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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 to travel efficiently, safely and with minimal impact on the environment. Delegates include commissioning, procurement, trialling and partnering leads, senior influencers, strategic decision makers and planners from progressive city, borough, metropolitan, district and county councils; public and private transport operators/service providers; sub-regional transport bodies, combined authorities, integrated transport authorities and passenger transport executives; DfT and supporting national transport agencies; 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 Friday September 9th we will be casting a spotlight over the North of England, hosting our speakers discussions on how the latest digital innovations can help overcome the transport and mobility challenges faced by city-regions of the Northern Powerhouse 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, North of England 2022 (Manchester) follows on from our highly acclaimed 2021 (Manchester), 2019 (Leeds) and 2018 (Manchester) editions. This half day interactive 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:
“Thanks to everyone at Smart Classes for hosting their recent North of England 2021 Transport Smart Class and for the invitation to present on TfN’s Future Travel Scenarios and their application towards decarbonisation, EV charging infrastructure, transport planning, future mobility, future travel and spatial planning. It was strange but fun being back at a face-to-face event, seeing some familiar faces, and the innovator roundtable sessions were really engaging” “Really interesting Morning” “A very useful event, well worth the time spent. All the presentations and roundtables were valuable” “Good event, relevant and well run” “Many thanks for running the Smart Class this morning. It was a very well delivered and informative event” “Thanks again for a great event in Manchester, really well organised and great speakers!” “Thank you for organising. Presentations and roundtables were excellent” “Excellent event” “A valuable opportunity” “The format worked well, and a good choice of topics in the right level of detail” “Great event” “Roundtables were all enjoyable and very engaging” “Thank you very much for organising the Smart Class last Friday. It was a very useful and well organised event. I hope that me and my colleagues can be part of the event again in the future” “Found the event very worthwhile and would value attending further events in the future” “Back to conference and commute. Great to meet real people, hear insightful presentations and have rich conversations at Transport Smart Class, North” “Really enlightening” “Thanks so much for the invite and organising the session on Friday. It was a great event and very nice to see some of the transport community in person after so long” “A very valuable event. I learned a lot about current transport innovations” “Thanks for having me, I really enjoyed the event. Great amount of time – half a day – with great number of interesting presentations and a delicious lunch” “Thank you Smart Classes for inviting me to speak at the event! It was great to hear and discuss the challenges transport authorities and local authorities face when designing frictionless and inclusive transport systems. A very engaging crowd!” “Thoroughly enjoyed the Smart Class in Leeds and got a lot out of it” “Thanks for running a great event” “Very well organised and delighted with the feedback from such an attentive and informed audience. A great format and a pleasure to meet the delegates and discuss some of their own smart city challenges” “I would like to thank you for your help with the organisation of the Smart Classes sessions. It was a great event!” “For our first meeting outside France, I had the pleasure to present at the Transport Smart Class in Manchester…insightful and inspirational presentations from TfGM, National Highways, TfN, Padam Mobility, Videalert, Project Centre and Vortex IoT” “Thanks for having us Smart Classes. We loved presenting on new vehicle to infrastructure technologies and chatting about use cases for continuous urban scanning” “Thanks for organising. It was a great event and brilliant to speak and meet with people in person” “Thankyou for organising such a great event and having us on board…really enjoyed!” “A great event with a lot of interesting discussions”
Head of Innovation, Transport for Greater Manchester
Senior Major Roads Planning and Strategy Officer, Transport for the North
Strategic Transportation Manager, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Group Leader Transport Projects, Blackpool Council
Principal Engineer – Highway Network Resilience & Traffic Manager, City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
Project Manager, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership
Head of Environment, Planning & Infrastructure, Manchester City Council
Specialist Transport Planner, North East Combined Authority
Technology & Change Business Partner, North Yorkshire County Council
Intelligent Transport Systems Analyst, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive
Senior Consultant & Rail Subject Matter Expert, Transport for the North
Sustainable Journeys Delivery Officer (Clean Air), Transport for Greater Manchester
Principal Traffic Engineer, Warwickshire County Council
Transport Planner, Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
Chief Executive, Highways Term Maintenance Association
Work Winning Director, AECOM
Principal ITS Engineering Manager, Amey Consulting
Research and Behaviours Lead – Intelligent Mobility & Smart Technologies, Atkins Global
Managing Consultant – Transport Planning, MM Transport Planning
Senior Future Mobility Consultant, WSP
Co-Founder & CEO, CityMaaS (Innovation Sponsor)
Founder & COO, Vivacity Labs (Innovation Sponsor)
Head of Marketing, Clearview Intelligence (Innovation Sponsor)
Managing Director, Imperial Civil Enforcement Solutions (Innovation Sponsor)
Strategic Marketing Manager, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
International Sales Director, Instant System (Innovation Sponsor)
CEO and CTO, Vortex IoT (Innovation Sponsor)
Head of UK Business Development, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
Area Manager, Instant System (Innovation Sponsor)
Head of Business Development & International Partnerships, Padam Mobility (Innovation Sponsor)
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 (followed by teas & coffees)
- 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