AGENDA

09:00-09:50	Registration
09:50-10:00	Giles Fearnley, President, CPT Chair's Opening Remarks
10:00-10:20	Rt Hon Sadiq Khan MP, Minister of State for Transport Keynote Address
10:20-10:30	Question and Answer Session
10:30-10:50	Nicola Shaw, Director Bus - UK, Ireland and Germany, FirstGroup Is competition law a barrier to integrated transport and bus companies working together for the benefit of passengers?
10:50-11:00	Question and Answer Session
11:00-11:20	Refreshment Break
11:20-11:40	David Brown, Director General, SYPTE How has the Local Transport Act changed conditions?
11:40-12:00	Stephen Joseph, Executive Director of Campaign for Better Transport St Albans - the UK's first Quality Network Partnership
12:00-12:20	Stephen Hammond MP, Shadow Minister for Transport What is the Conservatives' strategy for the future UK bus industry?
12:20-12:35	Question and Answer Session
12:35-13:30	Lunch
13:30-13:35	Barry Horne, Corporate Director, Nottingham City Council (winner of the National Transport Awards 2008 Most Improved Bus Services Chair Opens Afternoon Session
13:35-13:55	Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Passenger Focus More happy passengers?
13:55-14:15	Claire Haigh, Campaign Director, Greener Journeys The One Billion Challenge
14:15-14:35	David Leeder, Vice-Chair CfiT Reforming Public Subsidy: Making the plans workable
14:35-14:55	Question and Answer Session
14:55-15:10	Refreshment Break
15:10-15:30	Speaker tbc, CSS (County Surveyor Society) The impact of future funding constraints on local service provision
15:30-15:50	John Godfrey, The TAS Partnership An independent view on the consessionary fares system
15:50-16:10	Joe Thomas, Financial Analyst, Investec Securities How resilient is the bus industry to the current economic downturn?
16:10-16:30	Question and Answer
16:30-16:35	Chair's Closing Remarks