Giles Perkins

Head of Future Mobility, WSP

Giles leads WSPs Future Mobility team in the UK and has over 32 years’ experience in the futures, transportation planning, digital and intelligent transport sectors. He has worked in the public and private sectors as a senior client and director level consultant and has led major projects across all modes.

He has a detailed understanding of the strategic needs and opportunities surrounding the transport challenges that face our networks, regions, towns and cities. He is a recognised expert in the field of future mobility / transport and Zero Emission Mobility having undertaken numerous cutting-edge commissions where his insight is helping build ‘future ready’ thinking into strategies, policies and asset specifications.

He is a strategic thinker with an in-depth appreciation of the challenges facing all modes of transport resulting from disruptors, both within the transportation realm and wider socio-economic changes which influence it.

My Speaker Sessions

Wednesday 27 November 2024

11:50

What the Autonomous Vehicle Act Means to the Industry

11:50 - 12:10 CAV and Transport Intelligence
  • Giles Perkins, Head of Profession for Future Mobility at WSP and one of the sponsors of the All Partry Parliamentary Group on self-driving will present an overview of the recent Automated Vehicles Act and what it means in practice for network operators, service providers and those across the highways industry.

Thursday 28 November 2024

13:15

Live Labs 2 Decarbonising Local Roads: Lunch and Learn

13:15 - 14:00 Decarbonisation
  • This interactive session will introduce ADEPT's £30 million, three-year programme and offer a chance to discuss its interventions, how the barriers to them can be overcome, and how authorities can benefit from the research and innovation to date.