Stagecoach CEO to headline next Young Bus Professionals conference

Cambridge is set to host the next Young Bus Professionals conference on 12 and 13 September 2024. Headlining the event will be Stagecoach’s CEO, Claire Miles.

The programme includes an optional afternoon visit along the Cambridge Guided Busway and to Stagecoach East’s depot. In the evening, the after-dinner speaker will be Bill Hiron, Managing Director of Stephensons of Essex and chairman of ALBUM.

Friday will feature the popular interactive workshop and presentations from Ticketer’s CEO, Kelly Hanna and Head of Technical Sales at Equipmake, Oli Knights, a well as Jonathan Ziebart, the UK Managing Director at Ascendal Group, represented by Cambridgeshire-based Whippet.

The organisation is also to showcase two of its own members, who will share their own experiences as young managers: Nathan Burge from McGill’s Bus Group and Ryan Scott from Ensignbus, now part of FirstBus.

The conference will be held at the Novotel Cambridge North, adjacent to Cambridge North railway station.

The cost of the event is subsidised thanks to the support of the Chris Moyes Scholarship Fund.

“We look forward to gathering young bus managers from our great industry together once again for two days of networking and best practice sharing” – Alex Hornby, Young Bus Professionals’ co-patron

Alex Hornby, Young Bus Professionals’ co-patron, said: “It is only thanks to the kind support of industry leaders that we can put together another fascinating agenda at our Autumn conference. We look forward to gathering young bus managers from our great industry together once again for two days of networking and best practice sharing.”

• Early bird discounts are available until 11 August, and bookings are now open here.