Transforming Infrastructure programme

5 March 2025

Speakers and programme

09:30-11.00

Registration, networking and exhibition

Including Interchange keynotes and mayoral panel open to all

11.00-11.05

Welcome from morning chair

Dr Ohis Ilalokhoin, engineering director, Cardinal Engineering and ICE Trustee

11.05-11.20

Keynote address: our role and focusing the industry to deliver for the planet and society

Elliot Shaw, chief customer and strategy officer, National Highways

11.20-12.15

Panel: where is the potential for driving future improvement in project delivery?

Infrastructure asset owners and delivery partners unpick their role in driving improved productivity and outcomes across projects and where they see potential for driving future improvements

David Porter, director of engineering, Department for Infrastructure (DfI Northern Ireland)
Elliot Shaw, chief customer and strategy officer, National Highways
Andy Falleyn, deputy director and chief highways engineer, Welsh Government
Laura Wilkinson, practice director (highways & local transport) and project director, AtkinsRéalis
Ben Hodgkin, head of programme, Associated British Ports
James Birch, managing director, Highways, Kier Transportation

12.15-12.40

Lessons learnt from Thames Tideway

Sharing how to set the right model, culture and mindset and why it is critical to driving performance throughout a project.

Roger Bailey, CTO, Tideway

12.40-13.00

PAS for Productivity and Climate Adaption

New initiatives to drive change across infrastructure

Mark Hansford, director of engineering knowledge, ICE
John Dore, director, Climate Sense

13.00-13.45

Networking in exhibition hall

… including Skills and Next Generation keynote and panel taking place on the Interchange Keynote stage in the exhibition hall

13.50-13.55

Welcome from afternoon chair

David Porter, director of engineering, Department for Infrastructure (DfI), Northern Ireland and ICE senior vice president

13.55-15.00

Transformation in practice

Sharing examples of how projects are addressing challenges and embedding good practice from conception to delivery.

A64 resurfacing
Innovative materials, processes, collaboration and challenging the orthodoxy have all played a part in yielding remarkable results on a pioneering road resurfacing project in North Yorkshire
Angela Halliwell, head of carbon and air quality, National Highways
Chris Wright, contracting director North, Tarmac

Elephant & Castle Station Capacity Upgrade
Creating an accessible interchange between the Northern line and local bus services will support the delivery of more than 10,000 new homes and 5,000 new jobs in the Elephant & Castle Opportunity Area
Mashooda Patka, Senior Project Manager, Capital Delivery Infrastructure, TfL
Richard Palmer, Development Director, Delancey.

Wolverhampton city centre regeneration
Stuart Townsend, operations manager, Taylor Woodrow
Josh Carr, Construction Project Manager – Major Schemes, City of Wolverhampton Council

15.00-15.15

Mersey Tidal Power

A unique opportunity to harness one the UK’s largest tidal ranges to generate reliable supply of clean energy for generations to come,building energy security and decarbonising infrastructure

Martin Land, project director - Mersey Tidal, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

15.15-15.55

Panel Discussion — industry priorities over the next two years…

Martin Land, project director - Mersey Tidal, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Helen Marriner, graduate engineer, WSP
Stephen O'Malley, chief executive, Civic Engineers
Mark Coates, vice president of infrastructure policy advancement, Bentley
Romily Bobby, temporary works design manager, EKFB

15.55-16.00

Closing remarks