Chair’s welcome and opening remarks
09:30 to
09:40
Speaker:
Jenny Illingsworth.
Deputy Director.
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education; Rail Alliance.
Rail Industry Association update: The future of rail
09:40 to
10:00
- The industry's response to, and anticipated recovery from COVID-19
- Taking stock and looking to the future
Speaker:
Max Sugarman.
Public Affairs Director.
Railway Industry Association.
Panel discussion: The future of UK rail: how to rebuild customer confidence and what will the sector look like post COVID-19?
10:00 to
10:45
- Rebuilding passenger confidence
- What will the sector look like post COVID-19? Anticipating changing customer demands and needs
- Has COVID-19 acted as a catalyst for change? The impact on rail fare reform and timetabling changes
Speakers:
Sharon Hedges.
Rail Contracts Programme Manager.
Transport Focus.
David Statham.
Managing Director.
Southeastern.
Lucy Prior MBE.
Business Engagement Director.
3Squared.
Steve White.
Chief Operating Officer.
Govia Thameslink Railway.
Network Rail update: Delivering major infrastructure and a cleaner, greener railway
11:15 to
11:35
- How will Network Rail’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy be implemented, and a more sustainable railway be delivered?
Speaker:
Dr. Rossa Donovan.
Principal Specialist - Environment & Sustainability.
Network Rail.
Panel discussion: Impending rail reform: what is needed to build resilience into the sector?
11:35 to
12:20
- What structural reform is needed throughout the industry?
- How to prepare for reform
- How can we build resilience into the sector?
Speakers:
Robert Cook.
Head of Strategic and Policy Projects.
Office of Rail and Road.
Neil Ethell.
Head of Operations and Service Delivery.
DB Cargo UK.
John Thomas.
Director of Policy.
Rail Delivery Group.
Anna-jane Hunter.
Partner.
Winder Phillips Associates.
Afternoon chair's welcome
13:25 to
13:30
Speaker:
David Clarke.
Technical Director.
Rail Industry Association.
Project Update: Transport Scotland’s latest plans and strategy for decarbonising by 2035
13:30 to
13:50
- Transport Scotland’s latest strategy for decarbonising their rail passenger service by 2035
- The decarbonisation strategy’s impact on freight: changes and benefits
- Integrating decarbonisation plans with enhancement projects and rolling stock renewal/replacement
Speaker:
Lawrence Shackman.
Head of Rail Projects and Technical Services.
Transport Scotland.
Panel discussion: How to ensure that decarbonisation targets are met and decarbonisation projects – new, planned, and underway – are delivered?
13:50 to
14:35
- What is being done to decarbonise the UK rail network?
- How to ensure planned decarbonisation projects are delivered
- Accessing and maximising the benefit of Project Speed and other Government initiatives
- Ensuring new, innovative decarbonisation projects receive the investment they need and that we deliver a greener railway
Speakers:
Alex Burrows.
Director; Managing Director.
Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education; Rail Alliance.
Andrew Kluth.
Lead Carbon Specialist.
RSSB.
Dr. Rossa Donovan.
Principal Specialist - Environment & Sustainability.
Network Rail.
Lara Young.
Group Carbon Manager.
Costain.
Transport for Wales update: Publicly-owned rail and investing in new technology
14:35 to
14:55
- An update on Transport for Wales’s new operating agreement and how it was implemented
- An overview of Transport for Wales’s strategy to digitalise the railways
- Latest plans to invest in new sustainable technology
Speaker:
Alexia Course.
Rail Operations Director.
Transport for Wales.
Case Study: Northern Powerhouse Rail’s strategy for driving digitalisation and creating new jobs in the North
15:25 to
15:45
- An update on Northern Powerhouse Rail: latest timelines and progress
- How will the programme drive the digitalisation of railways in the North?
- Northern Powerhouse Rail as a social and economic catalyst for the region, the people and businesses of the North
Speaker:
Tim Wood.
Director, Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Transport for the North.
Transport Select Committee update: The latest priorities and support measures for the rail industry
15:45 to
16:05
- An update from Huw Merriman MP, Chair of the Transport Select Committee on the latest priorities and support measures for the rail industry
Speaker:
Huw Merriman MP.
Chair of the Transport Select Committee.
Project Update: Six months in: The TIES Living Lab Programme
16:05 to
16:20
- The programme’s aims and intentions
- Six months in: an update on the programme’s progress and its key learnings
Speaker:
Neil Robertson.
Chief Executive.
The National Skills Academy for Rail.
Panel discussion: Addressing the skills shortage and increasing the attractiveness of working in the UK rail industry – what initiatives are underway and what further action is needed?
16:20 to
16:50
- What skills and talent are needed to deliver the rail reform agenda and enable change to happen at a faster pace?
- How can we increase the attractiveness of working in the UK rail industry, and appeal to a more diverse workforce?
- Ensuring that new skills and talent are not just recruited, but are retained
- What initiatives are underway and what further action is needed?
Speakers:
Neil Robertson.
Chief Executive.
The National Skills Academy for Rail.
Hilary Tysoe.
HR Director.
Arriva UK Trains.
Rebecca Young.
Skills and Employment Strategy Manager.
HS2.