AGENDA

08:45-09:15	Registration Refreshments served
09:15-09:30	Keynote Address Rt Hon Grant Shapps MP, Secretary of State, Department for Transport
09:30-10:00	Interview with Barry White, Chief Executive, Transport for the North
10:00-11:10	Session 1: Transforming the North of England's Railways: the long term rail strategy to connect the Northern cities Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus • David Hoggarth, Strategic Rail Director, Transport for the North • Tim Shoveller, Regional MD North West +Central, Network Rail • Cllr Martin Gannon, Leader of Gateshead Council and Chair of the North East Joint Transport Committee • Maggie Simpson, Director General, Rail Freight Group
11:10-11:30	Refreshment Break
11:30-12:45	Session 2: High Speed Rail: Connecting cities in the North of England to the rest of the UK Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus • Mark Thurston, CEO, HS2 • Henri Murison, Director, Northern Powerhouse Partnership • Sambit Banerjee, Managing Director of Rolling Stock, Siemens Mobility Limited • Caroline Donaldson, Managing Director, West Coast Partnership Development
12:45-13:45	Lunch
13:45-14:50	Session 3: Bus services in Northern England – the case for a long term investment strategy Chair: Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys • Cllr Liam Robinson, Transport Portfolio Holder, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority • Graham Vidler, Chief Executive, CPT • Robert Drewery, Commercial Director, Optare • Jonathan Bray, Director, Urban Transport Group
14:50-16:00	Session 4: Future of Mobility: Transforming travel and the areas we live in Chair: David Sidebottom, Director, Transport Focus • Claire Haigh, Chief Executive, Greener Journeys • Neil Connor, Client Executive Transport Operators, Fujitsu UK • Tim Roberts, Key Accounts Manager, Cubic • David Stones, Network Planning Director, Highways England