08.30 Registration Desk Opens
08.30 – 10.10 (Tea and Coffee served and Exhibition Area open in VOX Lakeside Foyer)
10.15 Stefan Hay, NTDA Chief Executive – Welcome and Opening Address
10.25 Sukhi Singh, Managing Director GB Tyres Ltd – A word from our sponsor
10.30 Simon Wright, NTDA National Chairman – Chairman’s Address
SESSION 1: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
10.45 Neil Pattemore Technical Director UK AFCAR – An overview of the Automotive Aftermarket
11.15 (Tea and Coffee served and Exhibition Area open in VOX Lakeside Foyer)
SESSION 2: SAFER ROADS, SAFER PRODUCT, A SAFER ENVIRONMENT
11.45 Welcome Back
11.50 Mark Cartwright, Head of C.V. Incident Prevention, National Highways – DfBB, work-related road risk & incident prevention
12.10 Christopher Lowe, Market Surveillance Investigations Manager, DVSA – Part-Worn Tyre ‘Mystery Shopper’ programme
12.30 Peter Taylor OBE, Tyre Recovery Association Secretary General – An update on key issues affecting UK tyre recovery related activity
12.50 Session 2 Panel Question and Answer
13.00 Buffet Lunch
SESSION 3: TOGETHER IN ELECTRIC REALITY – NO LONGER A DREAM!
14.00 Welcome Back
14.05 Dave Walker, Business Development Director, Autotech – Electric / Hybrid Vehicle Training, Preparing our Technicians for the Future
14.25 Gary Powell, North Region Technical Manager, Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, UK Branch – EV Tyres, Keeping Pace with Evolution
14.45 Session 3 Panel Question and Answer
15.00 (Tea and Coffee served and Exhibition Area Open in VOX Lakeside Foyer)
15.30 Closing Speaker: British Adventurer Bonita Norris
16.30 Conference Closes
