The Royal Scotsman offers Scotland's premier rail experience, taking guests on the scenic routes through the Highlands with excellent cuisine and exclusive off-train visits. James Heslin will give us an insight into the challenges of delivering such a special product on the national network, finding locations to stable overnight and refreshing the itinerary so that customers may choose between options which match their changing expectations.

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With completion of the M74 and the Airdrie-Bathgate railway, Glasgow's transport infrastructure is already being improved in advance of the 2014 Commonwealth Games, preparations for which include planning for movement of visitors from and to the city. How are spectators, athletes, officials and stewards are to transfer securely to and from stadia? More immediately, there is the issue of delivering materials for the construction of Games facilities. And what projects are to be the Games' legacy to Glasgow and Scotland?

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The 10th annual CILT Young Professionals conference, bringing you the heavyweight line up of speakers, excellent networking opportunities and unequalled value for money that has become synonymous with this conference series.

David Warnock lives in Callander and operates a small consultancy, working mainly in rural development, recreation and outdoor access and cultural and natural interpretation. He previously worked as Development Officer on the Trossachs Trail Tourism Management Programme which was widely recognised as a pioneer of "Green Tourism" and "Integrated Quality Management". David has a degree in Business Studies with Environmental Education. In July 2010 he was appointed to the Board of the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park.

Panamint Cinema has established itself as a leading supplier of nostalgic, historical documentary films over the past ten years. All Panamint Cinema DVDs are carefully mastered from the best available original materials, sourced from the nation's archives and independent film production companies. Russell Cowe will be showing a selection from his transport collection.

The Road Haulage Association (RHA) provides dedicated campaigning, advice, information and business services specially tailored for the haulage industry. They use their buying power to negotiate exclusive savings on a range of key haulage services, saving members time and money. Their director for Scotland and Northern Ireland Phil Flanders is also an external member of Sestran, the South-East Scotland Regional Transport Partnership.

Biographer, socialist, dialect expert and all-round optimist Dr Paul Salveson took time off from his model railway to found the Community Rail movement and lead stakeholders relations at two train operating companies. Now he's turned respectable - an MBE, FCILT and a Visiting Professor - and considers whether it is possible to sport these attributes yet remain true to one's radical roots in transport.

Britain invented railways, and can also lay claim to being the best-mapped country in the world. The new book by David Spaven and Julian Holland on Mapping Britain's Railways (Times Books, 2011) illustrates the history of Britain's railways through a carefully chosen selection of maps that have never before appeared in a single publication. While maps are of course functional, this presentation will reveal that they can also be a visual feast.

Ships unlike buildings and wrecks have no statutory protection, and despite Scotland's prowess as a shipbuilding nation more Scots-built ships are preserved abroad than here. Former director of the Scottish Maritime Museum Jim Tildesley considers the record in conserving the legacy of our sea-going success, and reports the progress being made by museums in the face of adversity and indifference.

Since 1889 FTA has been representing the transport interests of companies moving goods by road, rail, sea and air, specialising in delivering safe, sustainable and efficient logistics through
- Representing the needs of the logistics industry at local, national and European level.
- Campaigning to raise awareness of the logistics industry.
- Compliance to inform and prepare members about the latest European and domestic legal requirements.
- Training to improve the skills and knowledge of drivers and managers in the industry.

Passenger Focus is the independent consumer watchdog for Britain's rail passengers and England's bus, coach and tram passengers. Using research - in particular the rail National Passenger Survey and Bus Passenger survey - to drive change, Passenger Focus seeks to make a difference for passengers. Anthony Smith, chief executive, will outline Passenger Focus's changing role, key objectives and passenger priorities.

Devised by Nexus Alpha with JLM Consulting, the solar-powered CHRONOS system enables customer information to be displayed cost-effectively in locations which lack the normal cabling infrastructure. Rail station displays at seven locations on the Far North Line meet the design brief developed through discussion with ScotRail and HITRANS, and funding support has come also from the Technology Strategy Board. Rolled out to several bus stations, the system has an automated speech facility for the visually impaired.

Note: There is no charge for this event and no booking required.