Rail Forum Midlands (RFM) members have always benefitted from FREE access to the RFM Annual Conference and this year the normal two place allocation has been increased to allow for more colleagues to join the event. Whilst this year will be different, with a move to an online platform, there will be a packed schedule of presentations and discussions spread over Thursday and Friday 15th and 16th October with ‘something for everyone’.
Elaine Clark, CEO Rail Forum Midlands said, ”Looking forward one thing is for sure our railway is changing; we all need to get to grips with what that future will look like and where the opportunities will be. Our conference theme Planning for the Journey Ahead will set us all firmly on that track. Normally we allow two free places per company but this year we are lifting that restriction so more colleagues can join us online”.
A single registration for the event will provide access to all the content across both days including:
- the conference
- lots of networking and one to one meeting opportunities (across several days before, during and after the event) and
- access to the sponsor exhibitor booths.
And if you can’t make certain sessions over the two days these will be available to watch at a later date.
“We pride ourselves on the fact that the vast majority of our member events are free for them to attend and we know how much members value the networking this enables; we will be encouraging delegates to make maximum use of the online opportunities that our platform provides. Attendees will have access for several days beforehand to make appointments and chat to colleagues” said Elaine.
The programme is broken into three distinct sections and some of the speakers are highlighted below:
[one_third padding=”0 20px 0 0″]The Landscape for the Journey Ahead15 October Morning
· Jim McMahon MP, Shadow Secretary of State
· Gary Walsh, Network Rail
· Will Rogers, East Midlands Railway
· Richard Evans, RDG[/one_third][one_third padding=”0 20px 0 0″]Decarbonising the Journey Ahead
15 October Afternoon
· Nadhim Zahawi MP, Department for BEIS, Rail Supply Chain Minister
· Leon Daniels, Net Zero Steering Group
· Steven Hart, Network Rail
· Maggie Simpson, RFG[/one_third][one_third_last padding=”0 0px 0 0″]Delivering the Journey Ahead
16 October Morning
· Rob Cairns and Eoin O’Neill, Network Rail
· Matt Byrne, Bombardier Transportation
· Mark Gaynor, RDG
· Martin Pemberton, TDI and
· A very special guest![/one_third_last]
Full details for the conference can be found here along with registration details.
All members are entitled to complimentary places. Non RFM Members are welcome to attend the conference for a small fee. Tickets are priced at £150 plus VAT.
Contact elaineclark@midlandsrail.co.uk for further details about RFM or the conference.
