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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 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 6th October we will be casting a spotlight over London and South East England, hosting our speakers discussions on how the latest digital innovations can help overcome the transport and mobility challenges faced by the capital, its hinterland, burgeoning smart city-regions of the South East and East Anglia (incl. Greater Brighton, Cambridge, Colchester, Guildford, High Wycombe, Ipswich, Luton, MK, Norwich, Oxford, Reading, Portsmouth, Slough, Southampton, Southend, Watford etc), 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, major transport operators, agencies or local/combined authorities giving real world insight into their collaborative initiatives, digital journeys and adoptions of emerging, transformative technologies.
TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & South East England 2022 takes place at Browns Courtrooms, Covent Garden, and follows on from highly acclaimed 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017 editions (also all hosted in London). 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 Commercial Innovation, Transport for London
“This was my second Smart Class event and, again, I found it very informative and an excellent opportunity to engage with stakeholders”
Head of Data Policy, Analytics and Data Division, Department for Transport
“Great to be involved in a face-to-face event – arrangements worked very well. Well done for a very well organised Covid safe event. Great presentations and so good to have a chance to network again!”
Programme Director, England’s Economic Heartland, and President, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation
“Yesterday our Strategic Director got back to face-to-face events – speaking at Transport Smart Class, London & SE England 2021. He highlighted the unique transport challenges of the East and why some of the usual approaches to sustainable transport don’t quite work for the region. The following discussion on solutions for rural areas was really timely to inform our work. Thanks Smart Classes for the invite to a great event”
OBO Strategic Director, Transport East
“The Smart Class I attended was extremely beneficial. I went along to present information but came away with so much more, owing to being in a room full of like-minded individuals for various different organisations trying to achieve similar goals. The event was well structured and extremely informative. I would highly recommend”
Principal Bus Policy Planner, Transport for London
“Thanks for organising such an insightful and informative session”
Principal Sponsor, Transport for London
“Many thanks…a good event with some great delegates there!”
Head of Technology and Data for Surface Transport, Transport for London
“Thanks for a great event. So good to do this sort of thing again. Good breadth of expertise and speakers”
Senior Advisor, City Planning, Transport for London
“A fantastic event. I learnt a lot from the innovators and keynote speakers, very insightful roundtable discussions and great networking opportunity”
Chair, Thames Estuary Partnership
“Very well organised and run”/“Excellent event, very informative and useful”
Strategic Lead Commissioner/Transport and Regeneration Manager, LB Barnet
“All of the roundtables were valuable in different ways”
Councillor at LB Barnet and representative on London Council’s Transport & Environment Committee
“My first Smart Class and it went well, thanks! Interesting to hear about the challenges and the development of solutions. Loved the Brighton Bus story!”
Transport Strategy Officer for Freight, Buckinghamshire Council
“Very interesting, looking forward to attending again”
Digital Program Manager, Canterbury City Council
“I would love to attend again this year as I found it hugely valuable last time”
Senior Sustainable Transport Officer, Central Bedfordshire Council
“Really enjoyed the session and look forward to attending future events, well done!”
Senior Strategic Transportation Officer, City of London Corporation
“Highlight of the week – TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & SE England 2020, one of the first events to be held in a Covid-safe physical format. I’ve missed so much the face-to-face collaboration and sharing of ideas! I had the pleasure of learning about the challenging present and future of transport and mobility from innovation experts. It was an excellent networking opportunity to discuss ongoing projects whilst engaging in roundtable sessions led by the speakers. Absolutely insightful to learn about strategic regional level initiatives and partnerships, forward thinking leadership within the public sector and specific solutions. Networking 100% useful as well. Great work by Smart Classes to enable all this. From larger to smaller local scale, I totally recommend this Smart Class!”
Senior Placemaking Project Manager, Croydon Council
“A really great bunch of people and stimulating presentations. Found the morning really useful and am following up with several people already!”
Travel & Transport Planning Officer, Croydon Council
“Very positive and informative session”
Transport Development Manager, LB Ealing
“Very informative”
Active Travel Programme & Sustainable Transport Manager, Essex County Council
“Useful to hear what another authority was doing”
Group Manager Transport Strategy, Hertfordshire County Council
“Thank you for the opportunity to be a keynote speaker”
Public Transport Project Manager & Lead for MaaS in Kent, Kent County Council
“Going back to Luton to sell the ideas to my colleagues!”
Strategic Policy Advisor, Luton Council
“Thank you for inviting me to a very well organised and interesting event yesterday, you had brilliant speakers and a great agenda”
Senior Transport Planner, Milton Keynes Council
“Outstanding! Great speakers and presentations from the businesses and I look forward to applying the concepts from the ideas shared at the event in my future endeavours as well as sharing with Portsmouth CC”
ITS Planner, Portsmouth City Council
“Informative presentations and roundtables which all had value. Well worth the trip! Well done, a very good event”
Traffic Systems and Technology Engineer, Reading Borough Council and West Berkshire Council
“First one for me, very impressed!”
Head of Transport and Highways, Slough Borough Council
“My first time at a Smart Class. Very good, I will be back!”
Director of Public Realm, LB Tower Hamlets
“Excellent event – and good, pacey, interactive format. Well done and thank you”
Councillor, Lead Member Highways and Transport, West Berkshire Council
“The morning was both informative and enjoyable. I learned a lot and hopefully contributed in the roundtables. The opportunity to network is very important and the ambiance of the venue made it a perfect location to meet and mix”
Commissioner for Road Safety, Westminster City Council
“Well organised and a great mix of transport stakeholders and businesses”
Strategy Manager, Zero Emission Vehicles, Arriva Group
“Feedback on the session was very positive”
Group Tender Director and Interim Chief Commercial Officer, Arriva Group
“There were lots of really interesting presentations. If you haven’t been to a Smart Class before, I highly recommend checking the calendar of forward events and getting along”
Head of Innovation Strategy at Brighton & Hove Buses|Metrobus|Spirit of Sussex Coaches and Lead Officer – Bus Decarbonisation (on secondment) at Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
“It was great to get the opportunity to attend and reassuring to see how active we are in so many of the areas of discussion. Exciting times!”
Innovation Lead for Bus at Go-Ahead Group PLC/Head of Innovation and Strategy Brighton & Hove Buses|Metrobus|Spirit of Sussex Coaches
“Great event, many thanks to you and the speakers”
Principal Consultant – Smart Cities, Communities & Internet of Things, British Standards Institute
“An actual, real-life, conference. How I’ve missed the registration pastries! Nice to see the sector bringing new models to bring people together”
Chairman, The Rail Innovation Group, and Rail Transport Planner, Transporting Cities
“Great to be at a face-to-face conference with Smart Classes!”
Client Director, Amey Consulting
“Excellent event with informative presentations from sector leading experts…and brilliant, insightful keynotes”
Associate Technical Director, Transport Planning and Development, Arcadis
“Great attending TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & South East England 2021 today; thank you for organising and hosting such a great event with fantastic speakers!”
Managing Director, Smart Transport Hub
“Really enjoying the classes, hoping to come to the Scotland, Wales and Midlands ones too!”
Head of Smart Mobility, Stantec
“Thanks for organising. I would recommend this event to anyone working in the transport industry”
Principal Consultant, New Mobility, Steer
“Today, I’ve attended my first face-to-face event since March! Very refreshing to say the least! Thanks a lot to the team at Smart Classes for making it happen in such uncertain times. Great speakers and insightful presentations from both public and private sectors”
Senior Consultant, New Mobility, The Steer Group/Currently working for Transport for the South East developing the TfSE Future Mobility Strategy
“The session was well organised and it was good to understand the implications of Covid to London’s Transport operations. Great day, great speakers and the knowledge and experience on the roundtables was most valuable for me”
Director of Transformation, 31ten Consulting
“It was a pleasure to be part of the Smart Class today together with TfL, Transport for the South East, Milton Keynes Council and other innovators in the space. Format works so well!”
CEO & Founder, CityMaaS (Innovation Sponsor)
“Thanks once again for the event – it was very well run and we got a lot from it”
UK Operations Director, Ofo (Innovation Sponsor)
“An excellent format to engage with innovative companies and delegates. The roundtables in particular were really useful”
Managing Director, DriveNow UK (Innovation Sponsor)
“We’re still getting approaches from attendees of the event. You managed to find a really engaged audience. Hats off to you!”
COO, TravelAI (Innovation Sponsor)
“Great Transport Smart Class! Really interesting talks and a really productive day!”
Head of Partnerships, Cube Intelligence (Innovation Sponsor)
“Great organisation with PPE”
CEO & Founder, CityMaaS (Innovation Sponsor)
“Yesterday we saw our CEO & Founder speaking at our very first physical event since lockdown restrictions. We are so thrilled to have been a part of one of the first Covid-secure transport events! Thank you…really enjoyed being part of it”
Head of Marketing, Pavegen (Innovation Sponsor)
“Very well organised – Thanks for having us at the event”
CEO & Co-founder, XeroE (Innovation Sponsor)
“I just wanted to say how much we appreciate all the after event work you are doing”
Head of Business Development & International Partnerships, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
“Last week I had the pleasure of presenting a step by step approach to Passenger Information and Mobility as a Service at the Transport Smart Class event in London. It was brilliant to have the opportunity to discuss with knowledgeable Transport experts and speak alongside Simon Reed, Jack Holland, Andrew Summers, Patrick Warner and Steve Evans. Thank you for organising such a great event!”
Area Manager, Instant System (Innovation Sponsor)
Speakers
“Innovating in London” – Transport for London is the integrated transport body for the Capital responsible for moving people and goods around London. This opening keynote presentation from TfL’s Head of Open Innovation, Rikesh Shah, will focus on how TfL is working with market innovators who can work with the city to help deliver the outcomes of Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s, Transport Strategy:
“At its heart is a bold aim for 80% of all trips in London to be made on foot, by cycle or using public transport by 2041”.
Three years on from the “Innovating in London” keynote that he delivered (as TfL’s Head of Commercial Innovation) at the 2019 edition of this event, we’re delighted to welcome Rikesh back to provide this timely update on TfL’s award winning market innovation activity and innovation hub; approach to public and private sector collaboration; applications of emerging technology data, cloud, VR/AR and AI/Machine Learning; ground breaking pilots and initiatives; and new mobility opportunities in London.
“The Role of Sub-Regional Partnerships in Delivering Future Mobility – Life Without Certainty and a Road Map” – This keynote on behalf of Solent Transport will discuss the role local government partnerships can play in innovation and implementation of transport initiatives, with particular reference to the delivery of the Solent Future Transport Zone programme including the upcoming launch of “Breeze” – its Mobility as a Service (MaaS) app – and other projects.
Principal Transport Planner, Richard Pemberton, will provide an overview of the programme and how it has responded to uncertainties arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, the sometimes unexpected challenges faced in delivering true innovation in local transport, and how Solent is working to overcome these within local government structures.
Solent Transport represents a partnership of four local transport authorities (Southampton City Council, Portsmouth City Council, Hampshire County Council and Isle of Wight Council), working to deliver improved transport infrastructure, networks and systems crucial to keeping the Solent region moving.
“Harnessing Data and New Technologies to Create a More Sustainable Transport System” – This keynote on behalf of the Greater Cambridge Partnership will discuss how the Greater Cambridge area is harnessing new technologies and data to support the City Deal programme of transport improvements. This will include how the ‘Smart’ workstream has been working to ensure that data is at the heart of decision making and scheme appraisals in addition to harnessing transit data to support travellers in making more sustainable journeys. The presentation will also address the application of technologies such as autonomy to future proof the transport system and how digital twins can support more holistic decision making.
Strategy and Partnerships Manager, Dan Clarke, will discuss how the GCP are moving from trialling new technologies, to deploying at scale as well as setting out a future roadmap to harness new technology developments to help the GCP deliver a ‘world class transport system’ along with other critical objectives such as Net Zero.
Worth up to £500 million in funding to 2030 for transport infrastructure to boost economic growth, the GCP (whose four partners are Cambridge City Council, Cambridgeshire County Council, South Cambridgeshire District Council and the University of Cambridge) is the largest of several City Deal programmes currently taking place in the UK.
“How to Set up a Tailor-Made DRT Service: Success Factors for DRT Planning and Operations” – As diverse as the challenges in public transport are, the bottom line is that low efficiency and declining passenger numbers are the decisive factors for the success of a service. Demand responsive services can provide the solution here, both for passengers and for the operator. But how do you build a successful on-demand transport service? What opportunities does on-demand transport offer in my region and what differences in planning need to be taken into account? What criteria does software have to fulfil so that transport can really be operated in a user-oriented and economically efficient way?
In this presentation, Alina and Laura from the software-as-a-service provider ioki will highlight the most important criteria for a successful implementation of on-demand transport, from the data-driven analysis in the run-up to planning to the appropriate parameters in the product setup. The ioki team will provide input and best practice examples on how to make your on-demand service a complete success.
“Northolt: Visions for Transport” – Visions for Northolt is one of the Levelling Up schemes funded in Round one. Northolt is one of the most deprived communities nationally and this presentation from Project Centre’s Technical Director for Transport, Chris Durban, will detail how active travel is being delivered to address this challenge.
In 2019, over one third of local journeys and nearly half of all journeys to employment areas were made by car. Only three percent of local journeys and one percent of journeys to employment areas were made by bicycle. Northolt lacks the supporting infrastructure required to stimulate regeneration and has historically suffered from a lack of investment. Ealing are delivering a high-impact active travel scheme that meets place-based objectives for Northolt, making a genuine difference to local people by improving connectivity to services and jobs whilst supporting healthier and greener travel, increasing local pride and promoting growth.
This presentation will explore the range of data that has been used to influence the design process and the means by which monitoring will be undertaken throughout and after delivery. It will go on to detail the engagement strategy used to reach a diverse community and the ways in which this has influenced design development.
The project reaches across the local and strategic network (TLRN) and Chris’ presentation will conclude by detailing the delivery structure that has been created to allow for design development and the challenges this creates for completing a scheme by April 2024. NB. A representative from Ealing Council will be supporting Project Centre’s team during the roundtable discussions.
“Delivering MaaS Globally and for the UK” – The UK has had a difficult relationship with Mobility as a Service over the past few years. Many UK transport professionals are sceptical of its value.
In this presentation on behalf of Siemens Mobility, Jack will outline the key levers for the delivery of MaaS. He will also explain the different ways to configure MaaS platforms and go into depth with global examples.
Siemens Mobility delivers journey planning and MaaS platforms worldwide. They are confident that it has real value in the UK, and would like to partner with operators and authorities to correctly deliver it.
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