London Infrastructure Summit 2020 is going digital
Immerse yourself in our virtual event experience and join London’s infrastructure leaders across our two-day conference focussed on London’s Post Covid-19 recovery and beyond.
Join the debate on the most pressing issues in the sector today at London’s biggest gathering of infrastructure experts. We’ll be talking investment, resilience, data and more.
Why attend?
Get the inside track on how London is gearing up for Covid-19 recovery;
What does the future hold for Transport for London?
How can we build a more resilient city?
Hear from London’s Chief Digital Officer, Theo Blackwell on the role of data in this recovery
Understand how the UK will close the infrastructure gap and how it will pay for it. Get ahead on the route to Net Zero Carbon, plus hear the latest on the full fibre and 5G rollout
Hear first-hand from a Treasury Minister on London’s role in transport recovery*
Make new connections with senior public and private sector leaders and catchup with familiar names and faces on key industry topics and emerging conference themes, through our digital networking rooms
Arrange 1:1 meetings throughout the day. Confirmed delegates will be able to complete their profile in advance to get meetings in the diary
Visit sponsor and exhibitors at interactive virtual booths, chat with them via video to learn more about their business and views on the industry. Plus, save reports and insights to read up on after the event
*invited speaker
Tickets are free, but spaces are limited per organisation. Don’t miss your chance to be part of this unique and very timely discussion.
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Andy Byford is a transport professional whose thirty year career has spanned three continents.
Andy joined London Underground in 1989 as a uniformed Station Foreman before working his way up to General Manager of the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria Lines. After a spell as Operations and Safety Director of two mainline train operating companies, Andy’s career took him to Sydney as Chief Operating Officer of Australia’s largest railway network then on to Canada where he headed up the Toronto Transit Commission. Most recently, Andy served as President of New York City Transit, the busiest and largest transit system in North America.
Andy returned to Transport for London in June 2020 as Commissioner. He grew up in Plymouth and is a graduate of the University of Leicester.
John Dickie
Director of Strategy and Policy, London First
Jasmine Whitbread
Chief Executive, London First
"The infrastructure industry loves this event. Because it creates a brilliant opportunity to come together and to share ideas"
Peter Hogg, London City Executive and UK Cities Director, Partner at Arcadis
"Convenings like this that bring together the public sector, the private sector and the various stakeholders in the future of cities are really important "
Miguel Gamiño, Executive Vice President for Global Cities at Mastercard
Programme highlights
In Conversation: TfL in a post Covid-19 era – What does the future hold?
Why has collaboration between the public and private sector to deliver new homes become so contentious? And how can a new era of joint ventures be established?
The Road to Full Fibre and 5G
Full fibre and 5G rollout is needed to future proof our digital infrastructure, but London lags behind: what can the private and public sector do to speed up deployment of these technologies?
How are global cities recovering and reinventing post Covid-19?
Covid-19 has challenged fundamental assumptions about the world’s largest cities. How are global cities starting to recover and reimagine urban life?
In Conversation: TfL in a post Covid-19 era – What does the future hold?
In Conversation with TfL Commissioner
How is Transport for London continuing to cope with the impacts of Covid-19? Where are the opportunities as we emerge from the crisis? And with pre-Covid questions about TfL’s funding, what decisions now need to be taken to ensure TfL is sustainable in the long-term?
Interview Pairs: How will London’s transport change post Covid-19?
Covid-19 has necessitated a rethink of how we travel around the city. In three short interviews we will examine which of these trends will stick and how we will all need to respond:
1. Major Projects
2. Roads
3. Active Travel
11:30am – 11:50am
Networking & exhibition tour
Parallel sessions – How do we build a more resilient city?
11:50am – 12:35pm
11:50am – 12:35pm
Net Zero by 2050
Delivering a bold agenda in difficult times; how do we avoid being diverted from the long-term challenge?
11:50am – 12:35pm
The Road to Full Fibre and 5G
Full fibre and 5G rollout is needed to future proof our digital infrastructure, but London lags behind: what can the private and public sector do to speed up deployment of these technologies?
11:50am – 12:35pm
Data as vital infrastructure
Lessons from the COVID-19 response with London’s Chief Digital Officer, Theo Blackwell.
What is the post-Covid contract between the capital and the country?
Panel Discussion and Q&A on London’s national role:
With the levelling up agenda thrown into sharp relief by the fiscal challenges of recovering from Covid-19, what is the new contract between capital and country?
Parallel Sessions - Closing the infrastructure gap: How does the UK pay for it?
10:55am – 11:40am
10:55am – 11:40am
Transport and Funding Reform
Where could new sources of funding for London’s transport pipeline come from in the levelling up era? Could new transport funding models be rolled out across the UK?
10:55am – 11:40am
The Role of Private Capital
Should private investment in the UK’s infrastructure be increased whilst public sector balance sheets are constrained post Covid-19? And, if so, what are the new models that are politically viable for facilitating this?
11:40am – 12:00pm
Networking & exhibition tour
12:00pm – 12:45pm
What is the future for London’s connections to the global economy?
Panel Discussion and Q&A:
In a world of global pandemics, how can London remain connected to the global economy as we recover from Covid-19? What are the prospects for, and implications of, future growth?
12:45pm – 1:15pm
In Conversation: What is London's role in the post-Covid recovery?
In Conversation with a Treasury Minister
The whole economy has been heavily impacted by Covid-19. The challenges of the recovery will be unprecedented and felt across government, but they will also have to intersect with other, pre-existing priorities including the levelling-up agenda, delivering Brexit, and funding and financing the future of the UK’s infrastructure. What is London’s role in this complex equation?
1:15pm – 1:20pm
Summary remarks and close
John Dickie, Director of Strategy and Policy, London First
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