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Green Light for a Clean Rail Industry

12th May 2021
Free
09:30
Open and Networking
10:00Alex Hynes, Managing Director, Scotrail*
10:15Strategic Partner* 
10:30
Leaders Debate 1 – Hydrogen, Decarbonisation and other Green Solutions

Dr Stuart Hillmansen, Senior Lecturer in Electrical Energy Systems, and Head of the Traction Research Group within the School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education*

Industry Partner*

Clare Marten White, Chief Operating Officer, Riding Sunbeams*

 Leaders Debate 2 – Making Stations Greener

Emma Brigginshaw, Sustainability Manager, London North Eastern Railway*

Industry Partner*

Victoria Lee, Lead Programme Manager, ThinkStation Design Council*

Leaders Debate 3 – Electrification

Professor David Fletcher, Professor of Railway Engineering, Sheffield University*

Industry Partner*

Paul McMahon, Managing Director – System Operator, Network Rail*

10:55Break and Networking
11:25Huw Merriman MP, Transport Committee Chair
11:40Rachel Maclean, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Department for Transport*
11:55Baroness Vere of Norbiton MP, Transport minister/ PUS Department for Transport*
12:10Strategic Partner*
12:25
Break and Networking
12:55David Clarke, Technical Director, Railway Industry Association
13:10
Innovation Room 1
Innovation Room 2
Innovation Room 3
13:35Maggie Simpson, Director General, Rail Freight Group
13:50Dr Stuart Hillmansen, Senior Lecturer in Electrical Energy Systems, and Head of the Traction Research Group within the School of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering, Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education*
14:05
Final Remarks and Networking