant (paid delegate) and you are logged into your ConfTool account.
Please note: Due to the capacity of the labs, we will be running two morning tours and two afternoon tours in parallel. The overall programme will be the same whether you sign up for Group 1 or Group 2.

 
Date: Tuesday, 09/July/2024
8:00am - 9:30amBfast1: Breakfast available
Location: Pool Street Reception
Hot and cold drinks and morning pastries available
8:00am - 10:30amRegPoolSt: Conference Registration
Location: Pool Street Reception
NOTE: This reception desk time will be in One Pool Street. This is one of several opportunities to register your arrival at the conference venue and pick up your conference lanyard and water bottle as well as branded bag.
9:30am - 10:30amKeynote 1: TE2024 opening and keynote speech
Location: Pool Street Cinema
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
Opening ceremony and speeches for TE2024

Dr Adam Cooper will open the conference and invite the following special guests to speak to the assembled delegates:

Prof. Nigel Titchener-Hooker (Professor of Biochemical Engineering), Dean of Engineering Sciences, UCL.

Prof. Rear Admiral Neil Morisetti (Professor of Climate and Resource Security), Head of Department of Science, Technology, Engineering and Public Policy.(UCL STEaPP)

Dr Adam Cooper, Chair of TE2024 and Associate Professor of Engineering Policy at UCL STEaPP will then give the opening speech in place of the planned keynote from Chi Onwurah - the Labour MP and former Shadow minister for Science, Innovation and Technology - who had to withdraw from the event due the surprise announcement of a general election in the UK held on 4th July.

At the end of this session those presenting posters at TE2024 will get 1 min to pitch their poster to the conference.
10:30am - 11:00amCoff1: Coffee break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Morning break of hot drinks and snacks
10:30am - 4:00pmReg2: Conference Registration
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
This is the time to register for the conference. Volunteers will be on hand to help you.
11:00am - 12:30pmTues.1A: Sustainable development
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Susan Krumdieck, Heriot-Watt University, ICNZ, United Kingdom
11:00am - 12:30pmTues.1B: Improving transport
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Susan Lattanzio, University of Bath, United Kingdom
11:00am - 12:30pmTues.1C: Engineering for social change
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Bipashyee Ghosh, UCL, United Kingdom
11:00am - 12:30pmTues.1D: Virtual and augmented reality
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: Josip Stjepandic, PROSTEP AG, Germany
12:30pm - 1:30pmLnch1: Lunch break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Summer menu lunch served in the dining area. If you have a special menu please see the serving staff
1:30pm - 2:30pmUCL Panel: TE2024 - Special UCL Panel
Location: Pool Street Cinema
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
What makes a transdisciplinary engineer?
2:30pm - 3:00pmTea1: Tea break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Afternoon break of drinks and snacks
3:00pm - 4:30pmTues.2A: Enabling sustainability
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
3:00pm - 4:30pmTues.2B: The digital business
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Linda Newnes, University of Bath, United Kingdom
3:00pm - 4:30pmTues.2C: Exploring design practice
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Claudia Eckert, Open University, United Kingdom
3:00pm - 4:30pmTues.2D: Exploring collaborative practices
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: Mey Goh, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
4:30pm - 4:40pmBrk: Short Break between sessions
A short break to stretch you legs between sessions
4:40pm - 6:10pmTues.3A: Green transitions
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Fredrik Elgh, Jönköping University, Sweden
4:40pm - 6:10pmTues.3B: People and Behaviour
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Milton Borsato, Universidade Tecnologica Federal do Parana (UTFPR), Brazil
4:40pm - 6:10pmTues.3C: Health and wellbeing
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Pisut Koomsap, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
4:40pm - 6:10pmTues.3D: Exploring digital twins
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: John Bang Mathiasen, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
6:00pm - 6:30pmFree time: A short break before the Welcome Reception
Feel free to do what you need at this time before heading over to the Welcome Reception that starts around 1830
6:30pm - 9:00pmWelcome: Welcome reception
Location: Marshgate Level 7 - Special dining area
Drinks and tapas for our global guests!

 
Date: Wednesday, 10/July/2024
8:00am - 9:00amBfast2: Breakfast available
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Hot and cold drinks and morning pastries available
8:00am - 9:00amISTE: ISTE Council meeting
Location: Marshgate - Seminar room 304
ONLY FOR ISTE COUNCIL MEMBERS Meeting of the ISTE Council - make accessible online
9:00am - 10:30amWeds.1A: Sustainability in industry
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Federico Trigos, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico
This session explores approaches to sustainability in business and industry
9:00am - 10:30amWeds.1B: Improving efficiency in industry
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Amy Trappey, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
How transdisciplinary engineering enables more efficient business and industry processes
9:00am - 10:30amWeds.1C: Digitalisation in industry
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Glenn Parry, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
The role of digital technology in industry
9:00am - 10:30amWeds.1D: Engineering innovation and teamwork
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: Bryan R Moser, MIT, United States of America
Collaboration in industry and between industry and academia
9:00am - 10:30amWeds.1E: Key issues in Transdisciplinary Engineering
Location: Marshgate Parallel room E - 304
Session Chair: Richard Curran, City, University of London, United Kingdom
This session hosts a selection of topics all exploring different approaches to transdisciplinary engineering,
10:30am - 11:00amCoff2: Coffee break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Morning break of hot drinks and snacks
11:00am - 12:00pmKeynote 2: Emma Crichton, Innovation Director at Engineers Without Borders
Location: Pool Street Cinema
Session Chair: Carla-Leanne Washbourne, University College London, United Kingdom
Keynote by Emma Crichton, Innovation Director at Engineers Without Borders
12:00pm - 1:00pmLnch2: Lunch break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Summer menu lunch served in the dining area. If you have a special menu please see the serving staff
1:00pm - 3:00pmPoster1: Poster session
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
1:00pm - 3:00pmWeds.2A: Workshop Session A: Convergence to a discipline
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Susan Krumdieck, Heriot-Watt University, ICNZ, United Kingdom
1:00pm - 3:00pmWeds.2B: Workshop Session B: Defining Transdisciplinary Strategic Goals and Objectives
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: victor Tang, Massachussets Institute of Technology, United States of America
1:00pm - 3:00pmWeds.2C: Workshop Session C: TE Research & Teaching Responses to the Future of Product System Engineering
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Bryan R Moser, MIT, United States of America
3:00pm - 3:30pmTea2: Tea break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Afternoon break of drinks and snacks
3:30pm - 4:30pmKeynote 3: Kerry Scott, Global Lead for Environment and Society, Mott McDonald
Location: Pool Street Cinema
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
Keynote by Kerry Scott, Global Lead Environment and Society, Mott McDonald
4:30pm - 5:30pmIndst Panel: TE Industry Panel on Engineering for Social Change
Location: Pool Street Cinema
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
Collaborating across industry/academic divide for social change
5:30pm - 6:00pmBrk3: Short break before reception
A brief break before the networking reception on Level 7 Staff Common Room Feel free to arrive to the reception around 6pm with a chance to talk to the poster authors.
6:00pm - 6:30pmPoster2: Poster session
Location: Marshgate Level 7 - Special dining area
6:00pm - 8:30pmIndst Netwrk: Industry networking reception
Location: Marshgate Level 7 - Special dining area
Drinks and canapés and a chance to network with the posters

 
Date: Thursday, 11/July/2024
8:00am - 9:00amBfast3: Breakfast available
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Hot and cold drinks and morning pastries available
9:00am - 10:30amThurs.1A: Engineering education
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
9:00am - 10:30amThurs.1B: IP and Innovation
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Richard Curran, City, University of London, United Kingdom
9:00am - 10:30amThurs.1C: Exploring digital tools
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Chun-Hsien Chen, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
9:00am - 10:30amThurs.1D: Engineering sustainability
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: Carla-Leanne Washbourne, University College London, United Kingdom
10:30am - 11:00amCoff3: Coffee break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Morning break of hot drinks and snacks
11:00am - 12:00pmKeynote 4: Keynote: Bev Gibbs
Location: Marshgate - Plenary Hall Room 118
Session Chair: Irina Lazar, University College London, United Kingdom
Keynote by Beverly Gibbs, Director of the Dyson Institute of Engineering and Technology
12:00pm - 1:00pmLnch3: Lunch break
Location: Marshgate Level 2 - registration desk and lunch area
Summer menu lunch served in the dining area. If you have a special menu please see the serving staff
12:00pm - 2:00pmElsvr: Adv. Eng. Informatics Journal Editorial Board Meeting
Location: Marshgate - Seminar room 637
Session Chair: Amy Trappey, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Meeting of editorial board with Elsevier
1:00pm - 2:30pmThurs.2A: Engineering collaboration
Location: Marshgate Parallel room A - 444
Session Chair: Margherita Peruzzini, University of Bologna, Italy
1:00pm - 2:30pmThurs.2B: Transdisciplinarity in management
Location: Marshgate Parallel room B - 443
Session Chair: Shingo Kawai, Tokyo Information Design Professional University, Japan
1:00pm - 2:30pmThurs.2C: Energy and sustainability
Location: Marshgate Parallel room C - 414
Session Chair: Kazuo Hiekata, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Japan
1:00pm - 2:30pmThurs.2D: Concepts and practice
Location: Marshgate Parallel room D - 418
Session Chair: David John Andrews, UCL, United Kingdom
2:30pm - 3:00pmClosing: TE2024 closing remarks
Location: Marshgate - Plenary Hall Room 118
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom
Closing remarks by conference chair and ISTE Chair
3:00pm - 3:45pmAGM: TE2024 AGM - for ISTE members
Location: Marshgate - Plenary Hall Room 118
Session Chair: Linda Newnes, University of Bath, United Kingdom
ISTE AGM
3:00pm - 4:30pmFree time 2: For non-ISTE members - free time
Feel free to do what you need at this time before heading over to the Welcome Reception that starts around 1830
3:00pm - 4:30pmPre-Dinner break: Free time for all prior to TE2024 gala dinner
Spare time to freshen up, get changed for the gala dinner. The bus leaves from outside Marshgate at 1645 - please be there on time.
4:30pm - 6:00pmDinnertravel: Travel time to Gala dinner
Buses taking delegates to the Gala Dinner at the IET Savoy Place in London will leave at 1645 from outside One Pool Street . There is no organised transport back to UCL East - see the email sent Thurs lunchtime for details. Either take a taxi via Uber or Gett (for a Black London Taxi Cab) or come with some TE staff (Adam and Carla at least) via the Underground (walking to Embankment station, taking the District Line (green) West towards Westiminster - change at Westminster to the Jubilee Line (Silver) East bound to Stratford. Feel free to make your own way to the Gala Dinner if you prefer. Please aim to arrive there by 1800.
6:00pm - 11:00pmGalaDin: TE2024 Gala Dinner at the IET Savoy Place
A 3 course meal with drinks, a keynote from the CEO of the Royal Academy of Engineering, prize giving for the best paper awards, and music and singing.

 
Date: Friday, 12/July/2024
11:00am - 2:00pmCity: Visit to the City University VR Lab
Location: City University Augmented VR lab
Session Chair: Richard Curran, City, University of London, United Kingdom
See instructions below for how we will get to City University or the meeting location if you are making your own way there. Tours starts on City campus at 1200 hrs from Northampton Square, what3words: ///price.bride.rock https://w3w.co/price.bride.rock
12:00pm - 3:00pmPearl: Visit to the PEARL Lab
Location: PEARL
Session Chair: Carla-Leanne Washbourne, University College London, United Kingdom
See below for instructions on how to join this tour in the session abstract box below. Choose this visit OR City AR Lab - you cannot do both as they occur in different places at the same time.
A rare opportunity to visit the Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory (PEARL) facility in East London.
3:30pm - 6:00pmBloomPub: UCL Bloomsbury Pub Crawl
Location: UCL Quad
Session Chair: Adam Cooper, UCL, United Kingdom