This is the first of three podcasts from the huge Highways UK show at Birmingham's NEC.

These are brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of AGD Systems and Traffic Group Signals, Kiely Bros, Re-flow, Stantec and Yunex Traffic.

In today's programme we hear from Conference Director Claudia Davidson with details of some of the must-attend sessions on Wednesday, and we also hear from industry veteran and friend to everyone Martin Duffy who talks about Isla's Trail, where you can give a cone a cuddle for a very good cause.

Adrian Tatum chats to Stantec about biodiversity in transport and to Reflow about real time data, while we also hear from Yunex Traffic about their new Fusion product which is an alternative to SCOOT, Steve Spender talks about the latest from the Institute of Highway Engineers and we hear about new talent in the industry with Kiely Bros.

There'll be a fresh podcast every day from the NEC, don't miss them.

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