AGENDA

Chairman's opening remarks

Welcome

• Cllr Judith Blake, Leader, Leeds City Council

Session 1: Keynote Address
Chaired by Prof. David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times

• Lord Adonis, Chair, National Infrastructure Commission
  Followed by Q&A

Session 2: Rail Investment Priorities
Chaired by David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus

• Paul Griffiths, Managing Director, High Speed 2 
• Graham Botham, Strategy & Planning Director (North), Network Rail
• Will Dunnett, Managing Director, Hull Trains

Session 3: Making travel smarter in the North of England 
Chaired by David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus

• Alastair Richards, ISTP Director, Transport for the North
• David Brown, Managing Director, Northern
• John Pickworth, Business Development Director, Cubic
• Robert Drewery, Commercial Director, Optare

Session 4: How transport can make a difference to the economy across the North of England and at City Region Level
Chaired by David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus

• Cllr Liam Robinson, Chair, Merseytravel 
• Melanie Corcoran, Director of Delivery, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Amy Harhoff, Director of Corporate Affairs, Transport for Greater Manchester

Closing Address

• Paul Maynard MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport