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SUMMARY:SME & Start-Up Conference
DESCRIPTION:SMEs constitute 99% of all companies in the UK\, making them of critical importance to the economy. In transport\, SMEs and start-ups are vital across all modes\, providing products and services to all parts of sector\, acting as a source of new thinking and ideas and supporting jobs and investment in local communities. \nTransport technology has long benefited from its many start-ups\, spin-offs and small businesses\, but it is vital that the industry continues to support these organisations\, providing the right environment for them to flourish and grow. For these companies\, having visibility of upcoming work\, clear and accessible procurement processes and understanding of how transport authorities and multi-national organisations can work with them\, is critical. \nThe ITS UK SME and Start-Up Conference seeks to explore how we can create the right environment from which smaller transport technology businesses can thrive. The Conference\, taking place on 5 December at WSP’s Offices in Birmingham\, will explore what Government at all levels\, transport authorities and the private sector is doing to support a dynamic and flourishing SME and start up community. \nThe event will involve a number of key note and panel sessions focused on exploring key issues of pertinence to the SME and start-up community\, followed by workshops on how industry and Government can work together in future. \nBook here\n\nPlease note\, although you do not need to be a start-up or SME to attend this event\, priority will be given to start-up and SME representatives should all places be filled. \nAgenda\n10:00 – 10:30: Arrivals\, networking\, teas and coffee \n10:30 – 10:35: Welcome\, ITS UK Chief Executive Max Sugarman \n10:35 – 10:40: Overview from Hosts: Catherine Whitfield\, Associate Director\, Intelligent Transport Services\, WSP \n10:40 – 11:10: Keynote: Martin Traynor OBE\, Small Business Crown Representative \n11:10 – 11:55: Panel: How can we best support start-ups and SMEs: The Clients & Government View\, with: \n\nMartin Traynor OBE\, Small Business Crown Representative\, Cabinet Office;\nSteve Sopp\, Senior Category Lead – Transport Technology Services\, Crown Commercial Services;\nGhaith Al-Werikat\, Senior Supplier Development Manager\, National Highways;\nAlisdair Ritchie\, Head of SME Development\, Connected Places Catapult\n\n12:10 – 12:55: Panel: How can we best support start-ups and SMEs: The Tier One and Consultant View \n\nNick Fearnhead\, Head of Project Mobilisation and Technology Services – Highways\, Balfour Beatty\nPryce Evans\, Senior Associate Director\, Jacobs\nLee Tooze\, Street Lighting Design Manager\, Amey\n\n12:55 – 1:40: Panel: How we can best support the growth of the sector: The SME and Start Up View\, with: \n\nGabriel Jacobson\, CEO\, Valerann;\nPeter Cattell\, Head of Technical Sales\, Clearview Intelligence;\nAndrew Caleya Chetty\, Starling Technology;\nDamian Horton\, Co-Founder\, Eloy\n\n1:40- 2:40: Lunch \n2:40 – 3:10:  Workshop 1: Moving Forward: What can we take away from today? \nThe Conference will break into three groups exploring procurement\, finance and funding and partnerships \n3:10 – 3:40: Workshop 2: Moving Forward: What can we take away from today?  \nThe Conference will break into three groups exploring procurement\, finance and funding and partnerships \n3:40 – 4:00: Reporting back\, next steps and concluding remarks \n  \nSpeakers\nMartin Traynor OBE\nSmall Business Crown Representative \nBased at the Cabinet Office in London\, Martin works with government departments to help make procurement policies\, practises\, and procedures simpler for SMEs to navigate. He also works with SMEs to encourage them to think about pitching for both central government contracts and other opportunities across the wider public sector. \nMartin has extensive experience in the leisure and hospitality sector\, following a successful career in hotel management. In 2001 Martin decided to change career to take up the role of Group Chief Executive of the Leicestershire Chamber of Commerce (including CEO of Business Link\, Leicestershire). \nAfter leaving the Chamber in 2014\, he set up his own consultancy business which he combines with several key Non-Executive roles. \nIn the 2007\, Martin was awarded an OBE in HM The Queen’s New Year’s Honours for “Services to business and the community of the East Midlands”. \nSteve Sopp \nTransport Strategy Commercial Lead – Technology Pillar\, Crown Commercial Service \nSteve is the transport technology strategy lead at the Crown Commercial Service (CCS)\, the biggest public procurement organisation in the UK. Steve joined CCS in February 2022 after a public sector career encompassing many transport and innovation related roles\, including as relationship manager for an industry led programme to fund low carbon propulsion technologies\, as the Innovate UK transport lead for the UK’s Small Business Research Initiative\, as a senior policy advisor at the Intellectual Property Office\, and as Head of a Vehicle Primary Safety at the Department for Transport. Steve has led international negotiations on transport topics\, and was chair of a UN vehicle standards working group. Steve graduated from the University of the West of England with a first class honours degree in engineering and has also completed a post graduate diploma in Intellectual property law. \nCatherine Whitfield \nAssociate Director (ITS)\, WSP & ITS UK Vice Chair \nCatherine is an Associate Director within the ITS business at WSP. She has over 20 years’ experience working in the intelligent transport industry\, helping clients overcome challenges\, unlock potential and create new solutions. She specialises in the operational\, user and business elements of Intelligent Transport Systems\, providing an interface between organisational needs and the detailed technical and operational solutions that meet them. \nOver her career she has worked with a range of organisations including National Highways\, the Department for Transport\, Transport Scotland and the Dubai Transport Authority\, helping them formulate and implement strategic programmes of work to deliver a step change in customer experience and safety. Catherine is a keen advocate for increasing diversity within our industry\, across all characteristics\, including academic background. She is proud to be a Chartered Geographer and actively encourages\, supports and mentors early career professionals from all backgrounds to define their own development routes. \n  \nBook here
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/sme-start-up-conference/
LOCATION:WSP Mailbox\, Wharfside St\, Birmingham\, B1 1RQ
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SUMMARY:Christmas Drinks
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the ITS UK Christmas Drinks\, an opportunity to network with colleagues from across the sector ahead of the festive season! \nTaking place straight after the SME and Start Up Conference\, at WSP in Birmingham\, we will be hosting an informal drinks reception at the nearby Canal House\, in partnership with Clearview Intelligence. \n \n  \nCome and join us at Canal House (a short walk from the Mailbox) to enjoy some informal networking from 4.30pm! \nIf you have registered for the SME & Start Up Conference\, we ask that you register for this event as well\, so we have an idea of numbers. \nRegister Now \nPlease note\, we are aware of strike action planned on the week commencing 4 December and will keep attendees in the loop of any updates or changes. \n 
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/christmas-drinks-and-networking/
LOCATION:Canal House Bar & Restaurant\, 12 Bridge St\, Birmingham\, B1 2JR
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