2007 Selected Engagements ::

January 23 :: Wilton Park Conference, 'How to cut emissions from transport'

January 30 :: Euro Freight conference, Brussels, chairing panel discussion

February 6 :: International Railway Engineering conference, Le Rail, chairing session on PPP, Paris

February 22 ::  Norfolk Chamber of Commerce, ‘Transport Infrastructure needs’ Park Farm Hotel, Norwich, 5pm - 7pm

March 6 :: London Ergonomics Society, The Subterranean Railway

March 8 :: The Subterranean Railway, St Albans Locomotive Club

April 16 :: British Chambers of Commerce, QE2 centre, Westminster, seminar on road pricing with Douglas Alexander, Transport Secretary

April 24 :: Conference chair, Sea and Water annual conference, Merseysiside Maritime Museum, Liverpool

May 17 :: Conference chair, Future of rail, Birmingham International Conference Centre,  McMillan Scott Ltd

May 22 :: keynote speaker, ‘The lessons from railway history’, Loughborough, Rail Research UK

June 7 :: Transport for London enforcement conference.

June 13 :: Chair, panel session at IDEA League conference, Brussels, ‘Sustainable transport – knowledge and innovation for Europe’s systems for tomorrow’, Brussels

June 19 :: IPPR north Transport solutions for the North, Winter Gardens, Sunderland, 6:45pm

September 19 :: Chair, Govnet transport conference, QE2 centre, Westminster.

October 9 :: David's Bookshop, Letchworth - Fire & Steam

October 10 :: Second Annual Road User Charging Seminar and Masterclass: The politics of road user charging sponsored by Bircham Dyson Bell. Details: www.thewaterfront.co.uk

October 16 :: 'Fire and Steam, a new history of Britain’s railways', Chipping Norton, local railway societies, town hall, 6:30 pm

October 18 :: Birmigham Book Festival, 7 45 pm at the Library Theatre, central library, book through here

October 24 :: Marseille, on London's PPP

November 1 :: A Short History of the railways in aid of Railway Children, Royal Geographical Society, Exhibition Road, 7pm. Entry fee payable, details on http://www.railwaychildren.org.uk/

November 5 :: Retired Railway Officers, Waterloo, lunchtime speaker

November 14 :: Housmans Bookshop, 5 Caledonian Road, N1 (King's Cross end), 7pm - Fire and Steam illustrated talk

November 15 :: Harrow Ladies Society, History of the London Underground, 6:30 pm

November 21 :: Talking of trains, St Marks Church Hall, Surbiton, 7pm

December 7 :: Slough and Windsor Railway Society, 'Fire and Steam'