Interchange Conference
Big thinking on the challenges and opportunities from delivering infrastructure for seamless, decarbonised, integrated and multimodal movement of people and goods
Event Schedule
Wednesday 19 April 2023
Event moderator
Nicola Beckford, BBC journalist and broadcaster
09.30-09.35
Welcome
Lord Patrick McLoughlin, former Transport Secretary, Chair TfN, Co-President of Interchange
09.35-10.00
Addressing the major challenges around transport decarbonisation
Sarah Sharples, chief scientific advisor, DfT
10.00-10.20
Business as Unusual
Engaging, embedding, evolving: creating desirable places and the models to deliver them. Reconciling the need to be practical with the obligation to be strategic.
Hiro Aso, Transit Hubs Sector Lead, Jacobs
Tim Kooyers, Growth Director, Jacobs
10.20-10.30
Transforming Infrastructure Performance and previewing the TIP Live programme
Nick Smallwood, Chief Executive, Infrastructure Projects Authority
10.30-10.40
Transport hubs and places, previewing the Places Hub programme
Jonathan Moseley, Executive Director, Strategic Advisory, CBRE
10.40-11.00
Break
11.00-11.15
Converting local climate ambition into local climate action
Kerry Bangle, Transport Plannin, WSP
11.15-11.30
Decarbonising construction plant and equipment – removing diesel from construction operations
The why and how of removing diesel from construction operations and decarbonising construction plant and equipment
Paul Aspinall, Hydrogen Lead, Arcadis
11.30-12.10
Infrastructure owner plans and opportunities for tech
What do major transport infrastructure owner operators want from tech and innovation and how do we create an environment where innovation can flourish. What is the opportunity to share innovation across modes?
Moderator: Ashley Feldman, Tech UK
Marie Hill, Chief Transformation and Digitalisation Officer, DB Cargo
Nick Woods, Group CIO, MAG Group
Davin Crowley-Sweet, Chief Data Officer, National Highways
Richard Ballantyne, Chief Executive, British Ports Association
12.10-12.25
How data becomes our guide
A Futurist’s view of how advances in technology and innovation may transform societal trends and the future of transport. Ant Morse looks at how data will become our guide as we navigate the future of travel.
Ant Morse, Head of Innovation, Virgin Media O2
12.25-13.05
Making data useful
You’ve got the data, but how and when does it become useful?
Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, Transport for the North
Laurence Oakes-Ash, Chief Executive, City Science
Miranda Sharp, founder, Metis Digital
Lauren Sager Weinstein, Chief Data Officer, Transport for London
12.55-13.50
Lunch
14.05-14.50
Improving end to end logistics from farmer to fork and plant to port
Is integrated transport the answer to end to end decarbonised freight and logistics including access to international gateways
James Stephens, Vice President Corporate Affairs, DHL
Steve Griffiths, Managing Director, East Midlands Airport
Darren Briggs, Global Logistics Skills Leader, Arup
Prof. Henry Tse, Director of New Mobility Technologies, Connected Places Catapult
14.50-15.35
Active travel: Can 50% of urban trips be walked, wheeled or cycled by 2030?
Steve Norris, independent transport and property advisor
Xavier Brice, Chief Executive, Sustrans
Christina Calderato, Director of Transport Strategy and Policy, TfL
Richard Dilks, Chief Executive, CoMoUK
15.35-16.05
Why our cities are killing us…
Matt Crisp, Chairman, Lab of Thought