Upcoming WCRAQ Events


WCRAQ Emissions Reduction Workshop in association with IRTE Ireland North Centre

9 October, 2024/ 13:00 – 16:00

Titanic Centre Belfast

In-person only

12:30 – 13:00: Coffee and tea and networking

13:00 – 16:00: Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction workshop in partnership with IRTE Ireland North – Hosted by Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council

13:00 – 13:05: Welcome and protocol – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council

13:05 – 13:20: WCRAQ in Parliament Update – Barry Sheerman MP, Chair Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality

13:20 – 13:40: WCRAQ Update – Jason Airey, Founder, WCRAQ

13:40 – 14:00: Insights into electrification adoption – Nathan Wilson, Account & Area Sales Manager United Kingdom & Republic of Ireland, Alisson Transmission

  • Find out about the truth about what will happen to EV adoption.
  • Discover the benefits of EVs for air quality.
  • Learn about Allison Transmission’s role in moving the industry forward.

14:00 – 14:30: Air quality in Northern Ireland: health, evidence and policy – Neil Rowland, Senior Research Fellow, Queen’s Business School (QBS)

  • Discover research that has been carried out to better understand the single greatest environmental threat to public health in Northern Ireland – air pollution.
  • Learn how air quality improvements have been achieved over recent decades.
  • Understand what may need to be done to improve air quality in Northern Ireland to protect current and future generations.

14:30 – 15:55: Questions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council

15:55 – 16:00: Close of event and future actions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications/ Jeff Shaw, Transport Manager, Ards and North Down Council

To secure your space, please reply to Ann-Marie Knegt


Date TBC (postponed)

  • 11:00-12:30: in-person event only
  • WCRAQ Hydrogen Working Party
  • Location: ULEMco HQ, Liverpool
  • Chair: Jason Airey

Speaker: Amanda Lyne, MD, ULEMco – Timescales and specification/sweet spots for hydrogen commercial vehicle solutions that will deliver CO2 reduction and improved AQ before 2030.

12:30 – 16:00: in-person event only

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]


  • Date TBC (postponed)
  • WCRAQ Energy Fuels and Vehicles Working Party
  • 11:00 – 15:00: in-person event only.
  • Chair: Jason Airey

Speaker: Charles Stephenson – JCB HQ Stafford – HICE (hydrogen internal combustion engine)

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]


Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction Workshop North

  • Oulton Hall, Leeds
  • 13 November 2024
  • Admission free
  • In-person event only

14:30 – 15:00: Coffee and tea and networking

15:00 – 16:00: Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality – Emissions Reduction workshop

15:00 – 15:05: Welcome and protocol – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications

15:05 – 15:20: What is coming up with WCRAQ? – Barry Sheerman, Chair, Westminster Commission for Road Air Quality

15:20 – 15:40: WCRAQ Update – Jason Airey, Executive Director, WCRAQ

15:40 – 16:10: Fleet decarbonisation – procurementJohn Lomax, Business Development Manager North England and Wales, TPPL

  • Learn about TPPL and its position in UK procurement.
  • Discover how and which fleet market trends impact the supply chain.
  • See how the ZEV Mandate affects the fleet sector and discover the latest fleet market trends – VETS (Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes).
  • Learn about EV charging infrastructure procurement and hydrogen vehicle and refuelling infrastructure procurement.

16:10 – 16:25: Questions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications

16:25 – 16:30: Close of event and future actions – Ann-Marie Knegt, Creative Director, Visie Communications

Request to attend by emailing [email protected]


25 November 2024 

  • WCRAQ Air Health Working Party 
  • 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
  • Chair: Prof Sir Stephen Holgate 

Speaker: Prof Rosie McEachan, Born in Bradford – Air Pollution and health inequalities.

Email Sally Cumner to request a place at [email protected]


25 November 2024 

  • WCRAQ Education WP
  • 14:00-15:30, Teams meeting only
  • Chair: Larissa Lockwood

Speaker: Nathan Wood, Ventil8 Day on 8 November 2024

Request to attend by emailing Sally Cumner at [email protected]