The Transport Skills Initiative has identified the need for both more human resources and improvements in the way transport projects are delivered, if the policy agenda and portfolio of schemes now in the pipeline are to be successfully delivered.

This conference will look at the urgent need to make better use of existing resources as well as defining and addressing the current problem areas. Delegates will hear about the barriers to delivery, what can be done to overcome them and practical case studies from speakers about the reality of improving delivery and how developing planning, management and implementation frameworks can help deliver improved performance.

Speakers include: Alison Munro, Local Transport Planning Division, Department for Transport; Mick Roberts, Director, MVA; Prof John Polak, Centre for Transport Studies, Imperial College; Tony Meadows, Director, Tony Meadows Associates; Joe Weiss, Chairman, London Technical Advisers Group & Strategic Transportation Director, Corporation of London; Neil Chadwick, Associate, Steer Davies Gleave; Jonathan Foster-Clark, Atkins Transport Planning & Stuart Fox, Camergue PR; Geoff Hobbs, Head of Policy and Strategy, TfL; Dave Newton, Head of Planning, Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive; Peter Wiltshire, Unit of Transport & Society, University of West of England; Patrick Bateson, Head of Project Formulation, Strategic Rail Authority; Keith Holden, Director for Transport, Value for Money Studies, National Audit Offices; Chairman: Richard Walker, Chairman, Transport Planning Society.