Women in Transport Scotland Hub
Event at BDP Glasgow

Join Women in Transport and Women in Rail for a panel discussion and networking event hosted by BDP in their fantastic Glasgow Studio. Industry experts will discuss how rail has connected communities for 200 years; what happens when public infrastructure fails communities; how gender bias planning must be recognised and addressed, and; learn of Glasgow’s plans to connect communities with new infrastructure.

Programme

5:30-6:00pm           Arrival (badges provided in reception) and refreshments

6.00-7:00pm           Presentations / panel discussion

7.00-7.15pm                        Q&A

7:15-8.00pm           Nibbles and Networking

Speakers

Edward Dymock (studio host)

Edward Dymock, an Architect Associate Director, Passivhaus Designer and the Glasgow studio’s Sustainability Champion. Ed’s multi-sector and international CV includes projects in Masterplanning, Conservation, Residential, Education, Workplace and Transport; Ed was the designer of Glasgow Queen Street Station. Ed believes that well designed buildings and places should create economic, social and wellbeing benefits, and bring delight to the lives of their users.

Peter Jenkins

An Architect Director in BDP Manchester, Peter is Head of Transport across all UK and international studios. Specialising in infrastructure and urban design work, his designs create human-scaled environments within large-scale transport infrastructure. Peter’s award-winning rail, metro, bus and aviation projects include nine underground stations in Dhaka, Leeds Station, and Manchester’s Piccadilly and Victoria Stations and the Ordsall Chord bridges.

Kate Woodcock Fowles

Kate is an architect with a professional and personal interest in accessibility and public transport. She has presented on this topic at UKREiiF and frequently joins focus groups aimed at improving the experience of disabled passengers on the transport network. Kate worked on five of the HS2 ‘Headhouses’ during her time at BDP.

Samantha Linning

Samantha is BDP's Internal Communications Manager, and lifelong city dweller with a passion for improving cities and transport. She was winner of BDP’s innovation forum's City Insights challenge with her proposal on gender-inclusive urban planning, drawing on Swedish case studies to show how small changes in policy can deliver major social and economic benefits. Samantha is keen to show that rethinking everyday infrastructure through this lens can make our transport networks and cities safer, more accessible, and inclusive for all.

Wendy Shaw

Wendy is a passionate advocate for shared and public transport, active travel and communities. Working for 20 years in the world of energy efficiency and sustainable housing, Wendy pivoted to the shared and public transport field.  Following several years as the chair of a Community Council, Wendy helped develop a community led proposal for the Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Community Council Cycling Village.  With Glasgow City Council backing, this went on to secure £13m investment in the area.  Post pandemic, Wendy focused on behaviour change and worked at a community level car share scheme.  Then a move to Stirling Council where she helped bring the first public bus service in house, as well as working on the city-wide shared cycle scheme.  Wendy is now Programme Delivery and Interface Co-ordinator for the Clyde Metro, working on completing the Case For Investment by 2027.  

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