BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260520T042157Z UID:OtofRw DTSTART:20240215T090000 DTEND:20240215T130000 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20240117T160135 DESCRIPTION: Silverstone Technology Cluster (STC) are set to welcome back o ur Future Mobility Special Interest Group (FM SIG) who’ll be coming toge ther to offer their insights into the latest developments in the arena of Autonomous Vehicles. \n\n What’s Stopping Us? will be an in-person event taking place at Silverstone Park where we’ll be taking an in-depth look at the barriers and issues preventing or slowing down the adoption of new \, smart technologies in the automotive industry. \n\n How much of the tec hnology is already out there\, and what are the human and regulatory barri ers holding us back? \n\n To try and pin down the most relevant points on a rapidly changing landscape\, our expert speakers will include: \n\n \n* James Long – TRL - Head of Technical Consulting at the Smart Mobility L iving Lab (SMLL): \n\n James is a transport technology and strategy specia list with more than 15 years consultancy experience in the specification\, implementation\, acceptance and assessment of Intelligent Transport Syste ms and new mobility modes. The past 5 years have included a particular foc us on the policy and implementation questions associated with connected an d autonomous vehicles\, and other disruptive emerging modes and its integr ation into the public domain. \n\n Established in 1933 as the UK governmen t’s Road Research Laboratory\, the renamed TRL — following privatisati on in 1996 — has become a global centre for innovation in surface transp ort and mobility and comprises of a team of expert scientists\, engineers and specialists working together with our clients and partners to create t he future of transport. Our mission is to create clean and efficient trans port that is safe\, reliable and accessible for everyone. The TRL group of companies is owned by the Transport Research Foundation: a non-profit dis tributing company that enables our experts to give independent advice with out influence from shareholders or finance companies. \n\n The Smart Mobil ity Living Lab (SMLL) is a testbed run by TRL. The concept was co-created by an industry-government joint initiative as part of a multi-million-poun d\, on-going strategic investment in future transport options which will b e more automated\, and more carbon neutral. The ‘living lab’ is a rese arch facility that is intrinsically part of its habitat. It is located on the public and private roads of London with all the extant traffic control s\, constraints\, and intersections with every other form of transport. \n \n \n* Paul Butler – CEO at North East Automotive Alliance (NEAA): \n\n Paul Butler has led the NEAA as Chief Executive Officer since its launch in March 2015. Today\, with over 270 member companies it is the leading au tomotive cluster in the UK and provides members with an unparalleled colla borative network where companies find benefit from leadership and co-ordin ation of activities of mutual benefit. \n\n Paul represents the region’s automotive sector on the Automotive Council Skills\, Supply Chain\, Digit al\, and Regional economic Forum Groups\, the North East LEP’s Business Growth Board\, Provider Network\, and Skills Advisory Panel. Paul is also a board member of the European Automotive Clusters Network and the only UK -based Cluster Benchmarking Expert for the European Secretariat for Cluste r Analysis (ESCA). \n\n In 2023 Paul was recognised as the Innovation Cham pion of the Year at the North East Innovation Awards thanks to his leaders hip of several key innovation activities\, including the £4.9m 5G CAL pro ject and the £8.1m V-CAL project.\n \n\n \n* John Henderson – Chair of Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) East Midlands: \n\n John Henderson has 25 years’ experience in the logistics industry. Comm encing on the traffic desk and progressing to Commercial Director in a var iety of sectors including perishables\, electronics and healthcare. John i s Chair of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT)\, Eas t Midlands region -- an organisation focused on sharing best practice\, id eas\, supporting professional development and raising the kudos of the log istics and transport sector. John studied Transport Management and Plannin g at Loughborough University and spent time working in consultancy and pro ject management for clients including Department for Transport and Transpo rt for London in the arena of freight policy and best practice. John co-fo unded Sara Penrose Ltd: a consultancy and training business in 2018 focusi ng on improving business performance through skill development. It is an a ctive member of the Silverstone Technology Cluster. \n\n \n• Martin Ken dall – Managing Director at Vantec Europe Limited \n\n Martin Kendall is based in Sunderland\, and responsible for Vantec Operations across the UK \, working with the following partners: \n\n 1. Automotive sector – Niss an Motor Manufacturing and Magna\n2. EV sector – AESC\n3. Luxury Automot ive sector – Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Bentley Motors Limited\n4. Const ruction sector – Komatsu\n5. Offshore sector – GE Veron\n6. Project – Thorn Lighting \n\n Martin started his career at Nissan when the plant opened in 1986\, working in Material Handling before moving into Engineer ing. \n\n In 2002 he moved to Vantec\, moving up to Managing Director in 2 011. Having moved to Vantec in 2002\, in 2011 he became Managing Director. It has been during this time he has overseen the design and construction of two logistics centres in Sunderland\, the Innovation Centre\, creation of Vantec Interactive Experience\, launch of business with R-RMC \, Bentle y \, Magna\, AESC and GE\, as well as launching business in St Petersburg\ , Mississippi and Chennai. \n\n \n* Mike Hayward – Head of Regulatory & amp\; Dispute Resolution at Woodfines: \n\n Specialises in: Criminal Law R egulatory Matters Road Traffic Offences Road Transport &\; Logistics \n \n Mike is Head of Woodfines’ Regulatory &\; Dispute Resolution team\ , specialising in the representation of Individuals and Businesses against prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service\, Trading Standards \, the Health and Safety Executive\, and other enforcement agencies. \n\n He specialises in Court and Committee Advocacy\; Grave Crimes (homicide / fraud\, including multi-million pound fraud / sexual offences / etc)\; Lic ensing (alcohol / SEV / taxi)\; Proceeds of Crime\; and Motoring Defence. \n\n Mike acts for those in the transport\, haulage and distribution indus try\; advising on all aspects of Operator Licensing. He also advises busin esses and individuals facing Public Law challenges with Local Authorities (Licensing and Planning). He has experience in assisting clients at applic ation stage\, at Committee\, and in Appeals before all Courts\, including the High Court. Under his lead\, the team were successful in the first eve r case of its type concerning taxi licensing\, with national implications. \n\n \n \n* Nathan Taylor-Allkins – Partner\, Regulatory and Dispute R esolution at Woodfines: \n\n Specialises in: Criminal Law Regulatory Matte rs Road Traffic Offences Road Transport &\; Logistics \n\n Nathan compl eted a four-year law sandwich degree at Nottingham Trent University\, whic h included spending the third year of his studying on placement at a crimi nal law firm in central London. \n\n He then gained a distinction on the L egal Practice Course at the University of Law\, Bloomsbury\, where he cont inued to work on a part-time basis at the same law firm that he spent his placement year at. \n\n Nathan joined Woodfines as a trainee solicitor in 2013 and qualified into the Crime and Regulatory department in 2015\, prog ressing to Partner in April 2022. \n\n Specialist Areas \n\n General Crimi nal defence\, White-Collar Crime\, Fraud and Business defence: Nathan spec ialises in the representation of individuals and businesses against prosec utions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service\, Trading Standards\, the Health and Safety Executive\, and other enforcement agencies. He has vast experience in advising at all stages of proceedings for a wide range of ca ses\, including grave crimes\, such as murder\, robbery\, multi-million po und frauds and insider trading. \n\n Motoring: Nathan provides defence in all aspects of road traffic matters\, including special reasons and except ional hardship hearings. \n\n Licensing: Involved in a variety of cases co ncerning taxi licensing and alcohol/premises licensing. \n\n Transport: Na than advises on all areas of the regulatory regimes involving heavy goods vehicles\, public service vehicle\, professional drivers\, and fleets\, in cluding on compliance\, prosecution and defence. \n\n \n \nFor informed d iscussion with networking to taste\, book your place below. \n\n ** This i s an in-person event only. \n\n Timings: 9.00am – 1:00pm \n LAST-MODIFIED:20241217T155145 LOCATION:Silverstone Park\, Towcester ORGANIZER:mailto:nina@silverstonetechnologycluster.com SUMMARY:What's Stopping Us? 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