AGENDA

Exhibitor registration – Day 1

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Delegate registration – Day 1

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Event opening and welcome plus scoring explanation

Martin Duffy Chief Executive at LCRIG

Meet the Innovators – update from last year’s pairings

Alec Peachey Content Director at LCRIG, Ian Large Chair of LCRIG Infrastructure Innovation Board at LCRIG, Barry Marron Managing Director at Rennicks, Dwayne Lowe Assistant Director - Highways and Engineering at Bolton Council, Ian Wharton Head of Sales at QROS , John Williams Highways Asset Manager at Wigan Council, Gary Cook Director at Asphalt-IQ, Darren Sephton Highway Asset Manager at Knowsley Council

Emerging technology and maintenance solutions – panel discussion

Alec Peachey Content Director at LCRIG, Matthew Eglinton Head of Local Highways Maintenance, Innovation, and Resilience, Local Infrastructure at Department for Transport, Darren Capes Intelligent Transport Systems Policy Lead at Department for Transport and Manager of the Transport Technology Forum (TTF), Joseph Davidson Project Officer – Land and Maritime Transport at Innovate UK

Highlighting innovation in Lincolnshire

Jonathan Evans Head of Highways Client and Contractual Management Services at Lincolnshire County Council

Update on Innovation Procurement System

Martin Duffy Chief Executive at LCRIG, Jason Sprague Consultant at Sprague & Co

Scoring reminder and process for the day

Martin Duffy Chief Executive at LCRIG

Exhibition, innovation scoring and live demonstrations

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Networking & Evening Drinks Commence

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Live Music: The Front Runners

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Live Music: Jack Gillbanks from Knowsley Council

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Live Music: The Front Runners

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Evening Networking Closes

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Delegate registration – Day 2

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Skills factor – developing new skills and innovation in highways

Jake Rankin Design Engineer at Dorset Council, Harry Jezzard Civil Engineering Technician Apprentice at West Sussex County Council, Kerry Winstanley Finance and Operations Director at LCRIG , Charlie Dunkerley Apprentice Engineer at East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Allan Milne Vice Principal: Apprenticeships and Employer Engagement at Salford City College Group, Jack Belcher at Amey Staffordshire

Roads condition update

Laura Murphy Head of Road Network Statistics at Department for Transport

The Department for Transport provide an update on the progress and timeline of the data standard project. The data standard project looks to open up the market and encourage innovation in technologies that survey our highways.

Exhibition, innovation scoring and live demonstrations

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground

Closing remarks

Innovation Festival at Newark Showground