AGENDA

Registration

Keynote Address & Session 1: Learning lessons from across the UK
Chaired by Prof. David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times

• Nusrat Ghani MP - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Transport
• Laura Murdoch, Director for Bus, Accessibility and Active Travel, Transport Scotland
• Ciarán de Búrca, Chartered Engineer Director - Transport Projects & Business Services Division, Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland 
• David Brown, Chief Executive, Go-Ahead

Refreshment Break

Session 2: Why buses must be central to "The Future of Mobility"
Chaired by Prof. David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times

• Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys
• Cllr Roger Lawrence, Leader, Wolverhampton City Council
• Gareth Powell, Managing Director Surface Transport, Transport for London
• David Bradford, Managing Director - Bus Division, National Express

Lunch

Session 3: Getting passengers on board buses - how to remove the barriers
Chaired by Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Transport Focus

• Cllr Liam Robinson, Chair, Merseytravel
• lain Jago, Managing Director (Interim) – UK Bus, Arriva
• Giles Fearnley, Managing Director, UK Bus, FirstGroup
• Pete Ferguson, CEO, Prospective
• Pete Bond, Director of Integrated Network Services, Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) / West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)

Refreshment Break

Session 4: Putting buses at the heart of air quality 
Chaired by Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys

• Mark Threapleton, MD – UK Bus, Stagecoach
• Councillor Waseem Zaffar, Cabinet, Cabinet Member for Transport and Environment, Birmingham City Council
• Cllr Anna Richardson, City Convener for Sustainability & Carbon Reduction, Glasgow City Council
• Peter Williams, Director of Certification & Compliance, Cummins Europe
• Robert Drewery, Commercial Director, Optare