2024 Event video and presentations

Programme

10.15-11.05

Welcome and Ministerial address (video)

Marverine Cole, Broadcaster and journalist
Rupert Clubb, Chief Officer, Transport for the South East

Panel: Enhancing outcomes through informed policy, targeted investment, and integrated delivery

High level panel addressing what we mean by taking an outcomes focus on transport interventions and investment, where STBs add value and their role in enabling better informed policy, better targeted investment and facilitating joined up delivery. The panel will also address what STBs need from stakeholders and delivery partners – and what stakeholders and delivery partners need from STBs.

Panel to include:

• Naomi Green, Managing Director, EEH

• Dan Taylor, Deputy Director, Regional Partnerships and Delivery, DfT

• Colette Carroll, Managing Director, Transportation, AtkinsRéalis

• Daniel Ruiz, Independent advisor and non-executive director, Office of Rail and Road

11.05-11.50

Wicked challenge: EV transition

Framing the challenge
Shayne Rees, Partnerships Consultant, char.gy

With contributions covering:

• Midlands Connect and its role in joining up LA’s to bid collectively for LEVI funding
  Vanessa Strange, Head of Infrastructure Investment, Lincolnshire County Council

• Penisula Transport/Western Gateway present headline findings from joint studies on electric vehicle charging and alternative fuels for freight
  Hannah Shrimpton, Programme Director, Peninsula Transport

• Providing a comprehensive and consistent view of EV charging needs via the EV charging infrastructure framework
  Simon McGlone, Senior Planning and Strategy Officer, TfN

11.50-12.35

Wicked challenge: Freight

Framing the challenge
Darren Briggs, Global Logistics, Freight and Supply Chain Leader, Arup

With contributions covering:

• TfSE on the challenges of connecting international gateways and collaborating with other STBs via the Freight Forum
  Mark Valleley, Head of Strategy, TfSE

• EEH/TE’s role in securing improvements at Ely Junction which will open up new rail freight links across the country and North Sea ports
  Tim Bellamy, Assistant Director Transport, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority

• Untapping rail’s potential, GBRTT freight targets
  Richard Moody, Programme Director Freight Reform, GBRTT

12.35-13.00

Relationship with national agencies

Maria Machancoses, Chief Executive, Midlands Connect

Mike Smith, Programme Director and Strategic Planning, Network Rail

Adam Simmons, Director Strategic Planning and Analysis, National Highways

Andy Rhind, Deputy Director, Regional Partnerships and Delivery, DfT

14.00-14.45

Wicked challenge: Connecting rural communities and businesses

Limited infrastructure, sparse population, and geographic isolation pose challenges for providing transport services in rural communities, hindering accessibility, affordability, and efficiency of transportation options for residents and businesses alike. This session looks at specific areas where STB involvement is helping to better understand and unlock the challenges, followed by discussion/Q&A

Understanding the policy framework
Danial Naqvi, Senior Policy Advisor, Future Transport Systems & Environment, DfT

Facing the challenges and opportunities for transport in rural communities
Sharon Payne, Rural Mobility Centre of Excellence, Transport East

Tackling social exclusion in transport
Tom Jarvis, Principal Social Researcher TfN

Insights from pilot and intervention trials in the South West
Hannah Fountain, Western Gateway STB

Ways to build better evidence for rural areas
Richard Bradley, Head of Strategy, Midlands Connect

14.45-15.30

Enabling delivery

Highlighting the great work that has been achieved with examples of putting delivery into practice from each STB

With contributions covering:

• Midlands Rail Hub: The Midlands Rail Hub is an ambitious yet deliverable package of improvements to transform east-west rail connections. The outline business case outlines a programme of new and upgraded infrastructure that will be implemented in phases between now and 2033.
  Karen Heppenstall, Head of Integrated Transport, Midlands Connect

• Rotherham Station: TfN’s role in realising the benefits that significantly improved connectivity to the national rail network could bring to the town
  Graham Kirby, Head of Data Modelling and Appraisal, Transport for the North

• Prioritising road investment in the East
  Andrew Summers, Chief Executive, Transport East

• Preparing for East West Rail
  Cllr Jennifer Wilson-Marklew, Milton Keynes Council

• South West Rail Resilience Programme, the ongoing commitment to rail network resilience ten years on from the ‘hanging rails’ at Dawlish
  Nigel Blackler, Chief Executive, Peninsula Transport

• Heart of Wessex Line: Going north to south by train across the Western Gateway area will become a whole lot easier with business case work funded by the STB for the Heart of Wessex Line. Not just a bucket and spade service, new hourly services will connect up the region from Bristol to Bath to Bournemouth.
  James White, Western Gateway STB

• Transport for the South-East's strategic prioritisation tool, the principles behind its development and its application in delivering the SIP
  Sarah Valentine, Head of Analysis and Appraisal, Transport for the South East

15.30-15.55

Speaking with one voice

Headline reflections on the day from the chief officers of England’s seven STBs offering analysis, observations and reflections of how we can do more, better and faster…

Maria Machancoses, Chief Executive, Midlands Connect
Andrew Summers, Chief Executive, Transport East
Naomi Green, Managing Director, EEH
Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, TfN
Rupert Clubb, Chief Officer, TfSE
Nigel Blackler, Chief Executive, Peninsula Transport
James White, Western Gateway STB

15.55-16.00

Closing remarks

John Hall, Director, Regions and Cities, DfT