AGENDA

How to Get Rail Back on Track

09:30-10:15	Online Platform Opens / Opportunity to Network
10:15-10:20	Welcome by Chair Prof. David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times
10:20-10:25	Introduction to Online Platform
10:25-10:30	Setting the Scene Prof. David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times
10:30-11:30	Session 1: Getting Passengers Back on Trains Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair, Network Rail Andy Byford, Transport Commissioner, Transport for London Steve Montgomery, Managing Director - UK Rail, FirstGroup Katy Taylor, Group Commercial and Customer Director, The Go-Ahead Group
11:30-11:45	Interview Andrew Haines, Chief Executive, Network Rail
11:45-12:45	Session 2: The Future of UK Rail: Reforming the industry to improve performance Ed Thomas, Partner, Head of UK Transport, KPMG Darren Caplan, Chief Executive, Railway Industry Association
12:45-13:30	Opportunity to Network / Visit Exhibition Stands
13:30-14:30	Session 3: Priorities for rail across the UK Bill Reeve, Director of Rail, Transport Scotland Simon Statham, Head of Technical Programmes, Midlands Connect Stephen Edwards, Chair, Urban Transport Group Allan Watt, Director of Communications, Abellio UK Michele Dix CBE, Managing Director, Crossrail2
14:30-14:50	Interview Mark Thurston, CEO, HS2 Ltd
14:50-15:20	Session 4: HS2 Phase 1 & Beyond Jim Steer, Director, Greengauge21 Caroline Donaldson, Managing Director, West Coast Partnership Development
15:20-16:00	Opportunity to continue networking