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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
Table hosts:
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
Programme - 18 October
From Plans to Action: Building Consensus for a Sustainable and Inclusive Local Transport System in Polarised Times
10.30
Sheffield City Centre Walking Tour
Meet at Paternoster Row opposite Sheffield Train Station, there will be a minibus return to Kenwood Hall Hotel for 12.30 registration
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12.30
Registration
Lunch served
13.30
Event welcome
Welcome to South Yorkshire - Pat Beijer, Acting 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:
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Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group
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Professor Greg Marsden, Institute for Transport Studies
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Clara Davies, Head of Local Infrastructure Policy Team, Department for Transport
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Martin Tugwell, Chief Executive, Transport for the North
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Eleanor Broad, Assistant Director, Create Streets
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Charles Wain, Senior Policy Advisor, NIC
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 (3 Tables):
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?
Facilitators and note takers:
Simon Lusby, City Science
Chris Robinson, SYSTRA
Simon Statham, Steer
Theme 2 (2 Tables):
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?
Facilitators:
Mark Frost, TPS
Steven Bishop, Steer
Theme 3 (2 Tables):
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?
Facilitators:
Peter Jones, UCL
Mike Axon, Vectos
Theme 4:
Rural areas are increasingly becoming a blind spot when it comes to solutions to transport related social exclusion and the fact that they contribute far more carbon emissions per head than cities. What can we do to bring the needs of these areas back into focus?
Facilitators:
Kris Beuret, Social Research Associates
Theme 5 (2 Tables):
True 15-minute cities have many, many benefits for communities and the externalities from car use in urban areas? But how can the concept be reimagined to reclaim it from conspiracy theorists and those badging the idea as ‘anti-car’?
Facilitators:
Becky Fuller, Urban Transport Group
Aoife Dudley, City Science
16.45
Afternoon break
Tea and coffee served
17.15
Presentation on Baselining Transport Related Carbon in Rotherham
Chris Robinson, Associate Director , SYSTRA & Nat Porter, Interim Group Lead, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Showcase
Panel discussion on The Vision for South Yorkshire in 2050.
Chaired by Nicola Kane, Director, Steer
Panelists include:
Jason Prince, Director, Urban Transport Group
Wil Stewart, Director of Investment, Climate Change and Planning, Sheffield City Council
Nicola Marshall, Active Travel Programme Director, SYMCA
18.30
Networking reception
Refreshments served
19.30
Networking dinner
Welcome to the dinner - Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
After 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,Director, Steer
09.30
Keynote Presentations:
'Carrots and sticks': It's orgins, strengths, limitations, and alternatives
Pete Dyson, Author of 'Transport for Humans' and travel behaviour researcher at 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, Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
2: Tackling Transport Related Social Exclusion in the North
Katie Day, Director of Strategy, Policy & Communications, 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: Perspectives from an early career transport planner - their hopes and fears for the profession
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:
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Pat Beijer, Acting Executive Director of Transport, SYMCA
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Rebecca Fuller, Assistant Director, Urban Transport Group
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Keith Mitchell, Senior Consultant, Stantec
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Kris Beuret, Director, Social Research Associates
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Simon Lusby, Director, City Science
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Stephen Wood, Former Head of Transport & Modelling at Northern Ireland Government
12.30
Summing up and event close
Further details to be announced shortly
Speakers
Sponsorship, Partnership & Evening Dinner Table Hosting
For sponsorship, partnership and evening dinner table hosting enquiries please contact Jason Conboy on: 020 7091 7895 or email him here.