Programme
Day 1
Rail
Opportunities at the Heart of the New Northern Powerhouse Rail System
Tim Wood, Rail Director
Transport for the North
Asset Management Viewpoint of Opportunities in Rail
Andy Cross, Route Asset Manager - Wales
Network Rail
Composites and the Railway - Can Modern Material Science Bring the Railway into the 21st Century?
Alex Heward, Innovation Manager
Laing O'Rourke/EWR Alliance
Bridges
Making Advanced Materials More Sustainable -The Advent of Bio Composite Bridges
Wouter Claassen, Hybrid Structures Consultant
Witteveen + Bos
Composite Bridge Deck for Ultra Light Design
Mariya Korolova, Chief Operating Officer
Digital Architects Ltd
Case Study: Bromley Heath Viaduct-New Pedestrian & Cycle Path
Patrick Savage, Engineering Manager
APB Group Ltd
Ormskirk is Expecting Identical Twins-New FRP Footbridges for Lancashire Town
Dr Lee Canning, Technical Director
Jacobs
Day 2
Advanced Materials
Identifying the Opportunities and Barriers for the Adoption of Advanced Materials in Construction
Julien Sellier, Director
StrucTEAM
Smart Coatings for Buildings and Artificial Skins
Ivica Kolaric, Head of Functional Materials
Fraunhofer IPA
Title TBC
Mikko Lassila, Group Sales Development Manager
Exel Composites
Smart Buildings
Innovative Offsite Solution to Housing Stock Upgrades to Meet Paris 2050
Neil Appleton, Market Development - Construction
National Composites Centre
Turning Waste Plastic into Accommodation Gold
Charlie Hall, Managing Director
C6(n) Technology Ltd
Energy Efficient Buildings Using Pultruded FRP
Mark Singleton, Director & John Hutchinson, Architect
Startlink Systems
Fire
Scott Bader Crestafire Systems for Demanding FST Applications
Neil Gray, Global Market Manager - FST Performance Products
Scott Bader
Rail and Infrastructure Projects using Fire Retardant Epoxy
Luke McEwen, Principal Engineer
Gurit
Enhancing Composite Fire Protection Using Nonwovens
Adam Black, Business Development Director
Technical Fibre Products