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Birmingham Airport - A strategic national asset

When:  6 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 21:00
Where: Diamond House, Birmingham Airport, B26 3QJ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: John Morris FCILT, Head of Corporate Affairs, Birmingham Int Airport

Presentation with AV support and tour (subject to security status on the day).

Overview of Birmingham Airport operations:

• how the logistics of transporting passengers, baggage and freight are integrated into the local and global infrastructure.
• proposals for links with HS2.
• site development plans.
  

Insight into mass movement of people to a schedule while satisfying personal and national security and safety requirements. Relevant to those with specific interests in aviation related operations and passenger transport. Data provided may assist with comparative study benchmarking.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code BCG056

Please find a booking form here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  West Midlands
Group:  Birmingham & Coventry
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £10.00

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Redesigning Bus Networks

When:  6 February 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: The Angel Hotel, 37 High Street, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7AF

Speaker: Stuart Linn CMILT, Director, Reseaulutions Ltd

To non-users, bus services may appear very difficult to understand, being very complicated. There may also be tensions between trying to provide direct services that can achieve modal shift and stakeholders' desire to maximise accessibility.

Stuart Linn will talk about his work in redesigning bus networks to ensure that they are best placed to serve customers, suit current patterns of demand and to achieve modal shift from private cars to buses.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: EMR106

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  East Midlands
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Integrating logistics & transport policy

When:  7 February 2012, 08:15 (for 08:30) - 12:30
Where: Holiday Inn Hotel Rotherham, West Bawtry Road, Rotherham, S60 4NA

Speaker: Erica Ballantyne, PhD Research Student, University of Leeds

FREE WORKSHOP for: Local authorities & freight operators in association with the University of Leeds.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow transport professionals in both the public and private sector; as well as a chance to openly discuss current logistics issues and debate potential improvements.

Workshop objectives: To create awareness amongst local transport authorities (LTAs) of the implications their urban policy decision making has on essential freight movements and operations. To identify a range of possible solutions for servicing urban areas more efficiently, whilst alleviating problems caused by urban traffic congestion (reduce air & noise pollution caused by stationary vehicles, create safer urban environments, improve existing policies that may no longer apply). To understand how engagement between policy makers, freight operators and others can contribute to the creation of better informed, more efficient urban transport policies in the future.

Please find more information here.

This event is free to attend although you must pre-register as places are limited, please contact Erica Ballantyne Email: tseefb@leeds.ac.uk Event code: SYKG050

Type:  Regional
Format:  Workshop
Region:  North East
Group:  South Yorkshire
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Light rail in France - The current scene

When:  7 February 2012, 12:00 (for 12:30) - 14:00
Where: Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Sheffield, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, S4 7YE
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Graham Jellett FCILT, Newcastle Area Officer, Light Rail Transit Association and North East Regional Treasurer, CILT(UK)

Over the past fifteen years the speaker has, as an ordinary fare paying passenger, visited and travelled on all six metros and twenty-four tramways currently operating in towns in France, visiting all of them at least once and most many times.

This illustrated presentation looks briefly at each of those sixteen urban French tramways, steel wheel and rubber-tyred, which have been constructed and come into service from 2000 onwards. Other aspects considered in this talk include construction cost, funding sources, payroll tax, fares, ticketing, smartcards, tram liveries, service frequency, stop spacing, audio/visual messaging, disabled access, passenger capacity and seating layout.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code: SYKG048

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North East
Group:  South Yorkshire
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Royal Scotsman

When:  7 February 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh EH1 1YJ

Speaker: James Heslin, Business Manager, The Royal Scotsman

The Royal Scotsman offers Scotland's premier rail experience, taking guests on the scenic routes through the Highlands with excellent cuisine and exclusive off-train visits. James Heslin will give us an insight into the challenges of delivering such a special product on the national network, finding locations to stable overnight and refreshing the itinerary so that customers may choose between options which match their changing expectations.

Booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR136

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish

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Don't look where you fall but where you slipped

When:  7 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Merseytravel Offices, 24 Hatton Garden, Liverpool, L3 2AN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: James Backhouse, Partner, Backhouse Jones Solicitors

Well known solicitor James Backhouse will discuss his experiences and the lessons learned from Public Inquiries. There is much time and money to be saved by being aware of the pitfalls and opportunities associated with good preparation for a Public Inquiry.

Backhouse Jones are well known for their work in road transport, defendant personal injury, regulatory compliance, commercial litigation and employment law.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting Event Code MWG066

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Merseyside & Warrington
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Reading Buses: A great people business

When:  7 February 2012, 18:15 (for 18:45) - 20:15
Where: Thamesdown Transport Ltd, Barnfield Road, Swindon, SN2 2DJ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: James Freeman FCILT, Chief Executive Officer, Reading Transport Ltd

James Freeman has been 'on the buses' for more than 35 years, holding management appointments successively in Swansea, Brighton, Bournemouth, Fareham (where he led the unique employee buy-out that created Peoples Provincial) and Bristol. He spent 18 months in 1997/8 with the educational charity Common Purpose before going back to the buses at Travel West Midlands in Birmingham, then joining Stagecoach, becoming Managing Director of two successive subsidiaries, the last of these being Stagecoach East, based in Northampton. He's been at Reading now as Chief Executive Officer for four years.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code SWG011

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Central Southern
Group:  Swindon
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Delivering a special type of customer service - The London Ambulance Service

When:  7 February 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 20:45
Where: Room 313, Cliffe Building, Sussex Downs College, 1 Mountfield Rd, Lewes, BN7 2XH

Speaker: Richard Hunt CBE FCILT, Chairman LAS & Past President of CILT(UK) & International

LAS handles more than 1 million callouts and 1.5 million emergency calls a year. It serves 7.5 million London residents and all London's visitors.

Efficient logistics supporting high quality service standards is at its heart. The right response in the right place at the right time saves lives.

What does "customer service" mean and how should it be managed. This will be explored from a LAS perspective, also what happens when the service fails. All this without mentioning the Olympics requiring a separate planning team and...


Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code SG032

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The role of transport & logistics in the Northern Ireland Health Service

When:  8 February 2012, 08:00 (for 08:45) - 10:00
Where: Ulster Reform Club, 4 Royal Avenue, Belfast, BT1 1DA

Speaker: Brian McNeill, Director of Operations, Northern Ireland Ambulance Service; Mandy Magee, Belfast Health & Social Care Trust

The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) was established in 1995 and have over 1,100 staff who operate 300 ambulances from 57 stations to serve the population of Northern Ireland. However, NIAS is not the only transport operation in the Health Service. Equally important to the daily workings of the various health trusts are the transport teams who look after patient transport and distribution of medical supplies.

This breakfast meeting will give members, and guests, an opportunity to hear of the role that transport & logistics plays in maintaining the health of the nation and the challenges that are coming down the tracks for both Belfast Health Trust and the NIAS.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: NIR034

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Northern Ireland
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Environmental Supply Chains

When:  8 February 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Due to unforeseen circumstances this event has now been cancelled. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused.

Format:  Presentation

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What price Accessibility?

When:  8 February 2012, 10:00 (for 10:30) - 17:00
Where: Transport for London, 197 Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NJ

Accessibility and Inclusion Forum Event

The significant and increasing population of older people, approaching deadlines from Disability Discrimination legislation at both UK and European levels and the economic downturn are all pressures facing the transport industries on a daily basis.

The seminar will look at both the myths and realities of these pressures and will explore how best to ensure that the needs of a growing population are met in a way that is both effective for the passenger and cost effective for the provider.

Please find agenda here.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis. 

Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code AIF001.

Format:  Presentation

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Effective business networking

When:  9 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Western Queen Hotel, City Road, Chester, CH1 3AH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Business networking has become a core activity for professionals wanting to accelerate their personal or business goals. However, it is a true skill, and some people seem to be more effective than others.

Due to the popularity of the event in 2011 for such a wide range of members, it is being repeated with a variety of speakers providing their own advice and hands-on experience for networking effectively and confidently in a variety of business and social situations.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CHG044

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Visit to Aylesford Newsprint

When:  9 February 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 21:00
Where: Aylesford Newsprint, Newsprint House, Bellingham Way, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7DL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Elizabeth Shaw-Rowlands, Aylesford Newsprint

Hosted by The Chartered Quality Institute. 

A walk through the paper presses and automatic storage/delivery areas.  

All joint programme member organisations are very welcome.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code KTG083

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event and safety equipment will be provided.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Group:  Kent
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Lost opportunities - A look at rail transport in North East Scotland

When:  13 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Curl Aberdeen, Eday Walk, Aberdeen, AB15 6LN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Keith Jones

Keith Jones retired in 2007 from Aberdeenshire Council as one of 3 Heads of Law and Administration, after a career of over 31 years in local government, largely in a senior capacity. He joined the former Kincardine and Deeside Distict Council in 1975 having worked for a few years in private legal practice. Although only peripherally involved in transportation matters professionally, Keith has had a lifelong interest in transport and transport history. He enjoys rail travel, particularly overseas.

Keith is on the Board of Grampian Transport Museum, and was a past Chairman of the Great North of Scotland Railway Association. He has also authored a few booklets and magazine articles on local railway and transport history.

Keith's talk on "Lost opportunities - A look at rail transport in North East Scotland" will consider the decline of railfreight and the now limited scope for commuter train services and will encourage some debate at its conclusion.

Booking is not required for this event. Event Code: SR158

Please find directions here. 

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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The roles and responsibilities of a Station Master

When:  13 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Crewe Railway Station, Nantwich Road, Crewe, CW2 6HR
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Sheila Breeze, Virgin Trains Station Master, Crewe

Sheila Breeze, until recently Virgin Trains' Station Master at Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent, has been appointed to take charge of Virgin Trains activities at Crewe station. She will outline her responsibilities in managing this very busy railway station on the national rail network.

This event is organised jointly by the Staffordshire and Cheshire Groups.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: STG058

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  West Midlands
Group:  Staffordshire
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The roles and responsibilities of a Station Master

When:  13 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Crewe Railway Station, Nantwich Road, Crewe, CW2 6HR
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Sheila Breeze, Virgin Trains Station Master, Crewe

Sheila Breeze, until recently Virgin Trains' Station Master at Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent, has been appointed to take charge of Virgin Trains activities at Crewe station. She will outline her responsibilities in managing this very busy railway station on the national rail network.

This event is organised jointly by Staffordshire and Cheshire Groups.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CHG045

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Hybrid Bus Operation - Is it the way forward?

When:  13 February 2012, 18:15 (for 18:45) - 20:15
Where: Oxford YHA, 2a Botley Road, Oxford, OX2 0AB
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Speaker: Andy Boulton, Technical Sales Manager, Alexander Dennis

For our annual meeting, held exceptionally in Oxford, we turn to a topic of great topical interest in the Thames Valley - air quality and traffic congestion. Since the Government's Green Bus Fund prompted the widening of interest in hybrid buses, these have been built in considerable numbers. Four local operators, Stagecoach in Oxford, Oxford Bus Company, Thames Travel and Reading Buses, now have hybrid double-deckers in their fleets.

Andy will describe the development of today's hybrids and discuss their operation and the future of hybrids generally.

This is an ideal opportunity to learn more about the topic and meet up with other CILT members and guests. Everybody is welcome - please invite a guest as we welcome non-members to sample what our Institute has to offer.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: TVG050

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Central Southern
Group:  Thames Valley
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Integrating logistics & transport policy

When:  14 February 2012, 08:15 (for 08:30) - 12:30
Where: Holiday Inn Basingstoke, Grove Road, Basingstoke, RG21 3EE

Speaker: Erica Ballantyne, PhD Research Student, University of Leeds

FREE WORKSHOP for: Local authorities & freight operators in association with the University of Leeds.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network with fellow transport professionals in both the public and private sector; as well as a chance to openly discuss current logistics issues and debate potential improvements.

Workshop objectives: To create awareness amongst local transport authorities (LTAs) of the implications their urban policy decision making has on essential freight movements and operations. To identify a range of possible solutions for servicing urban areas more efficiently, whilst alleviating problems caused by urban traffic congestion (reduce air & noise pollution caused by stationary vehicles, create safer urban environments, improve existing policies that may no longer apply). To understand how engagement between policy makers, freight operators and others can contribute to the creation of better informed, more efficient urban transport policies in the future.

Please find more information here.

This event is free to attend although you must pre-register as places are limited, please contact Erica Ballantyne Email: tseefb@leeds.ac.uk  Event code: CSR001

Type:  Regional
Format:  Workshop
Region:  Central Southern
Group:  Hampshire & Dorset
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Birmingham - London's new airport

When:  14 February 2012, 17:45 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Jury's Inn, Hatton Cross, Heathrow, London, TW6 2SQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: John Morris FCILT, Head of Government & Industry Affairs, Birmingham Airport

John Morris will explain how Birmingham Airport is within two hours drive for about 50% of the population of the UK and with HS2 will effectively be in Zone 4 of the underground map. With enough spare capacity to accept another 9 million passengers immediately and 21 million more passengers in future years, Birmingham Airport anticipates generating up to 21,000 regional jobs by 2030.

Birmingham is keen to be at the forefront of a new way of thinking, a new approach towards using our regional Airports which are a Strategic National Asset.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: HG058

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  London
Group:  Heathrow
Forum:  Aviation Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Rail in the North

When:  15 February 2012, 09:00 (for 09:30) - 12:00
Where: The Liner Hotel, Britannic Suite 1, Lord Nelson Street, Liverpool, L3 5QB

Speakers include:

• Duncan Law, Senior Sponsor for the Northern Hub, Network Rail
• Maria Eagle MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
• Peter Nears, Strategic Planning Director, Peel Holdings (Management) Ltd
• Louise Ellman MP, Member for Liverpool Riverside Constituency
• Other speakers to be announced 

The conference theme focuses on ‘Rail in the North’ and will raise awareness of the benefits to businesses, families, students and other individuals of improved eastwest rail connections delivered by the Northern Hub scheme across the north of England.

Please find more information here.

Please note there is no charge to attend – please reserve a place online by visiting www.liverpoolchamber.org.uk/events.html For any further information please email Kush.Thakar@liverpoolchamber.org.uk Tel: 0151 227 1234. Event code: NWR029

Type:  Regional
Format:  Conference
Region:  North West
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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CILT(UK) 2nd Reverse Logistics Forum Meeting, Presentation and Tour

When:  16 February 2012, 09:00 (for 09:30) - 14:30
Where: John Lewis National Returns Centre, Unit 500 Solar Park, Highlands Road, Solihull, B90 4SH

Please note this event is now fully booked.

Join us to find out more about the Reverse Logistics Forum:

• Report on the development of the benchmarking study
• Future research directions
• Reverse Logistics Forum Committee report

Key note speaker:

Arron Nicholson, Department Manager, John Lewis National Returns Centre

Agenda:

09.00 - Arrival, Tea / Coffee
09.30 - Introduction / Report from the Reverse Logistics Steering Committee
09.45 - John Lewis presentation  -  Arron Nicholson - Manager, Solar Park National Returns Centre
10.30 - Introduction to workshop
10.45 - Tea / Coffee
11.00 - Benchmarking workshop
12.00 - Report back
12.30 - Future Direction
12.45 - Lunch
13.30 - Tour of John Lewis National Returns Centre

We look forward to welcoming you to the next Reverse Logistics Forum.

Membership Services Tel: 01536 740104 Event Code: RLF002 

If you are interested in joining the Forum, please contact Forum Co-ordinator.

Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Reverse Logistics Forum

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Joint CILT & London Borough of Redbridge event

When:  16 February 2012, 09:30 (for 10:00) - 14:00
Where: Ley Street Depot Ilford, Essex

Diary Date - Thursday 16th Feb 2012
Venue - Ley Street Depot Ilford, Essex

Following the success of last year's Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) UK/London Borough of Redbridge event, the 2012 joint event will be held on the 16th Feb in Ilford, Essex.

The event will provide thought provoking presentations on the challenges that the industry will face during 2012 and will be of particular relevance to those operating within the M25 and/or the Public Sector.

Presentations from:

• LOCOG -The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games
  A view behind the scenes of the 'Greatest Show on Earth'
  
  
• Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS)
  What does 2012 hold for TfL's FORS in the coming year?
  
  
• Fleet Management Systems
  How Civica's Tranman systems can improve operational  efficiency
  
  
• The benefits of outsourcing
  A contractor's perspective - May Gurney Fleet & Passenger Services
  
  
• Van Excellence - Freight Transport Association
  The end of 'White Van' man? 

Static Presentations by:

• Civica Plc,
• Mercedes Benz Truck,
• Johnston Sweepers,
• Michelin Tyres Plc.
• ATS Euromaster,
• Stanford Coachworks,
• Tindale Trading Ltd

The event will be chaired by Steve Agg, Chief Executive, CILT (UK), and a buffet lunch will be provided

As per last year's format, the event will run from 10.00 hrs to 14.00 hrs - for more details of this event, please email Chris Ruane, CILT Public Authority Development Officer, on chris.ruane@ciltuk.org.uk or Ed Cross, Engineering Manager, London Borough of Redbridge on eddie.cross@redbridge.gov.uk

Places are limited to 50 delegates, so to register for this free of charge event.

Type:  Associated

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The North West Transportation Lecture 2012

When:  16 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Liverpool John Moores University, Byrom Street, Liverpool, L3 3AF
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speakers:

Professor John Whitelegg, Visiting Professor of Sustainable Transport, LJMU;
Dr. Paul Salveson MBE FCILT, Visiting Professor in Transport and Logistics, University of Huddersfield;
Lorna Pimlott, Head of Low Carbon Vehicles and Infrastructure UK, Ernst & Young

Chair: Keith Buchan, Chair, Transport Planning Society


A year on from the publication of DfT's Local Transport White Paper "Cutting Carbon, Creating Growth", have we made any progress in delivering this challenging agenda? Or is delivering environmental and growth agendas simultaneously an unachievable dream in a period of public sector spending cuts and economic recession? Our panel of high profile speakers will provide a range of perspectives on this topic, both from a national and regional level, and will give their thoughts on the key challenges facing the transport profession over the coming months and years.

This event is free of charge; however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code NWR026.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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"Richard Trevithick Lecture Meeting the Olympic transport challenge"

When:  16 February 2012, 18:30 (for 19:15) - 21:00
Where: Angel Hotel (Barcelo), Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10 1SZ

Speaker: Peter Hendy CBE FCILT, Commissioner, Transport for London & President of CILT(UK)

In meeting the Olympic Challenge, Peter Hendy, London's Transport Commissioner and CILT(UK) President, will describe how Transport for London (TfL) is preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games. Focusing on the new transport infrastructure already benefiting millions of Londoners and those who visit the capital, Peter will also outline the different logistical challenges facing London, Wales and the rest of the country this summer and the measures TfL is taking to make sure passengers, businesses and the freight industry are prepared.

Please reserve your place through Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: WR116

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Cymru - Wales
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Outsourcing Contracts - Hot issues

When:  20 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Best Western Moore Place Hotel, The Square, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8DW
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Dr. Sam De Silva, Partner, Manches LLP

Outsourcing contracts have increased dramatically in numbers in recent years. As these contracts come up for renewal it is useful to reflect on what has worked and what has not.

This session focuses on some of the hot issues currently troubling customers, service providers and advisers with their outsourcing contracts. Best practice for contract renewals and exit management will also be discussed.

Dr Sam De Silva is a Partner and Head of Technology and Outsourcing Law at leading UK law firm, Manches LLP

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: NHCR049

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Cobbetts Lecture - The role of the small bus operator in Greater Manchester

When:  21 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Cobbetts, 58 Mosley Street, Manchester, M2 3HZ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Mark Walsh, Managing Director, JP Travel

Although the majority of bus services in Greater Manchester are run by three of the 'big four' - Stagecoach, First and Arriva – over 40 other companies operate some services.

These fulfil an important role, particularly in areas and at times which larger operators do not cover. Without the resources of their larger competitors, they face similar problems of vehicle provision and maintenance, staffing, fuel costs, congestion, road works and communication.

An operator representative will describe the issues and constraints, problems and successes they have faced.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting Event Code GMG091

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Transport
Forum:  Passenger Transport Security Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Delivering light rail in the current environment

When:  21 February 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive, Centro-West Midlands ITA & Chair of PTEG

Geoff Inskip will speak about the scope for expanding light rail by converting existing local rail services. Considerable potential exists to deliver improved passenger services through this means by converting existing local rail services to either tramway or light rail. In the current economic environment, and with pressure on public expenditure, the case for this has become even stronger.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GTG041

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Group:  Gatwick
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Managing Home Delivery

When:  22 February 2012 - 21 February 2012, 09:00 (for 09:30) - 15:15
Where: Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, DE74 2RP

In these times of increasingly click-and-drop consumer purchasing, how has the distribution industry changed and how should we control the risks to our delivery crews and the consumer? This event has been designed to provide up to the minute information and guidance on the hazards and the risks of home delivery, and the civil and criminal landscape within which home delivery is carried out.

The day will include:

• the retailers' perspective, taking the sale and arranging the delivery
• the ergonomics of manual handling
• how a 3PL manages home delivery risk
• keeping up with the times
• how to deliver to vulnerable people

Who should attend?

• safety advisors
• retailers
• logistics professionals
• call centre managers
• transport managers and planners
• the event will also be valuable to enforcers of health and safety, and transport policy 

For more information or to book click here

In association with The Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

Type:  Associated
Cost:  Members - £77.00 plus VAT

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The changing face of careers in logistics and transport and your employability

When:  22 February 2012, 14:00 (for 14:30) - 18:30
Where: The Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University, Aytoun Street, Manchester, M17 1LB
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: TBC

This event is targeted at students, graduates and young professionals.

First, speakers from key supply chain, transport planning and public transport employers will outline the changing face of their sectors and the priorities and actions that help employability. Not a careers fair, nor a "come and ask me for a job" session, but insights into what is needed to get one and the range available within the industry and in new areas.

This will be followed by an educational site visit and a buffet.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GMG089

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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How transport and supply chain research links into teaching practice

When:  22 February 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Newcastle Business School, City Campus East, CCE1 - 212, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8ST
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Professor David Oglethorpe, Professor of Logistics & Supply Chain Management & Associate Dean for Research & Innovation, Newcastle Business School

Newcastle Business School at Northumbria University is a leading national centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management higher education and specialised research, contributing significantly to the schools ranking in the Top 10 for Graduate Level Employability in ‘The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2012’.

The Logistics and Supply Chain Management subject group engages in a variety of specialised research areas which underpins a set of core modules within the School’s broader undergraduate programme, a specialised Masters programme in Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management and a strong and vibrant cohort of doctoral students. In order that this research and curriculum is pertinent and contemporary, the group would like to share its offer with the Institute so that practitioners and other industry specialists may provide input as to how our research may be applied or directed or our student offer enhanced.

Professor David Oglethorpe, who is Professor of Logistics & Supply Chain Management and also Associate Dean for Research & Innovation at Newcastle Business School, will give an overview of the groups research and curriculum with specialist contributions from the rest of the team and will open discussion to Institute members to take advice on how this offer might be augmented in the future.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: TTG050

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North East
Group:  Tyne-Tees
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Meeting the Olympic challenge

When:  22 February 2012, 17:45 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Cass Business School, City University London, 106 Bunhill Row, ECIY 8TZ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Peter Hendy CBE FCILT, Commissioner, Transport for London & President of CILT(UK)

In 'Meeting the Olympic challenge' Peter Hendy, London's transport Commisioner and CILT President, will describe how Transport for London (TfL) is preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games. Focusing on the new transport infrastructure already benefiting millions of Londoners and those that visit the capital, Peter will also outline the different logistical challenges facing London and the UK this summer and the measures TfL is taking to make sure passengers, businesses and the freight industry are prepared.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: LR110

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Regulation to Relaxation: Rail Fares at a Cross Roads?

When:  23 February 2012
Where: Stephenson Harwood, Central London

What are the possibilities for a change in fares policy, and what kind of changes would be acceptable to all parties affected? This seminar will explore the potential outcomes of fares relaxation and how the process could be effectively managed.

Speakers include:

• Michael Beswick Director of Rail Policy ORR
• David Mapp Commerial Director ATOC 
• Mike Hewitson Head of Policy Passenger Focus 
• John Nelson Chairman First Class Partnerships 
• Andrew Meaney Managing Consultant Oxera 
• John Segal Director, Rail MVA Consultancy 
• Mike Jones Director Hull Trains & Renaissance Trains; promoters of Open Access in the UK
• Michael Schabas Advisor World Bank; FCP Associate

For further information about the seminar and to book click here.

In association with The Waterfront Conference Company

Type:  Associated

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Rail in Wales and the Marches - A franchise holder's perspective

When:  23 February 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Glyndwr University, Plas Coch, Mold Road, Wrexham, LL11 2AW

Speaker: Mike Bagshaw, Commercial Director, Arriva Trains Wales

Mike Bagshaw will talk about the challenges in accommodating ever growing passenger numbers, recent service developments, opportunities for further investment and look at examples of how train operators can add value for tax payers and passengers.

Mike will give recent examples of careful cost management and initiatives to grow passenger numbers within a limited resource base, and explore how partnership working with Network Rail and Welsh Government can lead to improved services and more targeted investment.

Please reserve your place through Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: WR117

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Cymru - Wales
Group:  North Wales
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Northern Ireland Region Annual Dinner 2012

When:  23 February 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 23:30
Where: Ramada Hotel, 117 Miltown Road, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, BT8 7XP
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: TBC

The 2012 Annual Dinner of the Northern Ireland region of CILT(UK) will take place on Thursday 23rd February 2012, at the Ramada Hotel, Shaw's Bridge, Belfast.

The dinner is considered to be the premier annual social event for our industry in Northern Ireland. Last year saw the attendance increase by over 40 compared to the year before, not bad in the teeth of a recession.

The regional committee organise the event mainly for the benefit of the local membership, so please support it. As ever, we believe we have arranged an interesting and entertaining group of speakers.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: NIR035

Please find a booking form here.

Please note the dress code for this event is black tie.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Dinner
Region:  Northern Ireland
Cost:  Members - £60.00 + VAT; Non-Members - £60.00 + VAT

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Supply Chain Network

When:  27 February 2012, 18:00 (for 19:00)
Where: Central London

Speaker: Neil Ashworth, Chairman CILT

Neil will be speaking to the group again, but this time on CILT Strategy, in his capacity as Chairman of our Institute - Neil has been one of London Region's Supply Chain Network supporters since its foundation in 2004.

Why not sponsor one of our events and a link to your website could be here!

The Supply Chain Network has been running since September 2004. It was set up as a networking and learning opportunity for younger people working within the supply chain in retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers - we use the word 'young' loosely, ages ranging from 20s-50s - a beating pulse is the important factor!

The group numbers about 50 people, with 20 typically at any one meeting. We meet about every six weeks or so in a pub in central London. Networking normally starts from 6pm onwards with snacks at 6.30pm and the 'formal' presentation from 7pm, with more networking afterwards. We aim to have a mix of 'experts' and presentations from within the group. The environment is very informal. The objective is discussion rather than a formal presenter at the front, with presenters encouraged to bring issues as well as experience.

We sometimes have spare spaces, so if you're interested in joining us, please contact Kirsten Tisdale - put Supply Chain Network in the comments box.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Networking Meeting
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - £5; Non-Members - £5

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Rail Industry Reform

When:  28 February 2012
Where: Osborne Clarke, central London

This seminar will open up the debate on devolution, both within the rail industry and in the political process. We will explore how rail policy is moving forward, what progress is being made so far with the restructure, and how devolution will work in practice.  Delegates will be invited to attend networking drinks after the event.

Speakers include:

• John Nelson Chairman, First Class Partnerships 
• Robin Gisby Managing Director, Network Operations, Network Rail 
• Graham Smith Secretary, Rail Delivery Group 
• Frances Duffy Director of Rail, Transport Scotland 
• Richard Price Chief Executive, ORR 
• Stephen Clark Rail Programme Director, Transport for Greater Manchester 
• Jeremy Long CEO, European Business MTR 
• Chris Cheek Director, The TAS Partnership 
• Geoff Hobbs Head of Rail Planning, Rail & Underground, Transport for London

Read more about the seminar

To register for the events online, go to http://www.thewaterfront.co.uk/

In association with The Waterfront Conference Company

Type:  Associated

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CILT(UK) Bus and Coach Forum Event

When:  28 February 2012, 10:30 (for 11:00) - 16:00
Where: Cambridgeshire County Council, Shire Hall, Castle Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AP

After a difficult construction period, the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway system serving the A14 corridor out to St Ives and Huntingdon and the Addenbrookes Hospial complex opened in August 2011.  Already the system is outstripping its predicted patronage and service frequencies have had to be increased.

The Forum has been offered the opportunity of a small group guided tour (limited to 20 people) which will include:

• Information on the construction of the guideway and the guided bus technology
• Travel on the busway on service buses
• A park and ride site
• The busway control centre
• Busway station  infrastructure
• Features of the unique Busway smartcard

Due to the limited number of places avialable for this event please book early to avoid disappointment.

This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code BCF003.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Customer Plus - What makes a great customer experience

When:  28 February 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: University of Derby, Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1GB
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Jo Higton, Senior Consultant, Customer Plus

Customer Plus is an award winning consultancy bringing together the disciplines of marketing, quality and people management to create customer service excellence. Helping organisations to understand their customers’ requirements, improve systems and processes, and create a motivating and fulfilling workplace.

Jo Higton has built up an impressive knowledge of customer service over her 10 year career in roles ranging from front line to strategist. Jo began working in retail and contact centre organisations, specialising in learning and development, before deciding to share her knowledge and experience as a consultant. She now works with organisations in both public and private sectors helping clients such as Ford Retail, Rentokil Initial, and Interfleet Technology improve their customer journey. Her training with Ford Retail last year gained an ICS TrainingMark and contributed to the client winning three Customer Service awards at the Motor Trader Awards, the CIM Marketing Excellence Awards and the National Customer Service Awards. She is also a lecturer at the University of Derby for the CIM post-graduate Diploma in Marketing and a board member for the local Young Enterprise programme.

At this event Jo will share some of her insights in customer service excellence and how your organisation can become more customer focussed in an increasingly competitive market place. She will explore the business case for customer service excellence and present some of the latest research on the topic. This presentation will take you on a journey from the logic of customer service through to the magic.
Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: DG006

Please find a booking form here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  East Midlands
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £10.00

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ScotRail's driver simulators

When:  1 March 2012 - 29 March 2012, 11:50 (for 12:00) - 13:00
Where: Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Centre Manager, ScotRail Simulator

Two simulators supplied in 2006 by Sydac of Adelaide train ScotRail drivers by mimicking hazards from snow to animals on the line.

ScotRail are now training an additional 70 drivers to handle service enhancements, and these visits will give an insight to the realism of the training experience.

This event will run on the following dates 1st March Event Code SR160, 8th March Event Code SR161, 15th March Event Code SR162, 22nd March Event Code SR163, 29th March Event Code SR164

Please note places for each date are limited. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting the relevant event code.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The transformation of Merseyrail

When:  6 March 2012, 12:00 (for 12:30) - 14:00
Where: Holiday Inn Royal Victoria Sheffield, Victoria Station Road, Sheffield, S4 7Y
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Alan Stilwell, Director of Integrated Transport, Merseytravel

Alan Stilwell is Director of Integrated Transport with Merseytravel.

His presentation will focus on the transfer of responsibility for Merseyrail Electrics rail services from Government to the then Passenger Transport Authority, the agreement with Serco/Abellio for the 25-year Concession, and the improvements in performance that have followed the transfer. He will also look at what the future holds for Merseyrail, in the context of the Government’s strategy for the national rail network.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code: SYKG049

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North East
Group:  South Yorkshire
Faculty:  Transport
Forum:  Local Transport Forum, Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Transport preparations for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games

When:  6 March 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Glasgow City Council, 231 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1UQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: George Vincent, Technical Services Manager, Glasgow City Council

With completion of the M74 and the Airdrie-Bathgate railway, Glasgow's transport infrastructure is already being improved in advance of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, preparations for which include planning for movement of visitors from and to the city. How are spectators, athletes, officials and stewards to transfer securely to and from stadia? More immediately, there is the issue of delivering materials for the construction of Games facilities. And what projects are to be the Games' legacy to Glasgow and Scotland?

Booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR129

Please note the full venue address is:
Conference Rooms 1 and 2, ground floor
Development and Regeneration Services
Glasgow City Council
231 George Street (Entry next door to 229 George Street but nearer to George Square, west of 229)
Glasgow
G1 1UQ

 

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish

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Russia - The abyss of logistics

When:  6 March 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 20:45
Where: Room 313, Cliffe Building, Sussex Downs College, 1 Mountfield Rd, Lewes, BN7 2XH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Robert Knights, COO Work Service Russia and VP, Management Board, Work Service SA, Poland

Russia is and always has been a nightmare destination for logisticians and supply chain professionals. The sheer scale of the country, the climate, infrastructure, equipment, the language, the people, the perceived business culture - or as Boney M put it "Oh Those Russians".

Napoleon and Hitler both tried setting up supply chains; both were defeated. Things have changed and logistics is a top profession amongst young Russians. A summary of the last 20 years with anecdotes will help remove the mystery, making you feel positive about Russian logistics.

THE EVENING IS SPONSORED BY HILLINGER

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: SG033

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Diagnostics

When:  7 March 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Overview

“If you don’t know where you are going, any place is a good place to start”. In these days of tight budgets and high expectations, making the best use of scarce resources is essential.

Course Content

This seminar is a ‘look inside’ at some of the tools and techniques Unipart Expert Practices use in helping business to diagnose the underlying issues with their supply chain, design appropriate solutions and drive sustainable business benefits.
The topics covered include supply chain characterisation; understanding customer needs, cost to serve, network and facility design and inventory diagnostics.  Whilst it is not possible in one day to train you to be a consultant our aim is to give you food for thought and some practical tools and techniques.

Who is this course for?

This workshop is designed for anyone interested or involved in the supply chain, or who has a close working relationship with the supply chain.

Please note, due to the nature of this workshop, delegates from organisations that Unipart deem to be of a competitive nature will not be allowed to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £30.00
Non-Member: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF038.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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Delivering better transport: A Journey from Austerity to Growth

When:  7 March 2012, 17:15 (for 17:30) - 19:30
Where: Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester, Lime Grove (off Oxford Road), Manchester, M13 9PL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Cllr. Andrew Fender, Chair Transport for Greater Manchester Committee

This lecture series will explore the challenges for transport policy & decision makers, professionals, operators and interest groups as we begin a journey from cutbacks and austerity back towards renewal and growth.

Having served on them all, Cllr. Fender will give a unique perspective on the different forms of governance which have managed and delivered transport policy in Greater Manchester – from the formation of GM County Council in 1974, to the inception of Transport for Greater Manchester in 2011.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code GMG092

Please see Building 67 on campus map here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Forum:  Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Visit to the West Midlands Signalling Centre

When:  7 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:15) - 19:30
Where: WMSC, Duddeston Mill Road, Saltley, Birmingham, B7 4AD
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Martin Colmey, Network Rail

The event will consist of two sessions:

• A presentation by the operations manager for West Midlands & Chilterns (South)
• A guided tour of the facility to see the signallers at work 

Please note places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: BCG057.

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  West Midlands
Group:  Birmingham & Coventry
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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C4k Rail

When:  8 March 2012, 09:45 (for 10:00) - 14:30
Where: York Road Railway Centre

Following on from last year's excellent visit to the Adelaide depot, Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) have offered us another interesting itinerary.

NIR are currently introducing another 20 trainsets. Known as the C4k, these trains are a development of the C3k trainsets successfully introduced recently.

The new trains will need additional maintenance facilities, so the visit will entail a tour of the York Road depot for a presentation followed by a trip to the Adelaide depot, to review the development of the new maintenace facility.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: NIR036



Please note the delegate list for this event will be vetted and there is no wheelchair access.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  Northern Ireland
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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ScotRail's driver simulators

When:  8 March 2012, 11:50 (for 12:00) - 13:00
Where: Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Centre Manager, ScotRail Simulator

Two simulators supplied in 2006 by Sydac of Adelaide train ScotRail drivers by mimicking hazards from snow to animals on the line.

ScotRail are now training an additional 70 drivers to handle service enhancements, and these visits will give an insight to the realism of the training experience.

Please note places are limited. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code SR161

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Unipart Rail

When:  8 March 2012, 15:00 (for 15:30) - 17:30
Where: Unipart Rail, Gresty Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 6EH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Unipart Rail is part of the Unipart Group - one of Europe's leading logistics companies. Operating across a range of market sectors, including automotive, leisure, marine, manufacturing, mobile telecoms, rail, retail and technology, Unipart offers a breadth of services from third party logistics to expert Consultancy.

All Unipart sites operate according to the Group's Lean vision known as 'The Unipart Way'. This is a philosophy of working underpinned by tools and techniques that inspires efficiency, flexibility and outstanding customer service in any process. Unipart also offers expert consultancy in implementing lean principles and supply chain management across industry sectors.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CHG046

Please note the delegate list for this event will be vetted and there is no wheelchair access.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Forensics in Road Traffic Investigations

When:  8 March 2012, 19:30 (for 19:45) - 21:00
Where: The Auctioneer, Rosehill Business Park, Carlisle, CA1 2RR
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: PC Shaun McKeown, Vehicle Examiner, Collision Investigation Department, Cumbria Police

Come along and be fascinated as you listen to how the Police conduct investigations into vehicle collisions and understand how the smallest clues can provide the most important leads when trying to understand the causes behind them.

Attending this presentation will probably make you think more about your driving style and you are bound to leave with some useful nuggets of information. This is a joint event with the Institute of Road Transport Engineers and will provide an informative opportunity for both Institutes to establish stronger ties in the county.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CG009

Please find directions here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Lancashire & Cumbria
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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6th Annual South West Lectures

When:  9 March 2012, 14:30 (for 15:00) - 17:00
Where: Lecture Theatre 1R026, University of the West of England, Frenchay Campus, Bristol, BS16 1QY

Speaker: Peter Hendy CBE FCILT, Commissioner, Transport for London & President CILT(UK); Graham Dalton, Chief Executive, The Highways Agency

Peter Hendy will present a lecture on 'Transport for the Olympics' - and the legacy benefit.

Graham Dalton will present a paper 'Operating a busy road network whilst achieving value for money'.

Please find more information here.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: SWR013

Please note members are welcome to bring along a colleague/guest.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South West
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Stoke-on-Trent - Local Transport Plan 3

When:  12 March 2012, 12:00 (for 12:30) - 14:00
Where: The Cadman Board Room, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 2DE
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Austin Knott, Transportation Policy Team Manager, City of Stoke-on-Trent

The presentation will be a brief foray into Stoke-on-Trent's new transport strategy, examining its development, funding mechamisms, investment programme and performance management.

The strategy provides direction to 2026 and contains an investment plan for the period 2011/12 to 2013/14. It refreshes the long-term transport strategy and continues implementation of the North Staffordshire Local Transport Plan 2006/07 - 2010/11.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: STG059

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  West Midlands
Group:  Staffordshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The replacement Forth Crossing

When:  12 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 21:00
Where: Kings College Conference Centre Auditorium, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Carson Carney, FCBC; Andy Mackay, Transport Scotland

Carson Carney of Principal Contractor FCBC and Andy Mackay Transport Scotland Delivery Team will provide an overview of the Forth Replacement Crossing from the evolution/history of the project to an update on the construction stage.

The evening's presentation is the 2012 Aberdeen Allied Professions Lecture, organised jointly by the AACE, CIHT, RICS, RITP, RIBA and CILT.

Bookings are to be made via Paul Finch T: 01224 597450 E: paul.finch@aecom.com Event Code: SR159

Please find a map here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Encouraging Commuters to Travel More Sustainably

When:  12 March 2012, 18:15 (for 18:45) - 20:15
Where: Reading Old Town Hall, Blagrave Street, Reading, RG1 1QH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Dr Mel Mehmet, Chief Executive, easitNETWORK

This will be a lively presentation, presenting an alternative angle on persuading commuters to travel more sustainably across the whole range of modes. Mel Mehmet will describe the background to the award-winning EasitNETWORK which has extensive experience in Crawley and in parts of Surrey. Locally, EasitNETWORK is working with Thames Valley Business Park in Reading and Mel will explain just what they do and how they do it. It promises to be a stimulating evening, relevant to everybody who makes a journey to and from work every day.

This presentation marks a return to our customary venue in central Reading. Do please come and widen your knowledge as well as meeting up with colleagues for that all-important networking! Members and non-members alike are very welcome, so please bring a guest so that they can find out some more about our Institute and what it offers.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: TVG051

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Central Southern
Group:  Thames Valley
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Young Professionals Conference, 10th Anniversary: A cause for celebration

When:  13 March 2012, 09:00 (for 09:30) - 16:30
Where: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 22-26 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2PQ

Speakers:
 

• Peter Hendy CBE FCILT, Commissioner, Transport for London & President, CILT(UK)
• Prof. Jeremy Peat, Inquiry Group Chairman
• Alan Gordon, Director of Innovation & Product Development, Stena Line
• John Curtis, Transport Scotland
• Fraser Brown, Managing Director, Ultra PRT
• William Purnell, Chairman, Central Taxis Edinburgh
• John Dales CMILT, Urban Initiatives

The 10th Annual CILT(UK) Young Professionals Conference, bringing you a heavyweight line up of speakers, excellent networking opportunities and unequalled value for money that has become synonymous with this conference series.

Please find further information here.

Delegate Fees:
CILT/CIHT Members: £40 + VAT
Non-members: £80 + VAT
Full time student £10 + VAT

Please find a booking form here.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: YPF029

Type:  Regional
Format:  Conference
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Young Professionals Forum

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CarbonActive Seminar

When:  13 March 2012, 10:30 (for 11:00) - 13:00
Where: PTRC, 1 Vernon Mews, Vernon Street, West Kensington, London, W14 0RL

The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) is hosting an open day to coincide with Climate Week 2012. 

CarbonActive is the CILT(UK) endorsed carbon management business tool which will be presented and demonstrated highlighting:

• Where and how this pioneering online tool will enable you to measure and monitor accurately the carbon footprint of your organisation.
• Identifying where improvements and cost reductions can be made.
• Implementing the necessary changes to reduce your supply-chain emissions e.g. improved fuel efficiency.
• Maximising your profit margins
• Minimising your organisations impact on the environment.
• Improving your pitch for new business.

Due to a limited number of places available for this event it is advised to book early to avoid disappointment.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: £25.00
The Insitute requires payment for events with attendance fees below £100 to be paid at the time of booking.Such payments can be made by cheque, credit/debit card or by the BACS system.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Tara-Chelise Fosbrook, email: tara.fosbrook@ciltuk.org.uk or tel: +44 (0) 1536 740151 quoting event code CA001.

Format:  Seminar
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £25.00

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A Fresh Connection between supply chain strategy and company profits

When:  13 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, Huddersfield, HD1 3DH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: John Perry FCILT, Managing Director, SCALA Consulting Ltd

This session invites you to experience first hand the challenge of driving company profits by collaborating across the total supply chain. Using interactive simulation the audience will make key strategic decisions and see the impact on company performance – with supply chain collaboration much more than just driving down cost.

Steve Agg, Chief Executive of the CILT, commented "The Institute is delighted to partner on this exciting innovation. The Fresh Connection is an innovative programme for developing current and future managers at all levels in the industry and offers a unique platform to enable participants to extend their supply chain knowledge."

A great chance for managers at all levels to experience the power of supply chain collaboration. Join us for this innovative and enjoyable experience.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code WNYG054

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North East
Group:  West & North Yorkshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Bibby Distribution Operations and Future Developments

When:  13 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: Bibby Distribution Head Office, 105 Duke Street, Liverpool, L3 1DD
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Tony Mohan, Marketing Director, Bibby Distribution

Part of the 200 year old Bibby Line Group, this local family owned business remains an outstanding success story. Having diversified to lead the market, it is one of the top 10 logistics providers in the UK. Bibby Distribution operates from 100 locations across the UK; employing over 2,000 people, managing 2 million square feet of warehousing space and a core fleet which travels 45 million miles every year.

Its areas of activity are broad; ranging from fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), industrial, construction, dairy and defence to automotive. The Group is committed to the principle of 'right first time every time'. We should all be able to learn something.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code MWG067

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Merseyside & Warrington
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Freight Forwarding Ports Maritime Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Improving on-shelf availability in the retail sector (or cash in the bank)

When:  14 March 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Overview

Since the ECR programme was established in 1996, retailers and suppliers across the world have been working together with the objectives of reducing supply chain costs and improving ‘on shelf’ availability.  It is difficult to know if costs have been reduced significantly, but there is no doubt that there is a different working relationship between retailers and their suppliers and it would seem reasonable to assume that at a tactical level, there has been a reduction in costs.

However, the IGDs availability survey, which has been undertaken every quarter since 2004, shows that any improvement in availability is at best marginal, with results hovering between 96% and 97%

Evidence suggests that 70% of availability issues are the result of in-store errors. There are many reasons for this, all of which can be addressed by the application of sound management techniques, as outlined in this seminar.

Course Content

This seminar will provide managers with the opportunity to:

• Consider the causes of failure in a retail context and root causes
• Understand the relevant best practice
• Consider how best practice can be applied in their environment
• Start to develop their own action plans

Who is this course for?

This workshop is designed for supply chain managers and operational managers from the retail supply chain.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £30.00
Non-Member: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF039.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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ScotRail's driver simulators

When:  15 March 2012, 11:50 (for 12:00) - 13:00
Where: Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Centre Manager, ScotRail Simulator

Two simulators supplied in 2006 by Sydac of Adelaide train ScotRail drivers by mimicking hazards from snow to animals on the line.

ScotRail are now training an additional 70 drivers to handle service enhancements, and these visits will give an insight to the realism of the training experience.

Please note places are limited. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk   quoting Event Code SR162

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Sustainable Urban Transport - An unachievable myth or a worthwhile goal?

When:  15 March 2012, 17:15 (for 18:30) - 21:00
Where: Cantor Building (formerly known as the Furnival Building), Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Yaron Hollander, Strategy and Policy Manager, South Yorkshire PTE; Giles Fearnley FCILT, Managing Director UK Bus, FirstGroup; Steve Biddle, Regional Director, Road Haulage Association

The freight and passenger transport sectors have always presented a challenge but increasing, often conflicting, demands now make this a priority for our industry. Public expectations continue to grow and the demands on the requirement for transport are unlikely to diminish. Whether this be in terms of moving people or goods, it is unlikely anyone would accept a reduction in service.

As in the UK, the majority of a nation’s population continue to live in urban conurbations, bringing with it the need to move people and goods effectively.
This situation is unlikely to change, although, a national government’s planning policy might influence where such urban developments occur. In recent years, transport demand has altered due to the many social and demographic changes, such as, the 24hour society, out of town shopping, people not working where they live, urban re-generation, on-line shopping, increased personal mobility, etc.

For our 2012 Seminar our speakers will be asked to address the issues of the sustainability of urban transport for people and goods not only from the view point of their own specialism but also on the wider community. Issues covered will include environmental issues, operating costs, customer expectations, infrastructure, investment and Legislation issues.

The event will be chaired by Dr. Martin Howarth, Head of Engineering and Mathematics Department, Sheffield Hallam University.

To book please contact: John Hardey, North East Regional Secretary Tel: 0114 230 7145 Email: jmhardey@tiscali.co.uk Event Code: SYKG047

Type:  Regional
Format:  Seminar
Region:  North East
Group:  South Yorkshire
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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The Greater Manchester CILT Annual Dinner 2012

When:  15 March 2012, 19:00 (for 20:00) - 23:00
Where: Renaissance Hotel, Blackfriars Street, Manchester, M3 2EQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: TBC

Always enjoyable, our annual dinner provides the perfect opportunity to join with colleagues and contacts in celebrating the achievements of our industry over the past year.

With entertaining and eminent speakers from major transport businesses, active members of CILT and a range of participants from the industry in our area, the dinner offers an unsurpassed and informal opportunity for socialising and networking.

Dress code: Black tie optional. For further information, bookings and enquiries please contact our dinner organiser Peter Morgan, at peter.coach.house@btinternet.com

Event Code: GMG093

Type:  Regional
Format:  Dinner
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Cost:  Members - TBC; Non-Members - TBC

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Bonded Warehousing - How to take advantage of HM Customs

When:  19 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Best Western Moore Place Hotel, The Square, Aspley Guise, Milton Keynes, MK17 8DW
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Nigel Wilson, Logistics Manager, Madison

To those not experienced in it, bonded warehousing can seem like a dark art.

The main commercial benefit is the delayed payment of import duty and VAT on inbound cargo which can have a significant impact on cash flow; but there are other advantages as well.

Nigel Wilson has many years experience of running dry bonded warehouses so will be able to show how to optimise the management of duty and VAT within a warehousing environment as well as provide some guidance around the many acronyms that apply to CFSP.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code NHCR053

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Group:  Milton Keynes & Luton
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Corporate Membership Overview

When:  20 March 2012, 10:00 (for 10:30) - 15:00
Where: CILT(UK), Earlstrees Court, Earlstrees Road, Corby, Northants, NN17 4AX

As a practicing supply chain operations professional you’ll already know just how difficult it can be to find business tools that will deliver demonstrable benefits and help you to win more business, essential market-intelligence and networking opportunities keeping you informed and in touch with market developments and the right training and qualifications for you and your colleagues.

Join us on March 20th to learn more about The Institute’s class-leading market intelligence and range of compliance based services, the UK’s leading supply-chain benchmarking club, effective and efficient carbon-emissions management, process control, measurement and management and our extensive and comprehensive suite of training courses and qualifications.

Speakers will include:

• Daryl Chesney, Business Development Manager, CILT
• Sarah Skinns, Professional Development Manager, CILT
• Peter Huggins, Knowledge Centre Manager, CILT
• Leonie Edwards, Manager, The Institute of Operations Management
• John Hutchby, Director, Process Management Data
• Vincent Reulet, Carbon Management Consultant, Carbon View

This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code C261.

Type:  National
Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Manchester Metrolink - System Development Update

When:  20 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Rain Bar, 80 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Philip Purdy, Metrolink Director, Transport for Greater Manchester

Expansion of Metrolink is the largest single light rail project undertaken in the UK; it will treble the size of the network and make it Britain's largest tram system.

Phase 3a extensions will be opening in 2011 and 2012, to be followed by Phase 3b extensions taking trams into Ashton, Oldham and Rochdale town centres, East Didsbury, Manchester Airport and across the city centre on a new route.

This presentation will cover network planning and implementation issues with the project.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GMG094

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Transport
Forum:  Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Shoreham Port Development

When:  20 March 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN

Speaker: Rodney Lunn, Chief Executive, Shoreham Port

Having just completed our portmasterplan, which covers the next 20 years, I would talk about Shoreham Port today, the current developments we have taking place now, and where we see the port going.   Shoreham Port is one of the best kept secrets of Sussex.  We handle around 900 commercial ships per year; and as a niche south coast port, we service mainly the hinterland of the SE/Sussex area.   Part of the role of the port is to assist the transport network of the UK, for example, one medium sized coastal tanker carrying petrol and diesel for the Texaco petrol stations in Sussex arrives each week from Milford Haven, and this one tanker keeps approximately 200 road tankers off the roads coming up from Wales to Sussex.   This is just one cargo, and there are many others, for example, salt / grain / peat, that pass through the port.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code GTG042.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Group:  Gatwick
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Shortsea shipping: The slow route to sustainability?

When:  21 March 2012, 17:45 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College Park Row, Greenwich, London, SE10 9LS
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Dr. Merv Rowlinson, Shipping & Intermodal Logistics Research, Southampton, London & Hamburg

The presentation will address the problematic issues of increasing shortsea, coastal and inland shipping's share of domestic and itra-European freight trade for both Britain and Ireland.

Despite the environmental advantages of water transport and the attention that shortsea shipping has attracted in political circles, both nationally and at European levels, increasing market share has proved difficult. Investigations into shortsea shipping's role and evidence of success and failure in the supply chain will be discussed.

Dr Rowlinson will go on to provide fresh analysis to his 2008 published work: Shipping Freight by Water in Britain and Ireland: Calculating Economic Cost and environmental Opportunities.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk   quoting Event Code: LR112

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  London
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Freight Forwarding Ports Maritime Forum, Freight Transport Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Lead Generation Day

When:  22 March 2012
Where: CILT(UK), Earlstrees Court, Earlstrees Road, Corby, NN17 4AX

Speaker: Peter Huggins, Knowledge Centre Manager, CILT(UK)

Want to increase hot sales leads?

Need to find new ways to achieve your targets?

Spend just two hours at CILT’s Knowledge Centre to find out how to access information resources from your desk to help you gain new leads to reach your sales targets.

Open to members and non-members, you can choose to attend either the morning or afternoon presentations. Each presentation will show you how to use the online and in-house resources which will enable you to obtain relevant details of listed companies and much more besides.
This event is £25pp for all non-members which will be deducted from the membership price should you sign up on the day. All members can attend free of charge. Light refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Presentations on the day will focus on:

• Corporate Business Review
• Newsdesk
• World Newspapers Today
• Business Intelligence Service
• Market Intelligence (Keynote, Plimsoll)
• Human Resources
• Online Library Catalogue

This event will be split into two sessions, a morning session from 1015 - 1215 hrs, and an afternoon session from 1330 - 1530 hrs.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: £25.00
The Institute requires payment for events with attendance fees below £100 to be paid at the time of booking. Such payments can be made by cheque, credit card or by the BACS system.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code C258.

Type:  National
Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £25.00

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MacAndrews & Co Ltd: Short Sea Carrier Roundtable Event

When:  22 March 2012, 10:30 (for 11:00) - 15:15
Where: Crowne Plaza Liverpool, St. Nicholas Place, Princes Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, L3 1QW

With the clamping down on carbon emissions and new legislations from the European Directive, supply chains are under immense pressure to review the way they work. What alternatives are available  to ensure supply chain integrity and control over the logistics process which provide both principles of economy and help curb a supply chain's carbon footprint? 

This conference explores the benefits and possibilities with Inter Modal Transport and how it fits in within the supply chain. An intimate case study with one of the largest trusted food brand names and how Inter Modal Transport has worked for them and why.

This event includes a visit to the Port of Liverpool.

Please find the agenda and speakers here.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: £20.00
The Institute requires payment for events with attendance fees below £100 to be paid at the time of booking. Such payments can be made by cheque, credit card or by the BACS system.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code COR011.

Due to the nature of the event, organisations that MacAndrews deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £20.00

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ScotRail's driver simulators

When:  22 March 2012, 11:50 (for 12:00) - 13:00
Where: Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Centre Manager, ScotRail Simulator

Two simulators supplied in 2006 by Sydac of Adelaide train ScotRail drivers by mimicking hazards from snow to animals on the line.

ScotRail are now training an additional 70 drivers to handle service enhancements, and these visits will give an insight to the realism of the training experience.

Please note places are limited. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk   quoting Event Code SR163

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Blue Light Logistics - Operating Lancashire's Police & Ambulance Services

When:  22 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: North West Ambulance Service, 449-451 Garstang Road, Broughton, Preston, PR3 5LN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Michael Sweetmore MILT, Fleet Manager, NWAS; Sgt Horsfield, Vehicle Investigation Unit, Lancashire Police

How does the Ambulance service meet their target of having a vehicle to the scene of an incident within 20 minutes, regardless of location and weather conditions when the clock starts ticking as soon as the emergency operator answers the 999 call?

And how do the Police forensic teams ascertain the causes of incidents on Lancashire's roads?

Come along to this event and gain a fascinating insight into how our emergency services operate. This event will also include a site tour of the NWAS regional depot in Preston.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code LG017

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Lancashire & Cumbria
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Special Incident Investigations Mercedes Benz (Commercial)

When:  22 March 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 21:00
Where: The Russell Hotel, 136 Boxley Road, Maidstone, ME14 2AE
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Jim Fisher and Stuart Bray, Mercedes Benz (Commercial)

Hosted by the IRTE.

All Joint Programme member organisations are very welcome.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code KTG085

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Group:  Kent
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Young Professionals Weekender Event

When:  23 March 2012 - 25 March 2012
Where: YHA Kielder, Butteryhaugh, Kielder Village, Hexham, NE48 1HQ

Join us for the latest YPF Weekender, now in our 6th year! Meet fellow Young Professionals in a relaxed environment, eat great food, and enjoy the surrounding countryside. This stunning property is in the heart of Kielder Forest, situated at the very North of Kielder Water. Transport will be available from Scotland central belt and from the railway station at Newcastle upon Tyne, or delegates can meet direct at the hostel.

Delegate Fees
Member: £54.17 + VAT = £65.00
Non-Member: £54.17 + VAT = £65.00
THE INSTITUTE REQUIRES PAYMENT FOR EVENTS WITH ATTENDANCE FEES BELOW £100 TO BE PAID AT THE TIME OF BOOKING. SUCH PAYMENTS CAN BE MADE BY CHEQUE, CREDIT CARD OR BY THE BACS SYSTEM.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code YPF030.

Type:  National
Format:  Visit
Forum:  Young Professionals Forum
Cost:  Members - £54.17 + VAT; Non-Members - £54.17 + VAT

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Supply Chain Network

When:  26 March 2012, 18:00 (for 19:00)
Where: Central London

Speaker: Mark Sharratt, Dale Carnegie

Following a very successful event over a year ago, Mark is returning to talk to the group to give practical tips on how to squeeze the most out of your working day Mark will be discussing how we can:

• Create extra hours in our day, as if by magic!
• Learn to double our reading speed
• Discover how to keep your energy high and avoid energy drainers
• Learn how to make faster, more effective decisions
• Discover a simple secret that could literally add years to your life!

Why not sponsor one of our events and a link to your website could be here!

The Supply Chain Network has been running since September 2004. It was set up as a networking and learning opportunity for younger people working within the supply chain in retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers - we use the word 'young' loosely, ages ranging from 20s-50s - a beating pulse is the important factor!

The group numbers about 50 people, with 20 typically at any one meeting. We meet about every six weeks or so in a pub in central London. Networking normally starts from 6pm onwards with snacks at 6.30pm and the 'formal' presentation from 7pm, with more networking afterwards. We aim to have a mix of 'experts' and presentations from within the group. The environment is very informal. The objective is discussion rather than a formal presenter at the front, with presenters encouraged to bring issues as well as experience.

We sometimes have spare spaces, so if you're interested in joining us, please contact Kirsten Tisdale - put Supply Chain Network in the comments box.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Networking Meeting
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - £5; Non-Members - £5

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How does the Scottish transport system serve our visitors

When:  27 March 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: The Queens Hotel, Leonard Street, Perth, PH2 8HB

Speaker: David Warnock

David Warnock lives in Callander and operates a small consultancy, working mainly in rural development, recreation and outdoor access and cultural and natural interpretation. He previously worked as Development Officer on the Trossachs Trail Tourism Management Programme which was widely recognised as a pioneer of 'Green Tourism' and 'Integrated Quality Management'. David has a degree in Business Studies with Environmental Education. In July 2010 he was appointed to the Board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park. 

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting Event Code SR128

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish

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Import, Export and Customs Compliance - Improve Quality, Reduce Costs

When:  28 March 2012, 09:30 (for 10:00) - 15:30
Where: Walton Hall Hotel, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire, CV35 9HU

Speaker: Anthony Griffiths, Partner, Strong & Herd Import/Export Services; Richard Bright, International Trade Development Liason Officer, HMRC; Bernd Stadtler, Head of Customs, Hugo Boss; Mark Brannan, International Business Development Manager, AEB (International) Ltd; Speaker TBD

With a new year ahead, supply chain executives’ focus continues to centre on delivering cost savings, improving process efficiency, increasing service levels and ensuring compliance with customs and global trade regulations.

For many, logistics experts, customs and foreign trade regulations are too “niche” to grapple with and relevant import and export tasks are sometimes considered more as a necessary burden rather than an opportunity to save costs or even gain a competitive advantage. Customs experts agree that companies managing global trade and customs rules to their advantage, and integrate them into their overall strategy, will be more competitive. Faster border clearance and smooth import and export handling ensure that goods are available on time, delivery promises can be kept, and – most importantly – a happy customer receives the product as ordered.

This conference will introduce most current customs regulations, the risks associated with non-compliance with customs and global trade regulations, current trends, challenges and available solutions, and importantly, will offer case-studies detailing the benefits of customs compliance programmes to streamline business processes and deliver cost savings in key areas of the supply chain.

Please find the agenda for this event here.

Delegates Fees
Members: Free
Non-Member: £20.00
The Institute requires payment for events with attendance fees below £100 to be paid at the time of booking. Such payments can be made by cheque, credit card or by the BACS system.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code COR012.

Due to the nature of the event, organisations that AEB deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - £20.00

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CILT(UK) Rail Lecture 2012

When:  28 March 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30)
Where: Hallam Street Conference Centre, 44 Hallam Street, London, W1W 6JJ

Speaker: Louise Ellman, Labour and Co-operative MP for Liverpool Riverside

Lecture History

The CILT Rail Lecture is held in memory of Sir Bob Reid.  Sir Bob was a career railway man who became Chairman of British Railways Board in 1982 and, in that capacity, achieved important changes for the organisation in creating a commercial approach to transport.  He was President of the Chartered Institute of Transport for 1982-83.

Speaker Biography - Louise Ellman, Labour and Co-operative MP for Liverpool Riverside

Louise Ellman was born in Manchester and has a BA Hons from Hull University and an MPhil from York University. She worked in Further Education and at the Open University before her full time political involvement. Louise was the Leader of Lancashire Council from 1981 to 1997 and has been the Labour and Co-Operative MP for Liverpool Riverside since 1997. She has been Chair of the House of Commons Transport Select Committee since 2008. The Committee has investigated a wide variety of transport issues including motor insurance, High Speed Rail, dealing with bad weather, the coastguard service and buses. Her political interests include transport, local Government, the Middle East and combating human trafficking.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £25.00
Non-Member: £50.00
Verified Full-Time Students: Free
Guests attending with a Member: £25.00
The Institute requires payment for events with attendance fees below £100 to be paid at the time of booking. Such payments can be made by cheque, credit card or by BACS.

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code C256.

Type:  National
Format:  Presentation

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Getting More In and Out of your Warehouse

When:  29 March 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Overview

In this seminar we look at each of the key warehousing processes, i.e. inbound, storage, picking and despatch.  Through the use of presentations, case studies and simulations we show how participants can get more into and out of their warehouses.

Course Content

The areas covered on the day include setting the warehouse in context, warehouse design using appropriate tools and techniques, and how the correct inbound and storage strategy can ensure stock integrity is maintained, using interactive discussion and illustrated by sample case studies. There will be an interactive discussion on outbound best practice, illustrated by a simulation. As part of the day there will be the opportunity to understand the influence of technology within the warehouse, giving some useful insights into making processes more efficient.

Who is this course for?

This workshop is designed for those working in and around warehouse environments, both in operational and analytical roles.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £30.00
Non-Member: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF040.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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ScotRail's driver simulators

When:  29 March 2012, 11:50 (for 12:00) - 13:00
Where: Glasgow Central Station, Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Malcolm Cook, Centre Manager, ScotRail Simulator

Two simulators supplied in 2006 by Sydac of Adelaide train ScotRail drivers by mimicking hazards from snow to animals on the line.

ScotRail are now training an additional 70 drivers to handle service enhancements, and these visits will give an insight to the realism of the training experience.

Please note places are limited. Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk    quoting Event Code SR164

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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An insight into Non-Destructive Testing (NDT)

When:  29 March 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 21:00
Where: BAE SYSTEMS, Marconi Way, Rochester, Kent, ME1 2XX
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Hosted by the WJS.

All Joint Programme member organisations are very welcome.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code KTG084

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Group:  Kent
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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8th Student Conference, CILT(UK), London Region

When:  2 April 2012, 09:30 (for 10:00) - 18:00
Where: 106 Bunhill Row, London, EC1Y 8TZ

Speakers to include:

• Richard Brown CBE FCILT, Chairman Eurostar, Past President of CILT(UK)
• Alastair Barbour FCILT, Head of Supply Chain, LG Electronics UK Ltd
• Jolyon Drury FCILT, Chair, Public Policy Committee, and Director, Surge Logistics Consultants
• Larry Woelk FCILT, Director, BiS Search & Recruitment

This is the 8th year of the CILT(UK) Student Conference.

The event provides participating students with the opportunity to develop their presentation skills, and to speak with industry experts about preparation for future employment, helping students to develop self-confidence.

Speakers will discuss future career challenges in supply chain management, logistics and transport. Career workshops at this one-day conference will also support students in preparing for their future. Forthcoming job opportunities and the requirements of emerging job markets will be discussed.

This year Conference themes are Employment Perspectives 2020 in SCM, Logistics and Transport.

Please find a timetable here more information here. 

To book your FREE place, Contact: Claudia Haase Claudia.Haase.1@city.ac.uk  Tel: 020 7040 0909) Event Code: LR111

Type:  Regional
Format:  Conference
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Bringing Back The Brighton Belle

When:  3 April 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 20:45
Where: Room 313, Cliffe Building, Sussex Downs College, 1 Mountfield Rd, Lewes, BN7 2XH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Denis Dunstone, Chairman, Friends of the Brighton Belle

The Brighton Belle is synonymous with train travel from London to the Sussex Coast.

Our speaker, former oil company executive, Naval Officer, chairman of the Transport Trust and author of books on railway history will talk about Brighton, its history and evolution, the peculiarities of the line from Brighton to London and the development of the trains serving the route specifically giving the story of the Southern - later Brighton, Belle and the restoration of a railway icon.

THE EVENING IS SPONSORED BY BRIGHTON & HOVE BUS AND COACH COMPANY

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: SG035

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Collaboration with SAP

When:  10 April 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:10
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Key challenges in the marketplace include an increasing need to manage supplier/customer relationships across continents, lack of visibility and control beyond an organisation, shorter product cycles and the trend of outsourcing non-core activities.

Through 'go see' tours this seminar provides an ideal opportunity to see how Unipart have implemented a model of operational excellence based on lean principles, to drive supply chain performance.
Thought provoking presentations will allow participants to understand SAP’s innovative approach to these Supply Chain challenges and show how to improve Supply Chain effectiveness with SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management. 

Facilitated sessions will demonstrate how Unipart's supplier management programme enables a team of people drawn from Unipart and its supplier base to work together to eliminate waste, maximise effectiveness and ensure total customer satisfaction.

This event is free of charge; however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF044.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Queensway Mersey Tunnel

When:  10 April 2012, 17:00 (for 17:15) - 20:00
Where: Georges Dock Building, Georges Dock Way, Liverpool, L1 5JQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Alison Smith, Merseytravel

A presentation about the design, construction and operation of the older of the two Mersey road tunnels will be followed by a tour of the ventilation building and part of the tunnel itself.

In 1922 Sir Archibald Salvidge proposed a report to Liverpool City Council to enquire into the possibility of either a tunnel or bridge to improve traffic facilities across the Mersey. The option of a bridge was strongly rejected and it was reported that a double-deck road tunnel would cost less to construct and offer considerable economy in maintenance.

On 8 August 1925 a Private Bill authorised the project, and the setting up of the Mersey Tunnel Joint Committee. On 16 December 1925 HRH the Princess Royal switched on the power to the pneumatic drills and work began. Working from both sides of the river, when the two work forces met there was a divergence of less than one inch. Some 1,200,000 tons of rock and gravel were excavated. This was replaced with 82,000 tons of cast iron and 270,000 tons of concrete.

The Queensway tunnel was opened by King George V on 18 July 1934; having cost £8 million to construct. At the time it was the biggest single municipal enterprise undertaken in Britain. The main tunnel is 44 feet in diameter, and carries four lanes of traffic for just over two miles between Liverpool and Birkenhead, with a branch tunnel exit at Liverpool Docks. There was originally another tunnel opening at Birkenhead Docks, but that has been closed now for some time.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code MWG068

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Merseyside & Warrington
Forum:  Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Milk Supply Chain from the Farm to the Supermarket Shelves

When:  17 April 2012, 18:15 (for 18:45) - 20:15
Where: Thamesdown Transport Ltd, Barnfield Road, Swindon, SN2 2DJ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Stan Coleman, Arla Dairies

Stan will talk about the milk supply chain from the farm to the supermarket shelves and the challenges that this presents.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code SWG013

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Central Southern
Group:  Swindon
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Game

When:  17 April 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Les Richings FCILT, Director, LRT Ltd

We all live in a fast moving society where we want everything now and supplying this need usually involves a supply chain, but do we understand what this involves. This game aims to explain the supply chain and in particular the interaction between sales and marketing, raw material suppliers, production, logistics and the customer by simulating the supply of a product and identifying where problems may occur and improvements can be made.

The game is very practical and suited to an audience who like "hands on” participation and perhaps a little "fun" as well.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GTG043

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Group:  Gatwick
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Challenges Ahead in Changing Technology for the Motor Industry

When:  17 April 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 21:00
Where: Holiday Inn, Ashford North, A20 Hothfield, TN26 1AP
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Hosted by the IMI (East).

All Joint Programme member organisations are very welcome.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code KTG086

 

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Group:  Kent
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Delivering better transport: A Journey from Austerity to Growth

When:  18 April 2012, 17:15 (for 17:30) - 19:30
Where: Samuel Alexander Building, University of Manchester, Lime Grove (off Oxford Road), Manchester, M13 9PL
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Natalie Qureshi, Consultant, Centre for Local Economic Strategies

This lecture series will explore the challenges for transport policy & decision makers, professionals, operators and interest groups as we begin a journey from cutbacks and austerity back towards renewal and growth.

This presentation will highlight the need to co-ordinate economic development, inward investment, planning and transport across Greater Manchester, to create a framework for promoting renewed economic growth while moving to a lower carbon economy and addressing entrenched economic and social exclusion that blights some of our most deprived residents and communities.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code GMG095

Please see Building 67 on campus map here.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Transport
Forum:  Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Understanding the past, supporting the present and enabling the future

When:  24 April 2012, 09:30 (for 10:00) - 14:00
Where: Health & Safety Laboratory, Harpur Hill, Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 9JN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Nina Day, Senior Engineer, Health and Safety Laboratory

HSL's Buxton location is a 550 acre site which is home to a state-of-the-art, purpose-built laboratory, bringing together some of the most informed, level-headed thinkers in the country. Their work ranges from helping to control the hazards posed by industrial plant, through to assisting in the management of occupational health of workers. A key requirement running through all of this is an understanding of human behaviour in workplace environments.

The day's itinerary includes presentations which focus on areas of risk and development in the logistics sector, as well as a tour of this remarkable research facility.

Our main speaker, Nina Day is a senior engineer at HSL who specialises in road and workplace transport and is currently working very closely with VOSA on a project to reduce multidrop dangers. See www.hsl.gov.uk  for further information about this world class facility.

Please find the agenda here.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code DG004

Please find a booking form here. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  East Midlands
Cost:  Members - £35; Non-Members - £70

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Peel Ports Developments

When:  24 April 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Rain Bar, 80 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Gary Hodgson, Managing Director, Mersey Ports

Since 2005, Peel Ports have jointly operated the Port of Liverpool, and the Manchester Ship Canal as a 44-mile "linear port".

In publishing their Port Master Plan in 2011, Peel laid out their intentions to develop several significant projects, both to expand Port capacity and capability -including up to five multi-modal inland Ports, most notably at Salford - and to facilitate "added value" businesses such as warehousing, processing plants and customer-focused operations.

Gary will provide an informed update on progress with these plans.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GMG096

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Freight Forwarding Ports Maritime Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Network

When:  30 April 2012, 18:00 (for 19:00)
Where: Central London

Speaker: TBA

Why not sponsor one of our events and a link to your website could be here!

The Supply Chain Network has been running since September 2004. It was set up as a networking and learning opportunity for younger people working within the supply chain in retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers - we use the word 'young' loosely, ages ranging from 20s-50s - a beating pulse is the important factor!

The group numbers about 50 people, with 20 typically at any one meeting. We meet about every six weeks or so in a pub in central London. Networking normally starts from 6pm onwards with snacks at 6.30pm and the 'formal' presentation from 7pm, with more networking afterwards. We aim to have a mix of 'experts' and presentations from within the group. The environment is very informal. The objective is discussion rather than a formal presenter at the front, with presenters encouraged to bring issues as well as experience.

We sometimes have spare spaces, so if you're interested in joining us, please contact Kirsten Tisdale - put Supply Chain Network in the comments box.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Networking Meeting
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - £5; Non-Members - £5

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Multimodal 2011

When:  1 May 2012 - 3 May 2012
Where: NEC Birmingham

Dedicated to more efficient freight, transport & logistics and supply chain management

Complete your free to attend visitor registration quoting priority code CLTE at http://www.multimodal.org.uk/. Join over 200 of the industry's key service providers and benefit from the free seminars and briefings.

Type:  Associated

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Latest Developments at LJLA

When:  8 May 2012, 18:00 (for 18:45) - 20:00
Where: Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, L24 1YD
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Robin Tudor, Group Head of Public Relations, Peel Airports Ltd

Following our short AGM, Robin will provide an update on latest trends and business developments at LJLA, along with an overview of the latest infrastructure and operational changes.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code MWG069

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Merseyside & Warrington
Forum:  Aviation Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Developing and Implementing Supply Chain Strategy

When:  15 May 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Overview

Research has shown that only 10% of all strategies yield the intended results.  Many reasons have been cited for this, including the strategies being inappropriate, their changing as soon as they are devised, their requirements not being communicated or inconsistencies between strategies, measures and actions. Some, or all, of the above are probably true to some extent.  Decisions such as outsourcing, off-shoring, service proposition changes and systems implementation can make or break a business. Choosing the right strategies, developing and implementing plans to realise those strategies and managing the resultant changes are vital.

Course Content

This seminar is intended to help senior teams understand what tools and techniques are available for the efficient development of supply chain strategy, including Competitive Space, Hoshin Kanri, etc, to deliver cost reduction, improve asset turns and/or enhance service.  We will also consider how to prevent initiative overload, establish a balance change portfolio and how to monitor strategy execution.

Who is this course for?

This master class is designed for those responsible for forming supply chain strategy.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Members: £30.00
Non-Members: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF041.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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Humanitarian Logistics: Why It's Everyone's Business

When:  15 May 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 20:45
Where: Room 313, Cliffe Building, Sussex Downs College, 1 Mountfield Rd, Lewes, BN7 2XH
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Michael Whiting, Air Ops Co-ordinator, IOM/UNHCR Joint Evacuation Cell

The talk will cover what humanitarian logistics is, the challenges faced and how they're overcome against an increasing number of sudden onset natural disasters, population growth, urbanisation and the current financial situation.

Without some radical rethinking the needs of the vunerable will not be met. There is a clear need for collaboration between humanitarians, commerce, academia and the military to provide preparedness planning and training to meet furure challenges.

CILT is ideally positioned to provide leadership and focus and all members can play a part if they choose.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code: SG036

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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What Does the Future Hold for Gatwick?

When:  15 May 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Sir David Rowlands FCILT, KCB, Non-Executive Chairman, Gatwick Airport Limited and Aviation Ambassador, CILT(UK)

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code GTG044.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  South East
Group:  Gatwick
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Visit to FH Browne and Sons Ltd - Pipe Organ Builders, Maintenance and Restoration for over 140 Years

When:  15 May 2012, 19:00 (for 19:30) - 21:00
Where: Old Cartwright School, The Street, Ash, Canterbury, CT3 2AA
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Roger Greensted, Managing Director, FH Browne and Sons Ltd

Hosted by the CQI.

All Joint Programme member organisations are very welcome.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code KTG087

Please note places are limited.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  South East
Group:  Kent
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards

When:  17 May 2012
Where: Savoy

Nominations are open for The MAN everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards.  

Celebrating the success of women in Transport and Logistics these awards showcase the diverse career opportunities available, encouraging more women to consider a career in this sector and navigate their path to success - ultimately providing a pipeline of talent and future industry leaders.

The ceremony will be held at the Savoy on 17 May 2012 and entrants have until 13 February 2012 to nominate. It's quick, free and getting onto the shortlist is a great way to showcase your talent so don't miss out - www.everywoman.com/tlawards

In association with Skills for Logistics

Type:  Associated

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The Delivery of High Value, High Data Logistics Best Practice

When:  17 May 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:00
Where: 2020 Mobile Group, Weston Road, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6BU
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speakers:  Ben Hill, Operations Manager, 20:20 Mobile UK Ltd; Gareth Dodd, IT Director

If you love complexity in your supply chain, look no further than 20:20 Mobile! An operation tailored to the unique data-driven and security focused characteristics of the mobile phone industry, 20:20 represents a solution to the fine balance between efficiency and complexity. Servicing a multitude of customer segments, from Blue-chip businesses to end users, we will demonstrate how the complex data requirements are integrated into an effective and robust ERP-driven solution.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CHG047

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Pegasus Lecture - Manchester's Airport City Development

When:  22 May 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: The Station, Malaga Avenue, Manchester Airport, Manchester, M90 3RR
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: TBC

The "Airport City" development would be one of the largest in Europe, bringing £600 Million of investment to a 60-acre site adjacent to Manchester Airport.

Designed to support international business - with many employees potentially flying in to work there - the project could generate up to 7,000 jobs. But its success will depend on having the transport connectivity and capacity to service a new "town centre" at the Airport.

The Airport development team and public transport operators will outline how they are working to meet this challenge.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code GMG097

Please note there is no wheelchair access for this event and the delegate list will be vetted.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Greater Manchester
Faculty:  Supply-Chain
Forum:  Aviation Forum, Passenger Transport Security Forum, Strategic Rail Forum, Transport Planning Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Lancashire DAF - Dealership Site Visit & Vehicle Presentation

When:  24 May 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Lancashire DAF, Four Oaks Road, Walton Summit Centre, Bamber Bridge, Preston, PR5 8BW
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Paul Entwistle, Sales Director, Lancashire DAF

Lancashire DAF offers unrivalled expertise in trucks and support services. From their strategically located state-of-the-art premises in Preston they supply products from the DAF range to meet every transport application.

Come along and see how a modern truck dealership supports it's customers and also get to view the award winning DAF range of trucks.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code LG018

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation, Visit
Region:  North West
Group:  Lancashire & Cumbria
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Network

When:  28 May 2012, 18:00 (for 19:00)
Where: Central London

Speaker: TBA

Why not sponsor one of our events and a link to your website could be here!

The Supply Chain Network has been running since September 2004. It was set up as a networking and learning opportunity for younger people working within the supply chain in retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers - we use the word 'young' loosely, ages ranging from 20s-50s - a beating pulse is the important factor!

The group numbers about 50 people, with 20 typically at any one meeting. We meet about every six weeks or so in a pub in central London. Networking normally starts from 6pm onwards with snacks at 6.30pm and the 'formal' presentation from 7pm, with more networking afterwards. We aim to have a mix of 'experts' and presentations from within the group. The environment is very informal. The objective is discussion rather than a formal presenter at the front, with presenters encouraged to bring issues as well as experience.

We sometimes have spare spaces, so if you're interested in joining us, please contact Kirsten Tisdale - put Supply Chain Network in the comments box.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Networking Meeting
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - £5; Non-Members - £5

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Backhouse Jones - Legal Update

When:  7 June 2012, 18:00 (for 18:30) - 20:30
Where: Henkel Ltd, Road Five, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 3QY
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Once again Backhouse Jones – well known firm of solicitors whose main practice areas are road transport, defendant personal injury, regulatory compliance, commercial litigation and employment will provide an update on the law, looking at the latest legal changes and guiding us through best practise within industry.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code CHG048

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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SCALA Fresh Connection Grand Final

When:  13 June 2012
Where: Marriott Forest of Arden

   

The Fresh Connection is a unique and innovative supply chain simulation tool designed to stimulate supply chain learning and personal development.  It is a highly adaptable tool that has been used by SCALA to develop industry talent at many different levels from undergraduate students through to senior management.

Competition Structure - 2 Entry Options

• Teams compete in intense 2 Day Competitions across the UK on a range of dates between March and May 2012.
• Compete online over 12 weeks to a fixed schedule, starting in March 2012.
• All teams participate in the UK Grand Final on 13th June alongside the CILT Conference week at Marriott Forest of Arden.
• The team with the highest ROI become the UK SCALA Fresh Connection Champions 2012.
• Winners then represent the UK at the International Finals in Barcelona on 14th September.

For further information:
http://www.thefreshconnection.co.uk/  
Email: sarah.mckeever@scalagroup.co.uk
Telephone: 01484 437497

Type:  Associated

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Docklands Light Railway

When:  19 June 2012, 18:30 (for 19:00) - 21:00
Where: Harlequin Theatre, Warwick Crescent, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 1NN
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Rory O'Neill, Head of Projects, Docklands Light Railway

The Docklands Light Railway was one of the first light rail systems in Britain, with one of the world's most advanced automatic train control systems. Since opening in 1987, the DLR has expanded faster than any other UK railway. It carries almost 70 million passengers a year with consistently high levels of reliability and passenger satisfaction.

This presentation will cover the history of the original railway and the various additions to the network, including the Bank, Beckton, Lewisham and Woolwich Extensions and also describe the programme of upgrades being delivered for the 2012 Olympics. It will provide an overview of planned extensions post 2012 and an update of the Cable Car for London project which is being delivered by DLRL.

Delegate Fees:
Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code GTG040.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Group:  Gatwick
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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NW Region Logistics & Transport Awards and Dinner

When:  22 June 2012, 18:30 (for 19:30) - 23:30
Where: Cranage Hall Hotel, Byley Lane, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, CW9 7WA
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: TBC

Once again the Cheshire group hosts the CILT's North West Region Awards in Logistics and Transport.

Set in the idyllic setting of Cranage Hall, members and their wives/partners will be able to meet and network freely with colleagues and contacts.

Guest speakers and entertainment are currently being agreed and will be announced in the New Year.

Event Code CHG049

Type:  Regional
Format:  Dinner
Region:  North West
Group:  Cheshire

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Supply Chain Network

When:  25 June 2012, 18:00 (for 19:00)
Where: Central London

Speaker: TBA

Why not sponsor one of our events and a link to your website could be here!

The Supply Chain Network has been running since September 2004. It was set up as a networking and learning opportunity for younger people working within the supply chain in retailers, manufacturers and logistics providers - we use the word 'young' loosely, ages ranging from 20s-50s - a beating pulse is the important factor!

The group numbers about 50 people, with 20 typically at any one meeting. We meet about every six weeks or so in a pub in central London. Networking normally starts from 6pm onwards with snacks at 6.30pm and the 'formal' presentation from 7pm, with more networking afterwards. We aim to have a mix of 'experts' and presentations from within the group. The environment is very informal. The objective is discussion rather than a formal presenter at the front, with presenters encouraged to bring issues as well as experience.

We sometimes have spare spaces, so if you're interested in joining us, please contact Kirsten Tisdale - put Supply Chain Network in the comments box.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Networking Meeting
Region:  London
Cost:  Members - £5; Non-Members - £5

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CILT(UK) Knowledge Centre Open day

When:  19 July 2012
Where: Corby

This is a unique opportunity and an open invitation to visit the Knowledge Centre at the Institute’s main offices. Learn about all the information resources that are available to help you in your work and study.

Open to both members and non-members, this event will provide an insight into how the Knowledge Centre and the Webshop can help you save time and money when sourcing information.

Short information presentations over the afternoon will show you how to use the online resources and you will also have the opportunity to purchase books at discounted prices on the day.

This event is FREE OF CHARGE, and light refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Presentations on the day will focus on:

• Online Library Catalogue
• Business Intelligence Service
• World Newspapers Today
• Newsdesk
• Corporate Business Review
• Legal and Compliance Service
• Carbon Active

Speakers:

Peter Huggins, Knowledge Centre Manager

Times:

Option 1 - 10.15 - 12.15 (Registration: 10.00)
Option 2 - 13.30 - 15.30 (Registration: 13.15)

Please find a booking form here. This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting Event Code C253.

Type:  National

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Annual Study Tour

When:  14 September 2012 - 22 September 2012
Where: Istanbul, Turkey

Study Tour to Istanbul, Turkey

£1,150.00 in a twin-bedded room, sharing or £1,450 in a single room.

The price includes:

• Direct flights with Turkish Airlines from Birmingham
• Airport transfers
• B & B accommodation at the Hotel Perula in Istanbul
• City tour
• Meetings & technical visits
• Gala dinner at the end of tour

To obtain a booking form please contact Andrew Dartnell Tel: 07974 588052 or Email: friesian@btopenworld.com

Event code: STG064

Type:  Regional
Format:  Visit
Region:  West Midlands

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Supply Chain Collaboration with SAP

When:  25 September 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:10
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Key challenges in the marketplace include an increasing need to manage supplier/customer relationships across continents, lack of visibility and control beyond an organisation, shorter product cycles and the trend of outsourcing non-core activities.

Through 'go see' tours this seminar provides an ideal opportunity to see how Unipart have implemented a model of operational excellence based on lean principles, to drive supply chain performance.
Thought provoking presentations will allow participants to understand SAP’s innovative approach to these Supply Chain challenges and show how to improve Supply Chain effectiveness with SAP BusinessObjects Supply Chain Performance Management. 

Facilitated sessions will demonstrate how Unipart's supplier management programme enables a team of people drawn from Unipart and its supplier base to work together to eliminate waste, maximise effectiveness and ensure total customer satisfaction.

This event is free of charge; however you must pre-book your place.  Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF045.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Role of the Road Haulage Association in Scotland

When:  3 October 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Phil Flanders, RHA Director, Scotland and Northern Ireland

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) provides dedicated campaigning, advice, information and business services specially tailored for the haulage industry. They use their buying power to negotiate exclusive savings on a range of key haulage services, saving members time and money. Their director for Scotland and Northern Ireland Phil Flanders is also an external member of Sestran, the South-East Scotland Regional Transport Partnership.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR149

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Supply Chain Measurement

When:  9 October 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart Rail, Jupiter Building, First Point, Balby Carr Bank, Doncaster, DN4 5JQ

Overview

Do your supply chain measures turn data into valuable information?  Can you see at any given point exactly what is happening within your supply chain?  Most importantly, do your measures support value-adding activities and promote continuous improvement?  You may have measures, but are they the right ones?

Course Content

This seminar looks at supply chain measurement and introduces the idea that you must look for the value in your supply chain for your KPIs to be truly effective.  The aim is to show you how to find these measures and how to use systems to support timely decision-making.

Who this course is for?

This workshop is aimed at any individual who uses measures in their day-to-day business activity and feels that what they currently use isn’t giving the whole picture.

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £30.00
Non-Member: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF042.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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How to be Respectable and Radical at the Same Time in Transport

When:  16 October 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Professor Paul Salveson, The Railway Doctor

Biographer, socialist, dialect expert and all-round optimist Dr Paul Salveson took time off from his model railway to found the Community Rail movement and lead stakeholders relations at two train operating companies. Now he's turned respectable - an MBE, FCILT and a Visiting Professor - and considers whether it is possible to sport these attributes yet remain true to one's radical roots in transport.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR150

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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CILT(UK) Knowledge Centre Open day

When:  18 October 2012
Where: Corby

This is a unique opportunity and an open invitation to visit the Knowledge Centre at the Institute’s main offices. Learn about all the information resources that are available to help you in your work and study.

Open to both members and non-members, this event will provide an insight into how the Knowledge Centre and the Webshop can help you save time and money when sourcing information.

Short information presentations over the afternoon will show you how to use the online resources and you will also have the opportunity to purchase books at discounted prices on the day.

This event is FREE OF CHARGE, and light refreshments will be available throughout the day.

Presentations on the day will focus on:

• Online Library Catalogue
• Business Intelligence Service
• World Newspapers Today
• Newsdesk
• Corporate Business Review
• Legal and Compliance Service
• Carbon Active

Speakers:

Peter Huggins, Knowledge Centre Manager

Times:

Option 1 - 10.15 - 12.15 (Registration: 10.00)
Option 2 - 13.30 - 15.30 (Registration: 13.15)

Please find a booking form here. This event is free of charge, however you must pre-book your place.  Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting Event Code C254.

Type:  National

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Mapping Britain's Railways

When:  30 October 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:30
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: David Spaven; Julian Holland

Britain invented railways, and can also lay claim to being the best-mapped country in the world.

The new book by David Spaven and Julian Holland on Mapping Britain's Railways (Times Books, 2011) illustrates the history of Britain's railways through a carefully chosen selection of maps that have never before appeared in a single publication. While maps are of course functional, this presentation will reveal that they can also be a visual feast.

Booking is not required for this event. Event Code: SR151

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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Stock Integrity

When:  6 November 2012, 09:30 (for 09:45) - 16:30
Where: Unipart House, Garsington Road, Cowley, Oxford, OX4 2PG

Overview

Companies spend vast amounts of money on IT systems without ensuring that the underpinning stock integrity processes are robust.  Shrinkage, loss, illegal stock manipulations and process inefficiencies are unfortunately all too common in many businesses.  This seminar will cover how stock integrity can be improved across the supply chain to enhance customer service and reduce inventory and total operating costs.

Course Content

The seminar includes focused interactive sessions, illustrated with case studies and practical exercises on effective stock integrity as a foundation for:

• Improving service and reducing costs
• Creating best practice operational and financial processes
• Effective stock counting
• The use of technology
• Ensuring that your company is compliant with Sarbanes Oxley principles

Who this course is for?

This seminar is designed for:

• Stock managers or operations managers who want to understand more about stock
• Practitioners and managers working in logistics and finance

Due to the nature of the seminar, organisations that Unipart deem to be  competitive to their business will be unable to attend.

Delegate Fees:
Member: £30.00
Non-Member: £60.00

Please find a booking form here. Bookings to be made via Membership Services, tel: +44 (0) 1536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk quoting event code SCF043.

Format:  Presentation
Cost:  Members - £30.00; Non-Members - £60.00

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Conserving Scotland's Maritime Heritage

When:  13 November 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Jim Tildesley, Former Director, Scottish Maritime Museum

Ships unlike buildings and wrecks have no statutory protection, and despite Scotland's prowess as a shipbuilding nation more Scots-built ships are preserved abroad than here. Former director of the Scottish Maritime Museum Jim Tildesley considers the record in conserving the legacy of our sea-going success, and reports the progress being made by museums in the face of adversity and indifference.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR152

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Role of the Freight Transport Association in Scotland

When:  27 November 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 19:30
Where: Glasgow City Council, 229 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1UQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Chris MacRae, FTA Head of Policy, Scotland & Manager, Rail Freight Policy

Since 1889 FTA has been representing the transport interests of companies moving goods by road, rail, sea and air, specialising in delivering safe, sustainable and efficient logistics through

• Representing the needs of the logistics industry at local, national and European level
• Campaigning to raise awareness of the logistics industry
• Compliance to inform and prepare members about the latest European and domestic legal requirements
• Training to improve the skills and knowledge of drivers and managers in the industry

Full Address 
Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Ground Floor
Development and Regeneration Services
Glasgow City Council
229 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1UQ

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR153

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Annual Scottish Sustainable Transport Event : The John Muir Way

When:  4 December 2012, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Edinburgh City Chambers, High Street, Edinburgh, EH1 1YG
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Keith Geddes, Chairman, Central Scotland Green Network Partnership Board

The founder of the modern conservation movement, John Muir drew inspiration from his boyhood in Dunbar.

Now the Central Scotland Green Network seeks transformation of an area stretching from East Lothian to Ayrshire into a place where environment adds value to the economy and people's lives are enriched by its quality.

The John Muir Way runs from Dunbar to Fisherrow, and CSGN want it to reach Loch Lomond so as to mark the centenary of Muir's death in 2014.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code: SR156

There will be a free buffet beforehand and an informal networking opportunity afterwards.

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free

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The Work of Passenger Focus

When:  5 February 2013, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: First ScotRail Boardroom, Atrium Court, 50 Waterloo Street, Glasgow, G2 6HQ
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Anthony Smith, Chief Executive, Passenger Focus

Passenger Focus is the independent consumer watchdog for Britain's rail passengers and England's bus, coach and tram passengers. Using research - in particular the rail National Passenger Survey and Bus Passenger survey - to drive change, Passenger Focus seeks to make a difference for passengers.

Anthony Smith, will outline Passenger Focus's changing role, key objectives and passenger priorities.

Bookings are to be made via Membership Services, tel: 01536 740104 or email: membership@ciltuk.org.uk  quoting Event Code SR154

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Local Transport Forum, Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free ; Non-Members - Free

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The CHRONOS Project

When:  5 March 2013, 17:30 (for 18:00) - 20:00
Where: Glasgow City Council, 229 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1QU
Meeting point:  Please log in to see the meeting point

Speaker: Ranald Robertson, Programme Manager, HITRANS

Devised by Nexus Alpha with JLM Consulting, the solar-powered CHRONOS system enables customer information to be displayed cost-effectively in locations which lack the normal cabling infrastructure. Rail station displays at seven locations on the Far North Line meet the design brief developed through discussion with ScotRail and HITRANS, and funding support has also come from the Technology Strategy Board. Rolled out to several bus stations, the system has an automated speech facility for the visually impaired.

Please note booking is not required for this event. Event Code SR155

Please note the full venue address is:
Conference Rooms 1 & 2 (Ground floor)
Development and Regeneration Services
Glasgow City Council
229 George Street
Glasgow
G1 1QU

Type:  Regional
Format:  Presentation
Region:  Scottish
Forum:  Local Transport Forum, Strategic Rail Forum
Cost:  Members - Free; Non-Members - Free