Join us for a celebratory event, marking 50 (+) years of the Transport Studies Group (TSG) at Marylebone , reflecting on teaching and research, past, present and future.

The event will comprise two distinct segments, the first being an afternoon session with speakers on past development, and current roles, of teaching and research in the Group, together with contributions from alumni who have attained important positions in the transport sector.

This will be followed in the evening by an informal reception for past staff colleagues, alumni and others connected with TSG's work over the years (such as research collaborators in other institutions, external examiners) and presentations ceremony.

The event will take place in person at the Marylebone Campus, and delivered in tandem online, with a joining link to be shared with registered attendees ahead of the event. Tickets are available for in person attendance at the first session and/or reception, and for online attendees, for the first session and/or the Presentations segment of the Reception.

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An event to celebrate Fifty Years of Teaching and Research in Transport at the University of Westminster Friday 29 April 2022

Provisional Programme

14:30 – 15:00 Tea/coffee on arrival

15:00 Streamed element begins

15:00 – 16:30 Session 1

A session with present and former staff on the development of transport teaching and research at Marylebone from 1971 with consideration of current and future transport issues

Development of transport teaching and research

Rigas Doganis (Director from 1971 to 1991; launch of the MSc Transport Planning and Management and MSc Transport and Development; Aviation Research)

Peter Jones (Director from 1992 to 2006, development of Research in Travel Behaviour and Transport Policy)

Michael Browne (Logistics Research and launch of the MSc European Logistics)

Peter White (Public Transport Research and development of the MSc TP&M)

Nigel Dennis (launch of the MSc Air Transport)

Enrica Papa (current course leader MSc TP&M)

Marzena Piotrowska (current course leader MSc Logistics and Supply Chain Management)

Current Research Activities

Introduction to current structure

Rachel Aldred (Active Travel Academy)

Andrew Cook (Air Traffic Management)

Maja Piecyk (Logistics and Distribution)

Discussion Panel (30 minutes)

Transport: the next fifty years (Chair: Andrew Cook)

Rachel Aldred, Mike Browne, Rigas Doganis, Peter Jones

16:30 – 17:00 Tea Break / Exhibition Material on Plasma Screen

17:00-18:00 Session 2

Contributions from past students who have attained important positions in the transport sector

David Astill (Managing Director, Nottingham City Transport)

Paul Clark (Managing Director, Through The Looking Glass Ltd and formerly General Manager, Marketing Development and Training, Airbus)

Nick Denton (Traffic Commissioner for the West Midlands; previously the UK’s representative on the council of the International Civil Aviation Organisation, and head of the Department for Transport’s Freight Policy and Lorry Charging Division)

Nick Fadugba (CEO, African Aviation Services Ltd, Interim Director of South African Airways and formerly Secretary General, African Airlines Association)

Will Lofberg (VP – International, Government and Environment Affairs, Emirates)

Lucy Marstrand-Taussig (Transport Planner, Inclusive Walking & Cycling Design)

John Pinkstone (Worldwide Account Manager, FedEx HealthCare Solutions)

Nick Tyler (Chadwick Professor of Civil Engineering, UCL)

Further graduates of the programmes have been invited

18:00 Streamed element – pause

18:00 – 19:00 Reception

Informal event for past staff colleagues, alumni and others connected with transport work at PCL and University of Westminster over the years (such as research collaborators in other institutions, external examiners) with a short awards ceremony for contributions made to the development of transport teaching and research on the Marylebone campus

19:00 Streaming recommences

19:00 – 19:30 Awards

19:30 Streaming closes

19:30 – 21:00 Reception continues

21:00 Event closes