Tuesday 26 June: 14:00 - 14:40
Robert Heaton, Management Consultant & Vice President SCLAA – VIC
Rocket Science that enables regulatory reform in the transport industry
Regulatory reform in the transport industry is long overdue and Minister Albanese's move to adopt a single registration model by 2013 is a welcome step forward. However, simply consolidating the state specific 'round disc' in the windscreen with a national round disc would leave many lost opportunities.
Of those opportunities, the industry's most favoured is a move towards Road User Pricing eg: the more roads you use the more you pay. The idea has merit and political support but the challenge is how to make it happen?
In his presentation, Robert Heaton will outline the most favoured approach utilising electronic chips and GIS positioning technology. Moreover, Robert will outline the knock-on benefits (and shortfalls) that might be derived from such an approach.
Before closing Robert will outline a recent program from the European Space Agency who have been tasked with exploring ways that space science can be used to benefit other industries and in that context, Robert will talk about a couple of examples related to transport showing clearly that rocket science can be used to enable regulatory reform in the transport industry.