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SUMMARY:Annual Conference at Interchange
DESCRIPTION:ITS UK’s Annual Conference returns for its second year and will explore the latest across transport technology\, innovation and the future of mobility. \nOpen to all\, the Conference will focus on the theme of: “How to build an integrated transport network?”. The Conference will include a collection of keynotes giving an update on key sectors – road\, bus\, rail – and a number of panels exploring cross-cutting issues like data and digitalisation\, decarbonisation and exports. A full agenda can be found below. \nThe Conference will bring together transport authorities\, technology providers and industry leaders across all modes to discuss how we can create a more joined-up\, seamless\, safer and greener transport system. \nRegister to attend via the button below. Attendance is free\, and gives you access to both days of Interchange. Please use code ITSUK25 where it says “if you have a code please enter it here”. \nRegister here\n  \n\nAgenda\n11.45-12.00 | Welcome\nStuart Scott\, Chair\, ITS UK | Head of Service — ITS\, Mott MacDonald\nMax Sugarman\, Chief Executive\, ITS UK \n12.00-12.20 | Keynote: Digitising our road network\nDavin Crowley-Street\, CDO\, National Highways \n12.20-13.10 | Digitalisation & Data: How can open and accessible data support an integrated transport network?\nEmma Thwaites\, Director of Global Policy and Corporate Affairs\, Open Data Institute\nSam Rose\, Director for Data and Advanced Analytics\, Department for Transport\nBradley Taylor\, Head of Markets\, Ordnance Survey\nDan Clarke\, Future Mobility Lead\, Cambridgeshire Partnership\nMike Guerin\, Head of Business Development\, Swarco\nHannah Tune\, ITS Development Manager\, Transport for Greater Manchester\nChair: Ryan Hood\, Digital Highways Leader\, Arup \n13.10-14.00 | Exhibition \nNetworking\, including keynote in exhibition hall \n14.00-14.20 | Keynote: Innovation in rail\nAdam Lowery\, Technical Director\, GBRX\nChair: Richard Carr\, Technical Director\, Railway Industry Association (RIA) \n14.20-15.00 | Decarbonisation: How can technology support a cleaner\, greener network?\nHeather Foster\, New Technologies Lead\, Midlands Connect\nEugenia Agell-Bernad\, Corporate Partnerships Manager\, Campaign for Better Transport\nKeith McCabe\, Chief Executive Officer\, Simplifai Systems\nAlice Pleasant\, Senior Public Affairs Manager\, Lime\nMark Bell\, Digital Transformation Lead\, Mott MacDona\nChair: Catherine Whitfield\, Deputy Group Technical Director\, WSP \n15.00-15.20 | Keynote: A new moment for the bus sector\nStephen Fidler\, Director – Buses\, Department for Transport \n15.20-15.45 | Exhibition\nNetworking\, including keynote in exhibition hall \n15.45-16.15 | The Active Travel Conversation\nDarren Capes\, ITS Policy Lead\, Department for Transport\nJulian Scriven\, Managing Director\, Brompton Bike Hire & Chair\, Urban Mobility Partnership\nChair: Caroline Hildreth\, Principal – Transport\, Netcompany \n16.15-16.55 | Going global: How can we boost the uptake of ITS across the world?\nKimmo Ylisiurunen\, Head of Cluster\, Fintraffic\nSven Aulik\, Director – International Partnerships\, Fleetguru\nDonal Hodgins\, Chair\, ITS Nationals Network | Head of Sustainable Transport & Traffic\, Kildare County Council\nChris Lane\, Head of Transport Innovation\, Transport for the West Midlands\nMiki Szikszai\, CEO\, Snapper Services\nChair: Neil Levett\, Director\, Levett Business Services \n16.55-17.00 | Closing remarks\nSteve Norris\, President\, ITS UK \n  \n\n  \nMain Sponsor\n  \n \n  \nSilver Sponsors\n \n\nEstonian and Finnish ITS Delegation Breakfast\nJoin ITS Estonia\, ITS Finland and ITS UK for a morning breakfast reception\, connecting you with professionals across the three countries. \nRunning from 10am to 11am on Wednesday 5 March (the day after the ITS UK Conference)\, the Reception will provide the opportunity for UK attendees to meet colleagues from Estonia and Finland who are attending Interchange as a delegation. This is a chance to meet those working in the ITS sector across these markets\, and to discuss how the three countries can work together to support better connectivity through technology. \nThis Reception is open to all – you do not need to be an ITS UK\, ITS Estonia or ITS Finland Member to attend. \nPlease note\, to attend this event you will also need a registration for Interchange. Registration for Interchange is free\, and available here.  \n  \nRegister for the breakfast\nSupported by:
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/annual-conference-at-interchange-2/
LOCATION:Manchester Central Convention Complex\, Windmill Street\, Manchester M2 3GX\, Manchester Central Convention Complex\, Windmill Street\, Manchester\, M2 3GX
CATEGORIES:Conference
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SUMMARY:Women in ITS Group
DESCRIPTION:Join us online via Teams on the 11 March at 09.00am (GMT) for the Women in ITS annual celebration of International Women’s Day 2025. \nWe will be exploring some key themes including diversity within the ITS sector\, how the sector is growing to enhance female leadership and how we can be forward thinking and create the right future environments for a more robust and balanced workforce. \nWe have some excellent international speakers lined up including\, ITS Australia Chief Executive – Susan Harris\, winner of the ITS UK Woman of the Year Award Jill Hayden\, AtkinsRealis\,  Miranda Blogg – Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and Elena Minguet\, WSP. \nFollowing presentations from our speakers\, there will be dedicated time to ask questions and share your thoughts. \nWe encourage you to join the webinar for this key date – so please do register your place below. \nRegister Here\nAgenda\n09:00am   Welcome & Overview of Session\nGemma Tredwell\, WITS Forum Chair \n09.05am   Diversity initiatives for the Australia ITS Sector\nSusan Harris\, ITS Australia Chief Executive \n09.20am\nMiranda Blogg\, Director of the Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative\, Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads \n09.35am   Diversity statement and the Road to World Congress 2027\nChris Lane\, Strategic Head of Transport Innovation\, Transport for West Midlands \n09.40am    My career journey\nJill Hayden\, Technical Director\, AtkinsRealis\, ITS UK Woman of the Year \n09.55am     Move to Australia in 6 steps … also valid for any goal!\nElena Minguet\, Senior ITS Engineer\, WSP \n10.10am      Q&A \n10.30am      Close
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/women-in-its/
LOCATION:Online\, Online
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SUMMARY:Maritime Forum
DESCRIPTION:The ITS UK Maritime Forum on the 13 March will now be an online webinar held on Teams\, rather than taking place in Liverpool. The event will run from 1.30 to 2.45pm as originally planned and will examine synergies between connected and automated technologies in the maritime and and logistics sectors. \nWe have speakers and insightful presentations from Liverpool John Moores University\, National Oceanography Centre\, Vivacity and White Willow Consulting to highlight the transformative potential of integrating cutting-edge technologies across these critical sectors to enhance efficiency\, safety\, and environmental sustainability. \nRegister Now \n\nAgenda\n1.30pm | Introduction and Welcome from Arup \n1.35pm I How the Maritime Forum can support the ITS World Congress 2027 \n– Andy Graham\, White Willow Consulting \n1.45pm I The Role of ITS in Enhancing Intermodal Logistics Gateways \nDr. Dimitrios Paraskevadakis\, Senior Lecturer and Program Leader\, Liverpool John Moores University  \n2.05pm Vivacity Presentation \n2.20pm | Satellite Intertidal mapping in the Mersey and GNSS-IR water level monitoring \n– Dr Paul Bell\, Principal Research Scientist\, National Oceanography Centre \n2.35pm | Q&A \n2.45pm  Event Close
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/maritime-forum-2/
LOCATION:Online\, Online
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250318T153000
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SUMMARY:User Behaviour Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us on the 18 March at WMG\, University of Warwick\, as the ITS UK User Behaviour Forum explore how we can be forward thinking and create the right future perspectives into user behaviour on the transport network. \nFully understanding how users interact with transport systems is more crucial than ever. Increasing use of data and insights into the future of travel and\, more specifically\, the integral role of the individual user have the potential to radically change the way we manage\, operate and plan our transport systems. \n\nWe have some excellent and forward thinking speakers\, DfT Chief Scientific Advisor Sarah Sharples\, Department of Transport\, Mark Collins\, Head of Future Transport at Transport for West Midlands and Sunil Budhdeo\, Transport Innovation Manager at Coventry City Council. \nFor the second half of the event\, we plan to run a workshop to provide you the opportunity to have key conversations around these topics and share your ideas. \nWe expect this to be a highly popular session\, so book now to avoid disappointment! \n\nRegister Now\n\nAgenda\n10:30am\nArrivals\, tea/coffee and networking \n11.00am\nWelcome & Overview of Day\nSiddartha Khasgtir\, User Behaviour Forum Chair\, WMG \n11.10am\nSarah Sharples\, Chief Scientific Adviser\, DfT \n11.30am\nMark Collins\, Head of Future Transport\, Transport for West Midlands\n\n11.50am\nRoadmap to a Regulatory Framework for Commercial Drones in Urban Environments\nSunil Budhdeo\, Transport Innovation Manager\, Coventry City Council \n12.10pm\nNational Highways (TBC) \n12.30pm\nQuestion and Answer Session \n12.50pm\nLunch \n1.50pm\nWorkshop Session \n2.50pm\nFeedback from the above groups \n3.30pm\nClosing Remarks and Conclusion\nAston Brand\, User Behaviour Forum Vice Chair\, AtkinsRealis \n3.45pm\nEvent Close \n  \nRegister Now
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/user-behaviour-forum-3/
LOCATION:University of Warwick\, WMG 6 Lord Bhattacharyya Way\, Coventry CV4 7AL\, Warwick\, CV4 7AL
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SUMMARY:Connected Places Summit
DESCRIPTION:Connected Places Catapult are back again in 2025\, to once again host a two day summit of interactive content\, live project showcases\, inspiring thought leadership and opportunities to connect with peers from technology\, transport\, mobility\, cities\, academia\, and Government. \n\n\nThe Connected Places Summit will harness the collective ingenuity\, innovation\, and collaboration of our community to innovate together – as for innovation to flourish you need to be connected. \nYou can find out more information and how to register your place on their website here. \nA full agenda is also available to view here. \nITS UK are proud supporters of this event. ITS UK members can secure 20% when booking by using a code available on our Members Area here. Please note that tickets are limited to 20 and will expire on 26 February\, 2025\, so you need to be sure to register before that date. \nFor all enquiries about this event\, please liaise directly with Connected Places Catapult.
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/connected-places-summit/
LOCATION:Convene Sancroft\, St Paul's\, Paternoster Square\, London\, EC4M 7DQ\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250325T120000
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SUMMARY:Council Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Please save the date for our next ITS UK Council meeting\, which will take place on the 25 March (12-3.30pm) at Netcompany’s offices in London. \nThe ITS UK Council meetings provide the opportunity to hear from senior industry speakers on a key issue of the day and influence ITS UK’s strategic direction. Taking place quarterly\, attendance is open to Executive Members only.   \nAlongside input from Netcompany themselves\, we will have key updates from clients and public sector organisations.  To attend\, please RSVP to rukshan.soysa@its-uk.org \nAgenda\nLunch | 12pm \n Welcome and introductions | 1pm \n Keynotes | 1.10pm \n\nThe latest temporary ITS innovations – Ben Parsons\, Business Development Director\, SRL\nUpdate from National Highways – Vivi Michalaki\, Head of ITS (virtual)\n\n Key Updates from the Nations & Regions | 1.30pm \n\nInnovate UK – Martine Harvey\, Innovation Lead\nTransport for Greater Manchester – Hannah Tune\, ITS Development Manager\nGlasgow City Council – Nicola Bell\, Group Manager\, Traffic and Road Safety (virtual)\nCrown Commercial Services – Steve Sopp\, Commercial Lead\nTransport Scotland – Stephen Davies\, National Operations Manager\n\nNew Members Spotlight | 2.15pm \n\nNow Wireless – Paul Hudson\, Project and Sales Manager\n\nITS UK Business Plan 2025 Update & Governance Review | 2.45pm \n AOB  \n Close | 3.30pm
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/council-meeting-6/
LOCATION:Netcompany\, 7th Floor\, 33 King William Street\, EC4R 9AT\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Data Forum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Data Forum meeting covering how we can make our Data AI ready.  This very topical session will take place on the 26 March 2025 from 12 noon to 4pm at the WSP’s offices in Manchester.  \nGood quality data is key to applications of AI. Whilst there is an increased focus on how AI can transform how we work\, live and travel\, the focus on how we ensure we have the right data will become increasingly vital.  How can we enhance and work with data to create more opportunities through areas like machine learning\, LLM\, machine vision and other forms of AI? \nIn this session we will be sharing the latest from across the industry as well as practical examples and case studies\, to show how to make data more suitable.  To enable this exploration and discussion\, we are pleased to confirm speakers from the Open Data Institute\, WSP\, Zircon Software\, Transport for Greater Manchester\, Department for Transport (invited) and a presentation on Kaiasm‘s work with National Highways. \nA provisional agenda is available below and we plan to issue a full one with more details very soon but in the meantime please do register your place for this event below. \nREGISTER NOW \n  \nAgenda\n12:00  Arrivals and Lunch \n13:00  Welcome and Introduction\nChris Hutchins-Davies\, Technical Director\, WSP \n13:20  Update from National Highways\nGergely Ruccuja\, Principal Product Owner\, & JJ van de Vyver\, Engagement Manager\, National Highways \n13:40  Data and AI for policy makers in road safety\nNathan Harpham\, Principal Consultant\, Agilysis \n14:00  Kaiasm’s work with National Highways to build their ontology – an academic angle Liam McGee\, Chief Scientist\, Kaiasm \n14:20 Data Quality: How to future proof your AI and Data Solutions\nPeter Overbury\, Head of AI\, Zircon Software \n14:40 Break \n15:00 Presentation from Transport for Greater Manchester\nSam Li\, Senior Innovation Manager\, Transport for Greater Manchester \n15:20 Q&A Session  \n15:40 Closing Remarks and Next Steps  \n16:00 End of Event 
URL:https://www.its-uk.org/event/data-forum-3/
LOCATION:WSP Manchester\, 8 First St\, Manchester\, Manchester\, M15 4RP
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