2026 SPEAKERS
Marie Aasness, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Nikolaos Adamidis, Head of Policy and Impacts, National Highways
Sam Adams, Assistant Project Manager, National Highways
Gordon Airey, Professor of Pavement Engineering Materials & Associate Head of Department, Civil Engineering, University of Nottingham
Raahil Ali, Technical Survey Operations Lead, Lanes group
Shireen Ali-Khan, Consultant, Women in Transport
Paul Allman, Resource Director, Blackwell Earth
Feras Alshaker, Interim CEO, Office of Rail and Road
Ghaith Al-Werikat, Head of Sector Development, National Highways
Lyle Andrew, Chief Executive, Institute of Highway Engineers
John Armitage, Engineering Principal, Ramboll
Sharon Atkins, Principal Environmental Specialist, NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi
Nicola Bacon, Founding Director, Social Life Ltd
Laura Baker-Lacey, Director of Customer & Stakeholder Improvement, National Highways
Paul Baldwyn, Head of Streetworks Policy, Severn Trent Water
Chris Barton, Project Director, Costain
Hannah Bartram, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning & Transport (ADEPT)
James Barwise, Policy Lead, Road Haulage Association
Nicola Bell, Chief Capital Delivery Officer, National Highways
Tim Bellamy, Assistant Director, Transport, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Leah Bennion, Business Operations Director, Bentley Systems (UK) Ltd
James Birch, Managing Director, Transportation, Kier
Desiree Blamey, Managing Director, Considerate Constructors Scheme
Helen Blood, Marketing, Boundary Marketing & PR
Chris Blucke, Director of Transport & Connectivity, Hull & East Yorkshire Combined Authority
Evan Bowen-Jones, Managing Director, Rebuilding Nature
Sam Bower, Head of Sustainability, Natural Environment, Balfour Beatty
Andy Bowers, Business Unit Manager - Roads & Industrial, ACI Group Ltd
Hannah Bradley, Product Manager, Re-flow
Jo Bradley, UK Director of Operations, Stormwater Shepherds
Lydia Brand Williamson, Senior Account Manager, Bentley Systems (UK) Ltd
Mike Brass, Head of Security Services, National Highways
Ioannis Brilakis, Professor of Civil & Information Engineering, Cambridge University
Ben Brittain, Director of Public Affairs, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
Juliane Buchheister, Specialist Maintenance Management, Federal Roads Office
Nigel Bullock, Solutions Director, Hill Smith Limited
Louise Butcher, Head of Highways Strategy and Policy, Office of Rail and Road
Simon Butt, Regional Director, Ringway
Philip Cameron, Community Manager, JAG (UK)
Dan Campsall, Chair, Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)
George Candler, Executive Director of Place, North Northamptonshire Council
Darren Capes, President, IHE
Paul Carey, Programme Director, Amey
Kate Carpenter, President, CIHT
Mark Cartwright, Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways
Adrian Caswell, Director of Capital Projects, Energy Transition and Utilities, Capgemini Invent
James Chambers, Director, Business Development, Bluebeam
Suzy Charman, Executive Director, Road Safety Foundation UK
Jag Chima, Technical Director, National Highways
Kum Wah Choy, Technology Solutions Director, Telent
Mel Clarke, Director of Health Safety & Wellbeing, National Highways
Daniel Clarke, Head of Innovation and Technology, Greater Cambridge Partnership
Kyle Clough, Sector Business Director - Highways, Amey
James Colclough, Digital Director - Transport (Europe and India), AECOM
Louise Collins, Director, Transport Focus
John Coombes, Contract Director, Kier Infrastructure
Paul Copeland, Principal Engineer, ADEPT / East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Tom Cox, Senior Delivery Director, Amey
Gemma Cox, Team Leader National Winter and Severe Weather TeamTeam Leader National Winter and Severe Weather Te, National Highways
Andrew Cox, MD of SHEQ, FM Conway
Lucy Cox, Framework Manager, MHA+
Richard Cuerden, Director of Operations and Research, TRL
Mohammed Dakri, Head of Energy, Lighting & Technology | SPaTS Framework Director - Amey Con, Amey Consulting
Alice Darley, Head of Strategic Development, National Highways
James Darvill, NUAR Market Engagement & Adoption Lead, Ordnance Survey
Nicola Davies, Senior Technical Project Officer, Greater London Authority
David Denner, Highways Technology Manager, Welsh Government - Traffic Wales
Mansi Desai, Technical Director & Head of Sustainability, Member of PIARC, PIARC
Patrick Dineen, Project Director, HS2 Ltd
Sarah Dixon, Vice President of UK Sustainable Futures & Sustainability Lead North and Central Europe, Capgemini Invent
Michael Dnes, Head of Transport, Stonehaven
John-Paul Doherty, Head of Highways Operational Deliverey, AtkinsRéalis
Paul Doney, Quality & Innovation DIrector, National Highways
John Dowsett, CEO, Octavius Infrastructure
Patrick Duprat, Competitiveness and R&D director, Alstom
George Economides, Acting Deputy Director for Advanced Analytics, DfT
J Paul Edwards, Head of Pavements, National Highways
Steve Elderkin, Director of Environmental Sustainability, National Highways
Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan, Lecturer in Infrastructure Asset Management, University of Birmingham
Shahin Eskandarsefat, Senior Researcher & Technical–Scientific Development, Iterchimica SpA
Anne-Marie Falano, Customer Success Manager EMEA, UK, Bluebeam
Richard Fenwick, Director of Highways, Warwickshire County Council
Jo Field, Chair, Women in Transport
Léa Fischer, Project Manager LCA, Oris
Matilda Fisher, Policy advisor, CIHT
Graham Footer, Chief Executive, Disabled Motoring UK
Sandie Forte-Gill, Customer Director, National Highways
Chris Founds, Director & Founding Partner, Founds Group
Kealie Franklin, CEO, ARTSM / TOPAS
Angela Gainsford, Consultant, Women in Transport
Katie Gallagher, Delivery Director, Local Authority, Amey
Mark Gallimore, Managing Director, BUKO Traffic & Safety
Liz Garlinge, Director of Network Development, National Highways
Emily-Rose Garnett, i3P senior lead, Connected Places Catapult
Harry Garnham, Head of Asset Management, Highways, Office of Rail and Road
Colin George, Head of Specialism, National Highways
Andy Gilbert, NUAR Adoption Consultant, Ordnance Survey
Hugh Gillies OBE, Director of Roads, Transport Scotland
Rachel Gittens, Deputy Director for Strategic Roads Network, Office of Rail and Road
Matt Gledhill, Conservation Investment Business Lead, RSPB
Alanna Gluck, Senior Consultant, Data and Digital Products, Connected Places Catapult
Alistair Gollop, Founder, ITS Now
Steve Gooding, Director, R.A.C. Foundation
Richard Green, Head of BUKO Digital UK, BUKO Traffic & Safety
Lorraine Gregory, Director, CECA Midlands
James Grenfell, Principal Engineer, NTRO
Lee Griffin, CRO, FYLD
Steve Griffiths, Executive Coach and Professional Development Director, Women in Transport
Luke Gross, Senior Marketing Manager, National Highways
Lorna Hagan, Director, Building A Safer Future
Sheena Hague, Director of Road Safety’, National Highways
Angela Halliwell, Head of Carbon & Climate, National Highways
James Haluch, Group COO, Breedon Contracting
Mike Hansford, Chief Executive, Road Safety Treatments Association (RSTA)
John Haslam, Group Business Improvement Manager, WJ Group
Mark Heaton, Board Member IHE & Senior Leader Special Projects, Lincolnshire County Council
Marie-Claude Hemming, Policy Director, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
Nick Henstock, Service Director, Highways and Transportation, West Northamptonshire Council
Robin Hewings, Head of Policy, Transport Focus
Caroline Hildreth, Principal - Transport, Netcompany
Victoria Hillier, Director of Business Improvement & Change, National Highways
Alison Holliday, Head of Marketing and Events, National Highways
Antoneta Horbury, Director of Policy and Technical Affairs, CIHT
Fiona Horgan, Acting Director of Public Realm, Climate Change and Transport, London Borough of Islington
Stephen Hoskisson, Business Manager, Specialist Plant, Balfour Beatty Plant & Fleet Services
Tom Howard, Director of Transport Development and Capital Delivery, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
Darren Hudson, Technical Director, AGD Systems
Paul Hutton, Managing Editor/ Owner, Highway News
Peter Ingram, Contracts Director, Kier
Alison Irvine, Chief Executive, Transport Scotland
Chrissy Jacques, Head of Highway Operations, Hertfordshire County Council
Prashant Jagdale, Director, Turner & Townsend Project Management
Ian James, Head of Asset Management Strategy, National Highways
Jo Jarvis, Director of Indirects and Roads Procurement, National Highways
Balaji Jayaraman, Operations Manager, Kier
Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority
David Jobling-Purser, Vice Chair, The Road Emulsion Association
Daniel Johns, Senior Strategic Consultant, OpenWeather Ltd
Jade Jones, Head of Commercial and Business Improvement, Central Bedfordshire Council
Nick Joyce, Interim CEO, National Highways
Rachel Keane, Chief Data Inspirer, Data Inspiration Group Ltd - Digdata
Steven Keates, Deputy Chief Operational Meteorologist, Met Office
Dean Kerwick-Chrisp, Principal Environmental Advisor, National Highways
Andrew Kidd, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways
Martin Knight, Managing Director, Knight Architects
Tia Kooner, Principal Consultant, Arcadis
Rajesh Kumar, Government service, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
John Lamb, Chair Board for Climate Resillience, UKRLG
David Langford, Director Highways, Transport & Waste Management, Nottinghamshire County Council
Scott Lees, Head of Network Maintenance, Transport Scotland
Neil Levett, Managing Director, Levett Business Services
Andrew Lewis, Project Manager, National Highways
Andrew Linfoot, Director for Landscape Architecture, Jacobs
Tyler Linton, Assistant Director, Street Scene, London Borough of Hackney
Matthew Lipton, Biodiversity Assets and Commons Manager, South Gloucestershire Council
Susan Listberger, Product Line Manager, Cargill
James Long, Strategic Initiatives Director, TRL
Michelle Love, Service Director Highways and Community Protection, Isle of Wight Council
Matthew Lugg, Past President CIHT, Non-Executive Director & Chairman Via EM Ltd, CIHT
Merrill Lynch, Joint Managing Director, L Lynch Plant Hire and Haulage
Justin Madders MP, Minister for Roads, DfT
Jugal Makwana, Senior Executive - Industry Transformation, Autodesk Limited
Nazneen Malik, Head of Highways, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Wolf Mangelsdorf, Global Head of Design, Technology and Innovation, Buro Happold
Andres Martell, Head of Futures, Connected Places Catapult
Rebecca Maskrey, Associate Director - Sustainability, AECOM
Ramin Massoumi, Global President, Mobility, Arcadis
John Mathewson, Connected & Automated Vehicle Advisor, National Highways
Josh Mattheis, Technical Manger, Bouygues Travaux Publics
Kevin Maw, Secretary, The Road Emulsion Association
Cathal McKenna, Growth & Sales Director Transport UK&I, Ramboll
Harry Mellor, European Product Director, LiuGong Machinery UK Limited
Paul Middleton, Head of Highways, Rutland County Council
Tom Miles, Commercial Director, Traffic Group Signals
Kathryn Moreton, Director of Environment & Place Operations, Walsall Council
Becky Morrison, Director of Roads Strategy, DfT
Rachel Morse, Net Zero Advisor, Heidelberg Materials
Teresa Moss, HSW Supply Chain Engagement Manager, National Highways
Sam Munslow, Founder of HMHA, Highways Mind Health Association CIC
Jon Munslow, Chair, NHT Network
Silas Norager, Associate Director, Digital Operations and Asset Management, Arup
Jefferson Nwokeoma, Former Asst Director of City Transport, Sheffield City Council
Mark O'Connell, Assistant Director, Highway Operations and Delivery, Coventry City Council
David O'Connor, Team Leader National Winter and Severe Weather Team, National Highways
Nick O'Donnell, Director of Growth & Place (Traffic), London Borough of Richmond and Wandsworth
Barry O'Driscoll, Founding Director, Odvantage Ltd
David Ogden, Chair of UK National Committee, PIARC
Frances O'Rourke, Executive Director, Environment and Communities, Westminster City Council
Paula Parsons, Director, Infra Insights Ltd
fabio pasquali, Strategic coordinator on decarbonization, PIARC
John Paterson, Technical Director, AtkinsRéalis
Matt Peck, Director of Innovation, AtkinsRéalis
Richard Pedley, CDIO, National Highways
Sue Percy, Chief Executive Officer, CIHT
Giles Perkins, Programme Director, Live Labs 2
Stephen Pinnington, Contract and Programme Manager, Cheshire West & Chester
Mike Pittman, Head of Transport Research and Innovation Board, Department for Transport
Eduardo Pitts, Public Affairs and PR Executive, I.T.S. United Kingdom
Ben Plowden, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport
Polyvios Polyviou, Head of Highways & Sustainable Transport, Southwark Council
Marcel Pooke, Head of Highways Delivery, Connected Places Catapult
Eshwyn Prabhu, Head of Transport Strategy & Air Quality, London Borough of Islington
Maria Pratt, Group Customer Experience Director, FM Conway
Phil Proctor, Head of Research, National Highways
John Ramsay, Technical Director Landscape Architect, Arcadis
Catherine Ramsden, Founding Director, Useful Studio
Katie Randall, Associate Director, City Economics, Arup
Mikhil Ranka, Director, Zydex
Simon Rawlinson, Head of Strategic Research and Insight, Arcadis (UK) Limited
Stuart Reid, Head of Analysis and Direction, Health, Safety & Environment, TfL
Amanda Richards, Chair of the UKRLG Roads Board & Assistant Director, Highways, Surrey County Council
Iain Ritchie, Head of Safety and Performance, Office of Rail and Road
Steve Roberts, Senior Technical Director, Arcadis (UK) Limited
Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus
Jon Rooney, Associate Director, Landscape Planning and Management, Arup
Will Rundle, CEO, Nexus ReGen Ltd
Kaarina Ruta, Head of Road Safety Policy, Welsh Government
Diana Sanchez, Pavement Engineer, PIARC
Lauren SeBlonka, Gender and Inclusion Lead, PIARC
Emily See, Former President, The Local Government Technical Advisers Group
Lawrence Shackman, Director Major Projects, Transport Scotland
Arfa Shahid, Senior Advisor, Climate Adaptation, National Highways
Elliot Shaw, Chief Customer & Strategy Officer, National Highways
David Shepherd, Executive Director for Place, ADEPT / Kirklees Council
Sandeep Shingadia, Executive Director of Transport for West Midlands, Transport for West Midlands
Malcolm Simms, Director, MPA Asphalt, MPA Asphalt and Asphalt Industry Alliance
Russell Smallridge, Sales Director, Meon Ltd
Duncan Smith, Chief Operating Officer, National Highways
Richard Smith, Carbon Reduction Specialist, Auditel
Mitesh Solanki, Managing Director, Ringway
Adam Spencer-Bickle, Head of Economics, Finance and Efficiency, Office of Rail and Road
Scott Stephenson, Operational Research, AECOM
Emanuela Stocchi, President, PIARC
Tobias Stöcker, Zero Emission Accelerator Group
Richard Stonehouse, Regional Director, M Group
Heather Suarez, Membership and Professional Registrations Manager, Institute of Highway Engineers
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
John Sunderland, Regional Director, Ringway
Colin Sykes, Deputy Secretary Transport & Road Management, Department for Infrastructure
David Symons, Future Ready programme Director, WSP
Ian Tamburello, Head of transport policy & planning, City of Stoke-on-Trent
Ollie Teall, Global Digital Lead for Intelligent Mobility, WSP UK
Arun Thaneja, Technical Services & Sustainability Director, Winvic Construction Ltd
Oliver Thomas, Innovation Manager, Colas
Darren Thrupp, Traffic and Network Coordination Manager, Transport for West Midlands
Jessica Tuck, National Technical Director, Tarmac
Alina Tuerk, Head of London-wide and Regional Strategy, Transport for London
Martin van Beurden, BUKO Digital Commercial Manager, BUKO Group
Joanna Vezey, Managing Director, Highways, Balfour Beatty
Will Waller, Senior Director, Arcadis (UK) Limited
Rob Walley, Partner, Bourton Group
Sue Walnut, West Midlands Regional Lead, Women in Transport
JUSTIN WARD, Head of Policy, CIHT
Andy Warrington, Senior Director, Asset Management, Arcadis
Greg Weingarten, Head of Intelligent Infrastructure, Jacobs
Joanna White, Director of Engineering, National Highways
Michael Whitehead, Envrionmental Sustainability Strategy Team Leader, National Highways
Antonia Williams, Director General, Road Transport Group, DfT
Mike Williams, Strategic Development Director, M Group
Mike Wilson, Chief Highways Engineer, National Highways
Kerry Winstanley, Managing Director, LCRIG
Hannah Winstanley, President & Founder, FLARE
Josh Wood, Account Director, FYLD
Jett Yang, Co-founder and CEO, Uberbinder Limited
Maria Zaretskaya, Business Applications and Partnerships Officer Space Solutions, European Space Agency (ESA)
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