Cambridge is growing and will grow more. The city and surrounding areas has to accommodate the increasing needs of local travel. In this event we would like to explore what is technically possible – whether that is ‘last mile delivery’ drones, Mobility As A Service, bikes, autonomous vehicles or even tunnels!
Key speakers will be:
- Are tunnels the future of transport in Cambridge? Prof Lord Robert Mair: Head of the Geotechnical and Environmental Group, Dept of Engineering, University of Cambridge
- Travel in Britain in 2035: Charlene Rohr, RAND Corporation.
- Future plans for the City, Rachel Stopard, Greater Cambridge Partnership
- Trialling autonomous pods on the guided busway, Richard Fairchild, RDM
- DelivAir concept for last mile delivery, Nathan Wrench, Cambridge Consultants
Plus lots of exhibitors including: Tesla, PA Consulting, Cambridge Connect, Cambridge Electric Transport, Hubl and more.
The event will focus on:
- the size of our challenge
- some of the evidence collected recently
- potential future scenarios
- ideas being developed here and elsewhere
Timings:
Registration from 2.45pm (please note: this is a slightly earlier time that initially advertised)
3 - 4.30pm: Presentations
4.30pm discussions and questions, with time for meeting the exhibitors, networking and refreshments.
We will be there until 7pm for those wishing to stay on and discuss ideas.
Exhibition space available:
If you have any technology or ideas that is designed to alleviate and improve transport difficulties, whether in Cambridge or elsewhere and would like to be considered for exhibition stand / poster space please get in touch.
Who should attend?
This session is designed to give businesses, residents and anyone interested in this area a forum to share ideas and potential developments.
This event is being run in conjunction with the Greater Cambridge Partnership, Smart Cambridge and AstraZeneca.
To attend:
Members: Any Cambridge Network member may attend free of charge. Please go to the event page to register.
Non-members may also attend this session at a fee of £50+VAT. To sign up please register as a user of the Cambridge Network website here first. Then return to the event page.
You can follow @CambNetwork on Twitter and tweet about this event using #cnevent.
