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About MCAV:
The Midlands Connected Autonomous Vehicle (“MCAV”) cluster has been set up to support new and existing businesses enter the growing Connected Autonomous Vehicles (“CAV”) market. KPMG research indicates that the CAV market has the potential to add £51 billion per year to the UK economy by 2030, create 320,000 new jobs and prevent 25,000 accidents saving 2500 lives
per year. MCAV has been set up at iCentrum, part of Innovation Birmingham, the UK’s third oldest science park and a base for the region’s growing Tech community.
MCAV will create a technology corridor between Cambridge and Birmingham to develop a platform for members to stimulate collaborative innovation through “We live in exciting times, where the lines high-pro le networking events and Special Interest between science ction and science fact have Groups (“SIGs”). This will help members facilitate new become blurred, we are keen to build on the networks, build consortia for tenders and recruit investment Midland businesses have received from Innovate UK to help continue on developing highly skilled individuals. our regional economy and investments in people and skills.” For more information please see: www.mcav.org.uk and join us at our inaugural Transport of the Future event. Monique Seth, Conigital, CEO & Lead Partner on MCAV
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THE VISION AND FUTURE OF TRANSPORT 13.30 Registration & Refreshments 13.55 Cli Dennett – iCentrum Centre of Midlands Tech Community 14.00 Mike Waters – Head of Policy and Strategy at TfWM 14.10 Heidi Radcli e – Director, Transport Systems Catapult 14.20 Grant Klein – Transport Partner, PWC 14:30 Charlotte Walker-Osborn – Head of TMT Eversheds Sutherland 14:40 Nick Comley – Head Of Social Finance, Beacon Centre for the Blind 14:50 Parmjit Chima -Head Of Engineering, Harper Adams 15:00 Mark Toor – Ambassador, TESLA 15.10 Addressing Vision and Current Challenges & Panel Questions 15.30 Co ee Break & Networking
LIVING LABS & LIVE PROJECTS: WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW? 16:00 Heathrow Airport – Introducing the Pod 16:10 Julian Turner, CEO, West eld Sports Cars – Project Insight – Birmingham CAV Project www.insight-cav.com 16:20 Monique Seth, CEO, Conigital / Prof Pete Thomas, Impart Lead & Professor of Road and Vehicle Safety at Loughborough University Project Synergy www.synergy-cav.com & Project CAPRI 16:30 Professor Paul Jennings – University of Warwick, WMG (Warwick Manufacturing Group)
HOW TO GET INVOLVED & AVAILABLE SUPPORT 16:40 Coventry University Enterprises: Tessa Lukehurst, Project Innotrans & Alexeis Garcia-Perez – Project NEWBITS 16:50 Cambridge Wireless – Abhi Naha, Chief Commercial O cer, Developing a Tech Corridor between Birmingham and Cambridge. “Thinkers & Doers” 17.00 MCAV – Opportunity to Shape the Future of Transport in the Midlands 17:10 Panel Discussion & Closing Remarks 17:30 –Late MCAV Launch, Speeches, Reception & Live Driverless Demonstrations
EVENT SPEAKERS
Beverley Nielsen, Compere Beverley, having recently stood as Lib Dem Mayoral candidate in the West Midlands and as a long time Midlands’ champion, is passionate about transport and connectivity as well as bringing people, businesses and products together to create opportunity for all through building better futures. With a decade of experience in policy, campaigning and lobbying as Director, CBI West Midlands and CEO, Heart of England Tourist Board, a decade as Director of the iconic FTSE-250 business, AGA Rangemaster plc, and MD, Fired Earth, and a further decade working in Higher Education as Fellow at WMG, University of Warwick and Director at Birmingham City University, she is well positioned to host a lively debate, gaining key insights into what the future holds for transport in the region.
David Hardman David Hardman is the Chief Executive O cer at Innovation Birmingham. Last 20 years in knowledge transfer, working at the interface between applied research and commercial application and exploitation. His expertise and interests are directed towards creating appropriate partnerships and infrastructures. Consequently he promotes the development of knowledge-based businesses across a range of sectors including ICT, Digital Media and Games, CleanTech, Biotech, MedTech.
Mike Waters Mike Waters is educated at Loughborough University with a degree in Transport Management and Planning and a professional career spanning ~17 years. Mike Waters is currently Head of Policy & Strategy at Transport for West Midlands. Previously Mike was Head of Transport Infrastructure at Coventry City Council, where he was responsible for establishing many of the city’s recent major infrastructure improvements. These improvements include a multi-million programme of collaborative Intelligent Mobility projects and public highway based connected and autonomous vehicle projects. At TfWM Mike is a Board member with departmental responsibility for the development of TfWM’s policy, strategic priorities, monitoring and research activities. Mike sits on various West Midlands Combined Authority workstream boards, including Innovation, Research and Data and Smart City. Mike is also embedded in Coventry University’s Centre for Mobility and Transport as a researcher focused on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. Arnaud Telinge Arnaud Telinge is a Senior Technologist at Transport Systems Catapult, a Functional Safety Specialist, and a Chartered Engineer from the IET Institute of Engineering and Technology. He started his career as a RAMS consultant for Bureau Veritas a global leader in Testing, Inspection and Certi cation (TIC) services. He has delivered a wide range of safety related projects across energy, oil & gas, automotive, defence and railway industries. He is now focused on the Automated Transport System and Self Driving Vehicles and is driven by the desire to accelerate the safe development and real world uptake of these revolutionary technologies.
Grant Klein, Partner, Transport Consulting Lead Grant Klein has worked in the transport sector for over 25 years in the UK, across Europe and in the US. He has focused on innovation in road and rail with a particular emphasis on improving the customer experience of transport services. He has worked with vehicle manufacturers, technology suppliers, transport service operators and government as consultant, adviser and project director. Since joining PwC in 2011, Grant has worked with public sector clients including Transport for London, Department for Transport, Highways England, DVLA and Transport for Greater Manchester. He leads PwC’s transport consulting practice, which is involved in many high pro le transport projects including planning new infrastructure and enhancing operational services. EVENT SPEAKERS
Charlotte Walker-Osborn Charlotte Walker-Osborn is a Partner within the Company Commercial Group of international law rm, Eversheds Sutherland. She heads up Eversheds Sutherland’s Tech, Media and Telecoms (TMT) Sector. Charlotte advises companies across the plethora of technology/telecoms law including outsourcing, systems/software development, licensing and maintenance, services agreements, mobile and e-commerce, cyber-law, consumer law, data privacy, open source and IP – both for customers and for suppliers. A large part of Charlotte’s role is helping clients draft their standard agreements, with their negotiations and advising on new technology models. She regularly helps clients with ensuring they get the right international advice for their business.
Nick Comley Head of Social Finance & Business Development at the Beacon Centre for the blind. Nick Comley is a SFEDI Gold Accredited social enterprise business support advisor and has previously worked at senior management level for Majestic Wine. Nick advises the Beacon Centre on prospective social investments and social enterprise business development. “I love working for such an innovative and progressive charity like Beacon and one that is totally committed to making a di erence for people at risk from, or living with, sight loss.”
Parmjit Chima A multi-disciplinary academic with a specialism in mechatronics & robotics, embedded systems & IoT technologies. With over 30 years’ experience as an academic and manager. Parmjit leads the Department of Engineering at Harper Adams University. Over the years, Parmjit has provided strategic leadership in the development of innovative teaching and learning programmes, business engagement activities, technology transfer and applied research in advanced engineering and manufacturing.
Mark Toor To accelerate the electri cation of all transportation. Collaborating during the critical transition period. Embedding gains in order to consolidate the signi cant progress towards industrialised modal shift. Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley. They wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline-powered cars. With instant torque, incredible power, and zero emissions, Tesla’s products would be cars without compromise. Each new generation would be increasingly a ordable, helping the company work towards its mission: to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy.
Robin Gissing Robin Gissing is a Innovation Technologist at Heathrow Airport, working in the ‘IT Futures Team’. This team looks at the near, mid and further away technologies that could and should be utilised at the airport going forwards. Robin’s role sees him performing various trials around the airport of new & emergent technology. A recent trial saw a week-long implementation of a Navya Arma driverless bus around the Heathrow HQ car park, sharing the road with the car park tra c. He also engages with academic institutions both locally and worldwide to work on and solve business challenges at the airport. EVENT SPEAKERS
Julian Turner Julian Turner is the CEO of West eld Sportscars. West eld has sold over 15,000 cars world-wide since 1983, and currently produce over 400 cars a year for driving enthusiasts the world over. Julian is a quali ed PRINCE2 project manager and chartered engineer. He was appointed Managing Director in 2006 with a strong vision: To be the rst choice sportscar provider and one of the world’s most admired niche vehicle manufacturers. In June 2009 West eld became the rst Niche Vehicle Manufacturer to be awarded European Small Series Production Status with the new land mark Sport Turbo. Utilising the VXR 1.6 GM Engine and new lightweight design chassis production of the vehicle started with immediate unprecedented orders from Europe. The launch of the IRacer at Geneva Motor Show 2010 saw West eld move into the Electric vehicle market utilising some advanced materials for components of the vehicle.
Monique Seth Conigital are transport infrastructure integrators developing Mobility-as-a-Service, IoT sensors and Arti cial Intelligence solutions for the next generation of zero emission driverless shuttles. Accessibility, independence and inclusivity for the visually impaired, less abled and the aged sit at the heart of all we do. Monique is the Managing Director of Seth Homes Ltd, care homes that provide care for the elderly with dementia. With over 10 years’ experience in the sector he has a wealth of knowledge in the complexities and challenges facing the current and upcoming elderly demographic in respect of delivery of care and its nancial funding. Recent projects include focusing on the use of technology to reduce the rate in fall accidents, to help promote mobility and independence and to enhance lives by connecting residents with social media.
Pete Thomas Pete is a leading gure in the development of road and vehicle safety policy resources and has led the establishment of the European Road Safety Observatory. He has advised the European Commission on its Road Safety Policy Orientations to 2020 and has co-ordinated several large research projects to gather and analyse accident and safety data which together had a value of around €20 m. Since 2013 Pete’s responsibilities have broadened to include the area of autonomous vehicles and intelligent mobility, of which new safety technologies form a part. The research eld includes human-machine interface evaluations, monitoring and outcomes assessment of ITS and systems integration of vehicle and infrastructure technologies. He is closely involved in the development and evaluation of automated driving systems and he is the academic lead of Loughborough University’s partnership with the Transport Systems Catapult.
Paul Jennings Paul Jennings is a physicist who has been with WMG for over 25 years working on research with industrial and academic partners. He has built groups in Intelligent Vehicles, Energy Storage and Management, and Experiential Engineering through signi cant research and capital funding. Paul currently leads a team of 6 academics, over 25 researchers and engineers, and over 40 doctoral students. He has published over 100 academic papers and has been Principal Investigator on over 30 research grants, from sources including EPSRC, Innovate UK and the EU. Paul and his team deliver research which has a tangible impact on industrial partners’ competitiveness. One of his early successes was in the area of automotive sound quality, in collaboration with Jaguar Cars (now JLR). The research resulted in a fundamental change in the way JLR benchmark their cars against competitors, and the way in which they engineer sound quality. EVENT SPEAKERS
Alexeis Garcia-Perez Alexeis Garcia-Perez is the Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Head of the Cyber Security Management, Privacy and Data-driven Innovation Research Cluster at the Centre for Business in Society, faculty of Business and Law. From an original background in Computer Science Alexeis progressed to study Management Information Systems. Having completed his PhD in Knowledge Management at Cran eld University, he focused on the wider challenges of data, information and knowledge management in organisations. Past research experience includes modelling experts’ knowledge for the analysis of data to inform decision making in organisations including Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, General Electric Energy, the Ministry of Defence, iQor and the Railway Safety and Standards Board (RSSB).
Tessa Lukehurst Business Delivery Manager at Coventry University Enterprises Ltd. Tessa is the coordinator of an Interreg Project researching best practice policy for transport innovation. She works with Regional governments in Italy, the Czech Republic, Romania and Greece and organises knowledge and technology transfer events in the UK and across Europe. . She has written strategic and business plans for a range of businesses, the most recent was for PERGAMON, an EU funded (H2020) project to create a unique e-health app for children with Type 1 diabetes. For the past three years she has run the UK Hub of TRADEIT, an EU funded project (FP7) to break down barriers to growth for traditional food producers.
Abhi Naha Abhi Naha is the Chief Commercial O cer at Cambridge Wireless. He enjoys taking complex sensing and wireless technologies from concept to multi billion unit markets. Commercialized touch sensing technology into smartphones, tablets and automotives. He developed ecosystem partners for wireless charging and secured multi million dollar contracts for remote sensing utility power management. He engaged in smart city programmes utilizing breakthrough innovation in the Internet of Things.
Abhi is passionate about technology that helps society: co developed words rst adaptive sensory smartphone for billion plus ageing population, co designed multi lingual education, employment and healthcare voice based platform for blind women in India.
Peter Shearman Peter works on innovation project development, including concept quali cation; consortium building with internal BUs, partners, clients, academia and SMEs; project planning; external funding bid writing; and internal evangelism of new concepts.
Cisco is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. At Cisco customers come rst and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships and working with them to identify their needs and provide solutions that support their success. FLOOR PLAN
1 Conital 8 Beacon Centre 2 MCAV 9 Everhseds Sutherland 3 Climate KIC 10 Transport Systems Catapult 4 PwC 11 Innovation Birmingham 5 TfWM 12 West eld Sports Car 6 Harper Adams 13 Cambridge Wireless 7 TESLA
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Conigital Conigital Group is a pioneering City Infrastructure technology rm that provides strategic counsel to governments, corporates and private clients. We build consortium’s of senior decision makers who share the same passion, in uence and vision to improve companies and society through innovate technology, investment and leadership. Conigital tackles complex problems that require an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach. We support clients across four pillars: Global Infrastructure Partnerships, Resource Teams, Smart Tech and Platform Integrators with an International Strategic Council around Horizon 2020 projects and strategic communications.
West eld West eld London is the ultimate place to shop in London and is home to more than 300 shops, with brands ranging from high street to designer, all under one roof in an architecturally exquisite space. West eld London also features The Village, one of London’s premier designer shopping destinations, housing more than 40 luxury brands. Here, you’ll have an opportunity to shop the most stylish and glamorous goods money can buy from designer brands such as Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Ti any & Co. and more. West eld London is more than just a shopping destination, you’ll also nd over 60 places to eat and drink, providing a global choice of cuisine. From light lunches at exciting eateries to relaxing evenings at top restaurants, a world of delectable tastes awaits you to indulge your appetite.
Transport for West Midlands The West Midlands has come a long way since the seven regional metropolitan local authorities launched their Statement of Intent in July 2015. In just fteen months we have created our West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) and agreed our rst devolution deal with government, in order to support our collective ambitions for economic growth and prosperity for the people of the region. The West Midlands Combined Authority has a number of priorities including public sector reform, housing, productivity and skills, but transport remains a cornerstone to the organisation. The West Midlands ITA and Centro/PTE were dissolved on Friday 17 June 2016 and the transport arm of the combined authority is now led by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM).
Eversheds Sutherland Eversheds Sutherland represents the combination of two rms with a shared culture and commitment to client service excellence. We are each known for our commercial awareness and industry knowledge and for providing innovative and tailored solutions for every client PwC At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. It is this focus which informs the services we provide and the decisions we make. Demonstrating genuine leadership is more important to us than size or short term revenue growth. To achieve our aim to be recognised as the ‘the leading professional services rm’ we must be innovative, responsible and attract outstanding people.
Tesla
Tesla was founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley who wanted to prove that electric cars could be better than gasoline-powered cars. With instant torque, incredible power, and zero emissions, Tesla’s products would be cars without compromise. Each new generation would be increasingly a ordable, helping the company work towards its mission: to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy. SPONSORS/EXHIBITORS
Harper Adams University As the population grows, so do our demands on the planet. Managing this resource has never been so important. Since it was founded in 1901, Harper has been designed to meet this challenge. Set on a 550 hectare farm, we are the leading specialist university tackling the future development of our planet's food production, processing, animal sciences, engineering, land management and sustainable business.
Climate KIC We are Europe’s largest public-private innovation partnership focused on climate change, consisting of dynamic companies, the best academic institutions and the public sector. Climate-KIC is one of three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) created in 2010 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The EIT is an EU body whose mission is to create sustainable growth. We support this mission by addressing climate change mitigation and adaptation. We integrate education, entrepreneurship and innovation resulting in connected, creative transformation of knowledge and ideas into economically viable products or services that help to mitigate climate change.
Beacon Centre The charity rst began life in 1875 as the Wolverhampton Society for the Blind. Its purpose was to visit blind people in the area and give them an opportunity to learn to read by deciphering embossed type. While the support we o er to our service users has changed vastly since then one thing has remained the same, we are dedicated to helping people with sight loss live a fuller, more independent life In 1882 the charity acquired a house in Alexandra Street where ve blind men could work and in 1899 it is became one of the rst charities in the UK to open its own shop. The retail unit, on Victoria Street in Wolverhampton, sold baskets, chair seating and mats which had been made by the men and women based in a workshop on the same site.
Innovation Birmingham Innovation Birmingham Campus is the leading location for Birmingham’s digital and tech community; providing o ce suites, meeting and conference facilities and co-working opportunities for innovators, entrepreneurs and investors looking to develop or fund innovative digital start-ups with high growth potential. With a range of campus facilities including the Entrepreneurs for the Future (e4f), Cleantech for Acceleration (CT4A) and Serendip Smart City incubators, co-working amenities and a range of exible o ce units from 115 sq ft – 10,000 sq ft; start-ups and scale-ups quickly feel at home as part of this dynamic business community.
Cambridge Wireless CW (Cambridge Wireless Ltd) brings together nearly 400 hi-tech companies across the globe that develop products and applications based on a myriad of technologies including wireless, mobile, networks, internet semiconductor and advanced software. CW connects those companies and stimulates collaborative innovation through a range of thought-provoking high-pro le networking events. Our Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide members with a forum where they can learn about the latest technological and market developments, debate the hot topics, promote their organisations, network with renowned experts as well as recruit highly skilled individuals. Each SIG is headed up by a proactive and dynamic group of ‘SIG Champions’ who drive forward specialised events focused on key technology or business topics.
A life in the day of a POD commuter
8:00 am
The alarm wakes me, and I get out of bed. My smartphone reminds me that today Since 2017, our transport costs and, therefore, the price we sell alarms to the NHS, is Friday, 27th June 2025: 8 years to the day since transport was revolutionised at has reduced signi cantly – helping us to serve the public sector. We receive a the prestigious and historic MCAV event, aptly titled ‘the future of transport.’ monthly invoice which is rarely more than £20 per month, despite us delivering I am then reminded to meet Rich, Rose and Emma later on for the annual daily. As we book deliveries, our tab increases – this can be viewed via the MCAV celebrations. After a quick shower and some breakfast, I call a POD which POD App, so that we can see what we are spending whenever we want. arrives to pick me up within 10 minutes. However, we rarely need to check this: as there are no fuel costs (POD’s automatically charge when they are not working), driver costs, or taxation costs, PODs operate very cheaply and are due to become even 9:00 am cheaper as the technology improves.
Climbing aboard the POD, I switch on my tablet to begin work for the day. Within our POD of 8 passengers, I decide to occupy a free seat next to my Not only are transport costs minimal, but collection times can be completely friend Catherine who is sat in a wheelchair. Catherine leaves for work at a trusted. When a POD says it will arrive at 3pm, it will arrive then! I can even similar time to me, and we enjoy catching up most mornings. She is a chef at one track its progress on the MCAV POD App if I am concerned (this rarely happens!) of the biggest restaurants in town, but travels in from the suburbs due to the Before the driverless revolution, it seems to me that transport was taken for extortionate city prices of houses in the city centre. Word has it that house prices granted a little too much. Now that it operates so e ciently, it is respected a are due to rise in the suburbs soon; as there are no longer any travel restrictions lot more and people seem generally happier in themselves. They are not stressed for people commuting into the city, life in the suburbs is less problematic. when travelling to work, nor do they panic about collections during o ce hours. Travel in general has become much easier since the driverless revolution of 2017, and I enjoy sitting back and observing the outside world (when I am not working), sat aboard the POD’s that now transport people around Britain. The ‘Plug and Play’ Conigital sensors tell us that the air is free of carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxide – a statement backed up by the glorious sunshine beaming down on the POD like a 10:30 am spotlight in a theatre. Today, as with every day, POD’s play the lead role in almost everyone’s life. Today we are due to meet with one of the biggest NHS Trusts in the Midlands. Accompanying me is the CEO, who greets me before we head out to our special business POD, booked earlier on through the MCAV POD App. No doubt he will 9:15 am want to run through our presentation prior to the meeting, so I have saved the latest version on my USB stick. As we enter the business POD (specially reserved As we approach the city centre, we have not slowed down once. We regularly drive for our business alone), I plug in the stick and my presentation appears on the within 6-foot of the next POD, even at speeds of 50 miles per hour, which took some screen. Talking him through the speech, he changes at least 5 of the slides getting used to! It amazes me that we used to waste time and energy being stuck in tra c getting angry and stressed. Today – even when waiting at tra c signals – before we arrive, but he is generally happy about the content. we can work or relax within a community of commuters who enjoy talking to one I re ect on what would have happened if the slides had been his way to begin another and we have a lot in common. It’s crazy to think that just a few years ago, with; I am convinced he would still have changed them!! Having the technology we’d have been driving in separate vehicles. We were missing out on so much! to edit them in the POD makes things so much easier!
9:30 am However, as we approach the NHS trust’s head o ce, the POD unexpectedly slows down. “what is happening?” calls Eric (our CEO) but as there is no driver, I arrive in the o ce, completely up to date with what’s going on in the business, and nobody can hear him but me! The POD then swiftly moves to the left and we are knowing exactly what I need to do during the day. One of the giant POD’s has been despatched to the side of the POD like we have been shoved! The mandatory requested and is due to arrive at 3pm with some of the stock we need to make some seatbelts have, no doubt saved our lives, but what is happening? I have never new alarms for the hospitals we serve. We design and manufacture nurse call alarms experienced anything like this in a POD before! Looking out of the window, other for hospitals and nursing homes, and transport is very important to us as we send PODS are repeating the same action. Will we be late for our meeting? Will we products regularly. ever get out of our POD??? 10:40 am 12:30 pm
My mind is oppressed by my senses as my heart threatens to burst Travelling back to the o ce, Eric was the happiest I’d ever seen him. Having from my chest. I cough twice and take a long breath in a desperate been awarded a new 5-year contract with the NHS, Eric praised my presentation attempt to supress the fear. Why is the POD behaving like this? I look for sealing the deal – though he naturally needed to take some of the credit: outside to divert my attention. The sight I see is extraordinary. “Of course, the amendments we made on the way made it succeed.”
Row upon row of PODs lined up systematically, like large rowing boats. “Yes Eric, of course” (sometimes Eric needs to be humoured!) “But if we were Oxford on one side, Cambridge on the other. Each POD equidistant from still travelling in manual cars, we could never have altered the presentation. the next; how can this perfect moment of synergy be an error? I think we should be thanking the driverless car industry too?” If I wasn’t going And as the image sinks in, clarity is restored within me. Our situation to get full credit, I wanted to help him realise how far our technology has come matches a speech made at the MCAV event, 8 years ago to the day. in the last few years… As if reading my thoughts, the quotation is announced over the POD’s tannoy: “Well maybe that is so. Let’s go for lunch to celebrate our new deal. “In the event of an emergency, the PODs will be swept aside. Emergency ” He’s not all bad… PODs will be granted the freedom of the road to arrive at the scene, and deal with the situation. Once the area is clear, PODs will move back on to the road and normal service will be resumed.” 5:30 pm
10:45 am Leaving work, I climb aboard a POD and am driven to my local gym. The day’s success has energised me: I complete my work-out quickly and The ambulance passes us on its return route, and we are back on the roads enjoyably. After booking a POD to collect and take me to the city centre, travelling to our meeting. Millions of lives have been saved by our emergency I shower and change. PODs; the system is incredibly e cient. Money saved on court costs (dealing with tra c o enders), NHS costs (from roadside accidents), and police 7:00 pm costs (from pre-revolution speeding drivers) has given our government the nancial freedom to prioritise resources by speeding up the emergency Leaving the gym, I am blessed by an early summer’s evening. A combination services and invest in the technology needed to make our PODs even more e cient. of the sun shining and the gentle breeze dries my body more, as I relax in my Eric’s mind is elsewhere. “Contact the NHS and tell them we will be late” he demands. glorious surroundings. POD’s everywhere are driving commuters to and from As I phone them, our hosts are already aware of our travel situation. A message has the gym, but there is not a hint of a car fume in the air. Our society and our been sent via the MCAV POD App, informing them of the incident, and advising planet appear happy and peaceful, living together in harmony. them that our POD is speeding up to try to hit our requested arrival time.
The incredible technology we now use enables us to give the POD a requested arrival time when it is booked. Giving the reason as ‘business meeting,’ the POD 11:00 pm communicates with the others, to try and get us to our destination by the time we have requested. As all PODs are connected, they make it easy for each other to A glorious day turned into a glorious evening in the company of my girlfriend overtake. During the journey, our hosts can track our progress via the app. Rose, Emma (Rose’s sister) and Emma’s husband, Rich. A delicious three-course meal was perfectly complemented by a bottle of the restaurant’s most “No need Eric” I explain. “They are using the app and have been made aware of our expensive champagne (ordered by Eric’s wife, from a remote location). situation.” Eric has never really got to grips with the POD technology; it took him over Toasting my new promotion (Eric is full of surprises!) we drank freely, comforted a year to even enter one! As a traditionalist, the driverless revolution shook his outlook by the knowledge that no-one needs to drive home. As tomorrow is Saturday, on life and he immediately distrusted the concept of being driven by a computer- we let ourselves go – immersing ourselves in the culture of our unique society. controlled vehicle. Delegating power to a human (let alone a computer!) has always been problematic for Eric! That said, his entrepreneurial are and commercial-minded And as a POD drove past the window, I re ected on how powerful the driverless thinking has driven our company forwards in the Nurse Call market. Describing revolution had been. autonomous vehicles to him in business terms eventually sunk in:
“Our packages will be collected on time every day, meaning happier customers. Transport costs – both outgoing and incoming – will be reduced by over £5000 per year, and deliveries will arrive quicker. All of our sta will walk in, prepped for the day: aided by technology installed in the PODs they travel to work in…” and so on, and so on, until a 5-minute explanation became 15! It was only last year, when driverless vehicles completely replaced manual cars, that he nally relented. What option did he have?
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The Midlands connected Autonomous Vehicle Annual Founder thought leaders from a varietiy of leading organisations. Dinner Is a prestigious event bringing together all the movers and The MCAV event is the premier event for the Connected shakers from the CAV industy, attended by senior executives and autonomous industry and not to be missed.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
CONFERENCE, 28th September 2017
FOUNDERS ANNUAL DINNER, 30th November 2017
CAV FUNDING LANDSCAPE, 15th October 2017
VI CONFERENCE, 30th October 2017 DELEGATE LIST
Joshua Dale Innovation Manager 383 Project Delegate Richard Harding Assistant Programme Manager AHSN Delegate David Trousdale Smart Data & Technology Consultant Amey Delegate Jim Campbell Launch Director APC Delegate Surinder Toor Managing Director, Arjun Infrastructure Partners Delegate Tim Armitage Associate Director Arup Delegate Mark Jones Director Arup Delegate Jianhua He Lecturer Aston University Delegate Xiaohong Peng Senior Lecturer Aston University Delegate Angela Je ery Strategic Business Partner Aston University Delegate Jianhua He Lecturer Aston University Delegate Colin Leigh eld Director B.E.Wedge Holdings Ltd Delegate Arwyn Jones CEO Beacon Centre Delegate Nick Comley Head of Social Finance and Business Development Beacon Centre for the Blind Delegate Hakan Agca Associate Director Benoy Delegate Guillaume ARTH UK business development BestMile Delegate David Winstanley CEO Birmingham Airport Delegate Robert Eaton Planning and Development Manager Birmingham Airport Delegate Shilpa Joy Design & Development Engineer Birmingham City University Delegate Gareth Neighbour Head of School Birmingham City University Delegate Robert Sharl Associate Director for Innovation in Art & Design Birmingham City University Delegate cain evans Senior Lecturer Computer Science Birmingham City University Delegate Shilpa Joy Design & Development Engineer Birmingham City University Delegate Michael Ward Professor of MEMS Technology Birmingham City University Delegate Joshua Adegoke Transport Researcher Birmingham City University Delegate Anastasios Stamatis Graduate Engineer BWB Consulting Delegate James Bonner Director CAA Communictions Delegate Keith Budden Head of Business Development Cenex Delegate Robert Anderson Programme & Communications Manager Cenex Delegate James Lovesey Policy Adviser: Data and Innovation Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Delegate Eleanor Chappell Policy Advisor Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Delegate Chris Lane Head of Smart Travel Centro Delegate Peter Shearman Concept Development Leader CISCO Delegate Ric Bravery Sustainability O cer City of Wolverhampton Council Delegate Oliver Thomas Graduate Management Trainee City of Wolverhampton Council Delegate Ian Willets Innovation Project Manager Climate - KIC Delegate Don Dhaliwal Head of Projects Conigital Delegate Monique Seth CEO Conigital Speaker Prem Moti Cheif Technology O cer Conigital Delegate Judith Irvine Associate Director Conigital Delegate Vasiliki Kostopoulou Project Co-ordinator Conigital Group Delegate Page | 13 DELEGATE LIST
Navsher Dhillon Event Coordinator Conigital Group Delegate So e Christensen Web Developer Conigital Group Delegate John Kirby SPCo\R Consultancy Delegate Carl Howarth CEO Control F1 Ltd Delegate Dale Reed Product Development Director Control F1 Ltd Delegate Mark Johnson Chairman Control F1 Ltd Delegate Alexeis Garcia-Perez Reader in Cyber Security Management Coventry University Delegate Kevin Vincent Operations Manager, Coventry University Delegate Tessa Lukehurst Business Delivery Manager Coventry University Enterprises Ltd Delegate Abhi Naha Chief Commercial O cer CW (Cambridge Wireless) Delegate Nick Tudor Business Director D-Risq Delegate David Horsfall Planning and Development Surveyor DACH Planning Delegate Iwan Lloyd-Smith Head of Technology Development Deetu Delegate Chunpin Li Strategy analyst Dipsta Delegate Janet wang Founder dipsta.com Delegate Kieran Caul eld Director E cient Planet Solutions Ltd Delegate Benjamin McClure Venture Finance EIT Digital Delegate Fergie Miller Business Development Manager EIT Digital Delegate Nicolas-Gaspard Braham Trade Commissioner Embassy of Belgium - Wallonia Trade O ce Delegate Linda Forbes Commercial & Innovation Projects Manager Encraft Ltd Delegate Debbie Assinder West Midlands Enterprise Champion Enterprise Nation Delegate Beth Garner Future Mobility Consultant ESP Group Delegate Charlotte Walker-Osborn Partner, Head of Technology Media/Telecoms Sector Eversheds Speaker Tasleem Akhter nance advisor First Accoutns Delegate Christopher Allen Product Planner ford Delegate Jagvir Purewal IP attorney Forresters Delegate David Black Strategic development director Galliford Try Delegate Arun Luther Director Genesis Innovations Ltd Delegate Mike Woollacott MD Greenwatt Technology Delegate Andy McDarmaid Project Manager Greenwatt Technology Delegate Ian Harrison Director Growhouse Growth Business Ltd Delegate Parmjit Chima Head of Engineering Harper Adams University Speaker Sandy Robertson Trustee Hay Mills Foundation Trust Delegate Dermot McLaughlin Director HBRE Delegate Ragi Shigh Head of Automotive Manufacturing Head of India Group Delegate Robin Gissing Innovation Technologist Heathrow Airport Delegate jim Whitty Head of Innovation Energy Storage Heptron Manufacturing Ltd Delegate Paul Doyle ACCESS R&D Manager Hereward College Delegate Catherine Humphrey Marketing Manager Hereward College Delegate Jason Lessard Partner HGF Ltd Delegate Page | 14 DELEGATE LIST
Peter Lovatt Director Hosted Developments Delegate Sunrise Lovatt Director Hosted Developments Delegate liz harber Operations Manager Hypermotive Delegate Molly McKenzie Regional Director ICE Delegate Viplavi Mahendra CEO India Business Hub Delegate David Hardman Chief Executive O cer Innovation Birmingham Delegate Cli Dennett Head Of Business Development Innovation Birmingham Ltd Speaker Leszek Stojak Managing Director Institute of Research and Development Delegate Gavin Stewart Senior Transport Consultant Integrated Transport Planning Delegate James Seery Transport Consultant Integrated Transport Planning Delegate Chris Perry Director Intelligent Mobility Solutions Ltd Delegate Calum Nisbet Director IoD Delegate Andrew Pearce Director of Technology Uk EU & ME Jacobs Delegate Connor Timms Engineer, ITS Jacobs Delegate Satwinder Toor Business Assurance Jaguar Land Rover Delegate David Powers Associate Director Jonathan Lee Delegate Sharon Kindleysides Director KAM Futures Ltd Delegate Andrew Tarr Business Development Manager KPMG Delegate Nicoll Graham Enterprise Advisory KPMG Delegate Richard Jenkins Area Director, SME & Commercial Banking Lloyds Bank Delegate Konrad Yearwood Project Manager London Underground & Honorary Lecturer UCL Delegate John Frodsham Director - The iNet Loughborough University Delegate Louis Burns Partner Mazars LLP Delegate Tim Hazell Investment Director Mercia Technologies plc Delegate James Hodson Director of Motorway Operations Midland Expressway limited Delegate Kenneth Cowan Business Development Mott MacDonald Delegate Ken Cowen Business Development Manager Mott Mcdonald Delegate Ian Haines Operations Manager Munroe K (White Rose O ce Park) Delegate Ramona Mihailescu Assistant Project Engineer Network Rail Delegate John McNicol Director Nova Modus Delegate Mark Martin Director/ Owner One Creative Environments Ltd Delegate Ian Hamilton Director Parry People Movers Ltd Delegate Andrea Czapova Marketing & Business Development Executive Penso Delegate Michael Collins Marketing & Sales Director Penso Delegate Ashley Robertson CEO Persici Ltd Delegate Chris Hibbs Partner, Head of Transport PwC Delegate Sreekanth Gaddamanugu Senior Manager PwC Delegate Grant Klein Partner, Transport Consulting Lead PwC UK Delegate Rachel Eade MBE Director RED Ltd Delegate Robert Jolly Director rentE cars Delegate Page | 15 DELEGATE LIST
Robert Aston Dirctor SDRC Ltd Delegate Ian Calvert CEO Service Address Delegate Nigel Wall Director Shadow Creek Consulting Delegate Kelly Myall-Chance Not known Smallfry Delegate Daniel Bartram Creative Director Smallfry Delegate john clarke Director Social Telecoms CIC Delegate James Welling Founder Speedy Sticks Consulting Delegate Murtuza Ali Contractor Business Planning & Strategy Manager TAMO, Tata Motors Delegate Niranjan Murthy Head connected car OEM business TaTa elxsi Delegate Anthony Gallego TAMO , Strategic Partnership Development Manager Tata Motors European technical centre Delegate Matt Symonds MD TBAT Innovation Delegate Shane Foley Director TBAT Innovation Ltd Delegate Peter Rayson CEO Telocyte Delegate Mark Toor Sustainability Ambassador TESLA Delegate Mike Waters Head of Policy & Strategy TfWM Delegate Don Dhaliwal Project Manager The BIP Delegate Stephen Hopkins Project Manager Transport for London Delegate Arnaud Telinge Senior Technologist Transport Systems Catapult Delegate Heidi Radcli e Director Transport Systems Catapult Delegate Martin Pett Pett Visualisation Lead Technologist Transport Systems Catapult Delegate Michael Calver Senior Visualisation Technologist Transport Systems Catapult Delegate Gav Jackman Regional Director TSS Delegate Nina Wiggan Business Development Manager United Delegate Helen Hook Enterprise Educator University of Birmingham Delegate Ravi Vetsa Director Vetsa Consulting services Delegate Mick Goulding Head of Business Development Vilicom UK Delegate Greg Cox Founder & CEO Voltrics Delegate Andy Smith International Relationships Manager West Midlands Chambers of Commerce LLP Delegate Julian Turner CEO West eld Sportscars Limited Delegate Paul Jennings Experiential Engineering Professor WMG, University of Warwick Delegate Stewart Birrell Assistant Professor WMG, University of Warwick Delegate David Shepherd Senior Business Development Manager (Automotive) WMGC/Drive Midlands Delegate Oscar Roberts Student WMGC/Drive Midlands Delegate Shane Moore Business Consultant Woodshire Business Solutions Delegate Sarah Williams Partner, Intellectual Property Wright Hassall LLP Delegate Iain Colville Partner, Intellectual Property Wright Hassall LLP Delegate Barry Sankey Partner - Science Parks Team Wright Hassall LLP Delegate Sha q Garda Associate Director WSP Delegate Peter Frere Principal Product Engineer ZF Race Engineering (Conekt) Delegate
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