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

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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

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