AGENDA

09:30-10.00	Keynote Address: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE, Minister of State for Transport
10:00-11:15	Session 1: The new face of rail: working together to deliver for passengers Chaired by Anthony Smith, Director, Consumer Focus Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner for Greater Manchester Stuart Jones, Commercial Director, Hull Trains and Lumo Mary Grant, Chief Executive, Porterbrook Nick Hughes, Senior Sales Director, Hitachi Rail Stewart Fox-Mills, Lead Director of Fares, Ticketing and Retail, GBR Transition Team
11.15-11:45	Refreshment Break
11:45-13:00	Session 2: Doing the basics well - accessibility, affordability and reliability *Chaired by Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group* Marcus Jones, Western Route Director, Network Rail Caroline Stickland, Chief Executive, Transport for All Cllr Liam Robinson, Leader, Liverpool City Council Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus Mike Bagshaw, Managing Director, MTR Elizabeth Line
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:00	Session 3: Ramping up rail freight to de-carbonise transport Chaired by Ian Clarke, Director, Infrastructure Advisory Group at KPMG Kathryn Oldale, Head of Strategy, Policy and Communications, DB Cargo Maggie Simpson OBE, Director General, Rail Freight Group Richard Moody, Programme Director (freight reform), GBR Transition Team
15:00-15:30	Refreshment Break
15:30-16:30	Session 4: New funding models and revenue sources for future rail schemes *Chaired by Ed Thomas, Partner, UK Head of Transport, KPMG* Claire Mann, Chief Operating Officer, Transport for London Prof Mark Barry, Professor of Practice in Connectivity, Cardiff University James McGowan, Public Affairs & PR Director, Railway Industry Association
16:30	Close