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TRANSPORT Smart Classes show key buyer side stakeholders how they can deploy the latest digital technology-enabled solutions, data-driven strategies and best practices to tackle their transport sector challenges (e.g. around congestion, traffic flows, air pollution and emissions, noise, first and last mile mobility, customer experience, cost effectiveness, connecting transport networks, managing and maintaining assets & infrastructure) and deliver a transport system that will allow passengers and citizens to travel efficiently, safely and with minimal impact on the environment.
Qualifying delegates include commissioning, procurement, trialling, partnering and policy leads, senior influencers, strategic decision makers, programme managers and planners from local authorities (e.g. city, borough, metropolitan, district and county councils); public transport operators; regional transport partnerships, sub-regional transport bodies, combined authorities, integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives; highways authorities and road operators; government and supporting national transport agencies; fleet operators, parking operators, prime contractors etc.
Core themes range from on-demand transport and MaaS applications, EVs and e-mobility, micro mobility, predictive traffic management, journey time monitoring, smart parking and enforcing CAZs and LEZs, to active travel and behavioural change, analysing people movements, new ways of visualising data, connected and autonomous vehicles, intelligent street lighting, real-time transport modelling, smart ticketing and fare collection, and ITS in a Covid and post-Covid world.
On Thursday September 7th we will be casting a spotlight over Scotland, hosting our speakers discussions on how the latest digital innovations can help overcome the transport and mobility challenges faced by the city-regions of Glasgow & Clyde Valley, Edinburgh & South East Scotland, Stirling, Tay, Aberdeen, Inverness & Highlands, and beyond. Delegates will hear from industry movers, shapers and disruptors during initial rapid-fire thought leadership presentations, before moving on to in-depth consultations with experts and peers during the roundtable discussions. In addition, this Smart Class will feature up to 3 keynote presentations from ITAs, PTEs, regional transport partnerships, major transport operators, national transport agencies or local/combined authorities giving real world insight into their collaborative initiatives, digital journeys and adoptions of emerging, transformative technologies.
TRANSPORT Smart Class, Scotland 2023 takes place at Riddle’s Court, Edinburgh, and follows on from highly acclaimed 2022 (Glasgow/pic above), 2021 (Edinburgh), 2019 (Dundee) and 2018 (Glasgow) editions. This half day in-person event is free to attend for bona fide delegates satisfying our registration criteria.
Our previous Transport Smart Classes have attracted senior delegates from:
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Testimonials and feedback:
Head of Sustainable Transport Demand, Transport Scotland
“It was a very complementary set of inputs – a reflection of really good planning on your part. The format of these events really allows us to build meaningful networks across sectors” /“Really enjoyed popping over to beautiful Glasgow yesterday to talk at Smart Classes. We talked about how the (draft) SEStran Regional Transport Strategy takes aim at the big challenges of car dependency, transport poverty, integrating modes and connecting communities. It was great to talk about common issues with partners from all sectors and I learnt a lot from the other speakers…also great to catch up with so many colleagues from across the country”
Senior Partnership Manager and Strategy Manager, The South East of Scotland Transport Partnership
“Excellent insights into smart solutions for sustainable transport, a “don’t miss” event when it comes to your region”
Ticketing Commercial Team Leader, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
“It was lovely to meet you and the team on Wednesday. I must admit I was quite apprehensive about attending given that I’d not been in an office/work environment since before lockdown. However, your event was so well organised that I felt safe and able to engage with the other speakers and attendees. I will look forward to following your events and hope that I can attend next year’s event in Glasgow”
MaaS Delivery Manager – Bus, Accessibility and Active Travel Directorate, Transport Scotland
“Thanks for hosting a really useful event, great to hear from everyone today”
Smart Programme Manager, Smart & Integrated Ticketing, Transport Scotland
“Really enjoyed the event, congratulations on curating an excellent line-up of speakers and sponsors. The best conference event I have attended in a long time, perhaps since Dundee (2019 edition)! Keep up the excellent work and I hope you have a successful programme of events in 2023“
Policy Advisor, Transform Scotland
“A great event – relaxed, informal, lots of time for networking and all of the roundtables added value”
Principal Mobility Planner, Sustrans
“Excellent organisation, event experience, facilities and venue”
Head of UK and EU Relations, Transport Scotland
“Thank you for an extremely useful, informative and valuable session. Much appreciated!”
Project Manager – Neighbourhoods, Regeneration and Sustainability, Glasgow City Council
“The morning was very good! The speakers were excellent and the roundtable speed dating style discussion sessions were also really useful”
City Centre Programme Manager, City of Edinburgh Council
“An excellent event and all of the presentations were relevant and interesting”
Group Manager – City Centre Transformation Plan, Glasgow City Council
“An excellent day with interesting conversation, inspiring presentations and useful networking – thank you for having me! Keynotes did an excellent job in setting the scene and comparison of National Planning Framework 4 and the Regional Transport Strategy spatial analysis has really got me thinking about the practical application of transport/land-use integration…a great day all round!”
Lead Consultant – Local Transport Strategy, Fife Council
“Thanks for arranging such a successful event”
Transportation Manager, North Lanarkshire Council
“Thanks again for organising the excellent event last week – the mix of speakers and delegates was absolutely superb, and the talks were incredibly informative all round”
Smart Perth Project Coordinator, Perth & Kinross Council
“I have a keen interest in MaaS and enjoyed an excellent event experience and informative presentations”
Project Manager, City of Edinburgh Council
“Enjoyable event, engaging conversations and plenty to follow up on”
Data Cluster Project Manager at Scottish Cities Alliance and City Development, Dundee City Council
“A great Transport Smart Class at the V&A Dundee, looking forward to its return to Scotland. I really enjoyed the event and learnt something useful from all the presentations”
Partnership Director, Tayside and Central Scotland Transport Partnership
“Great morning and very illuminating discussion. Thank you”
Senior Partnership Manager, The South East of Scotland Transport Partnership
“An excellent event with a range of interesting subjects covered. The half day format is ideal”
Ticketing Commercial Officer, Strathclyde Partnership for Transport
“Thank you for this morning. I thought the session went very well”
Head of Concessionary Travel and Integrated Ticketing, Transport Scotland
“The programme content was relevant, roundtable discussions were engaging and there were excellent opportunities to network. Exciting innovation presented on tech solutions for combining fixed routes and DRT, and the air quality monitoring roundtable was most valuable”
Road Safety and Active Travel Liaison Officer, City of Edinburgh Council
“Some really good content”
Smart Perth Project Coordinator, Perth & Kinross Council
“I’ve had a chance to review some of the videos – a great balance of public sector and innovators! I’ll keep an eye out for the next Scottish classes”
Lead Consultant – Local Transport Strategy, Fife Council
“A very useful session”
Smart & Integrated Ticketing Manager, CalMac Ferries
“Excellent event, very well put together and very worthwhile!”
Sustainability Officer, Lothian Buses
“Very useful session for me as well as my colleagues”
Insight Lead (Spatial), Stagecoach Group
“Great day, thank you. Roundtable discussion was really good about data and how this can be used”
Research & Insights Analyst, Stagecoach Group
“A very interesting event”
Data & Market Analyst, Stagecoach UK Bus Research Team
“It was an interesting and enjoyable session with good networking opportunities. Thanks again for the invitation”
Associate Technical Director, Arcadis
“It was a very good event”
Client Director, Atkins Global
“Many thanks for hosting yesterday’s Smart Class at the RSE. An excellent event, very well run and pitched at the right level”
Principal Transport Consultant, Meinhardt UK
“Attended the Transport Smart Class, Scotland 2021 event yesterday, which featured presentations by innovation leaders in Transport. The sessions covered a range of topics including data driven decarbonisation objectives in Edinburgh, LEZs, EV charging, dynamic demand responsive transport and MaaS. The roundtable discussions at the end were thought provoking and demonstrated the opportunities of technology-based mobility solutions. Many thanks to all speakers and for the invite. I would highly recommend future Smart Class events to anyone interested in Transportation and Smart Cities”
Senior Transport Modeller, Mott MacDonald
“Great Smart Class today in the impressive V&A on transport, MaaS and the latest digital technology-enabled solutions…Dynamic range of speakers”
Sales Operational Leader, Buildings & Major Infrastructure Projects Europe, Jacobs
“First Smart Class – excellent!”
Principal, S82 Consulting
“Valuable to see how digital innovation and technology can play such a vital role in the success of MaaS; lots of interesting learnings about air quality monitoring and how local authorities can use this technology; DRT, innovative charging solutions, multi-modal city-wide solutions and behaviour change topics were also most interesting”
Programme Manager, Energy Saving Trust
“All of the roundtables were valuable”
Local Air Quality Management Specialist, Scottish Environment Protection Agency
“I was amazed that all the participants at the event discussed and recognised how important it is to put the user at the centre to deliver successful new mobility services. The event was particularly well attended by local authorities and local public transport operators, which showed me that everyone is pulling together”
International Sales & Business Development Manager, ioki – a DB company (Innovation Sponsor)
“Enjoyed presenting on behalf of Clearview Intelligence at the Transport Smart Class event in Glasgow today. We shared the unexpected consequences of developing our sustainability strategy, including focusing our approach to innovation. Put simply…if it’s not contributing to VisionZero and NetZero, we shouldn’t be doing it. Lovely to catch up with old colleagues and friends and meet some new contacts. Great event, very well organised and run, and great attendees to get exposure to”
Head of Client Strategy & Sustainability, Clearview Intelligence (Innovation Sponsor)
“The City of Edinburgh Council’s Transport Planner Team Leader joined our Principal Engineer at this latest Transport Smart Class and spoke about the City of Edinburgh’s strategic assessment of their roads following the national ban on footway parking. Our in-depth categorisation of footway parking levels was one of the first studies to help councils better understand where enforcement and monitoring will be required”
Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings (Innovation Sponsor)
“A very well run and executed event. Great to see and hear from all the presenters and delegates that Scotland really does take sustainable transport seriously. We will be participating again, it is the event that keeps on giving! Thank you from all of us”
General Manager, Siemens IMS (UKI) at Siemens Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
“A very successful event”
Event Management, HaCon – A Siemens Company (Innovation Sponsor)
“Thank you, Mark, and the whole Smart Classes team for the smooth communication, organisation and great support before and after the events. We really appreciate it!”
Marketing Manager DACH, UK & Nordics, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
“Thank you as always for your great work and events. A lot of very qualified people…A big thank you for your help from all the team here at Padam and we look forward to continuing the good work next year”
Head of Business Development & International Partnerships, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
“Delighted to contribute to this event today. Thanks to Mark and the team for arranging”
Regional Director – North of England and Scotland, Project Centre, part of Marston Holdings (Innovation Sponsor)
“Thanks for inviting us to contribute to this Smart Class. Please keep in touch regarding future events”
Schools Programme Manager, Living Streets Scotland (Innovation Sponsor)
“Great day with thought provoking presentations and roundtable discussions!”
Managing Director, Imperial (Innovation Sponsor)
“Some extremely interesting conversations surrounding transport challenges”
Business Development Manager, North Region, Videalert (Innovation Sponsor)
“It was a great event, very informative and engaging. Wonderful venue too!”
COO, Finance and Product Director, Vortex IoT (Innovation Sponsor)
“Many thanks, really enjoyed the session and looking forward to the next one”
Head of Sales, Vortex IoT (Innovation Sponsor)
“An enjoyable event and we had several very interesting discussions. It sounds like we might get some concrete outcomes in the near future”
Senior Researcher & Lecturer in Transport Studies, Urban Big Data Centre/University of Glasgow (Innovation Sponsor)
Speakers
“Digital Innovations Continue to Help Deliver Scotland’s Vision for Transport” – Opening keynote speech from the Scottish Government’s new Minister for Transport/Ministear airson Comhdhail, Fiona Hyslop MSP/BPA:
“Scotland has a dynamic and innovative technology sector and digital mobility innovations continue to play a vital role in delivering a sustainable, inclusive, safe and accessible transport system.
By supporting enhanced travel data and journey planning, including digital Mobility as a Service apps, and through improvements in smart ticketing payments and technology, fare freezes on our ferry networks and the fantastic uptake of our Young Persons Free Bus Travel scheme, we are working to make sustainable travel choices the preferred option for all.
I want Scotland to continue to be at the forefront in the development of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, and our support for Project CAVForth demonstrates our belief that a modern transport system is fundamental to sustainable and inclusive economic growth”.
We’re pleased to confirm that Laura McCaig (MaaS Delivery Manager at Transport Scotland) will also be in attendance as the official support for the Minister at the event.
“Circulation Plan – The Opportunities and Challenges of Designing a Truly Integrated Transport System” – Our streets work best when they move people around efficiently and make it easier to get things done. At the same time, streets should provide a more pleasant environment for everyone.
Cities, including Edinburgh, acknowledge that streets are not just travel corridors but important ‘ecosystems’, places and destinations in their own right. They play an important role in adding to the city’s green and blue networks, helping to combat climate change and poor air quality, enhancing biodiversity, and improving wellbeing.
To achieve Edinburgh’s agreed local transport strategy – City Mobility Plan 2030 – the city is in the process of agreeing a new approach to the way streets are planned and designed to reduce modal conflict and create more space for people, businesses and nature to thrive.
Taking learnings from the continent, this co-presented keynote from Councillor Scott Arthur (Convener of the Transport and Environment Committee at The City of Edinburgh Council and Chair of Transport for Edinburgh) and Daisy Narayanan (Head of Placemaking and Mobility at The City of Edinburgh Council) will set out Edinburgh’s emerging vision and key principles for a ‘Future Streets’ network, referred to as Edinburgh’s ‘Circulation Plan’.
“Improving Road Works and the Transition to Net Zero” – Kevin Hamilton was appointed as Scottish Road Works Commissioner in November 2020 for a five year term. He is passionate about improving the management of roads assets, harnessing new technology and minimising the impact of road works activity on people and the environment.
In this keynote, Kevin will cover the role and powers of the Scottish Road Works Commissioner. From that, he will discuss the central Scottish Road Works Register and its importance in assisting roads authorities and utilities to meet their duties in planning and co-ordination of works. The information contained in the register also gives insight into the scale and nature of roads authority and utility works and Kevin will address some of the impacts such works have on road users and the road asset.
Kevin will discuss the national coring programme which monitors reinstatement quality and recent research into the life of reinstatements. He will then look forward to further measures that are needed to continue to improve reinstatement quality with initiatives to achieve lower impact, durable reinstatements as we transition to a net zero world.
“Future Mobility – Go Big or Go Home!” – Mobility-as-a-Service and Demand Responsive Transport Pilots have had an emerging presence across England, Scotland and Wales over the last 5-7 years, but critics still point to the size and funds required in order to design, mobilise and operate them.
In this presentation, James West (Padam Mobility) and Matt Dacey (Siemens Mobility) will examine the “Go Big or Go Home” Mentality, to understand how we can pivot from small scale pilots operating in isolation, to delivering operations at scale. They will explore how the potential of MaaS and DRT works best when delivered in a more ambitious manner, and how this could be applied in the UK to national projects.
“Utilising Data and Digitalisation for Environmental Resilience” – 80% of UK councils have declared a climate emergency. Scotland is the most ambitious nation, aiming for Net Zero by 2045 while other UK nations are aiming for 2050. The challenge seems daunting but is there more we could be using to understand and act faster?
In this presentation on behalf of Project Centre, Strategic Accounts Director Andrea Jones will be addressing the task of digitalising the transport sector and how using this data will be critical in driving forward change. From monitoring air quality to understanding enforcement data, to public engagement and messaging, Andrea’s presentation will examine a range of case studies from across Marston Holdings to identify the where’s what’s and how’s of transport data literacy. Heather Grieve and Eduardo Moral will be adding their input during the roundtable discussions.
“Laying the Foundation for Smart Mobility” – Hear from the team at Brightly how effective Asset Management delivers better outcomes for the communities they serve, whilst also laying the foundation for smart mobility.
This presentation from Steve Harris and Cherryanne Cooper will explore how you can enable Smarter Assets to deliver Sustainable Communities through effective asset management, using examples of highways, street lighting, smart drains and litter bins, through to connecting service users to assets operating in their community.
Agenda
- 8:30 am - 9:00 am Registration, Networking and Continental Breakfast
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am Introduction and Opening Keynote
- 9:30 am - 10:40 am Expert Presentations
- 10:40 am - 11:00 am Keynote Speaker 2
- 11:00 am - 12:40 pm Roundtable Discussions and Consultations
- 12:40 pm - 1:00 pm Keynote Speaker 3
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Close and Lunch Networking
