Wednesday 21 October 2009

8:50	Registration & Coffee
9:20	Introduction to Compliance Brian Weatherley , COMMERCIAL MOTOR
9:30	The 2009 legal landscape Driver CPC Graduated Fixed Penalties & how they will work Corporate Manslaughter & who should be responsible for compliance 'Must-have' measures for monitoring drivers for O-Licence compliance Jonathon Backhouse, Director, Backhouse Jones
10:30	2009 HGV regulations update What vehicle changes you should expect to see What you need to implement now in order to comply Future legislation John Comer, Product Manager UK & Ireland, Volvo Truck & Bus
11:00	Refreshments and exhibition time
11:30	CASE STUDY: The safest truck in the world? Improving safety: The Royal Mail asks the industry, is their safety truck concept the safest in the UK? See it at first hand and decide for yourself. Phil Murphy, Operations Director, Royal Mail Network
12:00	Driver CPC enforcement from VOSA What VOSA are doing to ensure industry complies Overview of penalties for non-compliance How non-compliance will impact on drivers & operators An overview of the enforcement activity Neil Barlow, Head of Traffic Enforcement, VOSA
12:30	Lunch and exhibition time

13:30	Introduction to Survival Brian Weatherley , COMMERCIAL MOTOR
13:40	Keynote address: Maximising efficiency Sainsbury's will reveal how, by working with Isotrak and Paragon, it has created an integrated transport management system that has delivered a reduction in empty running, fuel consumption, and fleet size, and produced huge cost savings. Jaime Darby, Transport Systems Development Manager, Sainsbury's Supermarkets Darren Jones, Head of Logistics Optimisation, Sainsbury's Supermarkets
14:10	CASE STUDY: Successfully challenging Penalty Charge Notices Penalty charge notices are the bane of operators making city and town centre deliveries. 3663 is at the forefront of the industry's attempts to reducing PCNs' impact. It will reveal how it is managing PCNs and challenging them. Graham Rennie, Director of Fleet, 3663 First for Foodservice
14:40	Mission impossible: Persuading customers to accept rate increases Persuading customers to accept a rate increase, especially now, is a black art. A leading third party operator will share the secrets of their success. Craig Bunker, Managing Director, Key3 Partners
15:10	Refreshments & exhibition time
15:40	Tracking and winning tenders Wincanton seems to win logistics and transport contracts week in, week out. How does it find new business, how does it win the tenders and how does it retain them? Tony Hourigan, UKI Development Director, Wincanton
16:10	When is Christmas coming - what hope for 2010? An insight into market intelligence Last Christmas came periously late for many operators. When will Christmas come this year? What will volumes be like?And what's the forecast for 2010? Mark O'Bornick, Director, Analytiqa
16:40	Closing address
17:00	Close of conference Steve Hobson , Editor, MOTOR TRANSPORT