ACT TravelWise Autumn Conference 2008
National Autumn Conference, Gala Dinner & Awards Ceremony
13th & 14th November 2008
Travel Planning — Ten Years On - Past, present & what’s in store for the future!
Venue: International Conference Centre, Birmingham
Organised by: West Midlands Region of ACT TravelWise
Sponsored by: BAA Heathrow, West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities & The Department for Transport
Session Sponsors: Association of Train Operating Companies and Colin Buchanan
Awards Sponsors: SteerDaviesGleave, Faber Maunsell, JMP, WSP, Atkins
Early Bird Booking Rates Available - Register Now
| Day One | |
| 09.30 – 12.00 | Optional Site Visits – Birmingham City Centre walking tour / Highways Agency Operations Centre / BBC Mailbox Workplace Travel Plan/ Eco School and community group visitCarPlus AGM |
Main Conference Registration from 11am | |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch and Networking |
| 13.00 – 15.00 | Plenary Session – Chaired by Neil Scales Chair of ACT TravelWise, Chief Executive and Director General Mersey Travel |
| 13.00 – 13.15 | Welcoming Presentations |
| 13.15 – 13.45 | Bill Giles, OBE former Senior Weatherman at BBC Weather Centre & co founder of The Weather People Ltd. How will climate change affect our future transport needs? |
| 13.45 - 15.00 | Question Time The role of Smarter choices in tackling transport emissions Chaired by: Peter Plisner - BBC ‘Midlands Today’ Transport Correspondent Panellists to include: Graham Allen MP (invited) – Labour MP for Nottingham North Theresa Villiers MP (invited) – Conservative Shadow Transport Minister Norman Baker MP – Liberal Democrats Shadow Transport Minister Jenny Jones (invited) – London Assembly Member, Green Party |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Break |
15.30 – 17.00 | Workshops | |||
Station Travel PlansSponsored by ATOC | School Travel PlansSupported by ModeShift | Workplace Travel PlansSponsored by Colin Buchanan | Practical Workshops | Travel Plan innovations & Trends |
Alex Veitch – Association of Train Operating Companies.Details of STP initiative, survey work, perceived barriers to sustainable access to stations & innovative measures being introduced. | George Burnett WSP Group, John Nichol Stoke on Trent City Council & Helen Murphy Three White Rose Office Park: How Developing & Implementing a Sustainable Travel School Strategy can assist in the delivery of School Travel Plans | Helen Roby, Open University: 'How to keep Workplace Travel Plans going' | Will Symons, Faber Maunsell - Behavioural Change Strategies for Travel Plans Latest research into behavioural change psychology | Ceri Davies – JMP Changing the Perception of a Travel Plan How use of Travel Plan & Environmental Strategy can impact fleet management |
Jon Foley Steer Davies Gleave Advice on how the Station Travel Plan process works their potential and requirements for their success | Sarah Dewar TravelWise MerseysideSchool Travel – Changing Travel Beyond 2010Merseyside’s experiences of working collectively to address travel behaviour | Theo Panayi BAA, The sustainable growth of Heathrow – a look back at the last 15 years and a glance into the future | Joanne Rainbow Coventry City Council - ‘Nurturing Innovation - How to reach the top of Everest with a surf board and a bread knife!’ | Neil Taylor Integrated Transport Planning ‘Matchday Travel Own Goal?’ Improving the current delivery of Stadia Travel Plans |
David Rowe & Damian Price, TfL How TfL’s Smarter Choices Unit is piloting rail station travel plans. | James Bennett - Metro- the West Yorkshire PTE ‘My Bus’ delivers on the home to school run | Martin Higgett JMP Delivering Personalised Travel Planning in Merseyside | Maud Grainger Faith Ambassador for Climate Change - The Multi-faith approach to Climate Change | |
| 17.05 – 17.30 | Key Note Speech: Rosie Winterton, Minister of State for Transport (invited) | |||
| 18.45 | Drinks Reception | |||
| 19.15 – 12.30 | Gala Dinner, Awards Ceremony & DiscoAfter dinner speaker Dr Carl Chinn MBE, A passionate Brummie & a history professor | |||
| Day Two | ||||
| 09.30 – 09.40 | Plenary – Welcome - Graham Riley and DfT | |||
| 09.40 – 10.10 | Marketing Sustainability – Fairtrade (invited) | |||
| 10.10 – 10.15 | Introducing Day 2 Workshops - Graham Riley, ACTTW Conference Director | |||
| 10.15 – 10.30 | Coffee Break | |||
| 10.30 – 12.15 | Workshops | |||
Promoting Public TransportSponsored by ATOC | Tax and Funding Workshops | DebateSponsored by Colin Buchanan | Practical Workshops | Travel Plan Innovations & Trends |
Conrad Jones & Julia Lameris Building an effective public transport brand. Marketing a consistent public transport brand | Stephen Potter Open University, ‘Tax and Travel Plans’ How to address tax implications and use them to increase the attractiveness of a Travel Plan | Does an Eco Town deliver better sustainable transport solutions than a Home Zone? Bob Jackson and Dawn Wylie | Jon Parker – Integrated Transport Planning, | Jamie Whiteman – ACIS Details of Real Time Passenger Information that has been developed and installed at mixed development in Dartford. |
John Waugh - Independent Consultant. How can a travel plan advocate bus travel | Paul Henderson LEPT How the EC is supporting Sustainable Transport in Urban environments European funding workshop | What role does the car have to play in the transport mix in the future? Alex Bruce General Motors (invited) Randall Ghent, World Carfree Network | Robin Cummins OBE, British School of Motoring – Eco-Driving (invited) | Katie Gregory & Alan Lewis - Transport & Travel Research - Developing a Research Framework to Inform Transport Communications |
Mike Cooper Birmingham City Council Community, Residential & School TravelWise in the West Midlands | Paul Henderson LEPT Outline of development of standards guidance & accreditation system | The Future of Online Journey Planning | ||
| 12.15 – 13.00 | Plenary Neil Scales – Closing summary Presentation - how children in the West Midlands see transport in the future.Close of conference | |||
