In this role, Andrew is responsible for the maintenance, management and development of all classes of road in NI’s 26,000km road network. He is also responsible for his group’s Transport Projects Division, which has just completed Phase 1 of the Belfast Rapid Transit Project, which introduced the new “Glider” services in parts of Belfast.

Andrew is a past Chair of the UK Roads Board and has represented NI on a range of UK bodies, including the UK Roads Liaison Group and the UK Executive Committee of the WRA.

Jim remains an active member of WRA UK where he sits on its Executive Committee.

Before he retired in March 2011, Jim was the Director of Trunk Road and Bus Operations for Transport Scotland where he was responsible for the management and operation of the Scottish trunk road network and for the administration of Scotland’s National Concessionary Travel Scheme. Jim was also a member of the Transport Scotland Board that is responsible for governance, strategic direction and culture of the organisation.

Jim is currently the non-executive Chairman of BEAR Scotland, the Trunk Road Operating Company responsible for the management and maintenance of the North West and North East Trunk Road Units as well as being a member of the Scottish Canals Audit and Risk Committee. He also undertakes, occasionally, other pieces of work on a consultancy basis.

More than 15 years in management positions in the Sveriges Riksbank, KPMG Sweden and the Swedish Rail Administration. Additional management experience as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sveriges Riksbank's group of subsidiaries. Currently, since 2010, Senior Adviser in the National Planning Department of the Swedish Transport Administration.

Areas of experience include the government sector, the financial sector, infrastructure and investment management, performance auditing and management advisory services primarily for the government ministries in Sweden.

She was also the project manager for Low Emission Logistics, a multi borough Mayors Air Quality funded project led by Lambeth Council.

She joined SMMT in July 2017 as Environmental Manager for Air Quality and Ultra Low Emission Vehicles.

Presentation Synopsis:

Current automotive market for ultra low emissions, challenges and policy requirements to accelerate towards a zero carbon transport future.

Tim’s role includes providing strategic advice and managing the delivery of low-carbon and low-emission transport projects involving vehicles and infrastructure, in the UK and internationally. Tim’s expertise includes the development, integration and introduction of innovative transport systems.

Presentation Synopsis:

Using examples from real-world projects, Tim will describe how the introduction of electric vehicles is shaping the urban environment.  He will illustrate how much the technology has changed over its short history and how charging infrastructure is becoming an important element within the context of urban mobility and energy management.

In his current role, he has responsibility for process management, business improvement and innovation across the UK business. Yogesh has a passion and focus for achieving customer outcomes through lean practices, innovative thinking and creating the links between outputs, outcomes and value.

Yogesh has been highly influential in shaping the highways industry’s collaborative practices. Between 1999 and 2005, he led the Highways Agency’s development and implementation of the integrated style of maintenance and framework contracts and developed the Active Management Payment Mechanism for PFIs, moving from lane availability incentives towards customer safety and journey reliability. At Eurovia/ Ringway, he has undertaken several strategic and operational roles, including being the Operations Director at Ringway Jacobs between 2009 and 2013, responsible for the central London HMWC Contract with TfL.

His current focus is on using technology innovation as a “disrupter” to challenge existing business and operating models for highways construction, maintenance, management and operations, and making the infrastructure more digitally connected with its customers and environment.

Presentation Synopsis:

Technology is evolving at a faster rate than ever before. It has the potential to radically re-shape the way that we do business, through creating efficiencies, broadening our capabilities, improving safety and reducing our carbon footprint. We as a sector are faced with a choice: adopt, embrace and evolve or ignore and potentially decline.

In the UK, the demand for a new, innovative approach for public services comes amidst the backdrop of continued financial pressure on local authorities and a shift in customer demand. Innovation, therefore, is not just about technology, but about challenging the status quo of traditional business models, ensuring that we deliver maximum value and effectively respond to changing perceptions of mobility.

We are at the start of the fourth industrial revolution, and transport infrastructure is not immune its potentially seismic impact. So, the question we should all be asking ourselves is: how do we rise to the challenge?

Prior to that John had a varied civil service career starting out in the UK Atomic Energy Authority, with periods in the Department of Energy, Department of Trade & Industry, HM Treasury, the Scottish Government and the Government Office for the East of England.  More recently, he was ten years in the Department for Transport, leading on local transport from 2006 to 2013 and then from 2013-2015 Director of Strategic Roads, establishing Highways England and producing the first Roads Investment Strategy.  His last role in DfT was as Interim Director-General for all the department’s work on motoring, roads and local transport.

The majority of his work centres on novel technologies/materials applied to highway infrastructure and their subsequent environmental performances and air quality impacts.

Presentation Synopsis:

Miguel and Dominic will provide a brief overview of the recently completed TRL Academy & PIARC Special Project – Electric Road Systems: A Solution for the Future. Our presentation will touch on the key aspects and finding of this project; highlighting what these systems are and their development, their benefits, costs and limitations, and the implications they may have on the UK highway.

In addition to his sales brief Mark is the Project Director for ChargePlace Scotland for Transport Scotland and the Go Ultra Low D2N2 Network for Nottingham City Council - through their subsidiary Charge Your Car.

Mark is well known and respected within the EV industry and sits on several industry groups and committees and is regularly asked to contribute to both trade and national publications on EV charging, Electromobility and future smart city topics

He joined Transport Scotland on secondment in 2006 to assist with the Strategic Transport Projects Review and has subsequently worked on a wide variety of projects, including the delivery of the transport plan for the 2014 Ryder Cup.

For the last 4 years he has worked on low carbon vehicles. He was responsible for the development of ChargePlace Scotland network and now leads on a range of initiatives to support the roll out of electric vehicles.

Presentation Synopsis:

A brief overview of Transport Scotland’s approach to accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles through the development of the ChargePlace Scotland network and other incentives.

Miguel supervises the technical production of the over 20 PIARC Technical Committees and Task Forces, which include over 1.200 experts from over 80 countries. He also coordinates internally the PIARC Special Project program, which intends to provide an answer in a short period of time to emerging issues identified by member countries. Today he will present us the results of the last PIARC Special Project which is called “Electric Road Systems: a solution for the future?”.

actively promoting sustainable transport and road safety, air passenger facilities in the Highlands and Islands and securing of traditional and new air routes for Scotland; national concessionary travel schemes and the provision of network traffic and travel information services.

Roy is a Chartered Civil Engineer and Chief Road Engineer at Transport Scotland, he is also a Fellow of both the Chartered Institution of Civil Engineers and The Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation.

Since July 2017 Simon has been Director for Economic Infrastructure, Department for Economy and Transport at the Welsh Government. Simon’s directorate includes Transport, ICT Infrastructure, Property and Trade & Inward Investment.

Simon has the broad track record and reputation to deliver this role, as well as the recent experience of doing so successfully. He has built a team, worked with Ministers and understands the wider strategic objectives.