Public Sector tickets are available by visiting - SWHA: Highway to Zero Carbon 3 - Using the Highway to Cut Carbon

All bookings from the original event scheduled to take place in Swindon will be valid for all three virtual events. If you have yet to recieve your link, please contact Landor Conferences

If you have attended the previous SWHA events, please check your emails from Hopin which will contain your link to join this event.

The 2nd South West Highway Alliance conference & exhibition "Highway to Zero Carbon" takes place as a series of webinars, with the final event taking place on Tuesday 22nd June 2021

Focussing on the highway sector's role in delivering Local Highway Authorities' targets for carbon neutrality, this one day conference promises to deliver an informative and inspiring selection of case studies and perspectives from across the South West and beyond. Aimed at senior personnel from the private, public and third sectors, the event aims to foster debate and discussion of this challenging and topical issue for the highways industry, and promises to provide inspiration to all.

The programme features leading figures from both the private sector and local and national government. Highlights include:

• updates on progress towards the UK's carbon reduction targets,

• debate on the opportunities and challenges facing the highway sector, 

• case studies and reports from pilot projects including DfT/ADEPT's live labs, and, 

• discussion of policy changes required to drive change.

The event will bring together over 100 Local Authority practitioners, contractors, suppliers and consultants from across the South West and nationally to share knowledge and experience of best practice.

Programme

09:30 - Event open for networking and for delegates to visit the exhibition zone

Session Chair:

• TBC

10:30 - 10:50: The Future of the Street - What a Decarbonised World Looks Like

• Matt Eglinton, Senior Policy Advisor, Department for Transport

10:50 - 11:10: Are trees the answer? Carbon Capture in the Highway Estate

• Kenton Rogers, Co-Founder, Treeconomics

11:10 - 11:30: Power Roads: Renewable Energy Generation from the Street

• Jade Jones, Head of Business Improvement, Central Bedfordshire Council

11:45 - 12:05: Alpha 311

• Barry Thompson, CEO, Alpha 311

12:05 - 12:25: Wildflower verges - a hidden method of carbon reduction

• Kate Petty, Road Verge Campaign Manager, Plantlife

12:25 - 12:45: Public opinion, co-benefits, etc

• Dr Neil Jennings, Partnership Development Manager, Grantham Institute, ?Imperial College London

12:45: Q&A Session

13:00 Networking & Exhibiton