Missed any of the “Retrospectives” from TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England 2024?
Here’s another chance to gain valuable insights from our Keynote Supporters and Innovation Sponsors – Transport for Wales (TfW), Transport for Humans, AAPS & University of Bath, BYCS & the Bicycle Mayor of Bath, the Centre for Transport and Mobility (CeTraM) at Aberystwyth University, the Transport and Health Integrated Research Network (THINK), the Community Transport Association (CTA), Clearview Intelligence, Living Streets, and Videalert & Vortex – both part of Marston Holdings!
If you meet our regular delegate qualification criteria* for a Transport Smart Class but were unable to join us in Cardiff for the live in-person event on December 5th, CLICK HERE and complete the short “Download form” at the bottom of the post to receive a unique link giving free of charge access to all of the presentation videos, recordings and slides. Alternatively, click on your preferred presentation title from below to re-visit an individual retrospective:
- “Enabling Sustainable, Integrated Travel in Wales”
- “Revolutionising UK Roads and Protecting Vulnerable Users”
- “Transport for Humans – Putting People First”
- “WOW – Bringing Positive Travel Changes for Pupils and Families across Wales”
- “Putting Communities and People at the Heart of Transport Decision-Making”
- “From Compliance to Clean Air – The Power of AI in Traffic Monitoring, Enforcement, and Environment”
- “No One Left Behind – The Future of Welsh Transport Belongs to All of Us”
* Those qualifying to receive the rich media content from this event 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; non-governmental organisations; fleet operators, parking operators, prime contractors etc.
Here’s some of the feedback we’ve received from TRANSPORT Smart Class, Wales & West of England 2024 delegates and stakeholders:
“Thanks for organising, it was really interesting. I’d not been to a Smart Class before and the roundtable discussion was very interesting” – Bus Programme Director, Transport for Wales • “Thanks for hosting the event – really interesting content and some useful connections for us. Will pass on details of your upcoming event in Scotland to our counterparts in our Edinburgh office” – Head of Engagement – Wales, Department for Transport • “Thanks, it was a very good day” – Senior Bus Transformation Technical Lead, Transport for Wales • “Many thanks – a pleasure to attend and have a chance to meet a few people I’ve only exchanged messages with before” – Head of Transport Policy, The Institute for Public Policy Research • “The event was really interesting” – Deputy Head of Engagement – Wales, Department for Transport • “It was my pleasure attending Transport Smart Class Wales & West of England. Found it quite stimulating! Thanks for organising” – Bus Network Planner, Transport for Wales • “Helpful programme content. Traffic monitoring and environmental monitoring topics were most interesting and some useful innovations were discussed during the roundtables” – Commercial Group Lead, The South Wales Trunk Road Agent/Asiant Cefnffyrdd De Cymru (run by Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council obo Welsh Government) • “Our Wales team has had an amazing day at Transport Smart Class Wales & West of England!” – Wales Director, Community Transport Association
“I had a great day at the Smart Classes Transport Conference for Wales and West of England today in Cardiff. Some great speakers and roundtable discussions” – Senior Transport Planning Officer, Herefordshire Council • “Had a really thought-provoking couple of days to end last week in Cardiff. Thursday I had the pleasure of attending Smart Classes Transport event for Wales and West of England. Many excellent contributions…” – Active Travel Projects Officer, Newport City Council • “I attended the Transport Smart Class for Wales & West of England 2024, hosted by Smart Classes at Cardiff Masonic Hall on 5th December. Thoroughly enjoyed the innovator expert and keynote presentations. Nice to see old and new faces at the roundtable/networking sessions and look forward to the next Smart Classes event” – Area Manager – South West & Wales, Waterman Aspen/ Project Manager, The South Wales Trunk Road Agent (Seconded) • “This was a great event, bringing disruptors and procurers together in the transport space to solve transport challenges for Wales and the West of England. It was great seeing suppliers bringing innovation in ways of thinking, services and technology. The challenge now is how can procurers in our region do differently by buying different to get better outcomes aligned to what transport is for? For this reason, we need to keep such conversations at these roundtable events going”…“It was great seeing the innovation in the supply chain – especially around measuring impacts of transport and using data to budge behavioural change. This emphasises my long held belief that the barriers of entry for smaller innovative businesses for large transport projects need to be lowered as these are the fresh minds who bring new ways of thinking” – Senior Consultant, TH Consulting
“Thanks for organising the event! A fantastic morning of thought provoking conversation!” – Head of Business Intelligence in England and Wales, Clearview Intelligence (Innovation Sponsor) • “It was a great session last week and I’m sure I’ll see you more in the future” – Sales Executive, Clearview Intelligence (Innovation Sponsor) • “We were at the Transport Smart Classes in Cardiff yesterday talking about how WOW – our walk to school challenge (with the award-winning interactive Travel Tracker) – is inspiring pupils in Wales and West of England to travel actively to school. Thanks to the other delegates for an inspiring day!” – Project Manager, South West England & Wales, Living Streets (Innovation Sponsor) • “I was a stand-in at the very last minute, but glad I got the opportunity to go. Thank you for such a worthwhile event!” – School Coordinator (Wales), Living Streets (Innovation Sponsor) • “Thanks for having me! Great conference on transport – especially how we create human and community centred transport solutions, and the role of different types of data in doing this…Great event and great discussions and conversations” – Professor and Head of Psychology at Aberystwyth University and Co-Director of the University’s Centre for Transport and Mobility/Principal Investigator & Co-Director, Transport and Health Integrated Research Network/Incoming Chair, UK Universities’ Transport Study Group
If you’re interested in presenting at a future Transport Smart Class, or would like to put forward a speaker, please get in touch!
Current Schedule of Smart Classes:
- WATER MANAGEMENT Smart Class 2025 – Wednesday 2nd April 2025, Leeds
- EMISSIONS & AIR QUALITY Smart Class 2025 – Thursday 8th May 2025, Leicester
- TRANSPORT Smart Class, North of England 2025 – Thursday 3rd July 2025, Liverpool
- TRANSPORT Smart Class, Scotland 2025 – Thursday 11th September 2025, Edinburgh
- TRANSPORT Smart Class, London & South East England 2025 – Thursday 9th October 2025, London
- PUBLIC REALM & URBAN SPACES Smart Class 2025 – Thursday 4th December 2025, Bristol or London venue to be announced shortly!
- WASTE MANAGEMENT Smart Class 2025 – Thursday 11th December 2025 (revised date), London
- TRANSPORT Smart Class, Midlands 2026 – Q1 2026 date & host city TBC!
- ENERGY Smart Class – Date TBC, Birmingham
- HEALTH & ASSISTED LIVING Smart Class – Date TBC, London
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