This page details the forthcoming Scottish Region events.
| Day, Date & Time: | Wednesday 4 October 2023 (1030 - 1130) |
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| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | STEM Transport Networking Event #2 Join us for our brand-new FREE STEM Transport Networking Event! Bring your favourite tea or coffee and immerse yourself in captivating discussions about the latest advancements in the transport industry. |
| Cost & Booking: | Free. Click here to book your place for this event |
| Day, Date & Time: | Thursday 12 October 2023 (1755 for 1800) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | "Crossrail International" by Keith Wallace, chair of Crossrail International Crossrail International (CI) is a specialist advisory practice, wholly owned by the UK government's Department for Transport (DfT), that provides strategic advice globally to client organisations developing and delivering complex rail schemes. Keith Wallace brings to his role as its chair over forty years of railway experience as a consultant, including at Scott Wilson where he was instrumental in delivering the Borders Railway, and in operating roles which included heading up Caledonian Sleeper. Now he is exporting to other countries the expertise amassed in building London's Elizabeth Line, biggest urban railway construction project in Europe, which by connecting Reading and Heathrow via Paddington and Liverpool Street with Abbey Wood and Shenfield is greatly easing cross-London journeys and thus facilitating the UK's post-CoVid economic recovery. Clients include metros in Tel Aviv and Indonesia, Californian high-speed rail and project management offices in Lima, showing that knowledge can successfully cross frontiers and fly the flag for Britain's place in the world of mass-transit achievement. |
| Cost & Booking: | Members: Free; Non-Members: £5.00. Booking through Corby is required. Quote booking code SR0535. Click here to book online |
| Day, Date & Time: | Saturday 14 October 2023 (1000 return 1930) |
| Venue: | Glasgow Science Centre, 50, Pacific Quay Glasgow, G51 1EA Click here for a map |
| Topic & Speaker: | The Paddle-Steamer Waverley Excursion Waverley is the last seagoing paddle-steamer in the world, and commenced service 76 years ago. For almost half a century she has operated in preservation on a not-for-profit basis. Only aboard Waverley can passengers admire the mighty steam engine, observe the paddles turning, hear their rhythmic beat, sense the aroma of hot oil and steam and enjoy the stunning coastline. This penultimate cruise of the season will take us "doon the watter" exploring the Upper Firth of Clyde, then from Dunoon and Kilcreggan to cruise Loch Long and Loch Goil en route to Arrochar where we berth at Ardnagal Pier. Full catering facilities will be available throughout from the ship's dining saloon, tearoom, bar and lounge. A souvenir shop will enable you to take home a gift or memento. There is wheelchair access to the main deck. Book your own ticket price £53.00 at www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/book This is the penultimate excursion of the year (the very last one has an earlier start and much later finish) |
| Cost & Booking: | £53.00. Booking at www.waverleyexcursions.co.uk/book required. |
| Day, Date & Time: | Tuesday 24 October 2023 (1755 for 1800) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | "Lothian Buses" by Sarah Boyd, MD of Lothian Buses Lothian Buses is the UK's largest municipal bus operator, with over 70 services and more than 700 buses which run day and night throughout the year. Its easy-access fleet is among the most modern and environmentally-friendly in the UK and now includes zero-emission electric buses. Lothian is an award-winning transport operator and continues to invest in technology and people to make sure that bus services meet customers' needs. The Lothian family consists of Lothian, East Coast Buses, Lothian Country, Airlink and Skylink, NightBus and Edinburgh Bus Tours. Lothian shares ticketing and connectivity platforms with Edinburgh Trams which allows customers to make cost-effective integrated journeys in conjunction with Transport for Edinburgh. Sarah Boyd began her career with Stagecoach, receiving CILT's Young Manager of the Year award, and in 2013 moved to Lothian Buses, becoming MD in 2022. She gave an interview in the June issue of Focus. |
| Cost & Booking: | Members: Free; Non-Members: £5.00. Booking through Corby is required. Quote booking code SR0532. Click here to book online |
| Day, Date & Time: | Friday 27 October 2023 (1030 - 1130) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community (SIRTC) BYOC Cafe Virtual Café For more information on the Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community click here. |
| Cost & Booking: | Free. Click here to book your place for this event Bring your own Coffee! |
| Day, Date & Time: | Monday 30 October 2023 (1755 for 1800) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | Edinburgh's CCWEL cycleway by Rurigdh McMeddes, Edinburgh City Council CCWEL is the City Centre West East Link, a segregated cycleway across the centre of Edinburgh whose first stretch from Roseburn to Haymarket is now complete. As well as promoting safe cycling, the project benefits other road-users by renewing street furniture, rationalising provision for parking and loading, and generally improving the local environment. Rurigdh will tell us about the challenges that the project has faced, including how best to engage with the community so that they would codesign these improvements. |
| Cost & Booking: | Members: Free; Non-Members: £5.00. Booking through Corby is required. Quote booking code SR053 Click here to book online |
| Day, Date & Time: | Monday 6 November 2023 (1755 for 1800) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | "The Multiple Roles of Logistics in the Climate Crisis" by Professor Alan McKinnon of Hamburg Kuhne Logistics University Logistics accounts for almost 10% of global carbon emissions and will be one of the hardest sectors to decarbonise because it is heavily reliant on fossil fuels and demand is continuing to rise. A pioneer of research into freight transport and distribution over the past forty years, Professor Alan McKinnon of Hamburg Kuhne Logistics University will share with us the keynote address that he gave to the annual Logistics Research Network conference at Heriot-Watt in September explaining how moving and storing stuff is fundamental to our battle against climate change. |
| Cost & Booking: | Members: Free; Non-Members: £5.00 (inc VAT). Booking through Corby is required. Quote booking code SR0536. Click here to book online |
| Day, Date & Time: | Monday 4 December 2023 (1755 for 1800) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | "My year as the Forth Bridge writer in residence" by Barbara Henderson, Forth Bridge writer in residence Barbara Henderson is an Inverness-based author, storyteller and drama teacher who served in the one-year term of a new role, Writer in Residence at the Forth Bridge. Based on real events, her "Rivet Boy" tells of 12-year-old John Nicol's role in the building of the Bridge. In "Made from Girders" she and photographer Alan McCredie lift the lid on the people who work on the Bridge, promote it, protect it, live by it or play a significant part in its story. One of only four railway locations in the world to have qualified for UNESCO World Heritage Status, the Bridge is the apogee of Victorian engineering, and Barbara will tell us about her year of celebrating it in words. |
| Cost & Booking: | Members: Free; Non-Members: £5.00. Booking through Corby is required. Quote booking code SR0539. Click here to book online |
| Day, Date & Time: | Friday 13 December 2023 (1030 - 1130) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community (SIRTC) BYOC Cafe Virtual Café For more information on the Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community click here. |
| Cost & Booking: | Free. Click here to book your place for this event Bring your own Coffee! |
| Day, Date & Time: | Friday 24 January 2024 (1030 - 1130) |
| Venue: | Online Webinar |
| Topic & Speaker: | Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community (SIRTC) BYOC Cafe Virtual Café For more information on the Scottish Rural and Islands Transport Community click here. |
| Cost & Booking: | Free. Click here to book your place for this event Bring your own Coffee! |
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