ITS UK Annual Conference
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The ITS UK Conference looked at how transport technology can lead to a greener, safer, more efficient and better integrated transport network. Packed across the whole day, the conference brought together leading technologists, government officials, policy makers and industry leaders.
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Tuesday 27 February 2024
The Intelligent Transport Systems UK (ITS UK) Annual Conference explored how technology is reshaping mobility. Run by ITS UK, the national industry association for transport technology, the Conference covered 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.
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Programme
11:30-11.35
Welcome to the ITS UK Annual Conference
Stuart Scott, Chair, ITS UK | Head of Service- Intelligent Transport Systems, Mott MacDonald and Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
11.35-11.40
Welcome Message from Transport Innovation Minister Anthony Browne MP
11:40-12.00
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 1 | 12.00-13.00 | CONNECTIVITY AND AUTONOMY
Chair: Ryan Hood, Digital Highways Leader, Arup
12:00-12.20
Keynote: Delivering the CAV Vision
Dominik Leeson, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles - Department for Transport
12:20-13.00
Panel: How can transport best utilise the power of data and AI
Sam Li, Senior Innovation Officer, Transport for Greater Manchester
Phil Clifton, Highways business Managing Director, Balfour Beatty
Anna Jordan, Co-founder and CEO, Alchera Technologies & BridgeAI
Alex Mindell, Head of AI & Autonomy, Department for Transport
Richard Barrington, Director, Smart Cities & Land Mobility, Angoka
Olga Gonzalez, Marketing Director, Valerann
13.00-13.45
(Networking in exhibition hall, keynote stage addresses)
THEME 2 | 13:45-14.45 | INTEGRATION
13:45-14.05
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 West Midlands
Chair: Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
14:05- 14.45
Panel: Delivering MaaS & greater integration
Alastair McInroy, CEO, MaaS Scotland | Technology Scotland
Dallas Delaney, Marketing Manager, Snapper Services
Steven Longman, MaaS Programme Lead, Solent Transport
Martin Howell, Director, Transport Markets UK & Ireland, Worldline
Tim Casswell, City Development Lead, TIER Mobility
Mark Collins, Head of Future Transport, Transport for West Midlands
THEME 3 | 14.45-15.15 | SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIETY
Chair: Catherine Whitfield, Vice Chair, ITS UK | Associate Director - ITS, WSP
14.45-15.15
Keynote: ITS in delivering a sustainable transport future
Vivi Michalaki, Head of ITS, National Highways
15.15-15.30
Networking in exhibition hall, keynote stage address
15:30-16.10
Panel: Safety critical – how can technology support a safer transport system?
James Riley, Managing Director, Neology
Margaret Winchcomb, Deputy Executive Director, PACTS
James Heslop, Head of Strategy, Network Rail
David Denner, Highways Technology Manager, Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
Flora McFarlane, Head of Growth and Partnerships, VivaCity
Siobhan Campbell, Technical Director, WSP
THEME 4 | 16.10-17.15 | INDUSTRY GROWTH
Chair: Caroline Hildreth, Principal, Netcompany
16.10-16.30
Delivering a step change in traffic signals funding
Darren Capes, Head of ITS Policy, Department for Transport
16:30-17.10
Talent, the industry and delivering on diversity
Louise Cheeseman, Women in Bus and Coach
Steve Spender, Chief Executive, IHE
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
17:10-17.15
Concluding remarks
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK