2026 SPEAKERS
Nikolaos Adamidis, Head of Policy and Impacts, National Highways
Shireen Ali-Khan, Behavioural Change and Engagement Specialist, Women in Transport
Feras Alshaker, Interim CEO, Office of Rail and Road
Lyle Andrew, Chief Executive, Institute Of Highway Engineers
James Barwise, Policy Lead, Road Haulage Association
Tim Bellamy, Assistant Director, Transport, Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority
Jo Bradley, UK Director of Operations, Stormwater Shepherds
Ioannis Brilakis, Professor of Civil & Information Engineering, Cambridge University
Ben Brittain, Director of Public Affairs, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
Sarah Brownlie, Development Director, Rebuilding Nature
Paul Campion, CEO, TRL
Darren Capes, Head of Road Infrastructure Technology, Department for Transport
Mark Cartwright, Head of Commercial Vehicle Incident Prevention, National Highways
Thomas Chambers, Collaboration Lead, Thames Water
Suzy Charman, Executive Director, Road Safety Foundation UK
Jag Chima, Technical Director, National Highways
Mel Clarke, Director of Health Safety & Wellbeing, National Highways
Daniel Clarke, Head of Innovation and Technology, Greater Cambridge Partnership
James Darvill, NUAR Adoption Consultant, Ordnance Survey
Mansi Desai, Technical Director & Head of Sustainability, Member of PIARC, PIARC
Michael Dnes, Head of Transport, Stonehaven
Paul Doney, Quality & Innovation DIrector, National Highways
Collette Dunkley, National Marketing Lead, National Highways
George Economides, Head of Digital Twins, DfT
Steve Elderkin, Director of Environmental Sustainability, National Highways
Mehran Eskandari Torbaghan, Lecturer in Infrastructure Asset Management, University of Birmingham
Jo Field, Chair, Women in Transport
Graham Footer, Chief Executive, Disabled Motoring UK
Sandie Forte-Gill, Customer Director, National Highways
Chris Founds, Director & Founding Partner, Founds Group
Liz Garlinge, Director of Network Development, National Highways
Colin George, Deputy Head of Structures, National Highways
Andy Gilbert, Senior NUAR Adoption Consultant, Ordnance Survey
Hugh Gillies OBE, Director of Roads, Transport Scotland
Alistair Gollop, Founder, ITS Now
Richard Green, Head of BUKO Digital, BUKO Digital
Lorraine Gregory, Director, CECA Midlands
Steve Griffiths, Professional Development Lead, Women in Transport
Sheena Hague, Director of Road Safety’, National Highways
Angela Halliwell, Head of Carbon & Climate, National Highways
Mike Hansford, Chief Executive, Road Safety Treatments Association (RSTA)
Marie-Claude Hemming, Policy Director, Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE)
Antoneta Horbury, Director of Policy and Technical Affairs, CIHT
Paul Hutton, Co-owner, Technology Editor, Highway News
Alison Irvine, Chief Executive, Transport Scotland
Ian James, Head of Asset Management Strategy, National Highways
Jo Jarvis, Director of Indirects and Roads Procurement, National Highways
Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority
Jade Jones, Head of Commercial and Business Improvement, Central Bedfordshire Council
Nick Joyce, Interim CEO, National Highways
Andrew Kidd, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Lower Thames Crossing, National Highways
Cherie Leavy, Associate Director of Social Value, Arcadis
Scott Lees, Head of Network Maintenance, Transport Scotland
Matthew Lipton, Biodiversity Assets and Commons Manager, South Gloucestershire Council
Jonathan Mann, Technical Director/PIARC CCAM Lead, WSP Ltd
Andres Martell, Design Futures Team Lead, Connected Places Catapult
Jon Munslow, Chair, NHT Network
David Ogden, Chair of UK National Committee, PIARC
John Paterson, Technical Director, AtkinsRéalis
Richard Pedley, CDIO, National Highways
Sue Percy, Chief Executive Officer, CIHT
Steve Perkins, Managing Director, Steve Perkins Associates Ltd
Mark Pittman, Senior Director, Transportation AI, Bentley Systems (UK) Ltd
Ben Plowden, Chief Executive, Campaign for Better Transport
Maria Pratt, Customer Experience Director, FM Conway
Phil Proctor, Head of Research, National Highways
Simon Rawlinson, Head of Strategic Research and Insight, Arcadis (UK) Limited
Joe Rice-Jones, Account Director, Bentley Systems UK
Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus
Sean Rooney, Head of Service - Highways Maintenance, Oxfordshire County Council
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
Mark Shepherd, Director, Mineral Products Association
Mitesh Solanki, Managing Director, Ringway
Emanuela Stocchi, President, PIARC
Dame Sarah Storey, Active Travel Commissioner, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
Martin van Beurden, Founder, BUKO Digital
Will Waller, Senior Director, Arcadis (UK) Limited
Rob Walley, Partner, Bourton Group
Justin Ward, Head of Policy & Technical Practice, CIHT
Joanna White, Director of Engineering, National Highways
Michael Whitehead, Envrionmental Sustainability Strategy Team Leader, National Highways
Andy Wilde, Service Director - Infrastructure, Shropshire Council
Sean Willis, Managing Director, Terrapinn
Mike Wilson, Chief Highways Engineer, National Highways
Maria Zaretskaya, Business Applications and Partnerships Officer Space Solutions, European Space Agency (ESA)
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