The 2026 Papers List will feature below as Paper Proposals are commissioned
Papers at the JCT Symposium are delivered by practicing engineers, innovators, academics and industry experts. We will be providing around 20 papers in a single theatre keeping the audience engaged and informed.
If you are interested in proposing a Paper and presenting it for 2026 all we initially ask for is a working title and a one or two paragraph short synopsis. You can make a proposal by visiting our Propose a Paper page.
Papers for 2026
As Symposium Papers are agreed they will be published here
The Symposium Learned Programme is split into seven sessions delivered contiguously over two days. Sessions are Chaired (moderated) by leading industry professionals and academics.
Professor Margaret C. Bell, CBE
Emerita Science City Professor of Transport and Environment - Newcastle University. 2006: Honoured Commander of the British Empire for services to Sustainable Transport, Queen’s 80th Birthday. Honorary Fellow of IHE, FICE, FIHT and CMILT and Honorary Editor Chief of the IET ITS. 2019: Rees-Hills ITSUK Lifetime Achievement Award. Founder, in 2000, and Chair of the ITSUK Smart Environment Forum until 2021. 2024: Roll of Honour JCT and Hall of Fame UTSG. Currently the Independent Chair of the Bus Service Improvement Plan Enhanced Partnership Board in Derbyshire. Researching the performance measures for Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory system operating in SCOOT, Split Cycle Offset Optimisation Technique; evaluating roadside pollution (air and noise) in the vicinity of motorways operating Automatic Traffic Management; understanding travel behaviour of the Tyne and Wear Metro users and influences of mode choice of Bangkok commuters. Exploring the integration of bus, LRT and rail systems with sustainable first/last mile options (including shared e-mobility electric cars, e-bikes, e-scooters, e-Cargo bikes) and ITS traffic control and management offering an alternative to car use to reduce carbon and improve air pollution.
Jennie Martin MBE FCILT, Trustee, PACTS
Jennie Martin has spent her working life in transport – with the then British Rail, the Corporation of London, and ITS United Kingdom. She was Secretary General at ITS (UK) from 2004 to 2023. She is a past Chair of the Network of National ITS Associations. She is the Hon. Secretary of CILT International, Chair of Bus Users UK, a Trustee of PACTS, Member of the ITS Committee at BSI, and of the National Highways Research and Innovation Advisory Board. Jennie is originally from Sweden but a happily naturalised Londoner for many years.
Paul Hutton
Transport Consultant and co-owner of Highways-News.com. Paul Hutton is one of the world’s leading journalists specialising in transport technology. A trained broadcast journalist who worked as a presenter, newsreader and sports reporter on local and national radio and TV, Paul has been in the ITS sector for nearly 25 years having run the operations of two radio traffic news companies. Paul worked on the Travel Information Highway and delivered the Traffic Radio service for government as well as providing traffic reports for the vast majority of BBC and commercial radio stations across the UK and also working in Canada, Australia and the US. He co-owns the website Highways-News.com, provides PR and communications support for the Transport Technology Forum and a number of SMEs, and regularly hosts webinars and moderates panel debates at events.