AGENDA

08:00-09:00	Registration and Welcome Breakfast (sponsored by Intuitive Talent Solutions)
09:00-09:30	Keynote Address Simon Lightwood MP, Minister for Local Transport and Sustainability
09:30-10:45	Devolution Panel: Creating connected, productive places through high performing bus networks Chaired by: Leon Daniels OBE, Advisory Board Chair, Bus Centre of Excellence Cllr Steve Foulkes, Chair, Transport Committee, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority Katharine Hammond, Chief Executive, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Cllr Nadine Peatfield, Deputy Mayor, East Midlands Mayoral Combined Authority Cllr Eleanor Thomson, Deputy Chair, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
10:45-11:15	Refreshment Break
11:15-12:30	Panel Discussion: Non-negotiables: reliability, accessibility, affordability and safety Chaired by: Laura Hadzik, Chair, Women in Bus and Coach Sandeep Shingadia, Executive Director, Transport for West Midlands Sarah Boyd, Chief Executive, Lothian Group Michael Hart, Chief Revenue Officer, Vix Technology Brian O'Rourke, Chief Executive & Founder, CitySwift Neil Chapman, Product Design Director, Europe & UK, Bauer Media Outdoor Alison Edwards, Director of Policy and External Relations, CPT
12:30-13:30	Lunch
13:30- 14:45	Panel Discussion: Future of Urban Bus Networks Chaired by: Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group Kara Wood, Head of Franchising, Liverpool City Region Martijn Gilbert, Managing Director, Arriva UK Bus Nigel Featham, Managing Director, Go North West Miki Szikszai, Chief Executive and Founder, Snapper Patrick Sibley, Regional Chief Executive, Metroline
14:45-15:15	Refreshment break
15:15-16:30	Panel Discussion: Future of Rural Bus Services Chaired by: Ben Plowden, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport Cllr Karen Shore, Deputy Leader & Cabinet Member for Transport, Cheshire West & Chester Council Robert Davis, Head of Active & Sustainable Travel, Trueform Lee Robinson, Executive Director for Regional Transport and Integration, Transport for Wales Jon Eardley, Managing Director of Global Aftersales & Telematics, WrightBus Ceri Oest, Senior Engagement Manager, Transport Focus Clare Waldron, Associate Director, ITP Haskoning

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