About this event

How can e-scooters and e-bikes in Bristol and Bath provide data that is of benefit for local communities?

Since TIER and Voi e-vehicles have been introduced to the cities, a huge amount of data has been created by the users of the services. What insights are hidden in the journeys that these people have taken? What do the demographics of the users tell us about the city?

Could you help the Urban Ride Research project to unlock these insights? This workshop will present a sample of the data to attendees, hoping to gather ideas for ways we could inform local government policy and practice, especially decarbonization, environmental resilience and sustainability.

This workshop will include:

• 1:00pm – Networking lunch (so we can cater for the right numbers, please book this separately).
• 2:00pm – Presentations from data and policy experts, giving an overview of the data involved and how it could be useful. With updates on the latest progress of the project.
• 3:00pm – Group sessions to share ideas and thoughts about potential projects with the data, and collect feedback on which issues are of importance to you.

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Audience Level:

Beginner

Learning Outcomes:

• An awareness of the project
• Opportunity to network with others interested in this data

Speakers

James Thomas, Senior Data Scientist, Jean Golding Institute

Dr Sam Gunner, Senior Research Associate, Engineering

Madlen Williams, Senior Executive Assistant, Jean Golding Institute

Left to right: James Thomas, Dr Sam Gunner and Madlen Williams

James Thomas (he/him)

James is a Senior Data Scientist at the JGI, leading our team of data scientists. He is interested in Urban Analytics, including electric micromobility, air quality and the vulnerability of people and infrastructure to the effects of climate change. He has over ten years of experience working in industry on low-carbon energy and net zero projects for Government and organisations in the energy sector, investigating the future decarbonisation of the UK energy supply and project-managing field trials to measure the real-world performance of low-carbon heating technologies.

Dr Sam Gunner (he/him)

Sam is an electronics and systems engineer within the Bristol Urban Observatory team. He has developed and deployed distributed sensing systems for a range of different applications, from historic bridges to modern electric bicycles. As well as the technical changes involved in this, Sam’s research focuses on how technology can be used most effectively, to support these operational systems.

Madlen Williams (she/her)

Madlen is a Senior Executive Assistant at the Jean Golding Institute. She provides research and administrative support to projects within the institute, as well as working to deliver the JGI’s key services and strategic priorities. She comes from a background in Digital Anthropology with specific interests in socio-technical Worlds, completing Masters research into human-LLM relationships at the University of Bristol in December 2024.

Bristol Data Week 2024

This event is part of Bristol Data Week 2024, organised by the Jean Golding Institute. Running from Monday 3rd June – Friday 7th June 2024, this will be our 7th annual Data Week; an interactive programme of speakers, training and workshops open to all and completely free of charge.

Keep up to date with sessions happening throughout Bristol Data Week on the Jean Golding Institute website follow us on Twitter @JGIBristol and use #BristolDataWeek.