2026 Speakers Speakers confirmed to date for 2026

• Ruth Cadbury MP Labour MP for Brentford and Isleworth and Chair of the Transport Select Committee
• Elliot Shaw Chief Customer and Strategy Officer National Highways
• Simon Lightwood MP Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Minister for Roads and Buses)
• Emily See President The Local Government Technical Advisors Group
• Jonathan Munslow Chair of UKRLG Climate Adaptation Sub Board United Kingdom Roads Leadership Group
• Katie Myles Engineer – Place Design South Gloucestershire Council
• Karl Rourke Service Manager Street Lighting, Traffic Signals and CCTV East Riding Council
• Amanda Richards Assistant Director Highways, Asset Management Surrey County Council
• Darren Capes Head of Road Infrastructure Technology Department for Transport
• Justin Ward Head of Policy and Technical Practice Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation (CIHT)
• Mansi Desai Director and Head of Sustainability Pell Frischmann / PIARC
• Jamie Hassall Executive Director Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)
• Ian Large Head of Service, Highways and Traffic Blackpool Council
• Rachel Gittens Deputy Director, Strategic Road Network Office of Rail and Road
• Will Spurr Head of Road Design National Highways
• John Lamb Chair Adaptation, Biodiversity and Climate Change Board, UK Roads Leadership Group
• Ben Towse Senior Engineer – Highways Technical Services East Riding of Yorkshire Council
• Suzy Charman Executive Director Road Safety Foundation
• Mark Dutton Managing Director Safecote Limited
• Mike Hansford Chief Executive RSTA
• Sean Rooney Head of Service - Highway Maintenance and Road Safety Environment & Highways Oxfordshire County Council
• Alistair Gollop Founder ITS Now
• Mike Potter Head of Commercial AppyWay
• Matthew MacDonald Road Safety Commissioner West Midlands Combined Authority
• Rebecca Maisey Commercial Director, UK PayByPhone
• Carol Valentine Chair National Winter Service Research Group (NWSRG)
• Ryan McGibbon EV Infrastructure Manager Southwark Council
• Simon Morgan Principal Advisor Causeway Technologies
• Dominic Browne Editor Highways Magazine
• Svenn Egil Finden Department Director (Operations and Maintenance) Norwegian Public Roads Administration/Statens Vegvesen
• Karen Weech Commercial Director VREO Innovation
• Mark O'Connell Assistant Director – Highway Operations and Delivery Coventry City Council
• Kieran Fitsall Senior Projects Manager Brighton & Hove City Council
• Bill Murray Founder London-Brighton EV Rally
• Sunil Budhdeo Transport Innovation Manager Coventry City Council
• Laura Villanueva Lane Rental Manager on Secondment as Stategic Planning & Delivery Manager Transport for London
• Tom Gallagher Head of Parking Ealing London Borough Council
• Allan Pike Parntership Planning Team Manager West Sussex County Council
• Fiona Horgan Head of Lighting and Traffic Engineering Islington Council