Aaron leads CRU’s battery cost modelling, forecasting production costs of current and next-generation battery technologies, understanding when and how new technologies will affect the battery market. Prior to joining CRU, Aaron completed his PhD in lithium-ion battery degradation with the Faraday Institution at UCL. During this time he interned at Exawatt part-time for the duration of his studies. Aaron is a project director of “Battery Pub”, an online networking event for the battery community.

Adam Huckstep is co-founder and Chief Executive of Hypermotive, a group of companies in the UK and Germany, focussed on the design, manufacture and integration of technologies for electric and fuel cell powertrains.

Adam is a Chartered Engineer and Accountant with almost 30 years’ experience in managing technology development in a wide range of industries including; automotive, motorsport, water treatment and power generation. In the automotive sector, Adam has held senior engineering and commercial positions in businesses such as Ricardo, Honda and Tata Motors. Prior to founding Hypermotive, Adam was Engineering Director of the Motive division at Intelligent Energy, leading some of the early automotive fuel cell technology development and systems integration.

Under Adam’s leadership Hypermotive has developed into one of Europe’s leading independent fuel cell and hydrogen integrators and tier 1 manufacturers; working as a partner, supplier and customer to many of the global fuel cell manufacturers. Although Hypermotive’s roots are in automotive, they are currently delivering hydrogen and fuel cell programmes into marine, aerospace, rail and stationary power applications. In 2024/5 Hypermotive will launch a range of innovative fuel cell integration and power generation products, developed in collaboration with key industry partners. 

Alec has over 15 years of experience in multimedia journalism and content creation, and is passionate about bringing together the transport and energy sectors to support the UK's transition to electric vehicles and decarbonised transport. In addition to chairing sessions at industry events, Alec is the founder of Transport + Energy, a media brand which covers the latest news, insights, and innovations in this emerging field. He also acts as an editorial, PR, and communications consultant, providing a range of services to clients in the transport and energy industries, such as writing, sub-editing, conference production, moderating, and operational management.

Alejandro is a Senior Engineer in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles. With a background in aerospace and control, Alejandro has been able to transfer skills into the CAV domain and developed a deep expertise in simulation, criticality metrics and scenario selection. Alejandro will discuss some of the key methods to improve and accelerate the V&V of ADAS/AD in the context of scenario-based testing.

Alex Georgianna is an Associate Director with Steer where he leads the firm’s practice in the development and funding of EV charging infrastructure.  He levers his financial and operations background in advising public-sector authorities, chargepoint operators, private-sector investors, and others on the development of commercially-viable EV charging ventures.

Upon leaving the investment banking sector, Alex served as Senior Vice President of Avis Budget Group where he led multi-billion-dollar transactions in fleet funding, the daily rental and leasing sectors (including the creation of both Avis Budget Group and Arval Leasing and the turnaround of Budget’s failing subsidiary Ryder Truck Rental) and infrastructure finance.

More recently, Alex has focussed on bringing his substantial experience in transaction advisory, infrastructure finance, business structuring and project execution to the development of EV charging ventures that:

• Serves driver demand while

• Generating value for the project sponsor (generally the local government authority or commercial real estate developer) and

• Yielding to attract private investment (typically CPOs and their private-sector backers.

Created in April 2016, Tees Valley Combined Authority’s (TVCA) purpose is to secure investment, create jobs and grow the economy in the area.  Comprising of a partnership of five authorities; Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees).  Under the devolution deal with the Government, TVCA have responsibilities previously held by Westminster and Whitehall; for transport, infrastructure, skills, business investment, housing and culture and tourism.

Responsible for providing the strategic direction of Digital Transport within the Tees Valley region.

With over 30 years IT and Intelligent Transport experience, Andrea was project manager for delivering the congestion management platform in Sydney and the rollout of next generation transport technology in major cities including Boston, Brisbane, LA, New York, San Francisco, Vancouver and Washington DC.   

Andrea specialises in utilising technology to optimise transportation systems with the aim to drive efficiencies and sustainability.  With a collaborative approach and strategic vision, this enables her to lead cross-functional teams in delivering scalable solutions such as the first regional Digital Twin.  The platform not only provides a bus reliability solution but will use AI and machine learning as the basis for congestion management within Tees Valley, making transportation not only smarter but greener. 

Andrea is head of Fuel Cells business development and sales at Intelligent Energy for high power industrial and automotive applications.

He has 20 years experience in the automotive and energy sector. He covered both technical roles as chief engineer for engines and business development roles in all transport sectors including heavy duty vehicles, marine, rail and in stationary power generation. Before joining Intelligent Energy, he worked with Ricardo and Fiat Powertrain Technologies.

Andy is now an independent consultant working to support low and zero emission transport and energy systems and policy. After a career in automotive test and development at Millbrook, Andy led the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (now Zemo partnership) for 12 years, supporting UK government and stakeholders in moving to lower carbon transport.  Andy assisted in the creation of Cenex and the APC and continues to sit on a variety of advisory groups.

Andy Hobbs is Chief Technology Officer of Dense Air. He has extensive knowledge and experience spanning more than 25 years in the telecommunications industry. Prior to Dense Air he had leading roles at companies such as Quortus, Samsung Networks, and Airspan where he specialized in 5G, LTE, UMTS, and GSM technologies across Engineering, Product Management & Business Development.

At Dense Air, he has overall responsibility for the development, integration & testing of products & solutions that underpin Dense Air’s RAN-as-a-Service platform, including Neutral Host RAN, Core Network, Big Data & Analytics, OSS/BSS and Cloud.​

Andy Salter has spent most of his 30-year working life in and around the commercial vehicle and road freight sector, building detailed knowledge and expertise. In addition to being the former editor of TRUCK and Commercial Motor magazines, Andy was also a Chair of the International Truck of the Year jury and is now Managing Director of DVV Media International, a leading publisher in the transport and logistics sector.  Andy is passionate about the role freight and logistics plays in the development of the economy and has recently been involved in the development of Freight Carbon Zero, a new information service to help the freight transport and logistics industry prepare for a carbon-zero future. 

Anna is Head of Strategy at the ultra-fast-charging battery company Nyobolt. Anna has over 15 years’ experience in zero emission technologies spanning research, government and industry, with a focus in the last decade on battery technology. Prior to joining Nyobolt, Anna held the role of Head of Battery Technology at Innovate UK where she led the innovation programme and technical direction of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge. In this role, Anna worked with businesses and universities across the UK to accelerate the commercialisation of innovative battery technology for EVs. Anna draws on her technical background in battery research in the USA, working closely with Nyobolt’s global technical and commercial teams to bring the technology to market. 

Annabel Knightley is a behavioural researcher at TRL (formally the Transport Research Laboratory), which is a research and innovation centre with the aim to create clean and efficient transport that is safe, reliable and convenient for everyone. Annabel’s work involves deploying research methodologies to understanding people’s attitudes towards, and interactions with, various products and services. She has been leading TRL’s work on accessibility, in particular the impact of automation on disabled people and their lives. 

Antonio Bruto da Costa is a PhD qualified Computer Scientist with over 10 years of experience across industry and academia. His experience covers formal language design, formal verification and validation of complex dynamical systems, and causal learning. During this time, he has published 12 journal and conference articles. He has consulted and advised on research groups, on developing languages for the quantitative assessment of complex safety-critical systems. He has collaborated across international laboratories and industry partners.

Aoife O’Grady is head of Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland, an office within the Department of Transport charged with responsibility for delivering ireland's ambitious electric vehicle targets. ZEVI’s work program includes the incentivization of zero emission vehicles through direct grants, as well as the strategy, design, and delivery of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. ZEVI works with a number of stakeholders nationally and internationally. Aoife has worked in the transport sector in the UK and Ireland for over 20 years with a focus on sustainability and strategy. 

Ben is a commercial lawyer specialising in the Automotive and Technology sectors. In particular he works with OEMs, the supply chain, technology providers, and new market entrants on transformational and award-winning projects in the “future mobility” space.

Ben sits on the CAM group within the UK Automotive Council and works closely with the SMMT. Ben previously provided evidence to a House of Commons Select Committee on the regulatory changes needed to facilitate the development and deployment of autonomous vehicles in the UK, and is regularly quoted in press articles, speaks at industry events, and has been interviewed on TV and in national newspapers on automotive and future mobility topics.

Ben is a Lead Engineer within WMG, University of Warwick, as part of the Power Electronics & Machines group (PEMD). He has worked across various direct contract and Innovate UK research projects in electrification over the past 5 years, with a focus on electric motor design, manufacture, and laser welding. He is currently the lead engineer of the DER Winding Centre of Excellence at WMG which aims to accelerate British capability & innovation in motor manufacturing while bringing together national supply chains.

Beth is a behaviour change specialist skilled in stakeholder engagement and has experience working in community engagement and inclusive and equitable transition. She has an MSc in applied behaviour change and has devised and led customer and stakeholder consultation for local authorities, OEMs and industry partners. Alongside her work at Cenex, Beth spent a year supporting Transport for West Midlands. She headed the Influencing Transport Lab, an initiative to create a centre of excellence for transport behaviour change. She currently sits on the steering group of InnovateUKs Micromobility ForuMM, working with local and national government alongside operators to develop and strengthen the Micromobility ecosystem in the UK.

My career started at Mitsubishi Australia in advanced chassis engineering before stints at Toyota Australia and then Holden. At Holden I managed a team working on the exterior systems for the 5th generation Camaro programme (derived from the Commodore architecture). Over a decade ago I moved to the UK to work for Vauxhall … initially at the engineering centre at Millbrook before changing to product marketing where I have remained since. I am now responsible for product and pricing on all Stellantis UK LCVs including Citroen, Fiat, Peugeot & Vauxhall.

I have been involved in the FCEV programme for several years developing the opportunity appropriately for the UK Market. Vauxhall’s recent market leadership in e-LCVs was about having the right product at right time, and this is no different to FCEV. We’ll be the first OEM to offer two different zero emission solutions giving fleets choice. FCEV is moving from a planning phase to market activation with fleet trials commencing on Medium Van (Vivaro), and order banks opening on Large Van (Movano) in Q4.