Programme

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

Testing & Analysis

Balance Between Testing & Analysis in Design of FRP Road Bridge Decks

Dr Wendel Sebastian, Reader in Structural Engineering

University College London

The Importance of High Quality Testing for Construction Products

Geraint Havard, Composites Testing Manager

R-Tech Materials

PechaKucha Session

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

Panel Session

PechaKucha Session

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

Special Session

Digital Construction-What Does the Future Bring?

Gianluca Barletta, Associate Partner - Industrial Sector & Paul Homan, Distinguished Engineer - CTO Industrial

IBM Services

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

Architecture

Wood Carbon Composite for Organic Architecture

Mariya Korolova, Chief Operating Officer

Digital Architects Ltd

Panel Session