Discovering from senior rail leaders Beth West, chief executive, East West Railway Company and Tim Smart managing director - phase 2, HS2 what lessons should be taken from some of the UKs major rail projects.

Great panel discussion with Beth West, chief executive, East West Railway Company and Tim Smart managing director - phase 2, HS2

David Clarke, technical director at Railway Industry Association, closed the morning sessions.

Excellent presentation from Stuart Calvert, capital delivery director, Network Rail, Wales and Western on how Project SPEED is being implemented at Network Rail and how this will impact infrastructure projects in CP7.

Joe Charles, digital experience lead and Richard Flaherty, digital train control - transport from GHD gave us exciting insights into obsolescence and digital asset management.

Great presentation from the GHD team Joe Charles, digital experience lead and Richard Flaherty, digital train control - transport.

Nicola Small, senior rail programme manager at Coventry City Council gave us inspiring updates on the Coventry Very Light Rail (VLR) project that could be a game changer for UK transport.

The first part of the conference closed with an engaging panel discussion that explored the importance of in light rail and transit development to enable modal shift

Tackling climate resilience challenges for maintaining infrastructure assets, inspiring session by Miriam MacLennan, associate director (rail asset management) Arup "Civil engineers are often unsung heroes" - Lord Robert Mair, President of ICE 2018

Mona Sihota, professional head, drainage and lineside Network Rail gave us an insight on how how Network Rail is managing climate changes.

Great to hear Kevin McNally, head of asset investment TfL sharing his expert knowledge on managing asset resilience across the Transport For London network.

Great exploration on how East West Railway Company is approaching their asset management strategies and planning to ensure the long term resilience of their infrastructure assets with Joao Rocha, head of asset management & maintenance, East West Rail

Peter Gow, head of delivery - HS2 Old Oak Common, HS2 and Nigel Russell, project director, BBVS JV gave us a deep insight into the construction and development of the Old Oak Common Station which when finished will be the largest station built in the UK within one stage.

Nigel Russell, project director, BBVS JV and Peter Gow, head of delivery - HS2 Old Oak Common, HS2 sharing the best practice and challenges in the construction and development the Old Oak Common Station.

Karl Butler-Garnham, chief intelligent Infrastructure engineer Network Rail closed the NCE Rail and Transit conference with amazing session exploring insights from Network Rail’s award winning Intelligent Infrastructure programme.