AGENDA

09:00-09:50	Registration
09:50-10:00	Adam Raphael, Associate Editor, Transport Times
	Chair's opening remarks
10:00-10:20	Lord Andrew Adonis, Minister of State for Transport Keynote address
10:20-10:30	Question and Answer session
10:30-10:50	Theresa Villiers MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport Conservative support for high speed rail
10:50-11:10	Paul Plummer, Director of Planning and Regulation, Network Rail To what extent will new high speed rail lines be needed on capacity grounds to meet the growth in demand?
11:10-11:30	Michael Roberts, Chief Executive, ATOC The train operator's perspective on high speed rail
11:30-11:40	Question and Answer session
11:40-12.00	Refreshments
12:00-12:20	Mike Forster, Strategy and Regulation Director, BAA Why high speed rail is not a solution to Heathrow's capacity constraints
12:20-12:40	Baroness Jo Valentine, Chief Executive, London First Why London needs high speed rail and a 3rd runway at Heathrow
12:40-13:00	speaker tbc High Speed Rail to Heathrow
13:00-13:15	Question and Answer session
13:15-14:05	Lunch
14:05-14:10	Adam Raphael, Associate Editor, Transport Times. Chair Opens Afternoon Session
14:10-14:30	Prof Roger Vickerman, Professor of Economics, University of Kent. Economic benefits of high speed rail
14:30-14:50	Prof David Begg, Chair, Northern Way Transport Compact. The transpennine perspective on high speed rail
14:50-15:00	Question & Answer session
15:00-15:20	Refreshments
15:20-15:40	Bill Reeve, Director, Rail Delivery, Transport Scotland. The case for electrification in Scotland
15:40-16:00	Jim Steer, Managing Director, Steer Davies Gleeve. Greengauge 21
16:00-16:10	Chair Closing Remarks