Transport Group

At a glance: Intellect’s Transport Group informs stakeholders of the contributions that technology can make to transport systems/services, offers a forum for members to learn about and discuss developments in the sector, and seeks to optimise the trading environment.

Chair Mark Elliott Accenture Biography

Meeting dates

• 19/04/2010 - Joint Intellect Position and Timing Committee, Intellect Transport Group
• 19/05/2010 - Transport Group - Carbon friendly transportation - role of technology

Focus: The group holds regular speaker-led meetings and an annual reception. Intellect has also published an industry white paper on road user charging as part of a campaign to ensure the industry's voice is heard in the ongoing public debate on the issue.

Key focus areas:

• promoting the UK transport technology industry's views to key stakeholders - including ministers, officials, politicians and other opinion formers
• identifying opportunities and the barriers to market entry
• discussing key technology issues (e.g. interoperability, international standards, road pricing, the environment, security, safety)
• examining the latest developments concerning products, business models and channels, market trends, future growth models and other relevant issues
• encouraging and developing the application of Concept Viability for new procurements
• promoting knowledge sharing and networking
• assisting the development of Intellect guidance documents

Recent speakers

• Robin Shaw, Director of Transport, Welsh Assembly Government
• Nick Illsley, CEO, Transport Direct
• Brian Collins, Chief Scientific Advisor, DfT and BERR
• Prof Stephen Glaister CBE, Director of the Royal Automobile Club (RAC) Foundation
• Stephen Joseph OBE, Executive Director, Campaign for Better Transport  
• Prof Jon Shaw, Director of the Centre for Sustainable Transport, University of Plymouth 
• Prof Eric Sampson, Visiting Professor at University of Newcastle and ITS United Kingdom Chairman
• Justin Caton, Development Engineer, HSBC Rail
• Steve Gooding, Director for Road Performance and Strategy, DfT
• Roger Evans, Chair of the London Assembly Transport Committee

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