Date: Wednesday 22 July 3pm

Speaker: Professor Richard Allsop, Professor of Transport Studies, University College London

Topic: How road safety varies across Europe - experience with available data

Abstract: The content will be based on the outcomes of the ETSC PIN programme chaired by Professor Allsop.

Bio: Professor Richard Allsop has extensive international experience of research, training and advisory work on road safety, traffic management and other aspects of transport policy. He is Emeritus Professor of Transport Studies at UCL (University College London), having been Professor since 1976 and Director between then and 1997 of what is now the Centre for Transport Studies, and a Visiting Professor in the Transport Operations Research Group at Newcastle University. His principal personal research contributions have been in traffic signal control and road safety. He continues to contribute extensively to the work of the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC) and PACTS, the UK Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety.

Date: Tuesday 4 August

Speaker: Professor Corinne Mulley, Chair in Public Transport, ITLS-Sydney

Topic: Promoting social inclusion in a deregulated environment: extending accessibility in areas of low demand

Bio: Professor Corinne Mulley will commence as the founding Chair in Public Transport at the Institute of Transport and Logistics Studies in December 2008. This position is funded by the NSW government. Corinne graduated from Nottingham University and holds a PhD from the London School of Economics. Since her appointment to Newcastle University as a transport economist she has been active in transport research at the interface of transport policy and economics. More recently Corinne has concentrated on specific issues raised by public transport. She led a high profile European and UK consortia undertaking benchmarking in urban public transport and has provided both practical and strategic advice to local and national governments on benchmarking, rural transport issues, and public transport management. Corinne has a long standing interest in modern transport history and is Editor of the Transport History Journal as well as nearing the completion of a long standing project, as Editor, of producing a Companion to Road Passenger Transport History covering the whole of the British Isles.

Date: Tuesday 1 September

Speaker: Phil Potterton, Executive Director, Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics

Topic: Transport and the carbon pollution reduction scheme

Bio: Phil has been Executive Director of the Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics, the research and analysis unit in the Australian Government Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, since July 2004. Phil joined the Bureau in 2001 as Deputy Executive Director, Transport Research following two years with the Northern Territory Treasury, where he was involved in government business reform issues. From 1993 to 2000, Phil held senior management positions in program evaluation and policy in Canberra in the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs and its forerunners. Phils previous career was with the Department of Finance, AusAid and predecessor agencies of the Department of Transport and Regional Services. Phil holds an Honours degree in history and masters degrees in international relations and public policy.