
ITS UK’s Annual Conference returns for its third year to Interchange, this time taking place across the two days of the event.
The ITS UK Annual Conference has become a key event in the industry’s calendar. Open to all, the Conference brings 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.
11.30am | Welcome to the ITS UK Annual Conference!
– Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
– Catherine Whitfield, Chair, ITS UK
11.40am | Launch of ‘The Economic Value of Intelligent Transport Systems’: A New Report from Capital Economics
– Ippolito Castellani Tarabini, Senior Economist, Capital Economics
Chair: Caroline Hildreth, Vice Chair, ITS UK & Principal – Transport, Netcompany
11.55am | Keynote: Digital Transport: Priorities, challenges and opportunities
Patricia Thornley, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department for Transport
12.15pm | Lunch
1.15pm | Panel: Digital Transport: How are we making progress?
– Malcolm Lowe, Chief Information Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester
– Andrea Reacroft, Digital Transport Programme Delivery Manager, Tees Valley Combined Authority
– Agnieszka Scott, Head of Smart Data, Department for Business and Trade
– Anna Jordan, CEO, Alchera Technologies
1.55pm | Discussion: Digital Transport – What are the challenges of digitalising transport and how can we solve them?
2.15pm | Break & Interchange Keynote
Chair: Catherine Whitfield, Chair, ITS UK & Project Director ITS, Mott MacDonald
2.45pm | Keynote: Integrated transport in a rural setting: A case study from Shrewsbury
– Julia Buckley, Member of Parliament for Shrewsbury
3.05pm | Panel: How can we deliver a transport system that is inclusive and integrated?
– Andrew Seedhouse, Chairman, Smart Applications Management
– Alice Missler, Passenger Transport Manager, Hertfordshire County Council
– Dallas Delaney, Product Marketing Manager, Transit App
– Sameer Savani, Managing Director – Transport, Connected Places Catapult
3.45pm | Discussion: Intelligent Mobility – What are our priorities and how can we make that happen?
4.15pm | Workshop on the Department for Transport Data Action Plan
5.15pm | Close of Day 1
– Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK
11.10am | Welcome to Day Two of the ITS UK Annual Conference
– Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
Chair: Neil Levett, Board Director, ITS UK & representing Kier Transportation
11.15am | Quickfire Presentations on Connected and Automated Mobility
– Delivering the Connected Vehicles Services Framework, Darren Capes, Head of Road Infrastructure Technology, Department for Transport
– Connected and Automated Mobility: The Public Transport Challenge, Alan Walker, Managing Director, Syselek
– Moving to Delivery, Ashley Feldman, Public Policy Manager, Wayve
11.55am | Discussion: What is the future of our roads and connected and automated mobility?
12.15pm | Lunch & Interchange Skills Workshop
1.15pm | Introducing Project ROUTE: Delivering a Skills Programme for the transport technology industry
– Rachel Keane, Managing Director, DigData & Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
1.25pm | Delivering data skills for the future of transport
– Chair: Rachel Keane, Managing Director, DigData
– Danielle McGrellis, Associate, Arup
– Veron Charles, Business Management Student, Manchester Metropolitan University
Chair: Jo Field, Managing Director, JFG Comms & ITS UK Board Member
1.55pm | Keynote: The future of freight and maritime
– Tim Morris, Principal Engineer – Intelligent Mobility, Arup
2.15pm | Panel: Delivering seamless logistics through technology
– Tom Parker, Head of EU Transport Strategy & Policy, Amazon
– David Boot, Director of Public Affairs & Policy, Road Haulage Association
– Grace Rawnsley, Director of Sustainability and Net Zero Transition, Port of London Authority
– Fergus Watson, Innovation Manager, Port of Tyne
2.55pm | Discussion: How can we work together to transform and improve resilience in Freight, Logistics and Maritime?
3.15pm | Keynote: What does inclusivity really mean?
– Helen Dolphin MBE, Senior Programme Manager Access and Inclusion, Network Rail
3.35pm | Closing Remarks
– Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, Intelligent Transport Systems UK


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