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I am pleased to announce that details are now available and bookings being taken for the 28th UK Transport Conference and Exhibition. This takes place at the University of Nottingham on 25-26 March 2004. Full details can be found on the TPS website - http://www.tps.org.uk/events/2004/250304.htm or by visiting www.nottingham-conference.org.uk. The title of the conference is 'Planning for an urban future: charging or what?' The final programme is given below. Regards, Glenn THURSDAY 25 MARCH 2004 09.30 Registration Coffee and Exhibition Session 1 Planning for an Urban Future 10.30 Introduction Professor Glenn Lyons, Director, Centre for Transport & Society, University of the West of England, Chair, Organising Committee 10.45 Keynote address: Lessons from planning's past - a London road users perspective Derek Turner CBE, Principal, Derek Turner Consulting, London Session 2 Urban Future - the Actors 11.15 Its easy for you - you're the planner; I'm the politician! Councillor Helen Holland, Executive Member, External Affairs & Partnerships, Bristol City Council 11.45 Testing options outside the system Tony Hargreaves, Project Manager, Cambridge Futures 12.15 Discussion 13.00 Lunch and Exhibition Session 3 Carrots and Sticks 14.15 LRT - an urban solution for Nottingham Pat Armstrong, General Manager, NET, Nottingham City Council 14.45 From Birmingham Northern Relief Road to M6 Toll: what can we learn? Alan Wenban-Smith, Independent consultant in Urban & Regional Policy, Chairman of Labour Finance & Industry Transport Study Group 15.15 London's congestion charging revisited Michele Dix, Director of Congestion Charging, Transport for London 15.45 Discussion 16.25 Tea and Exhibition 17.10 18.15 The Roy Cresswell Lecture Planning in the Netherlands - pointers for the UK Paul van de Lande, Senior Consultant, Department of Economic Development, Transport and Infrastructure, Buck Consultants International, The Hague, Netherlands 19.15 Reception 19.45 Conference Dinner Cripps Hall Guest Speaker: Tony Depledge, Development Director, Arriva Passenger Services, Leicester Putting people first FRIDAY 26 March 2004 Session 4 From Planning to Practice 09.00 Making sense of regional planning and urban consequences Chris Martin, Director of Planning and Transport, Yorkshire and Humber Assembly 09.30 Planning into practice - the past, present and future for Cambridge John Onslow, Assistant Director (Planning), Cambridgeshire County Council 10.00 Discussion 10.30 Coffee and Exhibition 11.15 Making public transport's future happen Tom Magrath, Head of Projects, CENTRO, Birmingham 11.45 everyone's railway Dr Steve Atkins, Assistant Director: Transport Planning, Policy & Research, Strategic Rail Authority, London 12.15 Discussion 12.50 Lunch and Exhibition Session 5 How to Shape the Future 14.00 Should transport planning be serving, supporting or shaping society? Colin Eastman, Transport Advisor, Coventry City Council 14.30 Visioning and backcasting - what we want and how to get there Professor David Bannister, Bartlett School of Planning, University College London 15.00 Discussion 15.30 Conference Closure Putting the clock back is not a sustainable transport policy Malcolm Buchanan, Managing Director, Colin Buchanan and Partners, London 16.15 Tea and Departure ___________________________________ ** please note new tel and fax numbers ** Professor Glenn Lyons Unit for Transport and Society Faculty of the Built Environment University of the West of England Frenchay Campus Coldharbour Lane BRISTOL BS16 1QY Tel 0117 32 83219 Mobile 07748 768404 Fax 0117 32 83899 Email [log in to unmask] Web www.transport.uwe.ac.uk ___________________________________