Speakers

Adrian Ford 

Head of Sales – Civil Enforcement

Siemens

Following the recent acquisition of Zenco Systems by Siemens plc Adrian is now the Head of Sales – Civil Enforcement in the UK and is responsible for all existing UK Zenco accounts as well as new business development. Adrian has worked in the CCTV / ITS industry for the last 20 years, specialising in the design and sales of high-end traffic surveillance systems including ANPR and video analytics. He has vast experience of working with local authorities and government departments providing needs assessment, problem analysis and solution management.

Ben Stephens 

Head of Parking Services

Bromley & Bexley Parking Service

Ben Stephens is passionate about innovation in parking.  Ben has over 26 years’ experience in Local Government, including 10 years in parking.  As Head of Service, Ben’s greatest achievement to date is the successful merge of the Bromley and Bexley individual parking services to form the Shared Parking Service; winner of the BPA Parking Partnership award in 2015.

Dan Hubert 

Chief Executive Officer 

AppyParking

Dan is the visionary behind AppyParking. In a former life he worked as a Creative Director at London’s top advertising agencies for 13 years, where he worked for global brands and won many international awards along the way. Dan’s skill was in turning complicated briefs into consumer friendly messages. He is using this skill to transform the parking industry with AppyParking.

Max Crane-Robinson

Commerical Director 

NCP

Max Crane-Robinson joined NCP as a regional Managing Director in May 2009, taking full responsibility for the strategic, commercial and operational accountability across the Southern region. In October 2010 Max became Commercial Director and heads up the Marketing, Product and Pricing and Insight teams. Max is responsible for defining and implementing strategies and innovation that grow long term core revenues, improve the user experience and enhance NCPs value proposition for both consumers and clients. 

Joseph Seal-Driver 

Director 

DriveNow UK

Joseph Seal Driver is the UK Director for DriveNow, the drive-by-the- minute London car sharing service from BMW, Mini and Sixt. Born in Cambridge, Joseph is now a confirmed North East Londoner, having lived over the past eight years in all three of DriveNow’s launch boroughs: Hackney, Islington and Haringey. Joseph’s whole career has been based around sustainability and he is a keen advocate of London’s fast growing Sharing Economy. He rents out his Kings Cross-based driveway, uses Air BnB whenever he travels abroad and uses DriveNow for his car journeys. Having gained an Environmental Science degree from the University of Leeds, Joseph worked at the Eden project and at sustainable communications consultancy, Futerra. He previously worked at Zipcar for four years, managing all regional cities before being head hunted for the role at DriveNow.

Harry Clarke

Commercial Director 

RingGo

Harry has been Commercial Director of Cobalt Telephone Technologies and is well-known for his work in pioneering its RingGo brand. He is passionate about helping local authorities and their customers gain the benefits and economies of the
digital transaction technologies that are transforming the parking industry. He has worked in the automated transaction processing specialists for over ten years. Trained as an Engineer and subsequently as an Army officer, Harry’s expertise in telephone transactional technologies dates from his time at Mercury Communications the emergent Telecoms Carrier which he joined following his MBA studies at Cranfield. Before joining Cobalt, Harry worked to transform the call handling and transaction processing for the Automobile Association in Basingstoke. 

John McArdle 

Independent Consultant 

John McArdle is a well-known face in the parking industry, having popped up in a number of places since first being appointed as Parking Manager for Glasgow in 1987.  These have included three London Boroughs and TfL, Manchester City Council, and spells with both NCP and NSL.  He is presently working as an Independent Parking Consultant. John has been a member of the Executive Council of the British Parking Association since 1996 where he is currently Honorary Treasurer and all-round trouble-shooter.  He was a founder member of the IPP and has now converted that to individual membership of the BPA. Outside work John is a keen follower of football, although with his loyalties divided between Millwall, Kilmarnock, and Scotland he doesn’t get to see much of it.  He is also keen on current affairs and active in his local community where he is a school governor.

Andrew Potter

Technical Director 

WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff 

Andrew Potter is a Technical Director at WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff. He provides advice to public authorities and organisations on parking policy and strategy in particular how policies and objectives impact the pricing regime. He is currently advising on the parking tariff and capacity requirements as part of long term plans in two UK cities and presenting financial assessments of different capacity options for the public authority that oversees the management of a major exhibition site in Toronto, Canada.

Jason Barbour

Managing Director

Barbour Logic

Jason Barbour founded Barbour Logic, creators of its unique Response Master system. Winner of three innovation awards, Response Master has revolutionised the task of responding to drivers’ letters about Penalty Charge Notices (PCNs). Used by over 50 councils and contractors, Response Master enables correspondence staff to create higher-quality letters – and in significantly less time. A fifth of all PCN correspondence in the UK is generated through Response Master.

Jason and his team have utilised the logic in Response Master – where thousands of parking- and policy-related decisions are automated – to create RM Self-Serve, for drivers querying their PCNs online. Meeting the public’s needs for instant information on any device, RM Self-Serve is an industry first – instead of merely enabling drivers to submit challenges online and wait weeks for an answer, RM Self-Serve answers drivers’ queries instantly on screen – a breakthrough for the public and councils alike.

John Siraut

Technical Director - Economics

Jacobs 

John Siraut, Technical Director Economics at Jacobs specialises in the wider economic and social impacts of transport policies and investment, as well as advising on economic development and regeneration issues generally. He has advised a wide range of clients on parking issues including company purchase, charging tariffs and the impact of parking on retail activity. 

Peter Stonham

Chairman 

Landor LINKS

Peter Stonham holds a degree in transport and has studied and written about the subject for more than 30 years. He is editorial director of Landor LINKS, which he founded, and has led the development of Local Transport Today and its other specialist magazines and on online networks.

Professor John Miles

Chairman, IMPACT Working Group on Cities and Supporting Infrastructure

University of Cambridge​ 

Professor Miles’ research interests lie in exploring the transitional pathways which might take us from today’s balance of energy demand and supply to that balance in future which will satisfy the conflicting requirements of universal provision, environmental protection, security, and affordability. Current themes are:

Transport: Exploring the potential to reduce urban emissions through the use of radical alternatives to conventional transport systems. Examples include the introduction of autonomous vehicles, on-demand bus services, and the use of city-wide real-time data to improve travellers’ options and reduce carbon footprints.

Electric Vehicles: Exploring the potential for electric vehicles to operate economically and reliably in the near future. Particular examples include the demonstration of electric buses operating under arduous urban conditions; the introduction of low-cost electric bus alternatives to tram and light-rail systems; the use of wireless charging systems to aid electric vehicle operations; the economic and infrastructural challenges of charge-on-the-move systems.

Professor Phil Goodwin 

Professor of Transport Policy 

University College London & University of the West of England 

Phil Goodwin is Professor of Transport Policy at the Centre for Transport and Society, UWE Bristol, and Emeritus Professor at University College London. He was previously Director of the Transport Studies Unit, an ESRC centre of excellence at Oxford University and UCL, a transport planner at the Greater London Council, and non-executive Director of the Port of Dover. He was a member of SACTRA and co-author of its three reports on Transport and the Environment (1991), Induced Traffic (1994), and Transport and the Economy (1999). He has carried out research for the DfT and other agencies on travel demand, transport appraisal, road and public transport projects, road pricing, suppressed traffic, smarter choices, wider economic benefits (and losses) and transport strategy.

Lee Hudson

Chief Operating Officer

AppyParking

Lee has spent 20 years bringing cutting edge technology and services to consumers in retail, online, and app sectors. His passion is improving consumer experience using the latest technology available. At AppyParking Lee is responsible for developing strategic IOT and Connected City partnerships, scaling AppyParking operations for global expansion and helping to turn parking into a truly consumable product.

Lynne Donnelly 

Blue Badge Manager 

East Sussex County Council 

I joined the Blue Badge Service, East Sussex County Council in 2003; I progressed to Senior Issuing Officer before becoming the Manager of the service in 2012. I have seen many changes over the years and Iam pleased to be involved in a more robust enforcement of the scheme.   

Yvonne Harvey

Parking Services Senior 

Brighton & Hove City Council 

Yvonne has been working for Brighton & Hove City Council in Parking Services for 12 years. During this time she has learnt the real value of Blue Badges to genuine holders and the impact misuse has on parking income. She is proud to champion this new way of combating misuse.

Rohan Bloice 

Key Account Manager 

ADVAM UK 

Rohan Bloice is the Key Account Manager for ADVAM in the UK and Europe, being responsible for the innovation roadmap and development of multiple large accounts. 

Rohan’s 15yr experience in the many aspects of parking technology include Head of Parking Technology for NCP, managing equipment supply chain and PSP technical solutions and contracts. 

Rohan is zealous and focused on innovation that enhances the customer journey and drives revenue.

Grahame Rose 

Director of Development 

CP Plus 

Grahame Rose joined CP Plus in 1995, after previously running his own business in the construction industry. Coming from a small business background his ‘hands on’, service orientated approach fitted in perfectly with CP Plus’ business outlook. Charged with the responsibility of breathing new life into the company’s development and marketing activities, he has continued innovating its products and services ever since. Founded in 1991, CP Plus operates and manages parking and related services throughout the UK. Grahame was instrumental in guiding the growth of the company, which had just 28 sites when he joined, to one which is now responsible for more than 350 facilities, specialising in a range of industry sectors including the NHS, rail and retail sectors, and motorway sites. Since his appointment, CP Plus has grown their market share in the healthcare sector to the current position of the leading car park management company in the NHS, working with 20 Trusts at 35 hospital sites. Grahame is married with two children and lives in North London.

Richard Talbot 

Principal Consultant 

The Railway Consultancy 

Richard Talbot has 33 years’ experience in the rail and parking industries. Over the last seven years as a consultant he has delivered key research projects for numerous public and private sector clients and has influenced the direction of technology deployment in the rail parking sector. Richard supports Rail Company owning groups during franchise bidding, developing visionary plans for parking and access to stations, reflecting the continued growth in the rail industry and the ongoing potential for technology to transform the customer experience.

Sampo Hietanen 

Founder & CEO

ITS Finland & Helsinki Mobility as a Service

Sampo workw as the CEO of ITS-Finland, a network of over 80 organisations varying from authority, business to research. He has been the first person to introduce the concept Mobility as a Service, a paradigm change in transport offering. My background is in executive positions in civil engineering and ITS and I've been founding and heading several international businesses in these fields. I am actively involved in developing new business models in transport and promoting the big shift in changing system structures with modern technology. And I especially have fun doing all this.

John Polak

Chairman, Centre for Transport Studies and Director, Urban Systems Laboratory 

Imperial College London 

John Polak is Professor of Transport Demand, Chairman of the Centre for Transport Studies and Director of Research in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. He is currently leading the development of Imperial's new Urban Systems Laboratory.

He is co-editor (with Scott LeVine) of a 2015 special issue of Transportation on shared mobility. 

Professor Polak has served as an advisor to central and local government and industry on a wide range of transport issues, both in the UK and overseas. Professor Polak has been in the forefront of innovative transport model development in the UK for a number of years and has published extensively on a number of aspects of intelligent transport systems, travel demand modelling, network performance estimation, network control and traffic management. 

Brian Matthews 

Head of Transport Innovation

Milton Keynes Council

Milton Keynes is becoming one of Europe’s leading centre of innovation in transport and technology. It is home to the UK's centre of transport innovation expertise Transport Systems Catapult (TSC) and to the UK's major driverless car pilot project, along with Network Rail and Trek UK. Says Brian: 'Travel demand is likely to rise by 60 per cent while capacity can only increase by 25 per cent. That deficit has the potential to harm the quality of life, the environment and economic prosperity and growth unless alternative forms of transportation are identified. But managed well, the increased travel demand can mean significant social and economic benefit for the city.

Milton Keynes has welcomed the launch of electric buses with the trialling of low carbon transport systems, a vehicle demand response system and driverless pods. Milton Keynes’ Local Transport Plan now recognises both the continuing role of the car and the increasing awareness of the needs of business to be able to deliver growth. 'It seeks to influence and challenge everyone to think differently about how they travel,' says Brian.

Nick Lester-Davis 

Corporate Director of Services 

London Councils 

Nick Lester-Davis is London Councils’ Corporate Director of Services, responsible for the provision of all those services carried out collectively on behalf of all the London boroughs. These range from parking and traffic enforcement to Freedom Pass and door-to-door transport. He was previously London Councils’ Director of Transport, Environment and Planning and, as London Parking Director, was responsible for introducing civil parking enforcement into the UK in 1993.

Dr Steve Melia 

Senior Lecturer in Transport & Planning 

Univeristy of The West of England 

Steve Melia is a Senior Lecturer in Transport and Planning at the University of the West of England and author of Urban Transport Without the Hot Air.  His research concerns the relationship between transport and the built environment, including parking policy and carfree development.  He was previously a parliamentary candidate and freelance journalist.

John Dales 

Director

Urban Movement 

John is Director of Urban Movement, which specialises in transport planning and the design of complex urban streets and spaces. A traffic engineer and urban designer with over 30 years’ experience, John is also a design advisor to several UK local authorities, Chair of the Transport Planning Society, a Trustee of Living Streets, and author of the ‘Street Talk’ column in Local Transport Today.

Paul Moorby

Managing Director

Chipside

Paul is co-founder and managing director of Chipside, an IT company providing parking payment, permit back office services to over 130 local authorities across England and Wales. Chipside has just launched the Oppidatim, a new smart cities strategy.

Paul is also chairman of the Smarter Cities Partnership, a network encouraging the use of Big Data and Open Data.

Chipside was invited by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) to participate at the World Expo 2015, which offered a global platform to promote UK international agendas and showcase British innovation, creativity and global leadership. 

When not at the helm of the Chipside Fleet Paul J Moorby devotes his time to being a regular crew member on a tall sailing ship crewed by able-bodied and disabled people. The Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) has two sailing ships – JST Tenacious and JST Lord Nelson – specifically designed and built to enable people with a range of different physical abilities to work side-by-side on equal terms.

Alex Stephany

Chief Executive Officer

JustPark

Alex Stephany is the CEO of JustPark (formerly ParkatmyHouse), one of Europe's leading sharing economy businesses. Backed by the venture capital arm of BMW and Index Ventures, JustPark is the world's largest website for shared parking, with over 750,000 customers.

Educated at Oxford University, where he read English, Stephany is also a mentor at Techstars, a leading tech accelerator programme. He is also the author of the book The Business of Sharing,

Stephany and JustPark have been featured by the BBC, Bloomberg, The Guardian, CNBC, The Telegraph. Financial Times, Wired and the New York Times, among many others.