AGENDA

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08:00-09:00	Registration
09:00-09:05	Welcome David Begg, Chief Executive, Transport Times
09:05-09:30	Keynote Address Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State for Transport
09:30-11:00	Session 1: Is franchising working and is it possible to balance the competing objectives of the treasury and DfT? Chaired by Ed Thomas, Partner, KPMG Tim O'Toole CBE, Chief Executive, First Group Jim Steer, Director, Steer Davies Gleave Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Transport Focus
11:00-11:30	Refreshment break
11:30-13:00	Session 2: Challenges facing Network Rail in increasing capacity and meeting the needs of the customer Chaired by David Williams, Partner, KPMG Sir Peter Hendy CBE, Chair, Network Rail Prof Stephen Glaister, Chair, ORR Lee Jones, Sector Director Rail, Amey Richard White, Director of Strategic Advisory, EAMS Group
13:00-14:00	Lunch
14:00-15:30	Session 3: Priorities for rail across the UK Chaired by Sue Kershaw, Programme Director of Major Projects Advisory and UK Head of Infrastructure Programme and Project Management, KPMG Mike Brown, Transport Commissioner, Transport for London David Brown, Chief Executive, Transport for the North John Provan, Head of Rail Strategy and Funding for Transport Scotland, Transport Scotland