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

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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

16.05-16.10

Closing remarks and conference ends