8.30 – 9.00
Coffee and Registrationn

9.00 - 9.10
Introduction & Opening Address by
Conference Chair

Professor Stephen Ison – Professor of Transport
Policy, Loughborough University

9.10 – 9.35
Examining the Benefits of Congestion Charging and How the London Scheme is Likely to Evolve

• Looking at the proven benefits of congestion
  charging and the impact of London’s success
• Ensuring effective enforcement of the scheme
• How is London’s scheme evolving?
• Examining future policies and plans

Michèle Dix – Managing Director, Planning, Transport for London

9.35– 10.00
The Relationship Between Technology Innovation and Sustainable Regional Growth and Well-Being

• How can technology innovation help secure sustainable regional growth and well-being?

• Tools for more effective traffic management

• The need for a more integrated approach and partnership with regional authorities and suppliers

• Examples from UK case studies and the road ahead

Ian McGregor – Director Customer Relations, T - Systems
Neil Mellor – Director for Intelligent Transport, BT

10.00 – 10.25
Sponsor Technology Showcase Exploring Technology Options

• Examining what technology is allowing us to achieve
• Successfully integrating systems
• New innovations in technology and policy
• Considering how road pricing technologyis evolving

10.25 – 10.35
Questions and Discussion with Speakers

10.35 – 11.10
Knowledge Share Networking Session
This is your chance to discuss and debate the nitty gritty issues and seek solutions to your road user charging concerns. Knowledge share is a great opportunity to talk through challenging issues in a structured environment. Split into round tables and discuss with your peers:

• The issues impeding road user charging
• Strategies to make your road user charging
  scheme publicly acceptable
• Investing in infrastructure and public transport
• The issues that arise during this knowledge
  share will be discussed at the end of the day.

11.10 – 11.40
Coffee, Exhibition and Networking

11.40 – 12.05
The Transport Innovation Fund and
Stakeholder Engagement

• The Greater Manchester Transport Innovation
  Fund (TIF) bid and its importance to the future
  prosperity of the city region
• Understanding the transport needs of businesses
  and communities in a complex urban area
• Communicating the benefits of TIF to all stakeholders
• Seeking to secure and maintain the political
  consensus for congestion charging

Keith Howcroft – Deputy Head of Transport, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Authority (GMPTA)

12.05 – 12.30
Tackling Congestion in Cambridgeshire

• Exploring the Cambridgeshire TIF bid
• Looking at the consultation and lessons learnt
• Spreading the benefits: Socio-economic effects
  of congestion charging

Graham Hughes – Director of Sustainable
Infrastructure, Cambridgeshire County Council

12.30 – 12.55
6 City and County Council’s (6 Cs)
Congestion Management Study

• Progressing a sub-regional TIF bid in the East Midlands
• Feedback from the analysis on the location and
  impacts of congestion
• The latest progress on the research into impacts of modelling road pricing scenarios

Matthew Lugg – Director of Highways, Transportation and Waste Management, Leicestershire County Council

12.55 – 13.20
The West of England’s Partnership
Transport Vision

• Looking at the traffic problem Improvements to public transport and the road network
• Offering attractive alternatives to the car
• Furthering the consultation programme - gaining the publics ideas and views

David Bishop – Director of Planning, Transport and Sustainable Development, Bristol City Council

13.20 – 13.30
Questions and Discussion with Speakers

13.30 – 14.30
Lunch, Exhibition and Networking

14.30 – 14.55
Building Trust Between Road Users and the
Government

• Offering an alternative to driving
• Examining the benefits to the driver
• Fears of ‘double whammy’ congestion charges and higher taxes
• Exploring the social effects of pricing

Paul Watters – Head, AA Public Affairs

14.55 – 15.20
Road User Charging -
Can it Help Tackle Climate Change?

• The LGA's Climate Change Commission
• Is road pricing a fairer way of paying for our roads?
• Tackling congestion and climate change together
• What is local government's role?

Cllr Roy Davis – Regeneration and
Transportation Board, Local Government Association (LGA)

15.20 – 15.45
Understanding the Voice of Small Business

• Addressing the concerns of local retailers
• The effects of pricing on the retailer
• Gaining local business approval
• The urban economic benefits of road pricing

Colin Stanbridge – Chief Executive, London Chambers of Commerce

15.45 – 15.55
Questions and Discussion with Speakers

15.55 – 16.10
Coffee, Exhibition and Networking

16.10 – 16.35
Special Address (Via Video Link)
The US Example – Results From Portland

• Assessing driver opinions and minimising disruption
• Implementation and results of pilot programme
• Enforcement methods and technology used
• Further impact of Portland’s road user charging scheme on the state

James Whitty – Office of Innovative Partnerships and Alternative Funding Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation

16.35 – 17.05
Question Time
Question Time is a unique and lively way to hear from the expert panel of speakers who will discuss and answer questions posed by you and your peers, including feedback from the earlier Knowledge Share Networking Session

Panel Members include:
• Paul Watters – Head, AA Public Affairs
• Cllr Roy Davis – Regeneration and
Transportation Board, Local Government
Association (LGA)
• Keith Howcroft – Deputy Head of Transport,
Greater Manchester Passenger Transport
Authority (GMPTA)

17.05
Chairman’s closing remarks and close of conference