Early bird delegate fee: £250 + VAT (£50) = £300 

Full Price (from 1st Mar 2012): £325 + VAT (£65) = £390 

Innovation in Design
Jonathan Hodges // Jason Bruges Studios

Innovation in Engineering
Mervyn George // AATi

Innovation in Station in Retail
Neil Monnery // WH Smith

Best in Conference
Red Sporred Hanky

Outstanding Achievement
in Station Design and Construction
Hiro Aso // John McAslan and Partners

• Way-finding and  Passenger flow
“A question of congestion”

• Maintaining a safe environment
“Greener, lean, mean and less clean”

• Planning and Design
“Building opinions”

• Retail development
“Attention to retail and hub food”

• Integration and the multimodal journey
“On air, on sea on land and on line”

Each workshop will feature
questions on the FOSD debate:

The Thames Hub vs Existing infrastructure
HS2: Brilliant or Bonkers

Speakers and workshops will look at issues such as the Olympic transport infrastructure legacy and the beautiful burden of HS2. The greening of UK Ports and their connectivity with other modes  and The Thames Hub debate will both feature in key workshops supported by key industry figures. Our aim is to create a conference that looks at the integration of multi modal transport hubs and the challenges they all face in modern cities and towns.

• A question of congestion Passenger flow, dwell time, way finding and customer messages. This combined with passenger with passenger information systems, ticketing, self service kiosk, information sharing and safety will be discussed and debated.

• Green, lean, clean and less mean The workshop panel will have a close look at how we keep hubs safe, profitable, secure and sustainable. Panellists will be a collection of representatives whose day to day role is to maintain standards and ensure better passenger transport.

• Building opinions Design and construction will be examined and case studies used to illustrate the challenges and the pitfalls in hub development and re-development. Leading architects, animations specialists, planners, designers, mangers will all take part in the debate.

• Attention to retail and ancillary revenue FOSD have a passion for the retail and leisure offer in all hubs. We want to research how the design and build of any hub will in corporate shops and food outlets more efficiently. It will also look at new innovations in ancillary revenue for TOC’s, Airport management and port authorities

• On air, on sea on land and on line This workshop will look at all connectivity and how information systems can be shared by various operators.

As a gesture of goodwill FOSD have made all those who attended our first conference Friends of the Future Of Station Design. A communication is winging its way to all those who registered.

The key areas that the 2012 Conference will concentrate on will be way-finding, passenger-flow, safety and station support, planning and station design, and attention to retail, all connecting to the overall passenger experience.

The launch, which was sponsored by engineering giant Garrandale, a company that for over 40 years has provided innovative and cost effective engineering solutions throughout the UK, was considered to be a huge success, prompting great excitement and anticipation for the conference which will be named ‘A Question of Congestion.’

The location and date for the 2012 Conference was announced at the launch event to be held at London’s Excel venue on the 25th May, 2012.

Event Director, Bill Murray, expressed his own enthusiasm towards the show by saying: “In bringing together a truly outstanding collection of personalities and points of interest, FOSD has clearly indicated its intentions to learn from the industry as well as create the basis for interesting and successful debate and I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved.”

The conference format included plenty of networking opportunities and a chance for delegates to build relationships with exhibitors who included Codra, UKTI, Cycle365, AMT coffee, Merson Signs and CCD. 5 great speeches followed by workshops which also gave the audience an opportunity to raise their own voice, themes included ‘Continental Connections’, ‘Station Management’, ‘Retail in Rail’ and ‘Station Design’.

The program also included a tour of the Atos Origin innovation exhibition which showcased the latest technological advances.

The conference ended with an awards ceremony with winners including Jonathan Hodges – Jason Bruges Studios – for Innovation in Design, Mervyn George – AATi – for Innovation in Engineering, Neil Monnery – WH Smith – for Innovation in Station in Retail, the company Red Sporred Hanky for Best in Conference and Hiro Aso – John McAslan and Partners – for Outstanding Achievement in Station Design and Construction.