Join the CIHT East Midlands for our 2022 in-person annual conference!
Date: Thursday 5 May 2022
Venue: 1884 Lounge, Derby County Football Club, Pride Park Stadium, Royal Way, Derby, DE24 8XL
The aim of this conference is to provide insight into the challenges & opportunities that the highways and transportation industry in the East Midlands, and wider afield, faces over the next decade, particularly in embracing change as we endeavour to meet our net zero targets.
Join the CIHT East Midlands for our 2022 in-person annual conference which promises to be a thought-provoking day of learning as well as an opportunity to catch-up with and meet new industry colleagues.
The aim of this conference is to provide insight into the challenges & opportunities that the highways and transportation industry in the East Midlands, and wider afield, faces over the next decade, particularly in embracing change as we endeavour to meet our net zero targets. We will be joined by six industry experts who will present to us a broad range of inspiring topics and explore important questions.
Derby County Football Club is looking forward to providing us with a warm welcome and top-class hospitality and facilities throughout the day, including drinks and refreshments, a jacket potato station lunch, and the Chef’s selection of afternoon cakes.
The CIHT East Midlands committee of volunteers has organised and hosted this event and we look forward to welcoming you.
Any questions or queries, please get in touch with us at: eastmidlands@ciht.org.uk
Programme:
The format for the day will comprise of a CIHT Presidential Address, followed by six to seven speakers and an interactive debate from our guest panels. Refreshments and networking opportunities will be provided throughout the day where delegates can interact with sponsors and exhibitors.
1884 Lounge, Derby County Football Club, Pride Park Stadium, Royal Way, Derby, DE24 8XL.
The conference will take place in the 1884 Lounge at Derby County Football Club. The room is accessible through the main entrance / main reception. This is called the 'Toyota Reception', which is situated at the West Side of the Stadium. The 1884 Lounge is on the 1st floor.
By rail
Derby Train Station – 5 mins drive/12 minutes walk. The venue is well signposted due to Derby train station being a ten-minute walk away. An express service to London St Pancras runs in under 1 hour 40.
Walking or Cycling
The riverside pathway provides a traffic free way of getting you close to Pride Park Stadium from the city centre as well as from the south of the city. If travelling by train, or just parking at the rail station, the station is only a 10-minute walk from the stadium.
You can get walking directions from your home by using Google Maps and entering the postcode for Pride Park (DE24 8XL) as your destination. For further information on walking and cycling routes in Derby please visit sustrans.org.uk or cyclederby.co.uk.
By car
Easy Access M1 – 10 minutes drive, directly off A52.
DCFC is located just 2 miles from Derby City Centre, with easy access to the M1 Junction 25. The venue offers 350 complimentary parking spaces (first come first served). Please note that you should park on the west side of the car park by the main reception and DCFC will not be responsible for any fines for parking in restricted areas if this is not adhered to.
Accommodation
There are many hotels in Pride Park and Derby City Centre including a Holiday Inn Express, Travel Lodge, or the Pentahotel Derby.
Please book your tickets via the 'Book Now' button on this event page. You can book your place using a credit/debit card (please note that we do not accept American Express).
The deadline for bookings is 3 May 2022.
This event is open to both members and non-members of CIHT and should be of interest to Local Authorities, Transport Planners, Highway & Transport Engineers at all levels & specialisms and anyone with an interest in highways and transportation.
The CIHT East Midlands Conference 2022 is kindly sponsored by:
Via East Midlands
AECOM
Structural Surveys Ltd
Meet & Greet with CIHT Committee Volunteers
Refreshments
Vice Chair - Lucy Nightingale
CIHT President Deborah Sims
Keith Morgan, Nottingham City Council
Richard White, Atkins/DfT
Comfort Break
Dr. Edwin Barker AECOM and Mark Fenton HS2
Keith Morgan, Richard White, Dr Edwin Barker and Mark Fenton
Jacket Potato Station
Networking
Angela Halliwell, National Highways
Richard Wellings, Nottingham City Council
Chef’s Selection Afternoon Cakes & Refreshments
Ruth Halkon, Police Foundation
Angela Halliwell, Richard Wellings, Ruth Halkon
Thanks from the CIHT East Midlands Committee
Via East Midlands
AECOM
Structural Surveys Ltd
National Highways connects the country, but it is important that it does that in an environmentally sustainable way. There is clear direction from Government to move faster and be more ambitious regarding the environment, seeking not just to minimise environmental impact but actively enhance the environment. This is supported by stakeholder and public opinion. Delivering on the Company’s Net Zero carbon commitments and minimising the impact on communities and environmental receptors close to our network are key to successful delivery of our current investment plan (RIS2), and the development of future investment plans.
The session ‘Decarbonising the SRN’ will detail the National Highways Net Zero Plan and our commitments to Net Zero from our corporate emissions by 2030, Net Zero from our Maintenance and Construction by 2040 and Net Zero from road users by 2050. Our approach to delivering and implementing our ambitious Net Zero Plan via our PID process will be covered and the works we are undertaking to reach Net Zero including PAS2080 and our carbon tool. We will detail the case for roads whilst addressing decarbonisation, including the opportunities and challenges we and the wider industry face.
About Angela Halliwell:
Angela is the Head of the newly formed Central Carbon Team at National Highways, joining the organisation in January 2022, leading the transformation of the Company’s carbon, including the implementation of the Net Zero Plan. Angela brings to the position ten years of experience in Environment and Sustainability, specialising in strategy and leadership from her career at Balfour Beatty.
How do we improve confidence in returning to using the Railway for those with disabilities? How do we improve the data available for decisions makers such as Government to better target investment?
In this presentation we cover a ground breaking project which is assessing Accessibility at all 2,500+ GB Rail stations to provide a new data set for personal and investment decision making support.
About Richard White:
Richard is passionate about driving improvement in decision making through the application of technology. Richard's day job focuses on defining, capturing and using data to drive better asset management and investment decision making, and the Stations Accessibility Audit is an innovative data collection and analysis project which is designed to improve the life of passengers, prospective passengers, and investors in the Railway.
The UK has the reputation of having some of the safest roads in the world. Yet there is increasing evidence that they are becoming more dangerous. On average around 25,000 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads each year.
Between 2010 and 2014 numbers of traffic officers fell by 22 per cent (and by a further 18 per cent between 2015 and 2019). The most recent data shows a five per cent rise in fatality rates, the first significant increase in 40 years.
This talk will analyse the current roads policing landscape and makes comparisons with international examples. It will call for clear and unambiguous national leadership and a whole-system approach to improving road safety so that we can work towards a future where no one dies on our roads.
About Ruth Halkon:
Ruth Halkon is a research officer at the Police Foundation, the UK’s policing think tank. Since joining the organisation in 2019 she has researched and written on roads policing and road safety and what can be done to reduce road danger. She was also a co-author on the Strategic Review of Policing in England and Wales, which was published in March 2022 and sets out a long-term strategic vision for English and Welsh policing.
She joined the Foundation from the Metropolitan Police where she served for three years as a police constable in Haringey in North London. Prior to joining the police she worked as a journalist for local, regional and national newspapers and news agencies, where she developed a special interest in criminal justice and policing. She has a BA in English Literature from the University of Cambridge and an MA in Newspaper Journalism from City University.
An overview of Greater Nottingham’s bus decarbonisation strategy, Bus Service Improvement Plan and delivery of an “Enhanced Partnership” for buses will be shared and highlight how these strategic plans will be instrumental in the recovery of the local bus network from Covid -19.
The infrastructure projects that will be taken forward to improve priority and reliability for buses, and measures to improve the passenger experience and deliver the recovery will also be covered. As will the scope for Enhanced Partnerships to deliver benefits on an equal footing to those that can be derived from Bus Franchising in relation to the unique context of Nottingham’s award winning public transport network.
About Richard Wellings: With an academic background in Politics, Government, Sustainable Development and Public Management, Richard currently has a remit that covers bus strategy, partnerships and zero and low emission buses.
Currently the lead and client for the public transport work packages within Nottingham’s Transforming Cities Programme, which includes roll-out of traffic light priority for late running buses, new bus lanes, upgrades to digital real-time information and enhancements to smart ticketing and contactless payment. Richard has also led on the development of the Greater Nottingham Bus Service Improvement plan.
With a strong working relationship with Nottingham City Transport, and local bus operators including trentbarton, Stagecoach and CT4N, Richard has been involved over a number years with several major projects, delivered in partnership with bus operators. Including the Low Emission Bus Fund and Ultra Low Emission Bus Fund supported Biogas bus project, which delivered 120 Biogas double deckers and infrastructure, the roll-out of multi-operator contactless payment across the bus and tram network in Nottingham and the local authority led electric bus project.
Keith's talk will cover the challenges and opportunities of delivering cycling infrastructure within an urban environment.
This will draw on what needs to be done to secure funding, satisfy design standards and get construction on site and the facilities open and used. Specific examples will be shown from Nottingham’s existing cycle network and schemes that are currently being delivered as part of the £161 Transforming Cities Fund programme.
There are many problems that need to be overcome when delivering cycle schemes including securing funding, political engagement, roadspace and balancing the needs of the many modes of travel. Looking forward the talk will look to see if changes to the way we work and travel, carbon reduction targets, how we move goods and people and the evolving city centre will have on how we design and deliver cycle schemes and whether these changes offer more opportunities for us to provide quality infrastructure that will be used by far more people than those that currently cycle.
This will be of particular relevance to those interested in the delivery of sustainable transport infrastructure. Whether this is schemes specifically intended to provide cycle and walking facilities or to ensure that consideration and inclusion of good quality cycle and walking infrastructure is incorporated within other transport schemes as should be good practice.
About Keith Morgan:
Keith has around 20 years’ experience in sustainable transport delivery and has been fortunate to be able to oversee a variety of schemes and programmes right through from their initial inclusion in a strategy and funding bid through to the design and construction.
Keith lives and works in Nottingham and enjoys being able to build infrastructure that he sees being used on a day to day basis.
Recent completed schemes he has been involved in include the Western Cycle Corridor and a new Bridge linking Nottingham’s Enterprise Zone sites.
This talk will look at how HS2 will support the transition to net zero carbon, how carbon emissions are being managed and minimised as we deliver HS2 and HS2’s net zero carbon plan.
This will include case studies and best practice (using examples of application on HS2).
About Mark Fenton: Mark Fenton is the Carbon Manager at High Speed Two (HS2) Ltd – the client organisation delivering the UK’s new high-speed railway. Mark leads the programmes carbon management and net-zero carbon activities. Key responsibilities include developing the programmes PAS 2080 carbon management system, building carbon management capability and implementing HS2’s Net Zero Carbon Plan. Mark works collaboratively with stakeholders from across the value chain – including UK Government, client peers, industry bodies and supply chain partners – and across a variety of communities of practice including engineering, commercial and project management.
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