Rail Freight Forum - Forthcoming Events

When: 20 January 2025, 16:00 - 17:30
Where: Zoom Webinar
Speakers: 

• Mark Goodall, Route Director Wessex, Network Rail
• Greg March , Freight Business Development Manager (South), Railfreight Team, Network Rail/GBRTT
• David Fletcher, Rail Director, Cappagh
• Julian Worth, Chair - CILT Rail Freight Forum -“ Industry Update”

The Rail Freight Forum programme for 2025 begins with two more inspiring speakers from Network Rail. Mark Goodall, Route Director Wessex will draw upon his experience in the industry to talk about “Leadership in rail freight in 2025”

Greg March, Freight Business Development Manager, will focus upon “New Energies”. These topics underscore the ways in which today's railway continues to innovate and develop means of carrying more of the essential goods we need and want. They look to a future in which the railway becomes more digitally driven, with new skills to be learned and new jobs created for people from all backgrounds. 

The concluding part of the evening will be the “Industry Update” from the Forum Chair, Julian Worth. Each presenter will speak for 20 minutes, allowing 10 minutes for Question & Answer sessions.

In the year in which RAILWAY 200 celebrates the pioneering opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway on 27th September 1825, the Rail Freight Forum looks towards the next 200 years in which the railway will continue to play a central role in British life and sustainable national prosperity. This virtual event is open to all CILT members from across the Nations and Regions, as well as colleagues in other CILT for a. We especially wish to engage with professional logisticians and supply chain managers, with an unrivalled opportunity to enhance Continuing Professional Development CPD

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• FM1.1 Freight Transport Operations and Services
• LE1.1 Leadership, Organisational Culture and Change Management
• DT2 Technology, Modelling and Simulation