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.
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.
Lewis NorthHead 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. |
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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Derek HaldenDHC Loop Connections United Kingdom |
Derek Halden (UK) specialises in planning accessibility and connections to enable joint planning of the factors that drive travel demand together with transport supply. The global pandemic has changed people, places and transport making accessibility planning even more important than prior to the pandemic. I am working with AET to help develop the debate about these new challenges and responses, taking transport planning beyond traditional boundaries to further develop accessibility and connectivity planning. |
Jeffrey HowardRail Partners United Kingdom |
Jeffrey Howard (UK) is a railway policy manager at Rail Partners and a member of the AET Council. His policy work is focused on harnessing the experience and creativity of the UK's private railway operators in building a better railway. He joined the Transport and Mobility Forum to enhance and promote AET's leadership of transport debates in Europe. | ||
Conall Mac AongusaMobimetrix – Ireland Independent Transport Planner Ireland |
Conall Mac Aongusa (IE) is Chair of the AET Webinars Group and is an Independent Transport Engineer and Planner from Ireland. He is a member of the Board of Directors of AET and a former Chair of AET Council from 2012-2016. I want to support the development of our new online webinar initiatives and resources so that AET has the potential to become the preferred platform for debate on transport in Europe. |
András MunkácsyKTI Institute for Transport Sciences Hungary
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András Munkácsy (HU) is a member of the AET Council and a senior researcher at KTI Institute for Transport Sciences in Budapest, where he is head of the Transport Development Research Centre. I am confident that the AET Transport and Mobility Forum goes far beyond a series of presentations. As a member of the working group, I intend to support and promote the discussion, meeting and networking opportunities these events can provide for transport professionals. | ||
James OdeckNorwegian University of Science and Technology Norway |
James Odeck (NO) is a professor of transport economics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim) and a senior research economist at the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (NPRA). He specializes in applied transport economics and efficiency & productivity measurements. His research in transportation covers impact assessment and benefits cost analyses, monetary valuation of impacts, ex-post studies and cost overruns, and elasticity of transport demand. Odeck has published widely in re-known transportation journals such as Transportation Research Part A, Transportation, Transport policy, and Transport Reviews. The transportation sector is one of the public sectors with ongoing new developments, e.g., digitalization, automation, and a shift from fossil fuel to renewable energy. I am happy to work with AET to develop a platform for debating these new developments and other emerging transportation issues. Hopefully, the Webinar series will help AET take the leading role in transport debates internationally. |
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