Traffex Theatre
The Traffex Theatre brought strategic and high-level content to our attendees through a series of presentations and informal debates that highlighted some of the key themes and challenges in the highways and transport sectors.
How technology is driving change on the motorway network
Jim O'Sullivan, CEO, Highways England
Delivering innovation and technology on the local network
Neil Gibson, President of ADEPT
Collaboration - A Partnership in Value
George Lee, CEO, HTMA
The CIHT Lugg Review into the funding, governance and operation to the local road network
Matthew Lugg OBE, CIHT President & Head of Profession, Local Government at WSP
Making the Collaborative Learning Circle work for industry
Dave Wright, Executive Director, Kier Highways
Embracing technological advances to deliver a safer, more resilient and more efficient road network
Elliot Shaw, Executive Director, Strategy and Planning, Highways England
Creating the workforce of the future through social mobility
James Haluch, Managing Director-Highways, Amey
Data, Delivery and Devolution
Richard Stuart, Highways Sector Director, Costain
The Road Miles concept ideas for improving roads and lessons from Adopt a Highway in the US
Edmund King, President of the AA
How we can help with the impact of funding challenges
Mitesh Solanki, Managing Director-Local Authorities, Kier Highways
Steve Willis, Chief Operating Officer, Lincolnshire County Council
An update on the work on various Transport Select Committee inquiries
Lilian Greenwood, Chair, Transport Select Committee
Is today’s Urban Traffic Control fit for tomorrow?
Dr Andrew Hamilton, Lead Product Owner, Siemens
Irfan Shaffi, Operational Control Manager, Transport for London
Why customer care isn’t only good for travellers but for your business too
Lianne Butler-White and Ruth Kinsella, Customer Experience Managers, Amey
The benefits of intervening in traffic management rather than doing nothing
Ian Patey – Head of Profession, Intelligent Transport, WSP
Lee Rowbotham, Senior Stakeholder Manager, Transport Focus
Informing the traveller needn’t cost a fortune
Liz Burr, Head of Network and Safety/Traffic Manager at Essex Highways
Inclusive mobility
Bryan Matthews, Lecturer, University of Leeds
Helen Aluko-olokun, Policy Business Partner at Guide Dogs
Dom Hyams, Digital & Communications Director, Grid Smarter Cities
Mervyn Kohler, External Affairs Adviser, AGE UK
Delivering the Mayor's Strategy
Carl Eddleston, Head of Asset Operations, Transport for London
Transport for Greater Manchester’s Transport Strategy-what we have implemented with the travelling public in mind and the benefits of doing this
Jonathan Marsh, Strategic Planning Manager, Transport for Greater Manchester
One city’s strategy – What Bristol has done to encourage modal shift
Jackie Davies, Principal UTMC Engineer, Bristol City Council
Nudging people towards behavioural change and why people don’t always act the way economists might tell you they will
Pete Dyson, Senior Consultant, Ogilvy
Navigating uncertainty
Paul Hammond, Global Practice Leader for Infrastructure Development and Economics at Mott MacDonald
Setting the scene - Why road safety has to be the number one priority
Nick Simmons, CEO, Roadpeace
The progress being made
Dr Suzy Charman, Executive Director, Road Safety Foundation
LiDAR challenges and opportunities in ADAS for autonomous vehicles and their implications on road safety
Zeina Nazer, Doctoral Researcher, University of Southampton, and Co-Founder, CITIES FORUM
Lessons from America – The good and bad of road safety in the USA
Scott Belcher, Global independent consultant, former President, ITS America
Customer safety in roadworks
Andrea Green, Customer Experience Director, Costain
Road to Wellbeing?
Emma Hughes, Wellbeing Programme Lead, A-one+
The status quo is just a no-no
Keith McCabe, Managing Director, KAM Futures and Vice Chair of Smart Environment Forum at ITS (UK)
Clean Air and Low Emission Zones – the Joint Air Quality Unit
Mark Wedlock – Associate Director, Arup
Prioritising Clean Air
James Riley, Head of Enforcement Solutions, Siemens Mobility
Air quality initiatives on the Strategic Road Network
Christopher Plumb, Air Quality Programme Manager, Highways England
Reducing Emissions in Putney using ITS solutions
Jenny Melbourne, Area Performance Manager, Transport for London
The Traffex Debate: “This House believes that driverless vehicles are the biggest opportunity for a step change in mobility and therefore it is right that resources and investment are channelled towards them.”
Moderated by:
Andy Graham, White Willow Consulting, Chair ITS (UK) CAV Forum
Supporting the motion:
Miller Crockart, Chief Commercial Officer, Horiba Mira and former director at PTV Group
Dr Claire Gregory, Team Leader, Special Projects, Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Opposing the motion:
Christian Wolmar, author “Driverless Cars: On the Road to Nowhere”
Steve Gooding, Director at the RAC Foundation, former Director General, DfT
Future Mobility-taking you on a journey into the highways and transport sector of the future
Alistair Gollop, Technology Services Engineering Lead, Mott MacDonald
Kim Faithfull-Wright, Head of Smart Places, Costain
A Vision for Digital Transport Infrastructure
Adrian Malone, Head of Digital Project Delivery and BIM for Transport & Infrastructure at WSP
What’s happening in America and what we can learn from each other
Scott Belcher, Global independent consultant, former President, ITS America
Opportunities and challenges for connected and automated vehicles
Prof Paul Jennings, Lead for Intelligent Vehicles, WMG University of Warwick
Enabling CAV-a White Paper study - The smart investment for UK infrastructure
Oliver Teall, Head of Intelligent Mobility, Costain
Mobility as a Service - Simplifying the public transport solution
Matthew Lewis – Head of Swift, Transport for West Midlands
UK Logistics to 2030
Christopher Snelling, Head of UK policy, Freight Transport Association