On behalf of the Executive Board, Ewan Wallace, SCOTS Chair, thanks all the presenters of this year's annual conference.
I am sure you all would agree that the 2025 SCOTS Conference at the Atholl Palace in Pitlochry was an excellent event that once again balanced shared experiences with new areas of learning. Fiona Hyslop MSP, Cabinet Secretary for Transport provided the keynote address which set the tone perfectly for what was an excellent day of knowledge sharing and collaboration across the 90 delegates.
What is clear is that you still recognise the importance of working with us across a range of activities and that joint recognition of the crucial role of a well-managed and maintained transport network.
So I would like to pass on the sincere thanks of the SCOTS Executive Board and wider Membership for your contribution to what was a fantastic two days.
I hope that you have taken as much from the conference as the delegates clearly did and that you have received further enquiries from the opportunities that the face to face event provided.
All the very best over the coming months and we look forward to continuing our links to you and your organisation.
AGM Presentation
Future Winter Maintenance Regimes – Presentation and Open Discussion on Collective Best Practice, Budget pressures and Future Options for Change - presentation added to SharePoint
Conference Presentions
Keynote Address
Fiona Hyslop, Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Scottish Government
SCOTS State of the Nation Report (Local and Regional) Session 1
SCOTS Working Group/open discussion
EV Infrastructure – Cross Pavement Charging Guidance and Implementation plan
Gary Neill, SCOTS Roads Working Group Chair/Stirling Council
Matt Eastwood, Head of EV Infrastructure
Louise Grimshaw, Graduate Civil Engineer, Transport Scotland
Live Labs 2 – Decarbonising Local Roads assets
Giles Perkins, ADEPT, Programme Director
Scott Walker, Asset Services Manager, North Lanarkshire Council
Lauren SeBlonca, Amey
Enabling Infrastructure for Development
Timber Transport in Scotland
Jason Hubert
Renewables
Mairi Joyce, Transport Scotland
Increasing Active Travel participation rates in Scotland:
- Infrastructure
Paul Finch Interim Director NESTRANS - Behaviour Change
Brian Butler Director of SESTRAN - Reducing car use - a long road ahead?
Ashleigh Madjitey, Audit Scotland
SCOTS State of the Nation Report (Local and Regional) – Session 2 – open discussion