Grab your name badge, breakfast and start your networking early

Breathtaking Rapid Transit Strategy for Greater Manchester.

Join Simon as he talks you through TfGM’s five year delivery plan setting out further expansion of the Metrolink, renewals and next generation vehicles as well as the absorption of heavy rail into TfGM’s Bee Network.

Amey, are a key delivery partner for the TRU West alliance delivering projects worth £billions. Jon explains how Amey are engaging with the wider supply chain to establish key relationships.

• Philip Harrison, Director, Arup
• Jane Healey Brown, Director, Arup
• Phil Smart, Assistant Policy Manager, Rail Freight Group
  

• James Webster, Director System Integrations, Atkins Realis
• Caroline Crewther, ECDP Transformation Director, AtkinsRéalis
• Samantha Turner – IPDR Finance and Commercial Director, GBRX
• Paul Boyle – Head of ERTMS, LNER

This panel of experts will delve into the question of how we can better connect the North and provide customers with more choice and connectivity. With the UK rail sector about to embark on significant transformation, industry leaders will explore the opportunities for the North. The discussion will highlight the importance of building rail networks that are not only efficient but also deeply rooted in the needs of local communities. We'll also explore the topics our customers really care about: affordability, sustainability, accessibility and choice.

• Martijn Gilbert, Managing Director, Lumo and Hull Trains

• Tony Lodge, Centre for Policy Studies

• Jools Townsend, Chief Executive, Community Rail Network

Grab a coffee, mid morning snack and a fist full of business cards during the first networking opportunity of the day

• Suzanne Mathieson, Rail Director, Mott MacDonald
• Liz Goldsby, Head of NPR and High Speed development, Transport for Greater Manchester
• Helen Ellerton, Head of Transport Policy, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Rob Bolton, Operating Strategy Director (Investment), Network Rail
  
  

Safer, faster, greener.

Andrew explains the role visualisations can play in revolutionising site-safety culture. By combining 3D models with project timelines, hazard identification, and project requirements, we enable teams to digitally rehearse construction. He will demonstrate how SYSTRA Vision improves site safety, enables faster construction and delivers environmental benefits.

Join Andrew to see how SYSTRA Vision can impact your next project.

Grab your lunch, talk to the speakers about how you can help with their challenges and network with new customers.

We explore what is needed to ensure the railway of the future delivers for customers and economic growth. A customer-focused mindset is vital to transform our railway and working with innovative suppliers to find solutions to the challenges along the way. Furthermore, with high-speed rail on the horizon, the panel will discuss the role it can play in driving future growth and what is needed to make it a success.

• Shamit Weinburger Gaiger, Managing Director, West Coast Partnership Development
• Andrew Dixon, Head of High Speed Rail - Infrastructure Delivery & Development Programme, Manchester City Council
• Amie Symonds, Head of Programme Integration, Transpennine Route Upgrade, Network Rail
  

What does ‘Design for Reliability’ mean for the products your developing for use on the railway, what support is on offer to move through the test and acceptance stage and how will it benefit you? Join Kevin and receive the vital information needed to allow products to be used on the live railway.

Join Jo for exclusive detail on the recently awarded contracts to the Transpennine Route Upgrade East and West Alliances worth circa £3bn, discover the next milestones on this mammoth project and the opportunities it presents for suppliers like you.