ITS UK

Digital Decade for Rail Summit
2023-09-27 10:00 - 15:00 (Europe/London) | Museum of Making, Museum of Making, Silk Mill Lane, Derby, DE1 3AF, United Kingdom
UK rail has long been a pioneer for new technologies and innovations. Yet, as the world enters a new age of digital connectivity, data and AI, it is vital that rail is able to keep up with emerging technological trends. Whether in the areas of digital signalling, data and AI or smart ticketing and retail, there is much more that can be done to ensure rail is fit for the future.
With Control Period 7 beginning and a General Election in 2024, now is the time to get started. The next decade will be pivotal – rail will need to focus on how it can make better use of data and AI, switch to digital signalling systems and deliver a modern fares system, in order to ensure the network is future ready. The coming ten years should be a ‘Digital Decade for Rail’.
The Digital Decade for Rail Summit is a new event organised jointly by the Railway Industry Association (RIA), the voice of the rail supply community, and Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK), the industry association for transport technology. It will seek to provide industry with views from leading decision makers in the rail sector and to gather industry views in order to kick-start the ‘Digital Decade for Rail’ campaign, a new initiative to promote a digital future for UK rail.
The Summit will take place on Wednesday 27 September from 10am to 3pm at the Derby Museum of Making. The day will cover three key themes: 1. Digital Signalling 2. Data & AI and 3. Smart ticketing and Retail
The first half of the Summit will involve a number of keynotes from decision makers in the sector, such as Network Rail, GBRTT and Transport for London. Then, the second half will involve a workshop to gather insights from attendees for the new campaign – ‘The Digital Decade for Rail’.
Join us for what is set to be a key event for the UK rail sector, to kick-off the Digital Decade for Rail.
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Agenda
10.00 Doors Open
Teas, coffees and refreshments served. Networking.
10.30 Welcome from ITS UK and RIA
10.40 Keynote 1: Digital Signalling

Toufic Machnouk, Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway, Network Rail Lessons from East Coast Digital Programme

11.00 Keynote 2: Smart ticketing and Retail

Megan Spencer-Rigby, PAYG Director, Great British Railways

11.20 Keynote 3: Data & AI

Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer, Transport for London

11.40 Break
12:00 Panel 1: The Industry Response

Andy Willets, Principal Consultant, Digital Strategy Realisation, Amey Consulting
Matthew Peake, Director of UK Policy and Government Relations, Trainline
Neil Shah, IT & Digital Director, Arriva UK Trains
Martin Howell, Director of Transport Markets, Worldline UK&I
Professor Clive Roberts, Director of Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham

12.50 Overview of Breakout Sessions
13:00 Lunch & Networking
13:45 Breakout Sessions , covering:

Digital Signalling Workshop: How can the UK fill the backlog of signalling renewals set out in the Long Term Deployment Plan?
Data and AI Workshop: How the rail network can make better use of data and AI to enhance passenger experience and improve freight services?
Smart ticketing and Retail Workshop: How can the UK deliver a smart ticketing system with more pay as you go ticketing, fares reform and account-based ticketing?

14:15 Breakout Sessions 2, covering:

Digital Signalling Workshop: How can the UK fill the backlog of signalling renewals set out in the Long Term Deployment Plan?
Data and AI Workshop: How the rail network can make better use of data and AI to enhance passenger experience and improve freight services?
Smart ticketing and Retail Workshop: How can the UK deliver a smart ticketing system with more pay as you go ticketing, fares reform and account-based ticketing?

14.45 Reporting Back & Concluding Remarks.
15:00 Event Ends

Speakers

Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer, Transport for London (TfL)
Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer, at Transport for London (TfL), leads TfL in using our vast amounts of system data to transform how TfL plans and operates transport in London. Lauren created TfL’s Data and Analytics department, building a team of data scientists, data software developers, and analytics translators who provide data tools for TfL to understand customer travel behavior, and analytic tools to operate and plan London’s vast transport network. Her team’s analysis was instrumental during the challenges during Coronavirus, providing TfL, London city officials, UK Government, and the public with information about how travel changed during the Pandemic. Lauren joined TfL in 2002 and she’s held a variety of roles, working on many projects, including the launch of the contactless payment system across London’s transport network. Originally from Washington, DC, USA, she has degrees from Princeton University and from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, who awarded Lauren the 2019 Alumni Award for Digital Innovation. Lauren was named the 2017 UK Chief Data Officer of the year by the CDO Club, and was honoured to be included in The Female Lead’s 20 role models in Data & Technology 2017.
Toufic Machnouk, Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway
Toufic Machnouk is Director, Industry Partnership for Digital Railway where he is leading a pioneering cross-industry partnership to create and deliver the next generation railway enabled through digital train control technology.
This represents a once in a generation modernisation of the railways in Great Britain to a safer, higher performing, more resilient, better skilled, more productive, and greener railway, delivering passenger benefits in the areas of safety, punctuality and resilience, and taxpayer benefits in the areas of reduction in infrastructure unit and whole life costs.
The first major programme is on the east coast mainline, a primary economic artery, which has been established in an innovative user centric industry and commercial partnership model that is the vanguard for digital train control technology deployment on the national railway network.
Having started his career in infrastructure operations, he went on to deliver major projects and programmes. His teams have been recognised for breakthroughs in safety performance, innovation, industry and supplier collaboration, and successfully delivering complex cross-industry change, receiving prestigious national awards.
He is passionate about open innovation and user centric design thinking, speaking at universities and colleges, and mentoring people from across the industry. He holds a degree in Design Engineering and an executive MBA from the University of Bath. He was awarded the prestigious Collaborative Leadership Award by the Institute for Collaborative Working.

Neil Shah, IT & Digital Director, Arriva UK Trains
Neil Shah is the IT & Digital Director at Arriva UK Trains with a remit that ranges from core operational IT through to the digital customer experience. Neil is responsible for developing Arriva UK Trains’ digital, data and technology strategies in order to support the business strategy. Neil is passionate about driving step change in IT, Digital and Data capability along with people development.
With over 22 years’ experience, Neil is a digital strategy, transformation and change leader with experience working across the entire business, product, commercial and programme lifecycle. Neil has been at Arriva for nearly 6 years, starting in the UK Bus business and now in the UK Trains business. Previous industry experience includes travel & tourism, retail and shipping & logistics meaning Neil hopes to bring external best practice to the transport industry.

Matt Peake, UK Policy Director and Government Relations, Trainline
Matt is Director of UK Policy and Government Relations at Trainline. Prior to Trainline, he led the global policy team at Onfido, the UK-based digital identity scale-up specialising in AI and biometrics. He has previously held tech policy-focused roles at Verizon, Ofcom and the Home Office. Matt holds a law degree, exec MBA, post-graduate diploma in Competition Law from Kings College and diploma in Business International Relations and the Political Economy from the LSE. He is married with three children.
Martin Howell, Director of Transport Markets, Worldline UK&I

Martin Howell is Director of Transport Markets, UK and Ireland for Worldline, and leads their work in smart mobility and strategy for transport. He was previously vice president at Cubic Corporation in San Diego. He spent 12 years with Cubic Transportation Systems, in operations and business development, as well as leading the company’s customer engagement, external relations and interfaces with government. His previous roles have included business development at HP Enterprise, before which he served as an officer in the Royal Marines Commandos.
Professor Clive Roberts, Director of Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, University of Birmingham
Clive is Professor of Railway Systems and Deputy Head of the School of Engineering at the University of Birmingham. He is Director of the University’s Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education, which has over 120 researchers, academics and staff. He works extensively with the rail industry and academia in Britain and overseas, on research and innovation themes which span the railway system, transport systems and associated technologies.
Clive leads a broad portfolio of research aimed at improving the performance of railway systems, including leading the UK Railway Research and Innovation Network (UKRRIN), a £92M academia/industry collaboration, as well as initiatives to encourage SMEs to work in the rail sector. In 2017 his group was awarded the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education for supporting the UK and international railway industries. His main research interests lie in the areas of railway systems research including: railway simulation, future control strategies, traffic management and operations, condition monitoring, data integration and cybersecurity, power system design and energy efficiency, and overall system integration.

MaaS Forum Webinar
2023-09-28 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Join us for a webinar looking at how we deliver MaaS across the UK and Europe. The session will include a presentation on the recently published MaaS Code of Practice, followed by case studies on delivering MaaS across Europe. We will then hold a dedicated workshop, exploring challenge statements to discuss and analyse.
Some of the themes we may look into include the business case need for MaaS and what elements of MaaS are commercially viable. Do we need to rethink the “marketing” of MaaS and perhaps the term itself?
Presentations

Mobility Code of Practice enables passengers to travel across the public/shared/active transit network both effortlessly and seamlessly – Meera Neyyar and Michael Power, Department for Transport, presenting on the MaaS Code of Practice
MaaS: connecting riders and agencies – Alex Thomas, Ride with Via
National Highways – Connecting the country – Laura Barnett & Vivi Michalaki, National Highways

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Highways UK 2023
2023-10-18 - 2023-10-19 | NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT
Highways UK sees more than 375+ exhibitors showcasing new ways of thinking and novel partnerships to generate solutions. This year, the exhibition continues to grow with an expected 10,000+ attendees over two days.
Across the exhibition there is something for every stage of the highways supply chain from innovative materials and asset management technology to digital construction software and kerbside management systems.
ITS UK will be, as always playing a significant role at the event. Come and visit us on stand number 152.
We will also be participating in the following sessions during the conference:

18th October, Smart Traffic and Parking, 12:10-12:45 – Panel: Charting the path to clean air: leveraging technology and shifting public perception
18th October, Big Thinking Stage, 14:35-15:10 – Panel: Roads beyond politics – the sector’s aspirations for GE 2024
19th October, ITS Theatre, 12:00-12:20 – Future of ITS
19th October, ITS Theatre, 12:25-13:00 – : Enforcement as a last resort: Promoting safe and responsible driver compliance

User Behaviour Forum Meeting
2023-10-26 11:30 - 12:30 | Online
The User Behaviour Forum meeting will be a webinar taking place on the 26 October

Our next User Behaviour Forum will be holding a webinar on how we influence user behaviour on the transport network.
Taking place on Thursday 26 October, the online event will feature National Highways who will speak about building and maintaining public trust, Transport for West Midlands on the “Influencing Transport Lab” which has recently been set up and a talk from Centre Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV).
Join us for this interesting and critical event for the transport industry.
Agenda (11.30 – 12.30pm)
Building public trust through public research | Kate Barber, Senior Advisor and Tracey Budd, Team Leader, National Highways
Influencing Transport Lab – influencing user behaviour to help achieve environmental and sustainability goals | Lamprini Papafoti, Senior Future Mobility Developer and Beth Morley, Future Behaviour Change Lead, Transport for West Midlands
‘Understanding user requirements for future self driving transport systems | Catherine Remfry, Economic Advisor, Connected Centre for Autonomous Vehicles

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President's Dinner & Awards
2023-10-31 19:00 - 23:00 | 113 Chancery Lane, The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London, WC2A 1PL
The ITS UK President’s Dinner on 31 October 2023 is one of the main industry events of the year. Featuring the ITS UK Awards, the Dinner showcases the very best of the intelligent transport sector, including the innovation, expertise and dynamism of organisations and individuals across the industry.
The Dinner is a celebration of all the organisations, individuals and projects that have delivered for the UK and is attended by key clients and decision makers from a variety of organisations. It is a perfect opportunity to meet friends old and new, over a luxurious evening in the heart of London.
The Awards will take place at the prestigious 113 Chancery Lane, home of the Law Society. The beautiful refurbished Grade 2* listed building is the perfect venue for the national celebration of a key sector for the UK. The evening will begin with a drinks reception at 7pm, before guests are invited to join us for a lavish three-course meal and awards ceremony. Find out how to enter the Awards.
Table, half table and individual tickets are now open for the Awards, with special rates available for Executive Members. Members can also benefit from our Early Bird rate, but will need to book by 1 August to benefit from this offer. All tickets include a pre-dinner drinks reception and three course meal, as well as the evening awards ceremony.
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Enforcement Forum
2023-11-02 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
The ITS UK Enforcement Forum will be meeting online on Thursday 2 November, 2-3.30pm, to hear a number of updates from the sector.
This online roundtable will provide attendees the opportunity to feed in their thoughts on a number of issues. The session will include:

Update on the ‘Let’s Get HOTA Working’ Campaign – Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
Acusensus: Heads Up – update and key findings – Geoff Collins, General Manager, Acusensus
PACTS update on road safety – stopping unfair enforcement and inconsiderate driving – Jamie Hassall, Executive Director, PACTS
CPOS’s role in enforcement – Bhavita Lachani, Senior Security and Enforcement Technology Manager, Transport for London
Using Forensic Enchancement and Analysis Software to Improve Law Enforcement – Amber Riley, Sales Manager, Cubic

Please do join us for this session where we’ll be discussing the latest key issues for the sector.
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Launch of the ITS Exports Study
2023-11-09 14:00 - 17:00 | Railway Industry Association, Kings Buildings, 16 Smith Square, London, London, SW1P 3HQ, United Kingdom
Join us for the launch of a new study exploring the export priorities of the UK ITS sector.
On 9 November, as part of International Trade Week, ITS UK will be launching a new report, developed in partnership with the Department for Transport, highlighting the key overseas markets for UK companies delivering transport technology solutions.
The report builds on a survey of over 100 businesses to examine the export potential of the sector and how industry and Government can work together to promote UK transport technology capabilities on the international stage. The report is a significant development for the industry, and will allow us to prioritise our overseas engagement going forward.

Running from 2 to 5pm on 9 November, the event will provide the opportunity for the sector to hear about the latest developments across the global sector!
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Agenda
14:00 | Doors Open

Teas, coffees and refreshments served. Networking.

14:30 | Welcome

Darren Capes, ITS Policy Lead and TTF Manager, Traffic and Technology Division, Department for Transport
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK

14:35 | Keynote: Earl of Minto, Minister for Regulatory Reform, Department for Business and Trade
14:45 | ITS Exports Study Presentation

Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK

15:15 | Panel Discussion: Supporting UK expertise to thrive in a global ITS market

Alison Young, Head of Global Investment, Connected Places Catapult
Neil Walker, Exports Director, Railway Industry Association
Nora Ali, International Channel Manager, Clearview Intelligence
Representative from AGD Systems (invited)

15:45 | Engaging with Horizon Europe

Stefano Mainero, EPN Consulting

16.00 | Closing Remarks
17:00 | Event ends

Speakers
Earl of Minto
Minister for Regulatory Reform, Department for Business and Trade

Timothy Minto was appointed a Minister of State in the Department for Business and Trade on 27 March 2023. He was elected to the House of Lords in October 2022.
Prior to joining government, he was in business in the consumer sector for nearly 40 years, most notably leading the team that built Paperchase into a global brand. He has extensive international experience, both from the supply side and operating retail sites, across numerous countries. The minister is responsible for:

cross-government regulatory reform
better regulation
Lords business legislation
all Private Members Bills
corporate issues

Alison Young
Head of Global Investment, Connected Places Catapult
Alison is Head of Global Investment with the Connected Places Catapult, focusing on FDI into the UK’s innovation eco-system, around Smart Cities and mobility, working across NetZero mobility projects at the Catapult. She spent six years living and working in the Middle East, with the Department for International Trade as a Trade & Investment Advisor. Based first in Muscat, Oman, where she spent four years leading on a number of sectors, from Education to Infrastructure, followed by two and a half years in the UAE, based in Dubai, setting up the Technology and Smart Cities sector for DBT, with a core focus on AI and Fintech. She has lived and worked in over six different countries and is passionate about international trade & investment, and the green agenda. She is currently working on projects focusing on the wider-decarbonisation of transport from a trade and investment perspective.

Stefano Mainero, EPN Consulting
Stefano has over 25 years of experience in Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Sustainable Transport and European Projects. He has a 5-year degree in Electronic Engineering awarded by the Politecnico di Torino University (Turin, Italy) and decades of experience in the Consulting industry that helped him build a wide network of professional relationships across Europe. In 2009 in London he founded the consulting firm EPN Consulting Ltd.
Since 2007 Stefano collaborates with the European Commission (EC) as Expert Evaluator, Rapporteur and Reviewer of Transport Projects. Stefano has also participated as an External Transport Expert in Advisory Councils of some European and UK projects.
Stefano has given lectures in Universities in Italy and the UK and has written articles on ITS and European affairs and participated as a speaker and chairman in numerous conferences and workshops on Transport in several European countries.
Stefano is Fellow Member of the UK Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT, UK), Member of the British Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Member of the World Road Association (WRA) and Member of the US Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE).

This event is part of the Department for Business and Trade’s International Trade Week.

Inclusive Mobility Forum
2023-11-15 13:30 - 16:00 | 14 Rushworth Street London SE1 0RB, 14 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 0RB
The ITS UK Inclusive Mobility Forum will meet on 15 November to explore how ITS can support travel for people with disabilities.
Taking place at Steer’s Offices at 14 – 21 Rushworth Street, London, the session will explore how technology can help improve accessibility and support an inclusive transport system for all.
There will be speakers from the Department for Transport, SYSTRA, Cubic and Chrome Angel Solutions, as well as an discussion on how the sector best supports a more accessible transport system.
Agenda
13:30 – 14:00 | Doors Open and Networking
14:00 – 14:10 | Welcome

Kris Beuret, ITS UK Inclusive Mobility Forum Chair
Matthew Clark, Associate Director, Steer

14:15 – 14:35 | Video Game to support people with non-visible disabilities to travel by train
Mark Robinson, Managing Director, Chrome Angel Solutions
14:35- 14:55 | Concessionary Fares – new research for DfT – preliminary results
Alistair Baldwin, Team Leader, Concessionary Travel, DfT
14:55 – 15:15 | National Centre for Accessible Transport (NCAT): An Overview
James Knoll-Pollard, Behavioural Design Lead, Future Mobility Team, WSP & Board Member, NCAT
15:15 – 15.35 | Mat Campbell-Hill, Chair of the DfT’s Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (invited)
15.35 – 15.55 | Discussion
16:00 | Close

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Road User Charging Forum
2023-11-16 12:00 - 16:00 | Manchester Business Park Aviator Way, 1500 Aviator Way, Wythenshawe, Manchester M22 5TG, Manchester
Our next ITS UK Road User Charging Forum will be meeting at Costain’s offices in Manchester on the 16th November.
Agenda
Introduction and Overview from Costain
Congestion Charging with Camera Integration – Jorgen Pederson, Director of Transport Technology, SYSTRA
Road User Charging – Reality of Fiction: A Case Study in Denmark – Martin Gubby, Business Development and Delivery Lead, Neology
Funding the Gap: Replacing the Vehicle Fuel Tax with What? – Olivia Cairns, Decarbonisation Consultant, WSP
Free Roads and Road User Charging – Zeina Nazer, Forum Chair, University of Southampton and Cities Forum
Discussion – Should there be free roads?
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Public Transport Forum
2023-11-20 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
Our next Public Transport Forum webinar looking at the Future of the Bus!
How is technology changing the bus sector and what does it mean for passengers and the wider industry?
Taking place on Monday 20 November 2023 (2-3pm UK time), the session will explore how the bus sector is changing due to new developments in tech.
The webinar will include presentations on demand responsive transport from ioki, how bus shelters are enabling new technology from Urban Digital, the future of connected and autonomous bus journeys from Stagecoach and an introduction to the Bus Centre for Excellence.
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Agenda
1. The Smartest Bus Shelter for the Smart Cities – Ramon Harkony, Urban Digital
2. Delivering Demand Responsive Transport – Anna Filby, ioki
3. Launching AB1; Autonomous Bus No.1 – Steven Russell, Stagecoach
4. Introducing the Bus Centre for Excellence, James Ford, Head of the Bus Centre of Excellence

Joint Early Careers and Women in ITS Forum
2023-11-23 10:30 - 16:00 | UTAC Millbrook, Station Lane, Bedford, MK45 2JQ
Join us as the Early Careers and Women in ITS Forums come together to bring you this unique and exciting event at UTAC (United Testing and Assembly Centre), who will be hosting us at their test centre and proving ground in Millbrook.
This is set to be a unique and exciting gathering, exploring how we can support our new and early career professionals and create a diverse and inclusive industry for all.
The session will include a tour of UTAC Millbrook, a test centre and proving ground that encompasses over 70 km of unique tracks from high speed circuits, 4×4 tracks, alpine tracks, and facilities dedicated to connected and automated vehicles. As well as a dedicated site tour and some demonstrations of their latest technology.

The event address is Millbrook, Bedford, MK45 2JQ, England.
If you are travelling by public transport, then the most suitable train station to arrive at is Flitwick station on the St.Pancras line. From here there are regular taxis and the journey time to the site is 8 mins. Do NOT travel to Millbrook station.
For those driving, please see the instructions here.
There is plenty of (free) parking on site, and the guests will be shuttled from the security gate to the venue.

AGENDA
10:30
Arrivals and Networking

11:00
Welcome and Introductions: Peter Stoker, Chief Engineer – Connected and Autonomous Vehicles | UTAC Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK | Gemma Tredwell, Women in ITS Chair | Ashik Nazar, Early Careers Forum Chair

11:15
How to develop your career in ITS – Ejiro Ikoko, University of Leeds & former Early Careers Award Winner | Abdulrehmarn Ali, Amey & former Early Careers Award Winner

11:45 Short Break
12:00
People, the key Highway Asset – Find them, train them, keep them – Emily See, Highways Market Director, Amey

12:30
Tools and information to develop your ITS knowledge – Alistair Gollop, Founder, ITS Now

13:00
Launch of the ITS UK Early Careers Essay Competition, Sponsored by IS Recruitment

13:15 – Lunch

14:00
Overview of UTAC and the organisation’s work in supporting talent – Jeremy Topple, Head of Talent and Capability, UTAC

14:20 Demonstrations by UTAC –
Simulation suite tour
Full tour of test track facilities

15:45 – Close

As above, we’ll be announcing the launch of the 2024 Early Careers Essay Competition, sponsored by IS Recruitment!
You do not need to be an ITS UK Member to attend this meeting, therefore we encourage you to share this invite to colleagues and others outside of the industry who may have an interest in this event.

With our new Professional Development Partnership with the Institute of Highway Engineers (IHE) signed earlier this year in June, we are pleased to announce, that this event will also contribute to IHE’s Continuing Professional Development Programme. By attending this event in-person you will receive a formal CPD certificate endorsed by the IHE.
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Road Expo Scotland 2023
2023-11-28 - 2023-11-29 | SEC, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, G3 8YW
Road Expo is Scotland’s only dedicated roads and mobility event for Scottish Local Authorities, Government and its commercial suppliers.
Brought to you in partnership with Transport Scotland, Road Expo Scotland returns on 28-29 November 2023 to the SEC, Glasgow.
Fiona Hyslop MSP, Minister for Transport will open this year’s event – helping you keep Scotland moving.
ITS UK will be attending the event and also will have a stand on location – B5. Please do drop by and say hello.
Co-located with Bridges Scotland, Road Expo is free to attend.

More information is available here.

Active Travel Forum
2023-11-30 12:00 - 16:00 | Smart Mobility Living Lab Unit 7, 14 Victory Parade Plumstead Road Woolwich, London, SE18 6FL, United Kingdom
Our Active Travel Forum meets in-person and will cover a range of hardware and software solutions relating to cycles and e-scooters to enable detailed data gathering and ‘next generation’ features, such as object detection and collision avoidance.
Agenda (to be finalised) –

1200 – Arrival and lunch
1300 – Meeting start: Welcome and Intro from Forum Chair
1310 – Speaker 1: Irene McAleese, Co-founder and CSO – See.Sense – Enhancing Safety & Infrastructure for Micromobility with See.Sense’s AI-Driven Vehicle-as-a-Sensor Technology & Actionable Data Insights
1335 – Speaker 2: Andrew Fleury, CEO – Luna Systems – Computer Vision: building city confidence in shared micromobility safety
1400 – Speaker 3: Charlie Wilson, CCO – Flare – Title TBC
1425 – Tea and coffee break
1445 – Speaker 4: Andrew Chetty, CEO – Starling Technologies – Pedestrian Detection Metrics and their use in the Optimisation of Signalised Crossings
1510 – Speaker 5: Neil Rhoods, Product Owner – TRL Software – Urban Traffic Control solutions for Active Travel
1535 – Optional tour of SMLL
1600 – Meeting close

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SME & Start-Up Conference
2023-12-05 10:00 - 16:00 | WSP Mailbox, Wharfside St, Birmingham, B1 1RQ
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.
Transport 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.
The 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.
The 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.
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Please 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.
Agenda
10:00 – 10:30: Arrivals, networking, teas and coffee
10:30 – 10:35: Welcome, ITS UK Chief Executive Max Sugarman
10:35 – 10:40: Overview from Hosts: Catherine Whitfield, Associate Director, Intelligent Transport Services, WSP
10:40 – 11:10: Keynote: Martin Traynor OBE, Small Business Crown Representative
11:10 – 11:55: Panel: How can we best support start-ups and SMEs: The Clients & Government View, with:

Martin Traynor OBE, Small Business Crown Representative, Cabinet Office;
Steve Sopp, Senior Category Lead – Transport Technology Services, Crown Commercial Services;
Ghaith Al-Werikat, Senior Supplier Development Manager, National Highways;
Alisdair Ritchie, Head of SME Development, Connected Places Catapult

12:10 – 12:55: Panel: How can we best support start-ups and SMEs: The Tier One and Consultant View

Nick Fearnhead, Head of Project Mobilisation and Technology Services – Highways, Balfour Beatty
Pryce Evans, Senior Associate Director, Jacobs
Lee Tooze, Street Lighting Design Manager, Amey

12:55 – 1:40: Panel: How we can best support the growth of the sector: The SME and Start Up View, with:

Gabriel Jacobson, CEO, Valerann;
Peter Cattell, Head of Technical Sales, Clearview Intelligence;
Andrew Caleya Chetty, Starling Technology;
Damian Horton, Co-Founder, Eloy

1:40- 2:40: Lunch
2:40 – 3:10: Workshop 1: Moving Forward: What can we take away from today?
The Conference will break into three groups exploring procurement, finance and funding and partnerships
3:10 – 3:40: Workshop 2: Moving Forward: What can we take away from today?
The Conference will break into three groups exploring procurement, finance and funding and partnerships
3:40 – 4:00: Reporting back, next steps and concluding remarks

Speakers
Martin Traynor OBE
Small Business Crown Representative
Based 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.
Martin 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).
After leaving the Chamber in 2014, he set up his own consultancy business which he combines with several key Non-Executive roles.
In 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”.
Steve Sopp
Transport Strategy Commercial Lead – Technology Pillar, Crown Commercial Service
Steve 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.
Catherine Whitfield
Associate Director (ITS), WSP & ITS UK Vice Chair
Catherine 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.
Over 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.

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Christmas Drinks
2023-12-05 16:30 - 21:00 | Canal House Bar & Restaurant, 12 Bridge St, Birmingham, B1 2JR
Join us for the ITS UK Christmas Drinks, an opportunity to network with colleagues from across the sector ahead of the festive season!
Taking 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.

Come and join us at Canal House (a short walk from the Mailbox) to enjoy some informal networking from 4.30pm!
If 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.
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Please 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.

Data Forum
2023-12-06 11:00 - 12:00 | Online
In November, the Government held an international AI Safety Summit, bringing together industry and international governments to understand how AI can be developed safely. Following the Summit, the parties involved published the Bletchley Declaration, highlighting that there is “a unique moment to act and affirm the need for the safe development of AI and for the transformative opportunities of AI to be used for good and for all, in an inclusive manner in our countries and globally”.
The ITS UK Data Forum session, taking place on 6 December, will ask what the Summit and Declaration mean for transport. There will be a presentation from Forum Officers Dave Weston, Chris Hutchins and David Trousdale of WSP on ‘Frontier AI in Transport’, followed by an interactive discussion on the subject.
We will also take a quick look back on our 2023 activity and look forward to our future events planned for 2024.
This one hour online session from the Data Forum will feature a presentation followed by an interactive discussion led by our Forum officers on the topic of “Frontier AI in Transport,” a theme that was explored at the recent UK AI Safety Summit.
Agenda
Welcome and introductions
Presentation and interactive discussion on the topic of ‘Frontier AI in Transport’
Forum Recap of 2023 and future plans for 2024
AOB
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Executive Dinner with Andy Lord
2023-12-06 19:00 - 22:00
ITS UK will be holding an Executive Dinner on Wednesday 6 December with Transport for London Commissioner Andy Lord.
The ITS UK Executive Dinners are a series of events exclusively for our Executive Membership, where we invite members to meet with senior decision makers and policy leaders across the transport and technology sectors to discuss key issues for the industry in an intimate setting.
At the dinner, the Commissioner will discuss his priorities for London’s transport network and the role transport technology can play in supporting them.
This event is sponsored by Arup and Jenoptik.

About Andy Lord
As Commissioner of TfL, Andy is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and reliable transport services to keep London moving, growing and to make life in the Capital better for residents, visitors and businesses. He is responsible for delivering the priorities and objectives set out in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and TfL Business Plan.
Andy joined TfL in November 2019, as Managing Director London Underground having started his career with British Airways as a sponsored undergraduate in 1989, gaining an honours degree in mechanical engineering from Manchester University. His career saw him take on roles across engineering, operations and customer service, culminating as Director of Operations and member of the Executive Leadership Team for just over seven years. Prior to joining TfL, Andy was Executive Vice President at Menzies Aviation leading the business and operations for the UK, EMEAI.
Andy is also a NED at Defence Equipment and Support.

Interested in attending?
The ITS UK Executive Dinners are a series of events exclusively for our Executive Members, with one invite per member. Invitations are sent to the lead contact in each organisation. If you would like to find out more, please email contact@its-uk.org.
Interested in Executive Membership?
Executive Membership is our premier tier of membership, for the leading organisations in the sector. It comes with a range of benefits, with additional events, discounts and the ability to feed into ITS UK’s strategy and future direction.
Find out more by emailing contact@its-uk.org.

Smart Environment Forum
2023-12-11 14:00 - 15:00 | Online
The ITS UK Smart Environment Forum returns with an online meeting on Monday 11 Dec at 2pm featuring PTV Group, SWARCO and Simplifai Systems.
Agenda
Simulation of Emissions – PTV Vissim and Bosch, Huseein-Hakin Falih, PTV Group
EU Green Deals and Decarbonisation of local cities and towns – Rory Abraham, SWARCO
A Carbon Update from our ITS UK Carbon Ambassador, Keith McCabe, Simplifai Systems

The Big ITS Conversation
2024-01-16 14:00 - 16:30 | Online
The Big ITS Conversation is back! Following the success of the first event in April, the Big ITS Conversation returns to put local authorities and public sector organisations in touch with ITS providers.
The Big ITS Conversation is a major virtual networking event using an online technology platform, where local authority and regional transport body representatives will be able to speak to a selection of intelligent transport providers over Zoom. The public sector representatives host virtual tables where ITS companies can come and meet them for short, informal meetings.
Before the event, the public sector representatives provide short challenge statements, listing in broad terms the challenges they are facing that intelligent transport could help resolve. The statements help make the networking as valuable as possible, ensuring the event is as effective as possible.
The Challenge Statements are now available here.
Who’s Attending?
We have public sector table hosts confirmed from:

East West Rail
Transport for London
Transport for the West Midlands
Bus Centre of Excellence
Connected Places Catapult
Transport for Greater Manchester
Reading Borough Council
Coventry City Council
Glasgow City Council
Department for Infrastructure (NI)

Keynote Speaker
Anthony Ferguson
Deputy Director, Traffic & Technology, Department for Transport
Anthony is a Deputy Director in the Department for Transport in charge of Traffic & Technology. This role encompasses traditional traffic management policy, involving things like the way roadworks are planned and carried out, parking regulations, the rules for traffic signs and the Blue Badge scheme. His role also involves exploring the potential for data and emerging technology to improve the safety, efficiency and environmental performance of our road networks. Anthony’s team runs the Street Manager digital service and is leading work on digitalisation of traffic orders and building the National Parking Platform. They are also responsible for developing the UK’s policy position on micromobility and managing national trials of e-scooters.
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HOTA Call for Evidence Launch Event
2024-01-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Online
On 17 January, Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK), in partnership with the Home Office, will hold an event exploring a new Call for Evidence for the Home Office Type Approval (HOTA) of road enforcement technology.

This online event, running from 10am to 11am, will offer you the opportunity to hear directly from the Home Office on what the Call for Evidence will cover, the process for how to respond and will allow you to ask questions to the team directly.
This event is organised as part of ITS UK’s Enforcement Forum, but is open to all – you do not need to be an ITS UK member to attend.
Please register below – a link to registered delegates will be circulated a few days before the event.

Agenda
10:00am | Welcome and overview of session
Max Sugarman, ITS UK
10:02am | Introduction and background
Geoff Collins, Chair, ITS UK Enforcement Forum & General Manager, Acusensus
10.05am | View from the End User
Chief Superintendent Marc Clothier, Sussex Police
10.15am | The Call for Evidence
James Cooke, Head of S&T Strategy and Assurance Transformation, Home Office Science, Technology, Analysis and Research
10.25am | Q&A
10.55am | Closing Remarks: Why industry should respond
James Riley, Managing Director, Neology UK
11.00am | Event Close

Background
In June 2023, ITS UK launched the ‘Let’s Get HOTA Working’ campaign calling for a review of the HOTA process in order to ensure it was enabling the roll out of enforcement technology and supporting greater road safety. We’re delighted to see the Home Office launch this Call for Evidence, which we urge industry to input into. ITS UK are supporting the Home Office to engage with industry and stakeholders in getting a wide scope of views.

About the Call for Evidence
The Call for Evidence will support a review of HOTA for Road Traffic Law Enforcement Devices (RTLEDs) used by the police and other law enforcement agencies in Great Britain. The Call for Evidence is designed to gain insights into stakeholder experiences of HOTA and to invite any suggestions for improvements that the Home Office could consider. It launched on 15 January 2024, two days before this event, and will close on 14 February 2024.
The Call for Evidence will cover RTLEDs as described in “The Speedmeter, Traffic Light and Prohibited Lane Enforcement Camera Handbook v2.0” The Handbook contains a description of the technical requirements to be met for consideration of type-approval of certain types of speed, traffic light and prohibited lane enforcement equipment which are prescribed devices for the purposes of the road traffic legislation. HOTA of breath testing devices and drug-testing devices are out of scope of this Call for Evidence.
You can find the Call for Evidence here. Please note, this page will be in draft form until the Call for Evidence is launched on 15 January.

What is HOTA?
HOTA provides assurance that the device is accurate, precise, consistent and reliable and that its evidence can be relied on. Under section 20 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, in proceedings concerning certain traffic offences* records or measurements made by police equipment for traffic law enforcement can admissible as evidence subject to the following conditions: the equipment is a type approved by the Secretary of State and that any conditions subject to which the approval was given are satisfied.
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* The offences are listed in s20(2) Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988

Transport AI 2024
2024-01-23 | Manchester Conference Centre, Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3BB
Transport AI 2024 will bring together professionals to discuss the latest developments in artificial intelligence (AI), transport and planning.
Transport AI UK will provide a one-stop shop for getting up to speed with the opportunities and challenges of AI:

A platform for attendees to gain insights on which AI-powered products, services and tools can deliver now
The AI development curve: how to use AI to add value by time-saving, cost-saving and automating routine tasks
Planning an AI readiness strategy
Understanding key resourcing, procurement, human and ethical factors

For more information regarding the conference please visit this link here – Transport Ai 2024 | Landor LINKS: LIVE
They are inviting short abstracts of no more than 250 words. Please find further information online and send your submissions to Juliana O’Rourke, including talk title and speaker name, job title and email details.

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Forum
2024-02-01 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
In this one hour session, we will be hearing an update on the question of “who pays for connected vehicle services from Andy Graham of White Willow Consulting and a presentation on the latest CAM opportunities from Zenzic.
We’ll also present some feedback from the joint AESIN / TTF / ITS UK workshop that took place in the summer, titled ‘ITS & Automotive: Clash of the Systems’, which explored how we bring automotive and ITS technology together to deliver a CAV future.
We will also feature a virtual panel discussion around the new Automated Vehicles (AV) Bill which was made public last year in November. Announced in the King’s Speech on Tuesday 7 November 2023, the Bill aims to deliver one of the most comprehensive legal frameworks for self-driving vehicles, with safety as its key focus.
Agenda
Who Pays for Services Update | Andy Graham, White Willow Consulting
Update on the Zenzic CAM UK Roadmap to 2035 | Mili Naik, Zenzic
Update on AESIN / TTF / ITS UK 2023 Clash of the Systems Workshop I Alan Walker, Syselek
Panel Discussion – Automated Vehicles Bill | Led by Ian Pengelly, 4Way Consulting
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Council Meeting
2024-02-08 12:00 - 16:30 | Microsoft UA92 Talbot Road Manchester M16 0PU
The first ITS UK Council meeting of the year is set to take place on the 8th February at Microsoft’s offices in Manchester.
The ITS UK Council meetings provide the opportunity to hear and influence the direction of ITS UK’s strategic direction as well as to hear from a senior industry speaker on a key issue of the day.
In this meeting we are pleased to welcome Owen Wilson, Head of Major Roads at Transport for the North.
Our Council meetings take place quarterly and attendance is open to Executive Members only. If you would like to register for the meeting please get in touch with Rukshan Soysa, Operations Manager at ITS UK, at rukshan.soysa@its-uk.org

Owen Wilson
Owen leads the Transport for the North Major Roads Team in working with Department for Transport, National Highways, and local Transport Authority partners in shaping policy and investment priorities for the North’s Major Roads.
Owen considers himself privileged to have enjoyed more than 24yrs experience managing the development and delivery of transport and local economic strategies within the public and NGO sectors.

APAG: Developing An ITS UK ‘Future Of Transport’ Manifesto
2024-02-09 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
In this meeting on 9 February our first of 2024, this session will focus on developing a manifesto for the ‘Future of Transport’ ahead of a General Election, due to take place later this year.
ITS UK’s Future of Transport Manifesto will set out the key policy areas and recommendations of pertinence to the transport technology sector. It will seek to set out a comprehensive overview of our key asks for the next Government, and will act as our ‘go-to’ policy document for all future advocacy and public affairs activity.
Attendees are welcome to join the online discussion for as long as they wish, where we will set out our current thinking and seek to gather views to input into the document.
The ITS UK Advocacy & Public Affairs Group is our main forum for the discussion of policy, comms and public affairs issues. The Group provides the opportunity for attendees to hear from a key speaker on a relevant policy topic, followed by an update on ITS UK’s Advocacy & Public Affairs Plan.
All members are welcome to join.
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Unlocking Space For Business Roundtable
2024-02-14 15:00 - 16:00 | Online
ITS UK and the UK Space Agency are holding a virtual roundtable on the Unlocking Space for Business programme.

ITS UK Members are invited to a virtual roundtable with the UK Space Agency on innovative satellite data and service opportunities for the Transport & Logistics sector, as part of the government’s Unlocking Space for Business programme.
This virtual roundtable, hosted by ITS UK will be held on Teams, with a link circulated to attendees a week before the meeting.
About the Unlocking Space for Business Programme
In October 2023, the UK Space Agency launched a new 18-month programme to assist Transport & Logistics businesses to unlock the benefits of satellite data and services. This is being done through facilitating Insight & Networking, focused Exploration Workshops, L&D sessions and Government funding. Some of the opportunities from satellite data and services includes:

Satellite imagery insights, including for infrastructure monitoring, land-use changes, ESG variables, weather assessments
Connectivity capabilities, including for remote cargo monitoring, communicating with fleets/crew, passenger connectivity opportunities
Geo-location and navigation solutions including for accurate cargo tracking, autonomous mobility support

The Roundtable
We are hosting this roundtable to support businesses in finding out more about opportunities to drive innovation and business improvement through the use of satellite data and services, and how the UK Space Agency programme can support them. Organisations wishing to further engage with the programme can register their interest with the UK Space Agency here.
Speakers
We will be joined on Wednesday 14 February by:

Lydia Green, UK Space Agency, Head of Unlocking Space Programme
Dan Osrin, PwC, UK Space Strategy Lead
Grant Klein, PwC, Transport Partner
Liam Braeger, Satellite Applications Catapult, Transport and Infrastructure Business Manager

The virtual roundtable will cover:

Showcasing leading global innovation in Transport & Logistics through satellite data and services
Discussing UK perspectives on challenges and opportunities that can be addressed
How ‘Unlocking Space for Business’ is offering support to companies through funding, expertise and engagement.

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Annual Conference at Interchange
2024-02-27 11:30 - 17:30 | Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street, Manchester M2 3GX, Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill Street, Manchester, M2 3GX
The ITS UK Conference focuses on how transport technology can lead to a greener, safer, more efficient and better integrated transport network, bringing together leading technologists, government officials, policy makers and industry leaders.

The ITS UK Annual Conference is our major national, strategic event, bringing together the transport technology industry to discuss key issues of the day. The Conference is part of Interchange, the national infrastructure event focused on achieving a seamless and sustainable transport system that works for people, the economy and the environment.
Alongside the ITS UK Annual Conference, Interchange incorporates and co-locates with TIP (Transforming Infrastructure Performance) Live and the STB Conference; bringing together major public and private transport infrastructure clients, national and local transport authorities and with their upstream supply chains and the energy, property and tech sectors.

About the Conference
The ITS UK Annual Conference will explore how technology is reshaping mobility. The Conference will explore the four key topics of connectivity and autonomy, integration, sustainability and society and industry growth, with speakers from government at all levels and companies of all sizes.
Connectivity and Autonomy
Technology is increasingly enabling greater connectivity between infrastructure, vehicles and the wider network. With the UK leading the way in autonomous vehicle technology, we’ll explore how the industry is delivering connected and automated mobility, and the greater use of data and AI to achieve it.
Integration
Through smart ticketing, mobility as a service and new forms of shared mobility, the UK has the opportunity to develop a more joined-up and seamless experience for transport users. We’ll explore what building blocks need to be in place to create a fully integrated network. We’ll look at the current state of play for new micromobility services, and the benefits they can provide.
Sustainability and Society
As one of the largest emitters of CO2 and air pollution, it is more urgent than ever that the transport industry ramps up its decarbonisation efforts. We’ll explore technologies role in achieving net zero across the transport network. We’ll also explore how we ensure we deliver greater safety, in the road to Zero Harm.
Industry Growth
The global ITS sector is expected to grow by 7.7% up to 2030. How can the UK best take advantage of this growth and best utilise the many businesses and globally-regarded expertise we have on our shores? We’ll explore the value of transport as a key strategic growth sector, one which the UK can develop a competitive advantage in, from which to export and grow abroad. And we’ll consider how we ensure we are supporting a new generation of intelligent transport professionals to enter the industry and who reflect the diversity of the public they serve.
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Please use code ITS24 in the relevant box

The Agenda
08:00 | Registration, networking, exhibition, plenaries and keynote on the Main Stage, followed by a coffee break
11.30 | Welcome to the ITS UK Annual Conference
Stuart Scott, Chair, ITS UK & Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
11.35 | Welcome Message from Transport Innovation Minister Anthony Browne MP
11.40 | The Road to 2027: An Introduction to the ITS World Congress 2027 in Birmingham
John Paddington, Senior Manager, ERTICO
Mark Collins, Head of Future Transport, Transport for West Midlands
Darren Capes, Head of ITS Policy, Department for Transport
Chair: Stuart Scott, Chair, ITS UK
Theme One: Connectivity & Autonomy
Chair: Ryan Hood, Digital Highways Leader, Arup
12.00 | Keynote: Delivering the CAV Vision
Dominik Leeson, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles – Department for Transport
12.20 | Panel: How can transport best utilise the power of data and AI?
Sam Li, Senior Innovation Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester
Anna Jordan, Co-Founder & CEO, Alchera Technologies & BridgeAI Transport Advisory Board Chair
Phil Clifton, Managing Director, Balfour Beatty
Alex Mindell, Head of AI & Autonomy, Department for Transport
Richard Barrington, Director, Smart Cities & Land Mobility, Angoka
Olga Gonzalez, Marketing Director, Valerann
13:00 | Lunch & Networking
Theme Two: Integration
13:45 | Fireside Chat: Achieving the vision of a truly integrated transport network
John Chapman, Regional Transport Lead, Amazon Web Services
Mark Collins, Head of Future Transport, Transport for the West Midlands
Chair: Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
14:05 | Panel: Delivering greater integration through Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
Alastair McInroy, CEO, MaaS Scotland
Steven Longman, MaaS Programme Lead, Solent Transport
Martin Howell, Director, Transport Markets, UK & Ireland, Worldline
Dallas Delaney, Marketing Manager, Snapper Services
Tim Casswell, City Development Lead, TIER Mobility
Chair: Mark Collins, Head of Future Transport, Transport for the West Midlands
Theme Three: Sustainability and Society
Chair: Catherine Whitfield, Associate Director – ITS, WSP & Vice Chair, ITS UK
14:45 | Keynote: ITS in delivering a sustainable transport future
Vivi Michalaki, Head of Intelligent Transport Systems, National Highways
15:15 | Tea, networking, exhibition, keynote stage address
15:30 | Panel: Safety critical – how can technology support a safer transport system?
James Riley, Managing Director, Neology UK
Margaret Winchcomb, Deputy Executive Director, PACTS
David Denner, Highways Technology Manager, Welsh Government
James Heslop, Head of Strategy, Network Rail R&D Portfolio
Flora McFarlane, Head of Growth and Partnerships, VivaCity
Siobhan Campbell, Technical Director, WSP
Theme Four: Industry Growth
Chair: Caroline Hildreth, Principal, Netcompany
16:10 | Keynote: Delivering a step change in traffic signals innovation
Darren Capes, Head of ITS Policy, Department for Transport
16:30 | Panel: Talent, the industry and delivering on diversity
Louise Cheeseman, Founder and Chair, Women in Bus and Coach
Steve Spender, Chief Executive, Institute of Highway Engineers
Scott Heath, Innovation Lead, Thales
James Hornsby, Early Careers Lead, ITS UK
Gemma Tredwell, Chair, Women in ITS
Joanna Hill, Women in Transport North West Lead
17:10 | Concluding remarks
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
17:15 | End
From 17:15 | Networking Drinks Reception, including a keynote by Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham.

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User Behaviour and CAV Forums
2024-02-29 12:00 - 16:00 | University of Warwick, WMG 6 Lord Bhattacharyya Way, Coventry CV4 7AL, Warwick, CV4 7AL
The ITS UK User Behaviour Forum in conjunction with the CAV Forum will be meeting at WMG, the University of Warwick, on Thursday 29 February (12pm-4pm GMT).
The session will be looking at systems thinking when applied to road safety and how this in turn, then integrates into the user behaviour perspective.
There will be presentations from the University of Warwick, AtkinsRealis, PACTS and the West of England Combined Authority, as well as a panel discussion exploring and reflecting on the Automated Vehicles Bill and what it means for the end user.

Agenda

Introductions from University of Warwick (WMG) and ITS UK
Systems thinking and road safety, Aston Brand, Senior Consultant and John-Paul Doherty, Associate Technical Director, Atkins
WMG on Systems Engineering, Siddartha Khastgir, Head of Verification and Validation for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, University of Warwick
Road Safety and how this integrates into User Behaviour, Jamie Hassall, Executive Director, PACTS
A Local Authority perspective, from the West of England Combined Authority
Panel discussion – Reflections on the Automated Vehicles Bill and what it means for the end user

Public Transport Forum
2024-03-04 11:00 - 12:30 | Online
Our next Public Transport Forum will be taking place on the 4 March (11-12.30pm), where we will have a keynote presentation from Transport for Greater Manchester, covering the integration of the Bee Network from Nick Fairclough (bio below).
We will also be featuring three ITS UK Members that were shortlisted for the 2023 ITS UK Public Transport Award, outlining their respective projects and giving us an update on their progress.
Agenda
Keynote Presentation: Transport for Greater Manchester: Delivering the integration of the bus network – Nick Fairclough, Senior Policy Manager, Transport for Greater Manchester
Award Shortlist Presentations:
– Sofia Ticketing System (STS), an account based ticketing system/platform – Matt Kendrick, Business Development Partner, Theoremus
– Helsinki Metro 5G Pilot – Dr Dimitris Kaltakis, Technical Director, WSP
– Go Ahead – Using People Movement data to increase bus use in Plymouth – Chris Bax, Associate Director, Amey
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Keynote Speaker

Nick Fairclough is the Senior Policy Manager at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), working to support development and delivery of the Bee Network, the city region’s new integrated public transport system.
Most recently, Nick led development of the city region’s ambitious Bus Strategy, which set out how Greater Manchester intends to improve and grow its bus system using the powers afforded by bus franchising.
During his eight years of policy work for Greater Manchester, Nick has also been involved in the development of a refreshed active travel mission, the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter and is currently working with colleagues to develop the city region’s next Local Transport Plan.

Transport Ticketing Global 2024
2024-03-05 - 2024-03-06 | Olympia London, Hammersmith Rd, London, London, W14 8UX
ITS UK is a partner organisation for Transport Ticketing Global, which returns on 5-6 March 2024.
This the the world’s largest public transport forum event for smart ticketing & mobility professionals.
Registration is now open so make sure you reserve your place.
This year’s conference delves into pivotal industry challenges and opportunities surrounding AI & biometrics in transport, rail distribution, account-based ticketing, mobile ticketing, cybersecurity and much more! Through in-depth case studies, interactive panels and dynamic roundtable discussions, you can glean actionable insights and advice to transform your strategies. View the full conference agenda here.
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Women in ITS Forum
2024-03-07 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
The ITS UK Women in ITS Forum is holding their annual International Women’s Day event this year, as a webinar on Thursday 7 March (2pm – 3.30pm GMT).
In this session, we will be having an international theme featuring speakers from WSP, Arcadis and 4 Way Consulting.

Agenda
Introductions from WITS Forum Chair, Gemma Tredwell, Arcadis
Moving towards Cleaner Mobility – An Overview of the National Electric Vehicle Formula Program and Deployment Challenges – Laura Hartley, Principal Transportation Engineer, Arcadis (USA)
Using Floating Vehicle Data to Assist Planning of TM Strategies and Monitoring Disruption from Roadworks – Jason Loader, Future Mobility Discipline Lead, 4way Consulting
Connected Site applications – Cormac Browne, Principal Consultant, Intelligent Infrastructure, WSP
Discussion
We encourage you to think about the following –

A reflection on something you would do differently to last year
A highlight of 2023
An ambition for 2024 – can be personal or work related

This meeting is open and available for anyone to attend.
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