Conference programme

Please note the programme is currently being under development. If you are interested in presenting, please contact

08:00

09.15

Exhibition set up in the Pioneer Room

Registration opens in the Foyer with refreshments served in the Pioneer Room

10.00

Traffic + Parking: Now and tomorrow

This session will look at how local authorities are transforming how they manage streets, the kerbside, the street-scene and parking. This session will set up themes to be explored during the day, such as:

• The digital transformation of parking services

• Parking and traffic management's role in improving air quality

• The potential for new workplace parking levy schemes

• The central role of data in the future of urban mobility

Confirmed speakers:

• Keith Hanshaw, Managing Director, Project Centre (Chair)

• Peter Davies, Head of Digital Transformation, Canterbury City Council

• Nick Ruxton-Boyle, Technical Director, Project Centre

11.00

Morning break

Tea & coffee - Networking with the exhibitors in the Pioneer Room

11.30

The Pendulum Suite

Graphene 2

Safer and healthier streets

Local authorities across the UK are working to make roads safer and improve air quality. They are looking to implement a range of traffic management, parking enforcement schemes and healthy travel schemes to achieve this. 

This session will discuss themes such as:

• School streets

• Clean air zones and low emissions neighbourhoods

• Effective stakeholder engagement and consultation

Confirmed speakers:

• Jenny Wiles, Regional Director (North), Living Streets

• Sam Margolis, Transport Policy & Programmes Team Manager, Camden Council

• Nick Ruxton-Boyle, Technical Director, Project Centre

• Louise Hutchinson, Director, PATROL

• Nichola Mansfield, Head of Engagement, Project Centre

Pricing and payment

The development of mobile and digital technologies is having a transformative effect on how drivers locate and pay for parking. Now the data that parking systems generate is helping shape policy and day-to-day service provision.

This session will discuss themes such as:

• Setting payment tariffs

• Digital solutions – terminals, apps, online, permits

• Understanding the customer

Confirmed speakers:

• Andrew Potter, Director, Parking Perspectives (Chair)

• Hannah Fuller, Client Director, PayByPhone 

• Anthony Eskinazi, Chief Executive, JustPark

• Susan McGarry, Parking Services Manager, Harrogate Borough Council

• Alexander Rayson, Business Development Manager - Smart City Parking, AppyWay

13.00

Lunch served in the Pioneer Room

Afternoon sessions

14.00

Making the Blue Badge scheme work

Blue Badge parking permits let disabled people park nearer to where they’re going. Recent reforms have expanded eligibility to people with ‘hidden disabilities’, which presents new opportunities and challenges. Meanwhile, fraud and misuse of permits are an on-going threat to the scheme’s integrity. 

​The session will discuss such as:

• How to manage the expansion of the Blue Badge scheme

• Detecting and deterring Blue Badge fraud and mis-use

• Dealing with offenders: Education or prosecution?

Confirmed panellists:

• Penny Winder, Director, Alpha Parking (Chair)

• Graham Footer, Chief Executive Officer, Disabled Motoring UK

• Bill Ashton, Blue Badge Fraud Investigator, BBFI

14.30

The Pendulum Suite

Graphene 2

The dynamic kerbside

The kerbside is a place where the highway meets the urban realm. It is a transition point that is key to the development and delivery of smarter mobility.

This session will discuss themes such as:

• Digital Traffic Regulation Orders and mapping of the kerbside

• Enabling loading and unloading

• Accommodating electric vehicle charging

• Making space for car clubs and other modes

• Creating parklets and other uses of the kerbside

Confirmed speakers:

• Ollie Miller, Associate Director for Parking, Project Centre (Chair)

• Joe Wills, Senior Researcher, Centre for London

• Keith Williams, Associate Director, Parking Matters

• Steve Thompson, Parking Development Specialist, Project Centre

• Neil Herron, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Grid Smarter Cities

• Andrew Potter, Director, Parking Perspectives

16.00

Networking in the bar

17.00

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