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Technical Tours and Demonstrations

Technical Tour 1: Victorian Traffic Operations Centre

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Tue 29 & Wed 30 Aug: 10.15am


The Transport Operations Centre is a state of the art control facility designed to respond to incidents, make proactive changes and keep Victorian's moving.

VicRoads Transport Operations Centre (TOC) operates 24 hours a day, every day of the year, to deliver real time traffic management to Victoria. The TOC handles over 400,000 calls a year, responding to incidents and events that may affect traffic safety or flow.

The tour will take participants out to the Ringwood office and include:

1. Introduction to TOC
2. Overview of teams within TOC and functions
3. Traffic Control Officer role and systems used
4. Meet/Greet Traffic Control Officers
5. Q&A’s

Find out more about the Transport Operations Centre

Participants on this tour will learn:
  • Overview of functions in the transport operations centre
  • The roles and systems that keep a 24 hour TOC working

Max Participants: 15 (per tour group) - Tour duration: 2 hr 30 mins

Coach Transfer:
Coach departure / return - at session times stated
MCEC Driveway, 1 Convention Centre Place (at Pan Pacific / Novotel Hotel end)

Health & Safety: As the centre and team are critical to state operations, covid safeguards remain in place. Participants must:
- Rapid antigen test to be completed on the day with a negative result, OR
- N95 mask to be worn for the duration of the tour (tests and masks supplied by TOC)
WHS induction sign-in required at TOC. Photos at TOC are not allowed.

Location of Technical Tour: Ringwood (distance: 31 km from MCEC)

TOUR TICKET: $50 inc GST (Tickets required, places are limited).

Tour 2 (Wed 30 Aug, 10.15am - 12.45pm): Purchase tickets here

Tour 1 (Tue 29 Aug, 10.15am - 12.45pm): FULLY BOOKED

Technical Tour 2: CityLink and West Gate Tunnel Project

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Wed 30 Aug: 11am


Transurban’s roads are some of the most sophisticated in the world, fitted out with millions of pieces of technology to ensure they run smoothly and safely.

Transurban is offering an exclusive tour to see Australia’s first pacemaker lighting system in the Burnley Tunnel, and a behind the scenes look at the West Gate Tunnel Project construction for an overview of this city-shaping project and the innovative technology being installed in the twin tunnels.

The tour will take participants from the conference and include:

1. A drive through CityLink’s Domain and Burnley tunnels, seeing the Burnley Tunnel pacemaker lights in operation
2. Briefing at the West Gate Tunnel Project information centre in Yarraville
3. Short walking tour of a section of the West Gate Tunnel Project

Max Participants: 30 (the West Gate Tunnel Project tour will be split into two groups of 15) - Tour duration: 2 hrs

Coach Transfer:
Coach departure: 11am
Coach arrival back at MCEC: 1pm
MCEC Driveway, 1 Convention Centre Place (at Pan Pacific / Novotel Hotel end)

Safety Requirements: To ensure safety requirements are met for the West Gate Tunnel Project site tour:
  • Participants must wear long pants (no skirts or dresses) and a long sleeve top
  • Transurban will provide participants with required PPE for the West Gate Tunnel project tour (shoes, high vis vest, hard hat and eye protection)
    Attendees with their own steel capped boots are welcome to wear them to the tour.

Note: This tour involves walking some distance. Please advise us via vicmedia@transurban.com if you have any mobility issues.

BOOK YOUR SPOT: FULLY BOOKED
Bookings required, places are limited.

Technical Tour 3: Metro Trains Academy

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Thu 31 Aug: 10.40am


The Metro Academy is Metro Trains Melbourne’s training facility established to build and maintain top-class skills in its workforce.

The site provides essential training services for Metro staff, rail workers, contractors and the community, including services delivered by the Metro Trains Melbourne Registered Training Organisation (RTO). The tour will take participants out to the Metro Academy site at South Kensington and include:

1. Introduction to the Metro Academy
2. Guided tour of the facility
3. Train Simulator
4. Q&As

Find out more about the Metro Academy

Participants on this tour will get an insight into the:
  • History of Melbourne’s rail network and the city-shaping projects happening across Melbourne
  • Units of competence provided by the Metro RTO to deliver the knowledge and skills Rail Safety Worker’s need to perform their roles
  • Immersive installations on site such as a mock platform and passenger screen doors that will be a feature of the new Metro Tunnel stations

Max Participants: 40  - Tour duration: 1 hr 40 mins

Coach Transfer:
Coach departure: 10.40am
Coach arrival back at MCEC: 12.20pm
MCEC Driveway, 1 Convention Centre Place (at Pan Pacific / Novotel Hotel end)

Safety Requirements: To ensure safety requirements are met for the tour:
  • Participants must wear long pants (no skirts or dresses) and a long sleeve top

Location of Technical Tour: South Kensington (distance: 5 km from MCEC)

TOUR TICKET: $50 inc GST click here to purchase tour ticket
Tickets required, places are limited.

Demo 1: The Next Generation Push Button | BRAUMS microwave pedestrian call

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Tue 29 Aug: 2.30pm
(in Exhibition Hall)


Hygienic Microwave Ped Call: Wave for crossing with enhanced safety

The BRAUMS Microwave Pedestrian Call product supports the public with a hygienic alternative to standard push buttons, enabling a call for a crossing phase with a wave of the hand.

The Microwave Ped Call is designed in accordance with the Australian standards and retains the existing safety benefits, with enhanced functionality and reliability of a microwave proximity sensor. The system includes an acknowledge tone (audible and tactile output), combined with a call record LED indicator that effectively notifies all members of the public, their call has been registered.

Features Preview:
  • Rain tolerance
  • Smart tamper resistance
  • Dual redundancy

Participants on this demo will learn about:
  • The latest in Pedcall technology
  • The operation, design, and function of the BRAUMS Microwave Pedestrian call

Location of Demo: at the BRAUMS stand in the exhibition

BOOK YOUR SPOT: Bookings not required

Demo 2: smartmicro Sensor Fusion with Seamless Object Tracking

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Wed 30 Aug: 2.30pm
(in Exhibition Hall)


smartmicro's COM HUB: Enhancing Object Tracking and Safety in Smart Cities

smartmicro's COM HUB enables sensor fusion. With fusion of multiple sensors, object tracking is retained through the intersection, achieving full coverage, increasing accuracy, and offering reliable, rich smart city data.

Vulnerable road users are protected, with dilemma zone coverage and warnings messages to infrastructure, ready for V2X increasing safety for all road users.
Thanks to COM HUB, seamless object tracking, full intersection loop replacement, smart city data, and VRU protection can be achieved.

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Participants on this demo will learn about:
  • How the intersection and live objects are visualised by smartmicro software
  • Live realisation of seamless object tracking

Location of Demo: at the BRAUMS stand in the exhibition. View a live feed from equipment installed on the public road network.

BOOK YOUR SPOT: Bookings not required

Demo 3: Kapsch Intelligent Corridor at AIMES

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Tue 29 - Thu 31 Aug: 12.30pm daily
(in Exhibition Hall)


Showcasing the elements of the Kapsch Intelligent Corridor within Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES)

This Federal Government-funded project between Kapsch TrafficCom Australia, The Victorian Department of Transport and Planning, and The University of Melbourne investigates how new load balancing technologies within corridor management can be used in a dense urban environment.

The Kapsch Intelligent Corridor is deployed along Nicholson Street in Carlton Victoria and will integrate within the Kapsch Smart Intersection, the nearby Toyota/Lexus/Kapsch C-ITS Connected Vehicle Zone, and various existing sensors to provide better traffic detection and more robust data collection to enable operators to make more informed decisions into the transport network.

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Find out more about the Intelligent Corridor

Participants on this demo will learn:
  • How C-ITS technology can be used to improve safety of both drivers and vulnerable road users
  • How an advanced camera detection system can be used to lessen traffic congestion, especially during peak hours

Location of Demo: at the Kapsch TrafficCom Australia stand in the exhibition

BOOK YOUR SPOT: click here to book your spot
You may register in advance to secure your place or register onsite.

Demo 4: Ohmio LIFT Autonomous Shuttle - Latest Advancements

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Tue 29 Aug: 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm

Wed 30 Aug: 9.30am, 10.30am, 11.30am, 1.30pm, 2.30pm, 3.30pm


Reserve your demo spot today to experience the latest advancements in autonomous transport: Discover the enhanced Ohmio Autonomous Shuttle with Augmented Obstacle Detection, 5G Teleoperation, and an Inclusive Accessibility App.

Recently developed features of the Ohmio Autonomous Shuttle vehicle will be demonstrated. 

  • Augmented Obstacle Detection Utilising roadside sensors to 'extend the eyes' of the Ohmio vehicle and allow it to detect obstacles around blind corners
  • Teleoperation The ability to monitor and control the Ohmio vehicle from a control room utilising 5G communications
  • Accessibility App Passenger Information app optimised for People with Disabilities, developed in partnership with La Trobe University Centre for Technology Infusion, utilising the Ohmio's API

Watch video to find out more
About Ohmio

Participants on this demo will learn:
  • Demonstrating the use of 5G communications to advance the capabilities of Automated Vehicles
  • Demonstrating how People with Disabilities will be able to use Automated Vehicle transport services

Max Participants: 8 (per demo group) - Each demo duration: 1 hr

Bus Transfer:
Mini bus departure / return - at session times stated
MCEC Driveway, 1 Convention Centre Place (at Pan Pacific / Novotel Hotel end)

Location of Demo: Port Melbourne (distance: 3 km from MCEC)

BOOK YOUR SPOT: click here to book your spot
Bookings required, places are limited.

Demo 5: Real-World C-ITS in Action

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Mon 28 & Wed 30 Aug:
8.45am, 10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm



A 20-minute experience within Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) in live traffic.

In this drive, you will experience the benefits and capabilities of Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems. Our vehicle will communicate with cloud-based traffic management systems, SCATS dynamic signals, and an emergency vehicle.

C-ITS Safety Applications:

  1. In-Vehicle Speed (IVS): Provides drivers with information about active, static or variable speed limits
  2. Road Work Warning (RWW): Notifies drivers approaching or driving through roadworks zones, providing speed information and alerting them if they are exceeding roadworks speed limits
  3. Turn Warning Vulnerable Road User (TWVR): Alerts drivers that a pedestrian or cyclist is crossing
  4. Advanced Red-Light Warning (ARLW): Alerts drivers if they are likely to pass a red signal
  5. Emergency Service Vehicle Notification (ESVN): Alert drivers about approaching a slow or stationary ambulance in action (with lightbar ON) and instruct speed reduction to 40km/h.

Max Participants: 3 (per demo group, per vehicle) - Each demo duration: 20 min (plus 40 min return bus transfer)

Bus Transfer:
Mini bus departure / return - at session times stated
MCEC Driveway, 1 Convention Centre Place (at Pan Pacific / Novotel Hotel end)

Location of Demo: Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES) precinct, Carlton (distance: 4 km from MCEC)

BOOK YOUR SPOT: click here to book your spot
Bookings required, places are limited - Helpful Info Pack available for participants on this demo 
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