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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 Tuesday 17th 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 2023 takes place at Greencoat Place Conference Centre, London, and follows on from highly acclaimed 2022, 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:
Previous presentations have addressed:
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
“Great to be there!”
Head of Open Innovation, Transport for London
“Many thanks…a good event with some great delegates there!”
Head of Technology and Data for Surface Transport, Transport for London
“Thank you for organising the event. It was great to understand what other areas of the industry are doing and to bump into familiar faces too”
Surface Transport Portfolio Sponsor, 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
“Helpful content and informative presentations”
Councillor, LB Barnet
“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
“These events are both informative and a great networking opportunity. I have enjoyed my previous attendance and will look forward to this latest event”
Transport Strategy Officer, Buckinghamshire Council
“Great event with really interesting discussion. Thanks for the invite to speak”
Strategy and Partnerships Manager – Connecting Cambridgeshire and Smart Cambridge Programmes, The Greater Cambridge Partnership and Cambridgeshire County 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
“Engaging roundtable discussions and excellent opportunities to network”
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
“The presentation and roundtable topics were all interesting”
M&E Manager/Street Lighting Engineer, 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
“Thanks for reaching out, I had a thoroughly enjoyable day”
Project Manager, Ealing Council
“Very informative”
Active Travel Programme & Sustainable Transport Manager, Essex County Council
“An interesting session, thanks to the Smart Classes team and the speakers”
Service Director Transport and Highways, Herefordshire County Council
“Useful to hear what another authority was doing”
Group Manager Transport Strategy, Hertfordshire County Council
“I enjoyed the conference. All of the presentations were very interesting and most valuable to hear about Ealing’s high impact active travel scheme for Northolt”
Transport Planner, Isle of Wight Council
“Thank you for the opportunity to be a keynote speaker”
Public Transport Project Manager & Lead for MaaS in Kent, Kent County Council
“Thanks for inviting me! It was extremely interesting and great to meet new people…Highlights included smart junctions in Greater Cambridge, possible application of DRT in the council/borough, active travel, behavioural change and the transport vision for Northolt including interesting engagement activity with community and stakeholders…See you again soon!”
Community Street Design Officer – Transport Strategy, Lambeth 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
“Excellent event, organisation and venue”
Parking Services Manager, South Gloucestershire Council
“It was a really interesting and useful event”
Future Mobility Project Manager, Surrey County 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
“Format allows real engagement as compared to conventional seminars/conferences”
Director, Association of Transport Coordinating Officers
“Great event, many thanks to you and the speakers”
Principal Consultant – Smart Cities, Communities & Internet of Things, British Standards Institute
“A great event as always”
Business Development Lead – Transport Innovation, Connected Places Catapult
“Thank you so much for another useful Smart Class”
Engineer, Sustrans
“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
“It was a really useful and productive day! I will definitely join in the future”
Senior Consultant – Intelligent Mobility, Amey Consulting
“Excellent event with informative presentations from sector leading experts…and brilliant, insightful keynotes”
Associate Technical Director, Transport Planning and Development, Arcadis
“It was a brilliant day – thank you for organising and hosting so well! Great case study of the Solent FTZ with insights, challenges and lessons learnt. Also great to learn more about DRT, shared mobility and EVs, and all of the roundtable sessions were valuable. A great event and I look forward to attending future sessions!”
Consultant – Electric Vehicles, 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)
“Really enjoyed speaking at the event on the range of Siemens MaaS offering”
Head of Northern Europe – Business Development, Padam Mobility, Siemens Mobility Software Business Unit (Innovation Sponsor)
“Great day! All the roundtable discussions were very interesting with each table having different opinions and questions. I would recommend anyone to take part or attend. It makes you realise how many interesting projects and roles are out there and how quickly innovation is moving”
UKI Business Development, ioki – a DB company (Innovation Sponsor)
Speakers
“MaaS Code of Practice” – The Government has recently published a new code of practice to help organisations involved in Mobility as a Service schemes in the UK to better navigate the many technical and commercial challenges faced. Intended for MaaS platform providers, transport operators and local authorities, this guidance offers specific technical and regulatory advice, and sets out the Government’s ambitions for MaaS and its position on key areas such as accessibility and inclusion, enabling active and sustainable travel, data, multimodal ticketing, consumer protection and competition.
MaaS is defined by the Department for Transport as “the integration of various modes of transport along with information and payment functions into a single mobility service” and its application is currently best demonstrated through mobility apps and platforms which integrate and provide users with personalised multi-modal travel planning and unified payment or subscription models.
In this keynote, Meera Nayyar – DfT’s Head of Mobility and Passenger Experience – will explain why a MaaS code of practice is necessary and explore what is in the code, the principal recommendations and next steps.
Meera’s presentation will also take us through MaaS benefits and barriers, and highlight some of the technologies and services being deployed (e.g. Drone trials, Smart ticketing, MaaS, Shared mobility, E-scooters, Mobility hubs, Car clubs and E-cargo bikes) in the 4 DfT funded “Future Transport Zones”, including the Solent FTZ covering Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight.
“Enabling a Single Integrated Transport System for the Future” – Delivery of East West Rail between Oxford, Bletchley and Cambridge provides a unique opportunity for the transport system in the wider south east. It will be transformative for the travel options of many people both within and outside the region.
But for connectivity to be planned in a way that is fit for the future, it must be planned for all users from their door to door.
Naomi Green is Managing Director of England’s Economic Heartland (EEH). In this keynote presentation, she will set out how one of England’s seven Sub National Transport Bodies is using data and opportunities enabled through the future of mobility to plan and deliver a genuine user-focused transport system that maximises the potential of East West Rail and public transport priorities in the Heartland.
“The Evolution of Real Time Passenger Information” – Charul Gupta is Transport for London’s Head of Technology and Data – Transport Services (Interim) and is also co-founder of the award-winning Women in Tech (WiT) community at TfL.
In this presentation she will delve into the transformation of real-time passenger information within the realm of public transportation, and with a focus on buses. Over the years, real-time passenger information systems have revolutionised the way we experience and interact with public transportation.
Charul’s keynote explores the historical context, technological advancements, and impacts of real-time passenger information, shedding light on the past, the present, and the future.
“Using Technologies to Enable Practical Multi-Operator Smart Ticketing and Attract New Passengers. Today” – Enabling multi-operator smart ticketing is key to getting people back to the bus and to drive behaviour change. But how do we do this?
In this presentation, Guy Sutherland (Head of Bids and Partnerships) from UrbanThings will be exploring the tools at our disposal to achieve this, including world class journey planning apps, smart mobile ticketing apps, ITSO smartcards or cEMV technologies.
Guy will also explain how local authorities and operators can get these tools in an ‘All-in-one’ solution and what the future of transportation might look like.
“Modernising Rail Retailing in a Post Covid World” – Trains overcrowded, trains delayed, trains empty, covid, strikes and a passenger behavioural shift? Managing passenger trains is a tough job. Discover the different worldwide strategies used by railways who have modernised their Rail Retailing using the S3 Passenger Suite by Sqills.
What is reaccommodation and why is it so important? Open Ticket, Counted Place, Seat Reservation, Advance Ticket, which mix is right for your network? How far ahead should you plan and what impact could that have? What were the positive passenger lock-down impacts? What are operators doing with live data?
This presentation from Business Consultant and Integration Architect, Daniel Callaway, will provide insights into how Sqills are answering many of these questions with their train operators.
“Air Quality and Highways Operations – How to Track, Analyse, Recommend and Predict the Impact” – Brightly is the global leader in intelligent asset management solutions, enabling organisations to transform the performance of their assets through Enterprise Asset Management, Strategic Asset Management, IoT Remote Monitoring, Sustainability and Community Engagement.
Aligning to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, this presentation from Cherryanne Cooper will provide examples of how a shift in highways and environmental operations can have a positive impact on air quality and GHG reduction. By tracking and measuring the emissions of inspections, reactive and planned works, they will demonstrate how to build a baseline carbon footprint of each asset and roll-up data across asset portfolios. Analysis of the data will provide insight and recommendations for strategies to reduce carbon and predict trends over time.
“How Hyperlocal Air Quality Data Collection is Accelerating Clean Air and Climate Resilience Projects and Policies” – Managing and accurately measuring the success of efforts to combat air pollution can be a daunting task in the absence of high-quality localised data. Furthermore, a lack of awareness about the detrimental effects of poor air quality in vulnerable areas can hinder progress toward achieving clean air objectives.
In this presentation, Nick Ruxton-Boyle, an expert in transportation and the environment and the Director of Environment at Marston Holdings and Vortex IoT, will delve into how air quality monitoring can address these challenges. He will underscore the importance of monitoring environmental outcomes both before and after project delivery to validate their effectiveness.
Drawing insights from recent case studies, Nick will discuss how local governments and businesses can leverage real-time data to inform their clean air plans and strategies. This data-driven approach will support the development and implementation of environmental policies and interventions aimed at improving air quality and climate resilience, benefiting the health of individuals and the planet.
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 - 11:10 am Expert Presentations
- 11:10 am - 11:30 am Keynote Speaker 2
- 11:30 am - 1:10 pm Roundtable Discussions and Consultations
- 1:10 pm - 1:30 pm Keynote Speaker 3
- 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Close and Lunch Networking
