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AET Transport and Mobility Forum

The AET Transport and Mobility Forum promotes active engagement of AET members and member-groups with each other and with other like-minded transport organisations through supporting and hosting a range of activities including online webinars, seminars and discussions on a wide range of transport and transport related topics of interest. We welcome new members and new ideas about transport and how we talk about transport.

Upcoming webinar

Transport politics: Engaging with political stakeholders

FREE Webinar: Thursday, 3 October 2024 
11.00 - 12.00 CEST / 10.00 - 11.00 BST

How do transport planners and researchers influence decision makers? In this webinar, we examine the importance of political engagement in shaping the debate around transport and influencing outcomes to move plans forward.

Lewis North, Head of Public Affairs for Rail Partners (UK), will discuss how to engage with politicians and other key stakeholders. Drawing upon examples from the railway in Great Britain, he will examine the importance of media interventions and political engagement. This session will explore tactics to achieve results and influence government policy, while also exploring how to respond to challenges to policy positions and ways of managing setbacks. 

Following the presentation will be a short response from John Martin, Head of Climate Engagement, Ireland Department of Transport. The webinar will be chaired by AET Board member Conall Mac Aongusa.

AET Transport and Mobility Forum webinars are free and are hosted on the Zoom platform.

Speaker

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Lewis North

Head of Public Affairs

Rail Partners (UK)

Lewis has over 10 years of experience in UK and EU public affairs, communications, and campaigning. Prior to working at Rail Partners, where Lewis leads on political engagement, he worked in external affairs roles in several arms-length bodies, including the Environment Agency, the Charity Commission and Network Rail. He started his career as a political adviser to a Member of the European Parliament where he advised on environmental policy and media relations.

 

Future TMF Webinars and Events

Please note all webinars and events are subject to change.

Date Topic/Theme Presenters
3rd October 2024  Transport politics: Engaging with political stakeholders  
7th November 2024  Mobility in a Rapidly Changing World   
5th December 2024  ETC 2023 Neil Mansfield Prize Winning Paper    
9th January 2025  New Year Debate – Modernising Transport Governance     
6th February 2025 Transport Planning for the Paris Olympics 2024   

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