Speakers

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Aldo Gutierrez

Product Manager - Gaussion

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Alex Holland

Director of Industry Solutions - Hitachi Europe

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Andrew Barr

President - Hitachi EMEA

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Andrew Carter

Chief Executive - Centre for Cities

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Andy Lord

Commissioner - Transport for London

As Commissioner of TfL, Andy is responsible for ensuring the delivery of safe and reliable transport services to keep London moving, growing and to make life in the Capital better for residents, visitors and businesses. He is responsible for delivering the priorities and objectives set out in the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and TfL Business Plan.

Andy joined TfL in November 2019, as Managing Director London Underground having started his career with British Airways as a sponsored undergraduate in 1989, gaining an honours degree in mechanical engineering from Manchester University. His career saw him take on roles across engineering, operations and customer service, culminating as Director of Operations and member of the Executive Leadership Team for just over seven years.

Prior to joining TfL, Andy was Executive Vice President at Menzies Aviation leading the business and operations for the UK, EMEAI.
Andy is also a NED at Defence Equipment and Support, Ministry of Defence.

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Anne Gray

Corporate Development Executive - Flexible Power Systems

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Annette Pass

Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser - Department for Transport

Annette has 25 years’ experience in the transport sector. After gaining her PhD in Chemistry from the University of Leeds, she joined the Highways Agency, now National Highways, where she held a variety of roles predominantly focused on leading and managing research programmes, together with communications and business improvement. She spent five years as Head of Innovation where she created National Highways’ Innovation & Research Strategy and guidance for managing pilots and trials on the road network. In 2023, Annette joined the Department for Transport as Deputy Chief Scientific Adviser, promoting science and innovation across the Department and the transport sector.

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Becky Wood

Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult

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Ben Garratt

Deputy Director Public Affairs - Logistics UK

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Catherine McGuinness

Non-Executive Director & IUK Nominated Director - Connected Places Catapult

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Charlotte Hills

Head of Innovation - HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

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Christopher de Saxe

Head of EV Transition - GoMetro

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Claire Dorrian

Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets and Post Trade - London Stock Exchange Group

Claire is responsible for the portfolio of sustainable finance products and services across London Stock Exchange Group’s Capital Markets and Post Trade business divisions. She is responsible for leading the development of London Stock Exchange’s sustainable finance cross asset class offering which includes equities, green and renewable funds, and fixed income. Claire is also responsible for developing the range of sustainable finance products and services for Capital Markets and Post Trade clients. She has played an important role in Group-wide sustainable finance initiatives such as the development of model guidance on ESG and climate disclosure, climate reporting training for listed companies and initiatives such as the Green Economy Mark. Claire is a member of an industry Taskforce on the Scaling of Voluntary Carbon Markets, and she led the work on the recent launch of LSEG’s Voluntary Carbon Market.
Claire’s background is in capital markets largely with a sustainability focus. She previously worked in the fund management industry for AIB Govett and ANZ.
Positioned at the heart of global financial markets, LSEG works across the investment and finance chain from issuers to asset owners, and across the financial, banking, trading, and advisory ecosystem. As such LSEG is uniquely positioned to support clients in achieving the transition to a sustainable and net-zero economy and was the first exchange group to commit to net zero emissions.

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Claire Hamar

Head of Innovation - National Highways

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Claudette Forbes

Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult

Claudette is passionate about combating poverty and deprivation in urban areas, having grown up in an inner-city area which was subjected to regeneration following race riots in the early 1980s.

She has held a numerous senior roles across local and regional government throughout her career which spans 30 years. With a reputation for successfully leading the development and implementation of city development, economic development, and holistic local area regeneration programmes, she is an adviser to local authorities, government, non-profits and partnerships.

Claudette currently holds a number of Non-Executive Director positions. She is also a faculty member of the Whitehall & Industry Group.

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Councillor Susan Aitken

Leader - Glasgow City Council

Susan Aitken was elected as Leader of Glasgow City Council in 2017, forming Glasgow’s first ever SNP-led City Government. She was first elected as a councillor for the Langside ward in 2012, following a career in public policy and communications. Susan was reappointed to a second term as Council Leader following the 2022 Scottish Local Government elections.

Under her leadership, Glasgow has hosted the UN Climate Summit COP26 and will host the Commonwealth Games in 2026. She was awarded Scottish Local Politician of the Year in 2019 for her work to end historic gender pay discrimination and Scottish Council Leader of the Year in 2021 for her leadership on climate issues. Susan was selected as one of 40 global city leaders for the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Class of 2023. In February 2024, Susan was announced as chair of the global Resilient Cities Network.

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Dan Hook

CEO - RAD Propulsion

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Dan Labbad

Chief Executive - The Crown Estate

The Crown Estate is a national landowner with a diverse portfolio focussed on supporting the UK’s net zero transition; biodiversity and nature recovery; as well as regeneration opportunities and economic growth across the country. Established by an Act of Parliament as an independent commercial business, it has generated more than £3.2 billion in profits to HM Treasury for the benefit of public spending over the last ten years.

Prior to The Crown Estate, Dan held a number of senior positions at the global property and infrastructure group Lendlease, including Group Chief Operating Officer and the dual roles of Chief Executive Officer, International Operations and Chief Executive Officer, Europe to oversee the disciplined expansion of Lendlease’s businesses in Europe, Americas and Asia.

Dan has actively championed sustainability throughout his professional life. Between 2001 and 2004 he was CEO of The Hornery Institute, a not-for-profit established by Lendlease employees and shareholders to focus on more equitable, resilient and sustainable communities. He has previously served as a director of the Green Building Council of Australia and more recently as Chairman of the UK Green Building Council.

In addition to his role at The Crown Estate, Dan is currently a Trustee of the Raspberry Pi Foundation and a Director of The Hornery Institute, trading as Studio THI.

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Dan Mansfield

Transport, Local Authority Advisory and Lending - National Wealth Fund

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Dr Jehan Kanga

Founder & CEO - Rux Energy UK Ltd (& Rux Energy Pty)

Rux Energy is founded and led by Dr Jehan Kanga, who discovered the advanced materials in their PhD at the University of Sydney, and following a trailblazing career at KPMG Australia has risen to become one of Australia’s most influential clean tech leaders, chairing the Hydrogen Industry Committee of the $250M Automation Composites Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre and leading consortia decarbonisation projects in maritime and aviation across UK, Singapore and Australia. They have built strategic links to over 100 key industrial hydrogen groups over the last two years since the end of the pandemic and are now gearing the company for scale

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Dr Michèle Dix CBE

Commissioner - National Infrastruture Commission

Michèle Dix is a civil engineer with over 45 years’ experience, specialising in transport, in the public and private sector. She started her career with the Greater London Council before joining Halcrow Fox and becoming the Board Director for Urban Transport. She joined Transport for London in 2000 as the Director of Congestion Charging. In 2008 she became the Managing Director for Planning with responsibility for strategic planning and analysis, borough partnerships and the development of major projects across London. Michele also represented the UK on the International Association of Public Transport (UITP). In 2015 she became the Managing Director for Crossrail 2. Michele retired in 2021 and has since held a number of non-executive roles as a Director for the Major Projects Association, Crossrail International and the Restoration and Renewal Programme, an advisor on University College London’s Major Infrastructure Delivery MBA Board and as an ICE policy fellow.

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Dr Victoria Hills

Chief Executive - Royal Town Planning Institute

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Dr. Alison Vincent CBE

Chair, Digital Twin Hub Board, and Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult

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Duncan Mears

Vice President EMEA - Hitachi Digital

Duncan is the European Vice President of Hitachi Digital Services. In this role Duncan is responsible for all client service delivery as well as developing our broader business portfolio.

Duncan is a senior executive with over 30 years’ experience in the IT and BPS industry. Duncan started his career as a systems programmer for Royal Sun Alliance where he became an IT Manager developing large underwriting and CRM systems. He moved into shared services where he managed the core business and IT operations for companies including Perot Systems (acquired by Dell) and Cable and Wireless.

In 2000 he joined Accenture where he became a Partner for almost 18 years. During this time, he led teams of up to 40,000 colleagues supporting the transformation and services/ IT outsource of world leading companies such as Lloyds Bank, BMW, Nissan Europe, HSBC, BP, Microsoft, British Telecom, Centrica, Schlumberger, E.On and GE.

More recently Duncan was a senior Director at Capita and prior to joining Hitachi Vantara was responsible for Cognizant’s c.$800m BPO and IT transformation business across the UK/I and mainland Europe.

In his spare time Duncan likes to mountain bike in Wales, scuba dive, ski and has a passion for fast cars. Duncan also supports charity work and is an active member of the Worshipful Company of Coopers (founded in 1501) where he has been a Liveryman for almost 15 years.

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Ed McCann

Senior Director Expedition Engineering - Past president of ICE - Expedition Engineering

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Erika Lewis

Chief Executive Officer - Connected Places Catapult

Erika Lewis joined the Catapult from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in March 2024 as Chief Executive Officer.

In July 2023, Erika was appointed the CEO of the AI Safety Summit. This was a world first event and brought together international governments, leading AI companies, civil society groups and experts in research to consider the risks of AI, especially at the frontier of development, and discuss how they can be mitigated through internationally coordinated action.

The Summit was the culmination of a busy 5 years in central government, Erika joined the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) in 2018 to deliver the National Data Strategy. In October 2019, she moved to the role of Director, Cyber Security and Digital Identity, where she led on the economic support for the cyber sector, the development of security approaches for consumer IoT, the government work on Secure Connected Places and Digital Identity in the economy. In 2020, she also led DCMS on the Covid-19 response package for the Voluntary Sector and in 2023, led the initial transition programme for the newly formed Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

Before moving into central government in 2012, Erika became a Project Director at the Competition and Markets Authority, where she was responsible for both merger and market investigations. Most notably, she ran an Energy Market Investigation and a Private Motor Insurance Market Investigation.

Erika was a part of the set-up team for the London Development Agency (LDA) in April 2000. Staying for 12 years at the LDA, she delivered regeneration programmes across London and was subsequently the Director of Strategy.

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Eugene Bari

CEO - Ecomar Propulsion

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Evan Jones

Lead Security Architect - Complete Cyber

With extensive experience delivering high-quality cybersecurity solutions across diverse industries, Evan is a trusted expert in all aspects of security. He actively contributes to the industry as a 2024 ERA ENISA Speaker in Rail Cybersecurity and as a leader of Complete Cyber, recently selected as one of the SMEs for the prestigious High Speed Two (HS2) Project. Beyond his technical expertise, he is deeply committed to promoting cybersecurity awareness and enhancing the industry’s reputation.

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Gavin Starks

CEO and Co-Chair, Smart Data Council, Department for Business and Trade - Icebreaker One

Gavin has created over a dozen companies, employing 100’s of people, and delivering $100M’s in measurable impact. He co-chaired the development of the Open Banking Standard and was founding CEO of the Open Data Institute. He has mentored, chaired, or been a non-exec of over 40 organisations across diverse sectors. He currently runs IcebreakerOne.org to help accelerate our Net Zero Future and co-chairs the UK Smart Data Council, shaping the future of data sharing at national scale to unlock value and address risks.

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Graeme Craig

Director & Chief Executive - Places for London

Graeme is the Director & Chief Executive of Places for London. With career spent largely in operational and project management, Graeme joined Transport for London from Capita in 2004, initially to manage the operation of the central London Congestion Charging scheme. After a number of years as Director of Congestion Charging & Traffic Enforcement, Graeme led a TfL-wide transformation programme that included the creation of TfL’s first commercial development function. Taking on the role of Director of Commercial Development, Graeme led a new approach to property in TfL that culminated in the creation of a wholly owned commercial property subsidiary in 2022. Places for London is now a £1.7bn company that has 1,500 commercial tenancies across London and a pipeline that will see over 20,000 homes built across London, largely delivered through joint ventures with leading developers.

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Gyula Törzsök

Portfolio Director - Thames Estuary

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Huw Morgan

CTO - GPC Systems

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Jaime Bartley

CEO - Unyte Group

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James Close

Head of Climate Change - Natwest Group

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Joshua Wood

Strategic Account Director, Construction & Transport - FYLD

Joshua Wood is FYLD’s Strategic Account Director, driving digital transformation across the construction, transport, and utilities sectors. With over a decade of leadership experience in the utilities and transportation industry, Joshua brings deep operational expertise and a passion for innovation to safety-critical industries.
At Thames Water, he managed complex operational budgets, led large teams, and implemented sustainable, safety-focused operations. Now at FYLD, Joshua is focused on delivering AI-driven solutions that enhance safety, efficiency, and operational performance, helping clients achieve measurable results and accelerate growth.
Joshua is known for his strategic vision and commitment to empowering organizations through smarter, safer, and more efficient operations.

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Kailash Manohara Selvan

CEO - SpatialCortex Technology Ltd

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Kellie Beirne

Chief Executive - Cardiff Capital Region

Kellie is Chief Executive of the Cardiff Capital Region and an innovation practitioner. Kellie is a Governor at Cardiff Metropolitan University, a Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales and sits on the advisory boards for Swansea University’s Morgan Advanced Studies Institute and the Board of Cardiff University’s public value Business School.

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Kyriakos Kantarakias

Chief Executive Officer - Didimi

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Laura Fleming

Country Managing Director (UK & Ireland) - Hitachi Energy

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Lolita Jackson MBE

Executive Director of Sustainable Cities - Sustainable Development Capital LLC

Lolita Jackson MBE is the Executive Director of Sustainable Cities at Sustainable Development Capital LLP, a multibillion-pound climate investment firm. She is the link to governments around the world, also working on business development and origination. Lolita previously worked for the NYC Mayor’s Office for 15 years in a variety of roles. She last served as the Special Advisor for Climate Policy & Programs, where she was the climate diplomat for NYC and lead for the administration regarding global work on divestment and climate finance. Prior to her appointment to that role, she was Deputy Director of External Affairs for the NYC Housing Recovery Office, Director of Outreach for the NYC Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency [the post-Hurricane Sandy resilience team], lead for operational city agencies for the Second Avenue Subway and Barclays Center construction projects, and Manhattan Director of Community Affairs. Prior to her tenure in the NYC Mayor’s Office, Lolita worked for Morgan Stanley Investment Management for 12 years as a Vice President and helped manage a $10 billion product line.

Lolita is an Adjunct Professor at Penn in the Master of Environmental Studies Program, Senior Advisor at Penn Perry World House, a member of the British American Project U.S. Advisory Board, a GlobalScot, Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, a board member of the Saint Andrew’s Society of NY, a US-Japan Leadership Program Fellow, and President of the Penn Alumni Class of 1989. She was named to the City & State Energy & Environment Power 100 list for 2022 and was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 2021. Lolita is a professional singer, having performed on four continents and at Carnegie Hall. She is an alumna of the Penn School of Engineering, majoring in Applied Science with a concentration in Chemical Engineering.

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Lorna Pimlott

Managing Director, Local Authority Advisory & Lending - National Wealth Fund

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Lucy Yu

Non-Executive Director - Connected Places Catapult

Lucy Yu is CEO and founder at Centre for Net Zero, Octopus Energy Group’s not-for-profit AI and data-driven research institute advancing tech-driven energy systems that benefit humanity. Centre for Net Zero’s research has been accepted by leading global proceedings, including the What Works Climate Solutions Summit, a high level conference for evidence-based climate policy, and the International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), the world’s leading gathering of deep learning professionals.

Lucy has 20 years’ experience building and scaling global consumer-facing and deeptech ventures in artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles and future mobility, climate and clean energy, and developing tech policy and regulation for the UK government (Cabinet Office; Centre for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles; Department for Transport), European Commission, and the UN.

She is a co-founder of the Institute for Ethical AI & Machine Learning, and Chairs ADViCE (AI for Decarbonisation Virtual Centre of Excellence), a DESNZ programme for the development of innovative artificial intelligence technologies that support the transition to net zero. Lucy has been named an Asian Tech Pioneer (2024), Top 5 Star in GreenTech (2021), and Financial Times Top 100 Leader in Tech (2019).

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Mark Enzer OBE FREng

Vice-Chair, Digital Twin Hub Board, and Chief Technology Officer - Mott MacDonald

Mark is a keen champion of outcomes-focused systems-thinking, collaborative delivery models, digitalisation, connected digital twins and the circular economy in the built environment. Mark is the Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professor in the digitalisation of the built environment at the University of Cambridge, and he is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. As Strategic Advisor at Mott MacDonald, Mark provides advice to key clients on digitalisation and broader industry transformation. Previously, Mark was the CTO of Mott MacDonald and the Director of the Centre for Digital Built Britain, where he was the Head of the National Digital Twin programme

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Mark Wild OBE

CEO - HS2

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Mary Kerr

Climate Finance Manager - Glasgow City Council

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Melissa Tallack

Managing Director - C2Life

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Michael Tinmouth

COO - ACUA Ocean Ltd

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Mike Newsam

Founder and Managing Director - Stellar Advanced Concepts

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Nick Wyllie

CEO and Founder - Botanic Energy

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Oliver Coppard

Mayor - South Yorkshire

Born and raised in the region, he took office as Mayor in May, elected on a platform of restoring the pride, purpose and prosperity of South Yorkshire. After graduating from Leeds University, Oliver began his career at Barnsley Council working on low carbon regeneration projects. Since then, he’s worked in Parliament, in the US Congress and with the charity BookTrust. He was recently Chair of the Board at Sheffield Hallam Students’ Union and has worked a number of high-profile political campaigns, both within the region and abroad. During his first few months as Mayor, Oliver has started work delivering his manifesto pledges, building on his promise to do politics differently, and to fight for a better deal for South Yorkshire.

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Paul Bathgate

Co-founder and CEO - RailX Digital Solutions

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Paul Honeyben

Strategy Director – Local Government Finance and Improvement - London Councils

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Peter Hogg

UK Cities Director and Partner - Arcadis

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Peter Mildon

COO - VivaCity Labs

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Philip Clarke

CEO - TUAL Technology

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Prof Greg Clark CBE

Chair - Connected Places Catapult

Greg Clark is Chair of Connected Places Catapult. He is a British and Irish writer, Board Chair, Non-Executive Director, and advisor on cities, mobility, built environment, and urban innovation. He is the author of 10 books and 100 reports on cities, mobility, real estate, climate, urban economies, investment, and place leadership, and has worked with 400 cities around the world.

In the UK. He is Chair of Connected Places Catapult (CPC), the UK’s national innovation accelerator for transport, cities, and place leadership, and Chair of the Cities Commission for Climate Investment (3Ci), which convenes local leaders and investors to find innovative means to capitalise a just urban transition. He is a Board Member of Transport for London (TfL). He chairs TfL’s Land and Property Committee, which oversees TfL’s property company, Places for London. He is a Senior Advisor to New London Architecture, and Hon Prof of cities and innovation at Strathclyde University. Greg is also chair of the UK Government’s Secure Connected Places Advisory Group. He was previously Lead Advisor, Cities & Regions, Office of Deputy Prime Minister (2004-2010), Executive Director, London Development Agency, Chief Executive of the London Enterprise Agency, Managing Director of Greater London Enterprise, and he teaches regularly at LSE and University College London. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS).

Globally. Greg is Hon Global Fellow at the Urban Land Institute (ULI). He is the former chair of the OECD LEED Forum of Cities and Regions (1996-2016) and former Global Fellow on cities at the Brookings Institution. He has advised the World Bank, European Investment Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and the HSBC Group on cities, sustainability, and financial innovation. He is currently working with the Inter-American Development Bank on the future of the cities of the Amazon, where 47,000,000 people live. Greg has chaired more than 20 International Advisory Boards and Committees for Cities; including New York, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sao Paulo, Mumbai, Vienna, Oslo, Barcelona, Turin, Toronto, Auckland, and Cape Town. He is a member of the WEF Global Future Council on Cities & Urbanisation, and a member of the Bloomberg NEF Council on Cities.

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Ram Gokal

Co-founder and Chief Executive - Innervated Vehicle Engineering (IVE)

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Richard Osborne

Chief Technology Officer - Purple Transform Ltd

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Rob Cairns

Infrastructure Innovation & Venture Investment - HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd

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Robert Kleinjan

Global Circular Economy Community of Practice Lead; Senior Associate Director - Jacobs

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Roger Bailey

CEO - Tideway

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Sarah Hayes

Associate - Connected Places Catapult

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Sharon Payne

Regional Rural Mobility Manager - Transport East

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Sir Andrew Haines

Chief Executive - Network Rail

Since joining Network Rail in August 2018, Andrew has refocussed Network Rail to be on the side of passengers and freight users; that is easy to engage with and is an efficient and dependable partner; a company people are proud to work for; instinctively recognised as an industry leader.

Andrew has introduced a mindset that puts passengers first as well as a programme which has so far resulted in the creation of fourteen new routes, supported by five new regions. This new structure sets Network Rail up for deeper devolution and to be more responsive to the needs of train operators, passengers and freight users by bringing Network Rail’s 43,000 employees closer to those we serve.

Prior to joining Network Rail, Andrew served as Chief Executive of the Civil Aviation Authority from 2009. This followed a wide-ranging career in the rail industry, which included roles as Managing Director of South West Trains, and Managing Director of the Rail Division for First Group plc.

Following the publication of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail in May 2021, Andrew was also tasked with establishing interim arrangements for the creation of Great British Railways, alongside his role in Network Rail.

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Stephen Jones

Director - Core Cities UK

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Steve Evans

CEO & Founder - XeroE Sustainable Logistics

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Steve Moore

Director of Operations - Environment Agency

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Steve Phipps

Head of Materials Engineering - Balfour Beatty VINCI

Steve Phipps is a Senior Materials Engineer with Balfour Beatty and currently Head of Materials Engineering for Balfour Beatty Vinci on HS2 Area North.
Steve has over 30 years’ experience in highways and high-speed rail construction, including the technical management of concrete and cementitious products.
Steve sits on Britpave Council, contributing to many of their technical guidance and best practice publications. Steve has recently led the technical working group responsible for developing industry guidance on the use of digital monitoring and measurement.

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Steven Gillan

Director - Digital Reflections Ltd

From an early career as a heavy plant mechanic in the mining industry, Steve moved into the technology industry.
As the Founder and Director of Scottish start-up Digiflec, he is now leading the development of cutting-edge data collection systems and digital twin applications, all while ensuring its status as a trusted distributor of Lidar manufacturers.”

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Steven Wilding

Head of Net Zero and Green Economy - London Borough of Hounslow

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The Lord Tim Clement-Jones CBE

Speaker AI and Creative Industries -

Lord Clement-Jones was Chair of the House of Lords Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (2017-18) and is Co-Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Artificial Intelligence. He is Deputy Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on China and Vice Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups on Digital Regulation, The Future of Work, Music, Performers Alliance, Publishing, Writers and Intellectual Property.

Tim was an external member of the Council of University College London and Chair of its Audit Committee from 2012 to 2017.

Tim was made CBE for political services in 1988 and a life peer in 1998. Until July 2004 he was the Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson in the House of Lords and thereafter until 2010 Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on Culture, Media and Sport, in the House of Lords. He is now the Liberal Democrat Digital spokesperson in the Lords.

Until 2018 Tim was a Partner of the global law firm DLA Piper and Head of UK Government Affairs. Former positions held include London Managing Partner from 2011 to 2016, Chairman of its China and Middle East Desks, International Business Relations Partner and Co-Chairman of Global Government Relations. He is Chair of Ombudsman Services Limited, the not for profit, independent ombudsman service that provides dispute resolution for communications and energy utlities and Chair of the the Council of Queen Mary University of London. He is a member of the Advisory Board of Airmic (the Association of Insurance and Risk Managers in Industry and Commerce), a Board Member of the Corporate Finance Faculty of the ICAEW and consultant to the Council of Europe’s AI Working Group (CAHAI)

Tim is President of Ambitious About Autism (formerly Treehouse), the national autism education and skills charity and its former Chairman (2001-2008)..

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Theo Blackwell MBE

Chief Digital Officer - Greater London Authority

Appointed in 2017 as London’s first Chief Digital Officer, Theo leads on London-wide digital transformation, data and smart city initiatives at City Hall.

His role involves:

Strategic leadership on the digital transformation agenda for London’s public services, across the GLA group and the wider public sector. Convening on behalf of the Mayor, across London local government to support the take-up of innovative, technology, and data-led approaches to service delivery and public engagement. Developing and promoting partnership between the public, private and community sectors to enable and support the development of new public service-oriented technology and innovation.

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Andrew Barr

Andrew Carter

Anne Gray

Becky Wood

Ben Garratt

Catherine McGuinness

Charlotte Hills

Christopher de Saxe

Claire Hamar

Dan Hook

Dan Mansfield

Dr Victoria Hills

Dr. Alison Vincent CBE

Ed McCann

Eugene Bari

Gyula Törzsök

Huw Morgan

Jaime Bartley

James Close

Kailash Manohara Selvan

Kyriakos Kantarakias

Laura Fleming

Lorna Pimlott

Mark Wild OBE

Mary Kerr

Melissa Tallack

Michael Tinmouth

Mike Newsam

Nick Wyllie

Paul Bathgate

Paul Honeyben

Peter Hogg

Peter Mildon

Philip Clarke

Ram Gokal

Richard Osborne

Rob Cairns

Robert Kleinjan

Roger Bailey

Sarah Hayes

Sharon Payne

Stephen Jones

Steve Evans

Steve Moore

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Claudette Forbes

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