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Wednesday 18 & Thursday 19 October, Kenwood Hall, Sheffield

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The Local Transport Summit is a 24-hour residential ‘Chatham House Rules’ discussion in a relaxed environment which brings together in a unique way senior people involved in UK local transport from a range of perspectives including political leaders and decision-makers, those responsible for strategy, system design and delivery within transport authorities, and others with a connection to the future of our local transport system as providers, advisors, researchers and activists. The event has the active and support and engagement of the Department for Transport, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and other significant professional bodies.

This year’s event will focus on how to develop and (importantly) deliver ambitious and integrated local transport plans. We will explore how to maximise political and public support for plans to ensure that they have a meaningful impact on decarbonisation and social inclusion goals. We will aim to secure a diverse range of voices from within and outside the transport planning profession to support new and engaging conversations about how transport professionals can have a greater impact in the work that they do.

In existence since 2015, the Local Transport Summit 'goes on the road' each year, and has in the past visited different parts of England, including Oxfordshire ,Greater Manchester, West Yorkshire, Hertfordshire, West London and most recently Cardiff. It has established a position as the key annual event for this sector.

Following last year’s highly successful Summit in Wales, this 7th annual Summit will visit Sheffield and will provide another significant occasion to consider current local transport challenges facing Transport Authorities around the country from Climate Change to securing quality public transport provision, and encouraging active travel and sustainable local development.

The summit was created by Local Transport Today to ensure there would be an opportunity at least once a year for those grappling with the broader agendas and choices to come together and take stock of the local transport landscape, and identify both current and future challenges and how professionals can best into shape to address them.

Previous Local Transport Summits

Oxford 2016

Manchester 2017

Letchworth, Hertfordshire 2018

Bradford 2019

Brentford, West London 2021

Cardiff 2022

About the networking dinner

The networking dinner takes place on the evening of October the 18th, in the impressive Lakeview Suite at Kenwood Hall, Sheffield. The 3-course dinner and reception gives speakers, delegates, sponsors and exhibitors a unique opportunity to meet, network and catch-up in an informal and social environment. We will also be hosting an after dinner speaker soon to be announced.

A sponsored drinks reception at the bar will be open
before dinner.

Places at dinner are strictly limited to 120
(12 tables of 10)

To attend, please ensure you have booked the conference and dinner package if you intend to attend both. The dinner price is inclusive of drinks before and during the meal. A selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages are available.

Book early to guarantee a place at this must-attend networking experience!

The dinner opens with networking Drinks at 18:30, with guests seated for dinner at 19.30.

Key highlights

24 hour retreat

Networking dinner

Conference

High level discussion

18 October

Programme - 18 October

10.30

Walking Tour
Further details to be announced shortly, the walking tour is being arranged via Sheffield City Council.

12.30

Registration

Lunch served

13.30

Event welcome

Welcome to South Yorkshire - Pat Beijer, Executive Director of Transport, SYMCA
Intro to the event - Peter Stonham, Editorial Director & Chairman, Local Transport Today & Richard Walker, Transport Planning & Policy Adviser, Department for Transport

13.45

A review of the local transport landscape: Where are we now?

This first session will set the scene by providing some provocations on the current challenges and opportunities, which will then be explored further in the roundtable discussions that will follow. Joe Ravetz from Manchester University to illustrate the discussions).

What are the key challenges?

Chaired by Nicola Kane, Director, Steer

Panelists includes:

Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group
Professor Greg Marsden, Institute for Transport Studies
Kris Beuret, Director, Social Research Associates
Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, Transport for the North

15.00

Afternoon break

Tea and Coffee served

15.30

Round table discussions: Exploring key issues:
10 Round table breakout sessions on 5 key issues

Theme 1:

If the cost of living is now trumping decarbonisation, how can we reimagine our ideas for the latter to demonstrate how the support the former?

Theme 2:

From plan to delivery: What don’t we see coming when we develop a strategy/plan which results in difficulties when trying to deliver on ambition? How can we overcome those hurdles?

Theme 3:

We know we need to be vision-led and think long-term, but how do we rise above short-term pragmatism which fixes us at ‘business as usual’ to make incremental change now?

Theme 4:

Transport related social exclusion can be a particular problem in rural areas, how can we tackle it?

Theme 5:

How do we crack the land use problem to bring daily lives closer to where people live in order to deliver 15-minute cities?

Facilitators:

Simon Statham
Steve Bishop
Nicola Kane
Sarah Tuohy
Edmund Cassidy
Simon Lusby
Mark Frost
Becky Fuller
Peter Jones
Kris Beuret

16.45

Afternoon break

Tea and coffee served

19 October

17.00

South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Showcase

Further details to be announced shortly

18.30

Networking reception

Refreshments served

19.30

Networking dinner

Guest speaker - Norman Baker, Former Minister for Local Transport

Programme - 19 October

08.45

Registration

Tea and coffee served

09.15

Reflections from day 1

Steve Bishop, Associate Director, Steer

09.30

Keynote Presentations:
Carrots and sticks
Pete Dyson, Behavioral Scientist, University of Bath

Engaging with communities to increasing levels of active travel

Eve Holt, Director, GM Moving

10.00

An in-depth look at current issues

1: 15‐minute cities and the denial(s) of auto‐freedom - Loader - 2023 - IPPR Progressive Review - Wiley Online Library
Professor Ian Loader, University of Oxford

2: Tackling Transport Related Social Exclusion in the North
Katie Day, Transport for the North

3: Scaling up active travel delivery – building capacity and capability in the profession.
Graham Grant, Director of Planning and Development, Active Travel England

4: Gender Equality Toolkit - Engaging more women in transport discussions
Molly Hoggard, Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald

11.00

Morning break

Tea and Coffee served

11.30

Professional practice next steps: How we can incorporate themes from the summit into our activities at national, regional and local level

Panel discussion

Panel will include:

Pat Beijer, Executive Director of Transport, SYMCA
Rebecca Fuller, Assistant Director, Urban Transport Group
Keith Mitchell, Senior Consultant, Stantec
Clara Davies, Head of Local Infrastructure Policy Team, Department for Transport
Stephen Wood, Former Head of Transport & Modelling at Northern Ireland Government