Partner Theatre programme
Unique insights and briefings from many of Interchange’s key supporter organisations
Taking place across both days our supporter hosted events offer focused briefings from key industry organisations active within the Interchange tent. Open to all
THEATRE PARTNER
4 March
11.00-12.30
Subnational Transport Bodies (England’s 7 STBs)
The Integrated National Transport Strategy (INTS)
Reform through collaboration and the integrated transport strategy
Moderator: Nicola Beckford, broadcaster and journalist
11.00-11.05
Welcome to Manchester and the STB conference
Lord Patrick McLoughlin, chair, Transport for the North
11.05-12.30
What INTS can do for you and what you can do for INTS
What is the INTS and why it’s needed
Luke Turner, Policy and Strategy Lead, INTS, DfT
What INTS could do for passengers
Guy Dangerfield, Head of Strategy and Intelligence, Transport Focus
What INTS could do for freight
Julian Worth, CILT Freight Lead
Perspectives on how STBs could help deliver the INTS
Maria Machancoses, CEO, Midlands Connect
James White, Technical Lead, Western Gateway STB
Nigel Blackler, Lead Officer, Peninsula Transport
14.00-15.15
British Aviation Group (BAG)
The future of transport – Advanced Air Mobility meets road, rail, and energy
This session, led by the British Aviation Group, will discuss the advanced, new-technology solutions that the aviation sector is developing for both regional and urban air mobility, and the implications for road & rail transport, on energy demand and on ground infrastructure.
Moderators: Jane Thompson, BAG Deputy Chair & Darrell Swanson, BAG Board member
Panellists:
Sunil Budhdeo, Transport Innovation Manager, Coventry City Council
Tomislav Lang, Founder, flyv
Neil Pakey, Chair, RABA and President & CEO at Nieuport Aviation
15.45-17.00
Transport Planning Society (TPS)
Joined up government anyone? What should the forthcoming Integrated National Transport Strategy be integrating with?
How integrated will the new strategy turn out to be? Will it focus on integrating different transport modes, or look more broadly at integrating transport with other policy areas such as spatial planning or health, across different tiers of government, or between capital and revenue investment and novel forms of funding?
Ben Plowden, President, TPS
Martin Gilmour, Deputy Director for Planning and Transport, DfT
Naomi Green, Managing Director, England’s Economic Heartland
Anna Hart, Corporate Finance Senior Manager, Transport for London
Nicola Kane, Director, Steer
5 March
11.00-12.30
Subnational Transport Bodies (England’s 7 STBs)
Delivering government missions
How STBs are adding value to deliver on the Government Missions
11.00-11.20
Mission: clean energy superpower
Chair: Adam King, Communications Manager, England’s Economic Heartland
James Golding-Graham, head of decarbonisation and innovation, England’s Economic Heartland
Charlie Gilbert, business solutions director, Field Dynamics
Simon Lusby, managing director, City Science
11.20-11.40
Mission: opportunity for all - rural transport and social exclusion
Chair: Sharon Payne, Regional Rural Mobility Manager, Transport East
Professor Stephen Joseph, Smart Mobility Unit, University of Hertfordshire
Emily Macdonald, COO, Intelligen
Tom Mace, social researcher at TfN
Melanie Watson, Public Transport Consultant
11.40-12.00
Mission: kickstarting the economy and growth
Chair: James White, Technical Lead, Western Gateway STB
Jonathan Walker, Head of Cities and Infrastructure Policy, Logistics UK
Hattie James, Transport Officer, Western Gateway STB
12.00-12.30
CEOs panel — looking forward
CEOs and lead officers from the seven STBs offer perspectives on the key challenges and opportunities for transport
Allan Creedy, Western Gateway
Andrew Summers, Transport East
Maria Machancoses, Midlands Connect
Martin Tugwell, Transport for the North
Naomi Green, England’s Economic Heartland
Nigel Blackler, Peninsula Transport
Sarah Valentine, Head of Analysis and Appraisal, Transport for the South East
12.40-13.20
Samaritans, Network Rail and National Highways
Preventing suicides on transport networks
What is the role of the transport sector and sharing best practices across road and rail
Nick Reed, Founder, Reed Mobility
Nicola Tweedie, Principal Advisor, Suicide Prevention Lead, National Highways
Kate Carpenter, Director of Operational Road Safety, Jacobs
Beth Pettersen, Programme Manager, Samaritans
Louise McNally, Suicide and Trespass Prevention Lead, Network Rail
13.30-14.30
techUK
Shaping the future of CAM systems and infrastructure
Spotlighting the critical aspects of Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) integration into multi-modal transport and urban systems. As part of this event, we will launch the techUK and Fraser-Nash Consultancy study, unveiling key findings and methodologies that will drive the next stage of research and development in this area.
15.00-16.00
ADEPT
Decarbonising local roads assets
Giles Perkins, the Programme Director for DfT / ADEPT’s £30m Live Labs 2 programme, will host an interactive session detailing the progress being made on this innovation project which aims to accelerate the reduction of carbon across all aspects of the local roads sector. This session is essential for all authorities who have declared a climate emergency as asset based carbon reduction is a key tool in achieving stated net zero targets. Giles will describe how a systematic approach is needed across the sector to achieve a new business as usual and how evidence emerging from the programme can give confidence, evidence and a licence for change.
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