Spring Conference Wednesday 15th and Thursday 16th April 2026
Hilton, Nottingham
Wednesday 15th April
1230 – 1400 Main Conference Registration
in foyer and Running Buffet Lunch. Collect name lanyard.
1400 Optional site visit to Nottingham City Transport’s Trent Bridge and Parliament Street depots departs by bus.
1830 Suggested meet in hotel bar before dinner.
1900 Dinner in the Wembley Suite. After dinner speaker Thomas Ableman, Freewheeling Associates.
Thursday 2nd October
From 0630 Breakfast in Bric Bar and Kitchen (hotel restaurant).
Please check out after breakfast and bring bags and cases to store in the conference room
0845 Conference Starts in the Wembley Suite
Welcome from David Conway, Matt Kitchen and David Lee-Kong
0900 Nicola Tidy and Anthony Carver-Smith, Nottingham City Transport: Taking NCT from traditional municipal to award winning operator
0940 YBP Member: Ben Knowles, Assistant Manager, Business Development at Go-Ahead
1000 YBP Member: George Cooper, Commercial Manager, Stagecoach South
1020 Tea and Coffee
1050 Fiona Morris, Transport Planner at the East Midlands Combined County Authority
1130 Group Activity – introduction and thinking
1220 Lunch in Bric Bar and Kitchen (hotel restaurant) on the ground floor
1320 Group Activity – reporting back
1350 Zoe Hands, Managing Director for First Bus Franchising
1430 Lydia Horbury, Chief Executive, Bus Users UK
1510 Wrap Up
1515 Conference Ends
Tea and Coffee
Updated 09/04/26