Autumn Conference Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th October 2016
Grand Central Hotel, Glasgow
Wednesday 19th October
From 1500 – Check in at hotel
1700-1845 – Registration in hotel Reception
From 1700 – Meet fellow delegates in private bar in Regent room, one floor up on entresol level
1900 – Dinner in Victoria room. Please be in Regent room by 1845
2030 – After-dinner speaker – Tim O’Toole, FirstGroup Chief Executive
2130 – Relax at leisure. Hotel bar and champagne bar available.
Thursday 20th October
From 0700 – Breakfast in hotel restaurant
0830 – Conference Welcome from YBMN Patrons Roger French and James Freeman
0845 – Ralph Roberts, MD at McGills
0930 – Tom Bridge, MD at Stagecoach West Scotland, and
Andrew Jarvis, MD at Stagecoach East Scotland
1015 – Elsie Turbine, MD at Xplore Dundee
1100 – Coffee break
1115 – Group 1: Visit First Glasgow’s Caledonia deopt
1130 – Group 2: Visit First Glasgow’s Caledonia depot
1245 – Group 1: back at hotel for lunch in Regent room
1315 – Group 2: back at hotel for lunch in Regent room
1415 – Keith Watson, Customer Development Director at ADL
1500 – Roger’s Wrap / Workshop
1530 – End of Conference
Departure refreshments
Some late alteration was necessary to the programme, as Ralph Roberts was indisposed and unable to speak. Tom Bridge and Andrew Jarvis spoke earlier than planned, and Chris Cheek gave an extra presentation after lunch entitled The Latest Bus Numbers, giving an overview on the latest DfT Bus Statistics. See Chris Cheek’s presentation slides by following this link to the Passenger Transport Monitor web site.