Registration and refreshments
08:45 to
09:30
Welcome from Addleshaw Goddard
09:30 to
09:35
Speaker:
Rachel Scott.
Partner.
Addleshaw Goddard.
Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:35 to
09:40
Speaker:
Dr Stuart Hillmansen.
Professor of Railway Traction Systems.
University of Birmingham.
The introduction of Great British Railways (Transition Team) and the strategy for Delivering Environmental Sustainability for rail
09:40 to
10:10
- How environmentally sustainable is rail as a transport mode? What is the 30-year strategy for improving this?
- What are the priorities for decarbonisation in the Whole Industry Strategic Plan (WISP)?
- How are other areas of environmental sustainability, such as air quality, climate change resilience and biodiversity being dealt with?
Speaker:
Andy Jones.
Policy Advisor, WISP.
Great British Railways Transition Team.
Part 1: Latest update on policies for decarbonising the rail network
09:40 to
11:40
Creating the Sustainable Rail Strategy – encouraging collaboration across the UK rail network to deliver decarbonisation
10:10 to
10:40
- How are net zero targets impacting projects and pipelines?
- How might the sustainable rail strategy impact future contracts?
Speaker:
George Davies.
Director Sustainable Development.
RSSB.
Morning refreshments
10:40 to
11:10
An update on the strategy for Traction Decarbonisation
11:10 to
11:40
- Alternative approaches building on the Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy
- Maximising value from rolling stock solutions
- Opportunities to increase efficiency
Speaker:
Rich Fisher.
Head of Strategic Planning – Network and Integration.
Great British Railways Transition Team.
Part 2: Traction decarbonisation strategies – the available alternatives to diesel and how they can support decarbonising passenger and freight services
11:40 to
15:25
Panel Discussion: Overcoming the challenges of delivering electrification – affordability, suitability and the infrastructure required
11:40 to
12:30
- How to reduce costs, secure funding and deliver affordably
- The obstacles to full scale electrification of the rail network and how other alternatives can support?
- Infrastructure requirements for electrification, hydrogen, battery and other alternatives
- Lessons from where electrification has been delivered in the UK
Speakers:
Steven Hart.
Associate Consultant.
WSP.
Mark Gaynor.
Director of Operator Services.
Rail Partners.
Sam Jones.
Principal Engineering Manager.
Amey Consulting.
Richard Mann.
Rail Strategy Lead.
Midlands Connect.
Networking lunch
12:30 to
13:30
Panel Discussion: The rolling stock required to achieve decarbonisation – what technologies are available and how viable are they as options?
13:30 to
14:25
- Alternatives to diesel power - the role of hydrogen, battery, solar, and other technologies
- How are ROSCO’s approaching converting existing diesel fleet?
- How do you progress from demonstrating an example to rolling it out as fleet and operationally ready?
Speakers:
Julian Fletcher.
Technical Manager.
Vivarail.
Dave Hatfield.
Business Development Director.
G-Volution.
Simon Jarrett.
Engineering Assurance & Development Manager.
Chiltern Railways.
Case study: The use of hydrogen powered trains
14:25 to
14:55
- Successful operation and learning from this experience
- What infrastructure is required to make hydrogen feasible?
- What is a realistic timeline for hydrogen to be freight and passenger operation ready?
Speaker:
James Alton.
Senior Consultant.
Arup.
Afternoon refreshments
14:55 to
15:25
Part 3: Non-traction decarbonisation strategies and whole life carbon: from decarbonising the supply chain to tackling embodied carbon in rail
15:25 to
16:35
Embedding decarbonisation in procurement and the supply chain
15:25 to
15:55
- What does effective collaboration look like to green the supply chain?
- How do you identify and value carbon in the procurement process?
- Where has this been implemented and what lessons can be learned?
- What opportunities does decarbonisation bring to the supply chain?
Speaker:
Dr Kim Yates.
EUNA Climate Change Operational Lead.
Mott MacDonald.
Tackling the issue of embodied carbon in rail – ensuring sustainable practices during construction of rail infrastructure
15:55 to
16:25
- How to achieve low carbon building of rail infrastructure?
- What are the available material alternatives
- Best practice and methods onsite
Speaker:
Craig Hales.
Sector Sustainability Manager (Rail).
Skanska.
Chair’s closing remarks
16:25 to
16:35
Close of Conference and networking drinks
16:35 to
17:35