Spring Conference Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd April 2019
Renaissance Manchester City Centre Hotel
Tuesday 2nd April
All afternoon – optional visit to the offices of Omnibus Passenger Transport Solutions. You need to make your own way there and back.
From 1400 Limited check in available at Renaissance Hotel
Not all bedrooms will be ready, but bags can be stored in reception if bedroom is not ready
1430 Bus(es) leave for optional visit to Stagecoach Manchester’s Hyde Road Depot
1700-1900 Conference Registration in hotel reception
From 1800 Pre-Dinner drinks (cash bar) in private bar in the Da Vinci Lounge
1900 Dinner in the adjoining Galileo Suite
After-dinner speaker – Dave Guest, journalist and chief reporter for BBC North West Tonight
Wednesday 3rd April
From 0700 Breakfast (for delegates staying at hotel) in the Cast Iron Bar & Grill
Check out and bring bags and cases to the Galileo Suite
0900 Conference begins in the Conservatory
Welcome from YBMN Patrons Roger French and James Freeman
0905 Gary Nolan, Chief Executive, OneBus
Manchester Mayorhem
0930 Kieran Proctor, Business Development Manager, Omnibus Passenger Transport Solutions
What Does Omnibus Do?
1000 Morning coffee and tea
1015 Joe Wood, Commercial and Integration Director, CitySwifter
Using Big Data to build better bus networks
1045 Alex Chutter, General Manager Swindon’s Bus Company, Salisbury Reds and Tourist Coaches
1115 Workshop and lunch (buffet lunch from 1200)
1330 Dan Bassett, Head of Operations, Reading Buses
1400 Meera Rambissoon, The TAS Partnership
1430 Chris Cheek, Passenger Transport Monitor
1500 Wrap up
1515 Conference ends
‘Grab and Go’ departure refreshments – grab a takeaway drink and snack bag and take them with you