MotoFest Industry Day returns on Friday 31st May 2024 with a jam packed schedule of things to get involved with.

2024 Industry Day Theme

Multi-Modal

Exploring how different transport solutions help us travel sustainably in and beyond the modern city.

Industry Day Details

MotoFest Industry Day takes place at One Friargate, Station Square, Coventry, CV1 2GN.

One Friargate is walking distance from Coventry Rail Station with good bus access and bicycle parking nearby. There is also a large car park at the station you can use if driving.

MotoFest Industry Day consists of several different seminars and sessions; you are welcome to book into as many of these as you would like (booking details below).

9:00am – 12:00pm – Sinfonica Workshop with TfWM

10:30am – Refreshments

11:00am – 12:00pm – Micromobility seminar with WMG & Coventry City Council

12:00pm – 2:00pm – E.ON Roundtable

2:00pm – 4:00pm – Future Transport Demonstrations

3:00pm – 4:00pm – Sustainable Fuels seminar with Industry Experts

6:00pm – 8:00pm – 50 years of Automotive & Transport Design with Coventry University – at the Delia Derbyshire Art School Building

Sinfonica Workshop with TfWM

9:00am – 12:00pm

A Horizon Europe project investigating public perception of connected and automated mobility with a focus on vulnerable road users.

This is a stakeholder workshop hosted by Transport for West Midlands for 12 people.

Micromobility with WMG & Coventry City Council

11:00am – 12:00pm

A facilitated panel discussion on micromobility as part of a multi-modal sustainable future. The session will cover micromobility use, infrastructure, and how it can be used positively as a sustainable solution for shorter journeys.

Hosted by Warwick Manufacturing Group, Coventry City Council and MotoFest.

Speakers:

• James Noble – Director of MotoFest (MC & Chair)
• Mark Urbanowski – Principal Engineer – Micromobility WMG – HVMC University of Warwick
• Colin Knight – Director of Innovation Coventry City Council

E.ON Roundtable

12:00pm – 2:00pm

Developing Coventry as a Future Transport City – a Roundtable discussion hosted by E.ON.

Join E.ON, Coventry City Council’s Strategic Energy Partner, and invited guests for an in-depth discussion around the opportunities and challenges for the city in delivering its ambitions around sustainable transport and positioning Coventry as the future transport city.

The discussion will include speakers from Coventry City Council, Coventry University’s Autonomous Automotive Research division, regional business innovators and the E.ON Next | Veloce racing team.

The panel will consider topics such as the policies needed to drive sustainable change in transport and city planning, the economic and health opportunities involved in moving away from fossil fuels, as well as the need to develop the jobs and skills to make best of the opportunities presented.

Speakers:

• Chris Lovatt – Chief Operating Officer, E.ON Energy Infrastructure Solutions (Chair)
• James Noble – Director of MotoFest (MC)
• Cllr Jim O’ Boyle – Coventry City Council Cabinet Member for Jobs, Regeneration and Climate Change
• Kevin Vincent – Director of the Centre for Connected and Autonomous Automotive Research and the National Transport Design Centre at Coventry University
• Amanda Kangai – Mechanical Engineer at E.ON Next | Veloce Racing and Access Officer for the Cambridge University Engineering Society

Lunch will be provided for those booked into this session.

Future Transport Demonstrations

2:00pm – 4:00pm

Coventry City Council, Coventry University and Partners will be demonstrating the latest in electric vehicles, drones and sustainable future transport options in the MotoFest Innovation Zone on Greyfriars Green.

The demonstrations are open to the public and are free to attend; no need to book!

Sustainable Fuels with Industry Experts

3:00pm – 4:00pm

The future of transport is more than battery EV. This facilitated discussion with leading experts in hydrogen, sustainable fuels and carbon recovery will look at the wide-ranging alternative options currently being developed.

Speakers:

• James Noble – Director of MotoFest (MC & Chair)
• Dr Artur J. Majewski – Associate Professor in Hydrogen/Hydrogen-Based Energy Technology
• Dr Kevin Kendall – Hydrogen United. Dr Kendall has studied hydrogen, nanoparticle catalysts and fuel cells since 1986, publishing 6 books and hundreds of papers. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993 and started the new hydrogen charity ‘HydrogenUnited.org’ in 2022.
• Dominic Taylor Lane – Association of Heritage Engineers
• Tom Worthington – Tree-V Carbon Recovery

50 Years of Automotive & Transport Design at Coventry University

6:00pm – 8:00pm

2024 sees the 50th anniversary of the renowned Automotive & Transport Design course at Coventry University. Nearly 3000 students have studied on the undergraduate programme at Coventry University since its inception in 1974 and a further 500 have graduated from the MA programme, making it one of the foremost transport courses worldwide. The alumni of this course have produced many of the automotive icons seen in the last half century.

Join Coventry University at the recently opened Delia Derbyshire Art School Building for an evening book launch, and launch of the 50 years of Coventry Automotive & Transport Design exhibition.