Keynote Stage
Event videos and presentations
Big thinking on transport’s role as an enabler of economic, social and environmental benefit
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Video outputs
Tuesday 27 February 2024
We filmed the whole programme. Click here for the Interchange Keynote Stage YouTube playlist
Slides from Sarah Sharples
Slides from Leigh Stolworthy
Slides from Alex Vaughan
Programme
Tuesday 27 February 2024
09.30-09.45
Welcome
Rachel Skinner, chair Interchange Steering Committee
09.45-10.05
Getting cities moving: unlocking the power of transport to boost regional growth
Kate Willard, National Infrastructure Commissioner
10.05-10.25
Delivering change: a view from Manchester
Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
10.25-11.05
Devolution: driving seamless integrated transport
Moderator: Marverine Cole, Broadcaster and Journalist
Panel:
Cllr Bev Craig, Leader, Manchester City Council
Henri Murison, CEO, Northern Powerhouse Partnership
Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Kate Willard, National Infrastructure Commissioner
11.05-11.20
Growth, goals and green: the crucial role of innovation in delivering strategic transport priorities
Thomas Ableman, Director of Strategy & Innovation, Transport for London
13.05-13.30
Transport as the key to people-centric, accessible, and sustainable urban spaces
Anne Shaw, Executive Director, Transport for the West Midlands
Paul Wilson, Chief Business Officer, Connected Places Catapult
13.30-13.50
Transport as an opportunity to enhance people’s lives
Matthew Butters, Director, Pascal+Watson
15.20-15.40
Cyber secure by design – who should be asking the “what if”?
Richard Barrington, Director, Smart Cities and Land Mobility, Angoka
17.15-17.30
Google Cloud AI Announcement
Chacasta Pritlove, Transport Lead, Google Cloud
Dr Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser, DfT
David Oliver, Transport Lead, PA Consulting
17.30-18.00
Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester
Event Schedule
Wednesday 28 February 2024
09.30-09.50
Delivering an Integrated Transport System: Working together to join things up
Sarah Sharples, Chief Scientific Adviser, Department for Transport
09.55-10.10
City shaping and supporting behavioural change — better integration between land use and transport
Leigh Stolworthy, Transport and Place, Stantec
11.35-11.55
Joining the dots: how to create an integrated transport ecosystem which drives economic growth, catalyses positive social change and safeguards our planet
Alex Vaughan, CEO, Costain
13.10-13.30
Towards a national integrated transport strategy
Andrew Jones, Senior Policy Advisor, National Infrastructure Commissioner
13.30-13.50
Unlocking land value by providing infrastructure
Gesine Junker, Head of Masterplanning, WW+P
Jonathan Ring, Development Director, Sellar
13.50-14.25
Towards a national transport digital twin
An update on DfT’s ambitions to create a digital twin of the country’s transport system across all modes
Chair: Ryan Hood, Digital Highways Leader, Arup | IT UK
Panel:
George Economedies, Head of Digital Twins, DfT
Andy Emmonds, Chief Transport Analyst, TfL
Miranda Sharp, Board Member, ADEPT
Ben Ford, Technology and Innovation Manager – Operations, Network Rail
Paul Darlow, Traffic and Network Manager, Portsmouth City Council