Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Maggie Simpson OBE.
Director General.
Rail Freight Group.
Part 1: Supporting growth for rail freight – opportunities and areas for investment
09:40 to
12:30
Keynote address: Support for rail freight growth
09:40 to
09:55
Speaker:
Huw Merriman MP.
Minister of State (Rail and HS2).
Department for Transport.
Great British Railway’s vision and role for the rail freight sector
09:55 to
10:20
Speaker:
Richard Moody.
Programme Director for Freight Reform.
Great British Railways Transition Team.
ORR update: supporting rail freight development
10:20 to
10:45
- Progress with PR23
Speaker:
John Larkinson.
Chief Executive.
Office of Rail and Road.
Morning refreshments
10:45 to
11:15
Change in rail freight
11:25 to
11:50
- The reality of delivering change
- Why it is hard in rail freight
- How we can fix that
Speaker:
Julie Nerney.
Interim Managing Director, Rail.
Nuclear Transport Solutions.
Panel Discussion: Growth plans and investment in rail freight – developing supply chains
11:40 to
12:30
- Investment in rail freight
- What is needed to support supply chain development?
- Deciding on using rail freight vs other options
Speakers:
Andrea Pearson.
Deputy Director, International Rail and Rail Freight.
Department for Transport.
Mark Hooper.
UK Business Development Manager (BCO’s & Inland).
DP World.
Chris Swan.
Head of Rail UK & Europe.
Tarmac.
Networking lunch
12:30 to
13:30
Part 2: Changing planning policy impacting freight and opportunities for strategic rail freight interchanges
13:30 to
14:55
Navigating the Planning Act 2008 regime – how to secure a development consent order
13:30 to
14:00
- Planning Act 2008 and SFRIs
- Requirements and timelines
- NSIP reforms and plans to speed up the process
Speaker:
Francis Tyrrell.
Planning Partner.
Addleshaw Goddard.
Opportunities with newly developed strategic rail interchanges
14:00 to
14:25
- Plans and timelines
- Future investment
Speaker:
Michael Solomon Williams.
Campaigns Manager.
Campaign for Better Transport.
Afternoon refreshments
14:25 to
14:55
Part 3: Investment in rolling stock and wagons
14:55 to
16:30
Current investment and plans for rolling stock
14:55 to
15:20
- Recent procurement of class 99
- Plans for future procurement
- Identifying requirements
Speaker:
David Golding.
Asset Director.
GB Railfreight.
Revolutionising rail freight with digital intelligence
15:20 to
15:50
Speakers:
Colin Denman.
Managing Director.
VTG Rail.
Sanjay Albert.
Director of Engineering & Innovation.
Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems.
Improving sustainability and supporting decarbonisation of freight rolling stock
15:50 to
16:15
- Innovations underway to support improved sustainability, and reduce emissions
- Investment in freight
Speaker:
Sam Gillert.
Account Manager.
Eversholt Rail.
Chair’s closing remarks
16:15 to
16:25
Close of conference and networking drinks
16:25 to
18:00