Speakers lined up for “Highways UK - Roads for a Modern Britain”

Highways UK - Roads for a Modern Britain is a major event on 16-17 November that will bring together those responsible for planning, developing, managing and maintaining Britain’s road network. There will be profound changes resulting from the recent formation of Highways England, the new government-owned strategic highways company. Delegates to Highways UK – Roads for a Modern Britain from 16-17 November at the NEC in Birmingham will hear prominent transport and infrastructure specialists discuss what t
August 5, 2016 Read time: 3 mins
8269 Highways UK - Roads for a Modern Britain is a major event on 16-17 November that will bring together those responsible for planning, developing, managing and maintaining Britain’s road network.

There will be profound changes resulting from the recent formation of 8100 Highways England, the new government-owned strategic highways company. Delegates to Highways UK – Roads for a Modern Britain from 16-17 November at the NEC in Birmingham will hear prominent transport and infrastructure specialists discuss what these changes mean for road designers and contractors.

These changes herald:

•    Greater funding certainty
•    More efficient delivery
•    Stability for the supply chain
•    A long-term vision

And delegates will get the latest update on what Britain’s exit from the European Union means for the UK road sector.

The event’s speaker line-up at the NEC in Birmingham 16-17 November will be a who’s who – in the public and private sectors - of people involved in the development both past and present of Britain’s road network.

From the private sector:

• Dave Wright, executive director for Highways, Kier

• Alan Mackenzie, chair, Asphalt Industries Alliance

• Richard Robinson, chief executive for civil and Infrastructure in EMEA at 1397 AECOM

• Amanda Clack, head of infrastructure at consultancy EY and president of RICS – the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

• Rachel Skinner, development director at 2782 WSP-2693 Parsons Brinckerhoff and vice president of the UK’s 5180 Institution of Civil Engineers

From the public and third sectors:

• Roy Brannan, chief executive of 4068 Transport Scotland

• Andrew Murray, deputy secretary of the Northern Ireland government road agency TransportNI

• Sheena Hague, deputy director of network management for Welsh Assembly

• Colin Matthews, chairman of Highways England, the independent agency for England’s roads

• Peter Antolik, roads director at the UK government’s Office of Road & Rail

• Anthony Smith, chief executive of Transport Focus, an independent transport user group

• Steve Norris, co-chair the Highways UK advisory board and a former transport minister

There is an expectation that the industry will deliver long-term efficiency savings, a better quality service for road users and an improved network that supports jobs and growth up and down the country.

This is driving much greater use of innovation and smart technologies, working alongside the established road building, maintenance and traffic management sectors. It’s bringing new players into the market and creating entirely new supply chains.

Combining a high-level conference, industry briefings and a major exhibition over two days, Highways UK is the place to discover what these changes mean in practice and how your organisation can profit from this exciting new era for the UK's highways sector.

More information on the event from 16-17 November at the NEC in Birmingham is available on the Highways UK website.

Related Content

  • Amey’s hard-hitting safety DVD supports Highways Agency Safety Week
    October 21, 2013
    Amey is playing a leading role in the fight for zero harm at road works sites with the launch of a hard-hitting DVD in support of a national radio advertising campaign to coincide with the UK Highways Agency’s ‘Safety Week’ (October 21-27 October 2013). The public and regulated services provider’s DVD ‘Changing Behaviours – What Does It Take?’ features powerful scenes of near misses and accidents on the motorway and is designed to make employees think about what more they can do to make they keep themsel
    Read More
  • IRF GRAA Winners Unveiled at 17th IRF World Meeting 2013
    December 11, 2013
    The winners of the 2013 Global Road Achievement Awards were announced during the 17th IRF World Meeting & Exhibition gala dinner at the Ritz Carlton in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. More than 800 delegates from around the world attended the ceremony, held on November 13, 2013, which celebrated the most comprehensive and well-attended IRF World Meeting in several decades.
    Read More
  • Yotta’s Horizons and Mayrise create a route map of the world
    September 14, 2016
    Simon Topp, director of international business at software developer Yotta, explained the need for having the best possible plan in place. Highways agencies and departments the world over face a raft of complex and difficult challenges when it comes to managing and maintaining their infrastructure assets. In some countries, where natural disasters or extreme weather events are endemic, good asset management will need to be supplemented by risk and resilience planning. In the US, for example, the Feder
    Read More
  • ERIC 2016: What shape the ‘Smart Road’?
    February 7, 2017
    Optimism about the future of highways worldwide abounded at the inaugural European Road Infrastructure Conference (ERIC) in Leeds, UK Around 500 delegates passed through the varied sessions during the three-day event at the Royal Armouries Museum in the northern English city of Leeds. They came away with many visions of what a motorway and road could look like. But what speakers at the event - co-organised by the Brussels-based European Union Road Federation (ERF) and the UK’s Road Safety Markings Ass
    Read More

Highlighted Content