EXPO2025 Theme Weeks

Programme details

Come see, touch and hear about:

The Chronicles of Motion
o Take a pause and reflect on key moments in UK transport history.

Sailing Into The Future
o Discover world-leading UK industry and engineering advancements and innovation in Wind Assist technology. Unlock your creative capabilities at the interactive origami station.

Driverless: Who is in control? (Hosted by the Science Museum Group)
o Venture into the world of autonomous vehicle technology across land and water.

Future of Flight Exhibition
o Check out the UK's vision for the future of aviation, learn how we are integrating Advanced Air Mobility into the UK mobility ecosystem and come see the UK's world-leading capabilities.

Innovation Hub
o The Hub features a series of videos on cutting-edge projects from Transport Research and Innovation Grants (TRIG) alumni, demonstrating how research and development funding has helped bring ground-breaking ideas to life and shape the future of transport.

On the Terrace, visitors can discover:
Young Railway Photographer of The Year competition - delivered by the National Railway Museum and the Railway Photographic Society.
· 2025 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail.
· The exhibition features the creativity and talent of young participants in the Young Railway Photographer of The Year competition.
· The anniversary seeks to inspire the next generation of rail professionals and encourage young people to choose a career in rail’s exciting, digtal, green future.

Cast

Speakers

Professor Sarah Sharples FREng

Chief Scientific Adviser at the UK Department for Transport

Professor Sarah Sharples is Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department for Transport. She is a Professor of Human Factors in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham and from 2018 to 2021 was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and People. She has led research in transport, manufacturing and healthcare. Her academic work is focused on understanding how to design complex systems that enable both people and technologies to work to their highest potential. In her DfT role she ensures that advice to policy makers and politicians is drawn from the highest quality research from the transport sector, and works closely with academia and industry.
She was President of the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors from 2015 to 2016 and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2024.

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Marek Reichman

Executive Vice President and Chief Creative Officer, Aston Martin

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Mark Smedley

Asia Pacific Managing Director, Brompton Bicycle

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The Future of Community and Mobility Week

Future of Transport Showcase

The exhibition provides visitors with an opportunity to look back at the United Kingdom’s pioneering transport technologies throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, but also a look at the transport innovations of the future.
The exhibition is preceded on the 14th of May by a number of Business Exchange events (and can also be viewed by the public on the 13th of May). At 10.00 on the 15th of May there will be a Future of Transport Symposium.
Join us to hear thought-provoking insights and discussion on the key innovations and engineering behind future UK transport technology.

  • 2025.05.13[Tue]

    10:0021:00

    (Venue Open 09:00)

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  • * Programme times and content are subject to change. Any changes will be announced on this website and via the ticket booking system.
  • * The schedule is subject to change depending on the organiser's circumstances.

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The Future of Community and Mobility Week

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