AGENDA

09:00 - 09.45	Registration
09:45 - 09:50	Chair's Opening Remarks Cllr Keith Whitmore, Vice-Chair, GMITA
09:50 - 10:10	Keynote Address: Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP, Secretary of State for Transport
10:10 - 10:30	Interview and Q & A
	Is the North Losing out on Transport? - Views from the Cities
10:30 - 10:50	Cllr Richard Leese, Leader, Manchester City Council
10:50 -11.10	Neil Scales, Chief Executive & Director General, Merseytravel
11:10 - 11:20	Q & A
11:20 - 11:40	Refreshment Break
	Critical Transport Issues for the North:
11:40 - 12:00	The Northern Hub: the key to unlocking the potential of Northern Rail Richard Eccles, Director of Network Planning, Network Rail
12:00 - 12:20	Overcoming Barriers to Growth of the North’s Port and Airport Gateways to the World John Jarvis, Transport Director, Northern Way
12:20 - 12:40	The Impact of High Speed Rail on the North Julie Mills, Director, Greengauge 21
12:40 - 12:50	Q & A
12:50 - 13:40	Lunch
13:40 - 13:45	Afternoon Chairs Opening Remarks Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Passenger Focus
13:45 - 14:15	PANEL DEBATE - 'Getting a bang for your buck: Is London the best place to spend transport Investment?' Paul Maynard, MP for Blackpool & Member of Transport Select Committee Adam Marshall, Director of Policy, British Chamber of Commerce
14:15 - 14:35	The effect of the North-South Divide & Corrective Policy Solutions Prof Michael Parkinson CBE, Director, European Institute for Urban Affairs, Liverpool John Moores University
14:35 - 14:55	The impact of the CSR on local government: will it lead to a more balanced economy? Prof Tony Travers, Director, LSE London
14:55 - 15:05	Q & A
15:05 - 15:20	Refreshments
15:20 - 15:40	The Importance of the Regional Growth Fund for the North Lord John Shipley
15:40 - 16:00	Does the North have sufficient powers and funding to grow its local economies? Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive, Centre for Cities
16:00 - 16:20	How can LEPs bring forward transport investment to support growth? Jonathan Spruce, Senior Assistant Director & Steve Payne, Integrated Transport Manager, Tees Valley Unlimited
16:20 - 16:30	Q & A
16:30 - 16:35	Closing Remarks