2026 Speakers

Sophie Allison

Managing Director, West Midlands Metro

Tim Bentley

UK Group Sales & Commercial Director, Wabtec

Peter Broadley

Commercial Director UK, Alstom

David Calfe

General Secretary, ASLEF

Daisy Chapman Chamberlain

Rail Services Lead, Rail North Partnership

Andrew Clark

Rail Programme Lead, Midlands Connect

Melanie Cocoran

Executive Director of Transport, South Yorkshire Combined Authority

Richard Crabtree

Head of Mayoral Partnerships, Network Rail

Marie Daly

Chief Operating Officer, TfW

Kirsty Dias

Managing Director, PriestmanGoode

Mal Drury Rose

Director of Rail, TfWM

Simon Elliott

Network Director Rail, Transport for Greater Manchester

Rachelle Forsyth-Ward

Assistant Director of Transport Policy, Partnerships & Contracts, North East Combined Authority

Will Gallagher

Chief Strategy and Development Officer, East West Rail

Peter Graham

Policy & Government Affairs Director, Freightliner

Sir Andrew Haines

Chair, DFTO

Lord Peter Hendy

Rail Minister

Richard Hines

HM Chief Inspector of Railways

Geoff Hobbs

Director of Public Transport Service Planning, Transport for London

Alex Hornby

Commercial & Customer Director, Northern

Stuart Jones

Managing Director, First Rail Open Access

Elliot Judge

Project Manager, Network Rail

Stuart McNaughton

Head of Strategic Transport & Climate Change, Northumberland County Council

Nia Mellor

Detective Chief Inspector, Public Protection & Vulnerability, British Transport Police

Henri Murison

Chief Executive, Northern Powerhouse Partnership

Steve Naybour

Head of Programme Management & Controls Wales & Western, Network Rail

Kathryn Oldale

Head of Strategy, Policy and Communications, DB Cargo (UK)

Emma Partlow

Chief Executive Officer, National Centre for Accessible Transport

Dave Penney

Chief Executive, Heavy Haul Ltd

Jason Prince

Director, Urban Transport Group

Lucy Prior

Business Development Lead - Rail, Octavius

Dickon Ross

Editor, RAIL

Colin Rowcliffe

Operations Director Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility UK&I

Maggie Simpson

Director General, Rail Freight Group

Nicola Small

VLR Programme Director, Coventry City Council

David Stubbings

Content Editor, RAIL

Dan Tipper

Chief Infrastructure Officer, Transport for Wales

Rich Wilcock

Industry Editor, RAIL

Gareth Williams

General Secretary, Eurostar