2026 Speakers
Richard Adams, Head of Architecture, DFT Operator
Richard Allan, Managing Director, Chiltern Railways
Jeremy Allen, Head Delivery - Rail, Connected Places Catapult
Aitana Barbón Alonso, Operation Manager, ZITRON UK
David Bentley, Learning, Development & Participation Manager, Railway Children
Tim Bilby, Stakeholder & Innovation Manager, UKTram Ltd
Chris Bishop, Principal Consultant, NTTData
Simon Blainey, Professor of Sustainable Transport, University of Birmingham, BCRRE, UKRRIN
Liam Bogues, Policy and Advocacy Lead (Freight), Network Rail
Chelsea Branch, Digital Marketing Manager, UKTram
Mike Brinkley, Infrastructure Director, Network Rail
Fiona Broomfield, Member Relations Manager & Training Programme Lead, Railway Industry Association
Mike Bull, Strategy and Programme Director, Midlands Connect
Ruth Cadbury MP, Chair, Transport Select Committee
Darren Caplan, Chief Executive, Railway Industry Association
Kate Carr, Senior Employer Engagement & Partnerships Manager, Youth Futures Foundation
Adrian Carrington, Head of Station Infrastructure, Transport for Wales Rail Services
Daisy Chapman Chamberlain, Rail Services Lead, Rail North Partnership
Lei Chen, Professor of Railway Operation and Control, University of Birmingham, BCRRE, UKRRIN
Danielle Colcombe, Accessibility & Transport Integration Manager, TransPennine Express
Rob Cullingworth, Cubic
Rina Dabhi, UK Programme Director, Railway Children
Guy Dangerfield, Head of Strategy and Intelligence, Transport Focus
Lee Davies, HS2 Client Director, Costain
Alex Deas, Network Rail Investment Centre of Excellence
Julien Dehornoy, Network Rail
Anjali Devadasan, Founder & CEO, Treeva Ltd
Patrick Doig, CFO, Transport for London
Mal Drury-Rose, West Midlands Rail Executive
James Dzimba, Chief Control, Command & Signalling Engineer, Network Rail
Huw Edwards, Delivery Director - Stations & Placemaking, HS2
Simon Elliott, Network Director for Rail, Transport for Greater Manchester
Mani Entezami, Chief Technology Officer, MoniRail Ltd
Vernon Everitt, Transport Commissioner Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Adam Fenton, COO, Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO)
Jo Field, Chair / Chief Executive, Women in Transport, JFG Communications
Pete Fletcher, Early Careers Programme Manager, Hitachi rail
Richard Garner, UK Director, CAF
Steven Garrett, Digital Service Lead - Frontline and Operations, LNER
Jennifer Genevieve, Deputy Director, Office of Rail and Road
Mark Gibbs, Global Market Director – Train Networks, Westermo
John Glass, Director Infrastructure and Project, Translink
Francesca Glyn-Jones, Senior Communications & Engagement Manager, Rail North Partnership, DFT Operator
William Godfrey, Director - Economics, Finance & Market, Office of Rail and Road
Richard Goodman, Director General, Department for Transport
Simon Goodman, Group Chief Information Officer, Network Rail
Ben Goodwin, Director of Policy and Public Affairs, Civil Engineering Contractors Association
Naomi Green, Managing Director, England's Economic Heartland
Julie Gregory, Regional Head of Resilience and Sustainable Growth, Network Rail
Lorraine Gregory, Director, CECA Midlands
Natasha Grice, Director for Rail, Transport Focus
James Grundy, Joint Venture Project Director, Alstom
Jon Hall, CEO, Novo Onboard Retail Limited
James Hammett, Managing Director, UKTram Ltd
Robert Hanczor, CEO, Piper Networks
Richard Harrison, Chief Financial Officer, DFT Operator
Sonia Hazel, Assurance & Controls Manager, Network Rail
Sharon Hedges, senior engagement manager, Transport Focus
Liam Henderson, Founder & Chair, Rail Innovation Group
Liam Henderson, Chair, The Rail Innovation Group
Sarah Heywood, Digital Service Lead, London North Eastern Railway
Sarah Higgins, Operations Director, Transport for Wales
Daniel Hill, UKTram Knowledge Manager, UKTram
Lizzi Hollis, Corporate Partnerships Manager, Railway Children
David Hughes, CEO, East West Rail
Anna Humphries, Head of Sustainability and Social Value, Transpennine Route Upgrade, Network Rail
Alistair Huntly, Network Rail
Russell Jackson, Chief Executive Interim, Global Transportation, AECOM
Chris Jeffery, Accessibility & Transport Integration Manager, TransPennine Express
Dame Andrea Jenkyns, Mayor of Greater Lincolnshire, Greater Lincolnshire Combined Authority
David Jordan, Chief Operating Officer, Angel trains
Joshua Jordan-Boddey, Head of Business Development, DB Cargo
Shireen Kalra, Youth Futures Foundation
Emily Kent, Director, One Big Circle
Alex Kirk, Commercial Director, GB Railfreight
Lara Knapman, Technical Director and National Environmental Impact Assessment Lead, Waterman Group
Megan Knights, AECOM
Gerrit Koch to Krax, Co-Founder & CRO, Menlo79 GmbH
Francois Le Doze, Chief Commercial Officer, Eurostar International Ltd
Andrew Linfoot, Director for Landscape Architecture, Jacobs
Joe M, Railway Children
Maria Machancoses, Chief Executive Officer, Midlands Connect
Laura Main, Programme Director, People and Change, Network Rail Ltd
Richard Mann, Rail Strategy Lead, Midlands Connect
Kelly Marklove, Membership Manager, Chartered Institution of Railway Operators (CIRO)
Marcus Mayers, Director, Rasic
Milla Mazilu, Head of Advanced Analytics, Network Rail
Paul McBurney, Head of Structures, Translink
Ian Meadowcroft, Project Manager, Hitachi rail
Huw Merriman, Chair of High Speed Rail Group, Former Rail Minister, High Speed Rail Group
Jason Molyneux, Managing Director, Efficiency Ups
Richard Moody, Programme Director (Freight Reform), Network Rail
Ross Moran, Route Director, Network Rail
Louise Morgan, Head of Data & Business Intelligence, LNER and Data Lead, DfTO
Clare Morrissey, Commercial Lead, Rail Delivery Group
Steve Naybour, Transformation Director, Network Rail
Kathryn Oldale, Commercial Director, DB Cargo
Tom Painter, General Manager, West Midlands Rail Executive
Odis Palmer, Rail Unites for Inclusion
Danny Pardoe, Apprenticeships Growth Manager for Architecture, Built Environment, Computing and Engineering, Birmingham city university
Emma Partlow, CEO, National Centre for Accessible Transport
Dan Piner, Design and Innovation Lead, South Western Railway
Paul Plummer, Professor Emeritus, Lead, University of Birmingham, BCRRE, UKRRIN
Heather Pritchard, City Lead for Manchester and Client Director Transport for Greater Manchester, Mott MacDonald
Janet R, Railway Children
Sarah Reardon, Lead Strategic Planner, Wales & Borders, Network Rail
Jimmy Richardson, Carbon Manager, Transpennine Route Upgrade
James Richardson, Managing Director, Transpennine Route Upgrade
Alex Robertson, Chief Executive, Transport Focus
Sharon Rose, Director, Asset Management, Arup
Hannah Ross, CEO, Scottish Rail Holdings
Benjamin Rule, Railway Operations Director, East West Rail
Sul Sahota, Founder & Chairman, DigitalTrains
Stefan Sanders, Rail and Transport Strategist, Arup
Sarah Schlobohm, Director of AI Incubator Accelerator, GBRX
Simon Scott, UK Transport and Logistics Accounts Director, Fujitsu
Stacie Scullion, Sustainability Manager, DB Cargo
Jay Shen, CEO, Transreport
Philip Sherratt, CEO, Chartered Institution of Rail Operators (CIRO)
Sandeep Shingadia, Executive Director of Transport for West Midlands, Transport for West Midlands
Ondrej Skuta, Head of Sales, Ingeteam
Nicola Small, VLR Programme Director, Transport for West Midlands (TFWM)
Phil Smart, Assistant Policy Manager, Rail Freight Group
Jez Smith, Rail Data Marketplace Lead, Rail Delivery Group
Craig Smith, Head of Operations, COMET
Aimee Smith, HS2 Rolling Stock Project Manager, Alstom
Gabriel Stroud, CEO, AssessTech
Max Sugarman, Chief Executive, ITS UK
Hayden Sutherland, Director, Ideal Interface
Graham Sutherland, CEO, First Group
Louise Thornton, Business Development Manager, Railway Children
Richard Thorp, COO, London St. Pancras Highspeed
Stephanie Tobyn, Director, Strategy, Policy & Reform, Office of Rail and Road
Matt Tooby, Strategic Growth Director, Resilient Infrastructure, WSP
Jools Townsend, Chief executive, Community Rail Network
Noel Travers, Chair, Railway Industry Association
Sezin Tumer, Head of Customer Proposition, West Coast Partnership Development
Craig Wakeman, Head of HS2 & Strategic Partnerships, West Midlands Combined Authority
Tara Walsh, Project manager - Innovation Acceleration Forum., Network Rail
Rob Warnes, Strategic Development Director, Northern Trains
Nicholas Westerman, Associate Director of Ecology, Jacobs
Eike Westphal, Global Director Rail Solutions, TXO
Denise Wetton, Route Director, Central route, Network Rail
John Whitehurst, Chief Operating Officer, Govia Thameslink Railway
Rob Whyte, UK MD, Alstom
Sean Willis, Managing Director, terrapinn
Nigel Wordsworth, Industry Commentator, Nigel Wordsworth
Matthew Worman, Transport for Greater Manchester
Tawhida Yaacoub, Head of Rail Improvements, East Midlands Council/Transport for East Midlands
Emily Yates, Director; Head of Accessibility and Inclusive Design, Mima Design
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