12TH FEBRUARY 2020
08:45-09:15 |
Registration Refreshments served |
09:15-09:30 |
Keynote Address Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State, Department for Transport |
09:30-10:00 | Interview with Barry White, Chief Executive, Transport for the North |
10:00-11:10 |
Session 1: Transforming the North of England's Railways: the long term rail strategy to connect the Northern cities Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus |
11:10-11:30 | Refreshment Break |
11:30-12:45 |
Session 2: High Speed Rail: Connecting cities in the North of England to the rest of the UK Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus • Mark Thurston, CEO, HS2 |
12:45-13:45 | Lunch |
13:45-14:50 |
Session 3: Bus services in Northern England – the case for a long term investment strategy Chair: Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys • Cllr Liam Robinson, Transport Portfolio Holder, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority |
14:50-16:00 |
Session 4: Future of Mobility: Transforming travel and the areas we live in Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus • Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP
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Secretary of State, Department for Transport |
SPEAKERS
Sambit Banerjee
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Managing Director of Rolling Stock Siemens Mobility Limited |
Jonathan Bray
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Director Urban Transport Group |
Neil Connor
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Client Executive Transport Operators Fujitsu UK |
Caroline Donaldson
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Managing Director West Coast Partnership Development |
Robert Drewery
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Commercial Director Optare |
Cllr Martin Gannon
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Leader of Gateshead Council and Chair of the North East Joint Transport Committee |
Claire Haigh
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Chief Executive Greener Journeys / Executive Director, Transport Knowledge Hub |
David Hoggarth
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Strategic Rail Director Transport for the North |
Henri Murison
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Director Northern Powerhouse Partnership |
Tim Roberts
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Key Accounts Manager Cubic |
Cllr Liam Robinson
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Transport Portfolio Holder Liverpool City Region Combined Authority |
David Sidebottom (Session Chair)
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Passenger Director Transport Focus |
Maggie Simpson
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Director General Rail Freight Group |
Tim Shoveller
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Regional MD North West + Central Network Rail |
David Stones
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Network Planning Director Highways England |
Mark Thurston
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CEO HS2 |
Graham Vidler
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Chief Executive CPT |
Barry White
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Chief Executive Transport for the North |