Programme

Please note that the programme is currently under development.

09.00

Exhibition area

Registration opens. Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area

09.30

Council Chamber

Morning keynote

Morning Chair: Ed Plowden, Head of Local and Sustainable Transport, Bristol City Council

Keynote: Mayor Marvin Rees, Bristol

Morning Plenary

Promoting health in all policies

Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport and Health, Edinburgh Napier University

David Croisdale-Appleby, Chair of the Public Health Advisory Committee, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)

Allister Gittins, Healthy Places Team, Public Health England

Followed by panel Q+A

11.00

Exhibition area

Morning Break. Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area.

11.30

Council Chamber

The Writing Room

The Library

Room 1P05

Safer & friendlier roads and streets

Chair: Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport and Health, Edinburgh Napier University

The DfT 20mph impact evaluation
Jane Robinson, Senior Managing Consultant, Atkins

Making it work: responses to the DfT 20mph impact evaluation
Rod King, Director, 20's Plenty

E-bike speed limits: 20mph?
Scott Snaith, Director & Co-owner, 50cycles

Towards Vision Zero
Stuart Reid, Interim Director Vision Zero, Transport for London

Sharpening behaviour change initiatives

Chair: Chris Bennett, Head of Behaviour Change and Engagement, Sustrans

An overview of successful behaviour change approaches
Alan Tapp, Professor of Social Marketing, University of the West of England, Bristol

Predicting walking and cycling behaviour change                                                                                                                        Emma Bird, Senior Lecturer in Public Health, University of the West of England, Bristol

Motivating physical activity in an NHS Healthy New Town
Hannah Bowden, Programme Director, BetterPoints

New tools: a whole-system approach based on social prescribing
William Bird, Founder, Intelligent Health

Activity and positive health impacts

Chair: Zoe Banks Gross, Community Engagement Manager,  Knowle West Media Centre

Cycling and positive impacts on diabetes
Poppy Brett, Chief Executive, LifeCycle

Cycling and long-term health benefits
Jenny Box, Head of Development, England, Cycling UK

The role of mental health on travel mode choice
Rebecca Posner, Psychologist, Transport Research Laboratory

Air pollution and the health impact of walking, cycling and driving
Dr Joshua Vande Hey, Lecturer in Environment & Health, University of Leicester and Hannah May, Planning, Development and Transportation, Leicester City Council

Cycle stories: a very healthy intervention 
Jack Windle, Senior Projects Manager, Love to Ride

Building for bikes

The Dutch approach to junction design

Part one: This Mobycon Masterclass will show you the Dutch approach to building cycling infrastructure. Mobycon are a Dutch transport consultancy with over 30 years' experience delivering cycling projects in the Netherlands and abroad.

Moving cyclists over junctions in a safe way is a vital component of a cycling city. At points where roads meet, and traffic can turn, pedestrians and people on bikes are particularly vulnerable. This three-hour session will take an in-depth look at the principles and ideas that make Dutch junctions safe for all.

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13.00

Exhibition area

Lunch Break. Lunch served in the exhibition area.

14.00

Council Chamber

The Writing Room

The Library

Room 1P05

Streets for schools and children

Facilitated by Tyler Linton, Group Manager, Sustainable Transport, Hackney Council and lead, Hackney's School Streets programme

Streets for young people: supporting local authorities to transform roads outside schools and home

School Streets – what, where, why
Katie Millard, Senior Consultant, SYSTRA, and Liz Wathen, Traffic & Safety Manager, Islington Council

Better Bristol school streets: case studies
Kelly Theis, Project Coordinator, Living Streets

Creating safe & friendly streets: a community approach
Led by & Emma Cocksedge, Sustrans, and Chris Bennet, Head of Behaviour Change and Engagement, Sustrans

Designing for young people: lessons from the UK and beyond
Tom Roberts, Senior Transport Planner, Mott MacDonald

Followed by facilitated Q+A 

Embedding active travel in planning

Chair: Deborah Fox, Head of Demand Management, Transport for West Midlands

Collaborating across health, planning and transport – we need to improve now
Lynda Addison, Chair, Transport Planning Society and Sustainable Transport Panel, CIHT

Walking as a means transport: joint working between the University of Bristol, Bristol City Council and the public 
Suzanne Audrey, Senior Research Fellow in Public Health, National Institute for Health Research, Health Protection Research Unit

From high street motorway to healthy high street: the Portsmouth Inspiration Study
Jess Read, Principal Transport Engineer, Witteveen+Bos UK

Waterways and wellbeing: building the evidence base 
Heather Clarke, Strategy, Engagement & Impact Director, The Canal & River Trust 

Enabling bus use for for passengers with disabilities
Tom Quay, Director, Passenger, and Anthony Carver-Smith, Nottingham City Transport

Facilitated panel discussion and Q+A

Joining up practice and funding

Chair: James Cleeton, England Director South, Sustrans

The economic case for healthier urban development: the UPSTREAM project
Eleanor Eaton and Alistair Hunt, University of Bath

Sport England Local Delivery Pilots and case studies
James Watmough, Pilots and Priority Places Manager, Sport England, and Zsolt Schuller, Active Travel Programme Lead, Exeter & Cranbrook Local Delivery Pilot

Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and LCWIPs – joining the dots
Paul Hewson, City Science

Reducing health-damaging road traffic noise
Benjamin Fenech, Group Leader, Noise and Public Health, Public Health England

Boosting walking through collaborative working and funding
Katie Edmondson, communications and engagement, West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Jennifer Wiles, Regional Director North, Living Streets

Facilitated panel discussion and Q+A

Building for bikes

The Dutch approach to junction design

Part two: This Mobycon Masterclass will show you the Dutch approach to building cycling infrastructure. Mobycon are a Dutch transport consultancy with over 30 years' experience delivering cycling projects in the Netherlands and abroad.

Moving cyclists over junctions in a safe way is a vital component of a cycling city. At points where roads meet, and traffic can turn, pedestrians and people on bikes are particularly vulnerable. This three-hour session will take an in-depth look at the principles and ideas that make Dutch junctions safe for all.

More information

15.30

Exhibition area

Afternoon Break. Tea & coffee served in the exhibition area.

15.45

Council Chamber

Closing Plenary: Cleaning up transport - engaging communities

Poor air quality is the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK: how can we help local authorities to improve emissions from transport in the face of stakeholder opposition to restraining polluting vehicles?

Chair: Jason Torrance, Clean Air Director, UK100

1. Christina Mitsakou, Environmental Public Health Scientist, Public Health England

2. Eleanor Combley, Leader, Green Group, Bristol City Council

3. Jim Mills, Director, Air Monitors and lead partner, Breathe London 

4. Nicholas Lyes, Roads Spokesman, RAC

5. Dr Kevin Golding-Williams, Head of Cycling and Walking Policy, Department for Transport

6. Dr Tom Porter, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, Cardiff and Vale

Exhibition area

17.15

Networking reception