2023 Review
Access videos of sessions from the main theatre, presentations, event photos and reports from breakout sessions using the links below
STB Conference, 5 June 2023, The Vox, Birmingham
Registration, coffee, exhibition and networking
VIDEO: Welcome and aims of the day
Maria Manchancoses, Chief Executive, Midlands Connect
VIDEO: DfT Welcome
Andy Rhind, Regional Partnerships and Delivery – Regions, Cities and Devolution, Department for Transport
VIDEO: Ministerial in-conversation
Chair: Naomi Green, Managing Director, England’s Economic Heartland
Richard Holden MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport
VIDEO: Panel on delivering in a constrained world
The challenge of delivering benefits in a world financially and resource constrained in the short term, without losing the opportunity of rethinking transport services in the longer term.
Chair: Rupert Clubb, Chief Officer, Transport for the South East
Andy Rhind, Regional Partnerships and Delivery – Regions, Cities and Devolution, Department for Transport
David Ogden, Executive Director, Colas
Clare Sheffield, Director of Transport Planning, Arup
Chacasta Pritlove, Head of Transport, UK Public Sector, Google Cloud
VIDEO: The relationship with national partners – National Highways
Chair: Andrew Summers, Strategic Director, Transport East
Connecting the Country, Route Strategies report
Nick Harris, Chief Executive, National Highways
Followed by a conversation on engagement with STBs and other partners with Philip Andrews, Head of Future Road Strategy and Investment, DfT and Adam Simmons, Director Strategic Planning & Analysis, National Highways
[Coffee, exhibition and networking]
Morning breakout sessions, choose from one of:
VIDEO: Main theatre: Measuring and delivering decarbonisation of transport
Chair: Richard Bradley, Head of Strategy, Midlands Connect
Swati Mittal, Roads & Decarbonisation Lead, Midlands Connect
James Golding-Graham, Decarbonisation and Innovation Lead, England's Economic Heartland
Clare Ollerenshaw, Associate Director, Accelar
View Clare’s presentation
Matthew Ledbury, Senior Policy and Advocacy Officer, CoMoUK
Mark Collins, Head of Future Transport, Transport for West Midlands
View Mark’s presentation
Vox 2: Supporting freight and logistics
View Mark’s intro slides
Chair: Mark Valleley, Head of Strategy, Transport for the South East
Lucy Hudson, Principal Policy Officer Freight and Logistics, Transport for the North
Darren Briggs, Global Logistics Lead, Arup
Julian Worth, Chair, Rail Freight Forum, CILT
Warwick Lowe, Rail Planning Director, Atkins
Vox 4: Rural connectivity
Chair: Peter Ramsey, Technical Director - Future Mobility, WSP
View Pete’s intro slides
Hannah Shrimpton, Programme Director, Peninsula Transport
James White, Technical Lead, Western Gateway
Trevor Brennan, Transport Implementation Lead, England’s Economic Heartland
Sharon Payne, Regional Rural Transport Lead, Transport East
[Lunch, exhibition, workshops, networking]
Afternoon breakout sessions, choose from one of:
VIDEO: Main theatre: Challenges of urgently delivering alternative fuels to meet regional needs
Chair: Richard Bradley, Head of Strategy, Midlands Connect
James White, Technical Lead, Western Gateway
View James’s presentation
Suzanne Buck, Technical Programme Manager, Transport East
View Suzanne’s presentation
Bharat Pathania, Technical Innovation Lead, Midlands Connect
Vox 2: Tackling transport inequality and exclusion
Chair: Hannah Shrimpton, Programme Director, Peninsula Transport
Tom Cohen, Senior Lecturer, Transport, University of Westminster
View Tom’s presentation
Caroline Stickland, Chief Executive, Transport for All
View Caroline’s presentation
Video of Caroline’s presentation (re-recorded after the event. Caroline joined remotely on the day but with poor internet connectivitiy)
Tom Mace, Senior Research Officer, Transport for the North
View Tom’s presentation
Vox 4: The STBs evidence base approach and Common Analytical Framework
Chair: James Golding-Graham, Decarbonisation and Innovation LeadEngland’s Economic Heartland
View intro slides
Sarah Valentine, Head of Analysis and Appraisal, Transport for the South East
Graham Kirby, Head of Technical Assurance, Modelling and Economics, Transport for the North
James Shanks, Technical Director, WSP
Vanessa Strange, Head of Infrastructure Investment, Lincolnshire County Council
VIDEO: The relationship with national partners Part 2: Progress on GBR’s evolution
Chair: James White, Technical Lead, Western Gateway
Anit Chandarana, Lead Director, GBR Transition Team,
VIDEO: International gateways
Chair: Mike O’Dowd-Jones, Peninsula Transport
Gareth Powell, Managing Director, Stansted Airport
View Gareth’s presentation
John Chaplin, Director - External Affairs & Special Projects, Bristol Port
View John’s presentation
[Tea, exhibition and networking]
VIDEO: The need for change, the need for pace
Iain Stewart, Chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee in conversation with Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, Transport for the North and Andy Rhind, Regional Partnerships and Delivery – Regions, Cities and Devolution, DfT
VIDEO: Quickfire reflections on the day
Moderator: Mike Batheram, Local Transport Director, Atkins
Englands Economic Heartland: Naomi Green
Midlands Connect: Sarah Spinks
Peninsula Transport: Mike O’Dowd-Jones
Transport East: Andrew Summers
Transport for North: Martin Tugwell
Transport for South East: Rupert Clubb
Western Gateway: Jack Wiltshire