Achieving Rail Decarbonisation   |   Wednesday 14 September 2022 – Addleshaw Goddard, London

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.
Part 1: Latest update on policies for decarbonising the rail network
09:40  to  11:40
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.
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

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