Spring Conference Wednesday 29th and Thursday 30th March 2017
Radissson Blu Hotel, Liverpool
Wednesday 29th March
From 1500 – Check in at hotel
1700-1845 – Registration in hotel Reception
From 1800 – Meet fellow delegates in Red Bar on first floor
1900 – Dinner in Kings Suite on first floor
After-dinner speaker – David Brown, CEO Go-Ahead Group
2115 – Relax at leisure. Red Bar outside Kings Suite open until 2200, then White Bar on ground floor
Thursday 30th March
From 0630 – Breakfast in hotel restaurant on ground floor
Check out and bring bags and cases to the Kings Suite on the first floor
0845 – Conference Welcome from YBMN Patrons Roger French and James Freeman
0900 – Keynote Speaker: Giles Fearnley, MD at First UK Bus
0945 – Tea and Coffee Break in Red Bar
1000 – Jane Cole, MD at Blackpool Transport
1040 – Matt Goggins, Head of Bus at Merseytravel
1120 – Get coats and collect packed lunches from Red Bar
Walk to the Mersey Ferries terminal at the Pier Head
Bags can be left in the conference room
1200 – Ferry departs for Seacombe
Eat packed lunch onboard
1220 – Arriva and Stagecoach buses will meet delegates at Seacombe for the return journey to the hotel
1245 – Arrival back at hotel
Tea and coffee available in Red Bar
1300 – Alex Hornby, CEO at Transdev Blazefield
1400 – Chris Cheek’s Bus Numbers
1420 – Roger’s Wrap and announcement of additional seminars
By 1500 – End of Conference
Departure refreshments in Red Bar