Call for papers

For 2026, we are expanding our horizons! We're looking for presentation suggestions around developing and using a wider range of methods and approaches, not just the strategic transport models we feel comfortable with, not the guidance that we can hide behind, and not the commercial software packages that limit our simulations to their capabilities.

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• What is meant by integration? Examples of modelling approaches that focus on integrating modes, transport and spatial planning, and different spatial levels of decision-making

• Enhancing existing model approaches to respond to the new challenges – examples of non-traditional modelling techniques that put people front and centre, and enable the benefits of integration to be evidenced

• Are current data sources and survey techniques up to the task? Modelling World will offer the opportunity to showcase emerging data sources and innovative ways of understanding people’s travel behaviour

• How is artificial intelligence making a difference? Examples and applications of artificial intelligence that make modelling better or faster

• Will the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) really lead to vision-led planning? Examples of case studies where modelling and analytics has supported a vision that differs from the business-as-usual case

• How can developments in open data and open source models support transport integration?