The one-day conference will provide expert insight from an impressive line-up of expert speakers, including leading manufacturers and government and industry experts.
At the conference, Nick Elliot, a specialist transport consultant and chairman of the Institute of Road Transport Engineers Professional Sector Council, IRTE, will give a session about the new Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme (MPRS), exploring the benefits of MPRS and look at what its aims are and the process involved for approval.
Among the other speakers in sessions are the recently appointed Senior Traffic Commissioner Kevin Rooney, Neil Barlow, head of policy and Dave Wood, head of autonomous vehicle policy, both from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), and Nick Sanderson, principal type approval engineer at the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA).
Phil Lloyd, Logistics UK’s Head of Engineering Policy, who will be chairing the conference, comments: “It is vital for commercial vehicle engineers to keep up with the latest advancements, innovations and challenges shaping the sector, and Logistics UK’s Fleet Engineer conference is designed to provide all the information needed to keep fleets compliant.
"As well as offering insights into future developments, it also provides the opportunity to network with like-minded professionals from across the industry.”
Sessions will include:
- What options are available to operators to modernise their maintenance regimes?
- New era of trailers - changes to design and manufacturing.
- Putting the brake on testing.
- Smarter inspections and automated workflows.
- AI development - what it will mean for maintenance.
- Maintenance Provision Rating Scheme.
- Training for tomorrow's world.
- Approving new vehicles and systems.
- Euro NCAP.
- Enforcement and recalls.
Logistics UK’s Fleet Engineer 2025 conference is sponsored by Brigade Electronics, The AA, r2c, Intangles, IRTE and Bevan Group. For further information or to book a place, go to: https://logistics.org.uk/fleet-engineer
