
Key Topics at Traffex
- Improving journey's across the nations strategic roads
- Transitioning from RIS2 to RIS3.
- The long view – what will we want from our roads by 2050?
- Scheme Delivery Framework 2
- Winter road safety and resilience
Networking Lounge
National Highways will host their networking lounge on the show floor for local authorities and major contractors. Apply for your VIP pass below.
2025 Speakers
Sessions at Traffex
Wednesday 21 May 2025
Keynote: Roads for Today, and Tomorrow
- Improving journeys on our strategic roads.
- Transitioning from RIS2 to RIS3.
- The long view – what will we want from our roads by 2050?
Scheme Deliver Framework 2
- Scheme Delivery Framework 2 (SDF2) will cover six years of upgrades to the 4,500-mile strategic road network. Procurement is scheduled to start later this year.
- The presentation is an exciting opportunity for existing and new suppliers who may be interested in bidding.
Elliot Shaw, National Highways’ Chief Customer and Strategy Officer
“2025 will be an important year for the UK highways sector” said Elliot Shaw, National Highways’ Chief Customer and Strategy Officer. “Engaging fully with our industry partners and existing and potential supply chain will be key to our success. Our presence at Traffex again this year will help us achieve this.”


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Press
Traffex Announces National Highways as Headline Content Partners
- Traffex 2025, 21-22 May, CBS Arena, Coventry
- Register Free to attend
- Apply for Networking Lounge VIP Pass
11 February 2025
Traffex has announced National Highways as headline content partners for the 2025 event, taking place at the CBS Arena in Coventry on May 21st and 22nd.
National Highways will take centre stage for the 2025 conference programme, across four dedicated theatres, covering management and mobility, safety and sustainability, road resilience and winter maintenance, as well as EV infrastructure. All conference sessions will be free to attend, and offer CPD accreditation through the Institute of Highway Engineers.
National Highways will headline the Management and Mobility stage at Traffex. Other National Highways speakers already confirmed include Darren Clark, Severe Weather Resilience Manager, and William Beazley, Severe Weather R&D Specialist.
In addition to headlining the 2025 conference programme, National Highways has confirmed it will be returning to the show floor, hosting senior delegates from across the industry at the National Highways lounge. Event attendees will include senior representatives, heads of highways departments, local authority chief executives and National Highways representatives.
“2025 will be an important year for the UK highways sector” said Elliot Shaw, National Highways’ Chief Customer and Strategy Officer. “Engaging fully with our industry partners and existing and potential supply chain will be key to our success. Our presence at Traffex again this year will help us achieve this.”
Traffex director Gordon Kirk said: “We are delighted to further develop our relationship with National Highways, and proud that National Highways will be our headline content partner once again in 2025. We are thrilled to be working with National Highways in bringing together all the major stakeholders responsible for the management, maintenance, planning and development of the UK’s national and local roads networks.”
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