4 November 2025 Programme

Please note that the programme is under development

Programme

08:45

Registration: Tea & Coffee served in the Pioneer Room exhibition area

09.30

The Pendulum Suite

Morning Plenary: Accessibility and inclusivity – what’s next?

Inclusive and accessible transport to support active modes
Rebecca Posner, Director of Inclusive Research, Research Institute for Disabled Consumers (RiDC)

Future-proofing mobility aid laws to support active travel for all

Kate Ball, Campaigns and Policy Lead, Wheels for Wellbeing

Transforming Mobility – project findings and impacts

Ruth Cumming, Senior Research Officer, Transport for All

11.00

Morning break: Tea & Coffee served in the Pioneer Room exhibition area

11.30

Breakout sessions - delegates to choose 1 of 3

The Pendulum Suite

Walking: for all walks of life

Vision-led pedestrian planning
Jordan Di Trapani, Principal Consultant, Systra

Footways: devising and using walking networks: a tool for navigation and infrastructure improvements
David Harrison and Emma Griffin, Co-founders, Footways CIC

How walkable places can transform communities

Julian Sanchez, Campaigner, Active Wellbeing Society

Cotton Theatre

Micromobility: five years on, so what's next?

Introduction of a new Low-Speed Zero Emission Vehicle (LZEV) category
New micromobility powers to ‘close gap’ between UK and other countries
Five years since the first legal e-scooter Ride in Great Britain
Major advancements in e-scooter design and safety features
Cities trialling different approaches to integration and regulation
Growing public interest in micro-mobility

Graphene Suite

New connections: bridges, links and interchange

The Wear Footbridge Bridge, Sunderland – connecting communities

Speaker from Sunderland City Council, tbc

Unlocking rural cycling: feasibility and benefits of a Cycle Node Network in the UK: case studies from Benelux
Oliver Williamson, Senior Consultant, ITP

Knoopunts: another way of signing cycle networks in the UK

Steve Essex, Transport Consultant and Partner, Transport Initiatives

Milton Road, Cambridge: A blueprint for inclusive walking and cycling infrastructure - CYCLOPS segregation, side road crossings and more...

Josh Grantham, Infrastructure Campaigner, CamCycle

13.00

Networking Lunch: Lunch served in the Pioneer Room exhibition area

14.00

Breakout sessions - delegates to choose 1 of 3

The Pendulum Suite

Data and analytics: understanding user behaviours

Decoding travel behaviours: using data to shape better active travel

Charlie Wilson, Business Development Manager, See.Sense

Opening up the design visualisation process

Jon Little, co-founder, Beta Streets

Cotton Theatre

Cargo bikes and urban deliveries

The cargo bike comeback – in towns and cities across the UK and Europe, services are on the rise
How to improve rider and operator rights, safety and wellbeing
What’s the future for passenger services?
How would the introduction of a new Low-Speed Zero Emission Vehicle (LZEV) category impact cargo services?