TAKE THE STAGE AT EURO BUS EXPO

Share your insight, experiences and ideas with industry professionals across the bus and coach sector

Euro Bus Expo is where the industry comes together to explore what’s changing, what’s working and what comes next. Speaking at the show gives you the opportunity to contribute to important sector conversations and put your expertise in front of operators, suppliers, authorities and decision-makers.

Whether you have a practical lesson learned, a specialist perspective, a real-world challenge or a fresh idea to share, your experience could help others adapt, improve and prepare for the future. You do not need previous speaking experience to apply.

Why speak at Euro Bus Expo?

Speaking at Euro Bus Expo gives you the opportunity to:

  • Position yourself and your organisation as knowledgeable voices within the industry.
  • Benefit from the show’s marketing, PR and audience reach.
  • Contribute to discussions around the challenges, opportunities and changes affecting the sector.
  • Share ideas and experiences that could support better decision-making across the industry
  • Connect with operators, suppliers and decision-makers helping to drive progress.

About the programme

The programme may include a variety of formats designed to encourage discussion, knowledge-sharing and the exchange of ideas, including:

  • Keynote Presentations: 20-minute sessions exploring major industry topics, including policy developments, future trends, market direction, strategic challenges and inspirational ideas.
  • Lightning talks: Short 10-minute sessions sharing a useful idea, innovation, tool, technique or lesson learned.
  • Panel discussions or debates: 20-minute conversations bringing together different perspectives on an important industry topic or challenge.
  • Case studies: 20-minute sessions exploring lessons learned from a project, challenge or operational experience — including successes, best practices and pitfalls.
  • Roundtables / workshops: 30-minute interactive discussions focused on sharing experiences, solving problems and exploring practical solutions.
  • Fireside chats: Informal conversations with experienced industry professionals reflecting on career experiences, industry change and lessons learned.
  • Interviews: 20-minute interviews exploring a specialist subject, operational experience or emerging area of interest.
  • One-to-one clinics: Confidential advice sessions covering business, operational or funding topics, delivered by independent specialists.

Presentation objectives

Presentations should provide value to visiting operators by helping them to:

  • Understand changing trends, passenger expectations, policy developments or emerging technologies affecting the industry.
  • Address a challenge or opportunity within their organisation or operation.
  • Improve a process, practice or area of performance.
  • Stay informed about legislative, regulatory or compliance developments.
  • Prepare for future projects, investments or business developments with greater confidence.

Sessions must be educational, informative and audience-focused rather than promotional. Commercial sales presentations, product demonstrations and self-promotional content will not be accepted as speaking proposals.

We are particularly interested in practical insight, operational experiences, real-world case studies and lessons learned that could help operators and transport professionals.

Supplier-led submissions are welcome where they are supported by operator case studies, implementation experience, practical outcomes or collaborative discussion.

Organisations looking to actively showcase products, services or new technologies may wish to explore exhibiting opportunities or participation in the Innovation Challenge, which is open exclusively to exhibitors.

About the topics

The programme will be shaped around a number of key industry themes, including:

  • Looking ahead: Emerging trends, changing passenger expectations, forecasts, integrated mobility, artificial intelligence, data-driven decision-making, cybersecurity, connected vehicle technology, and the practical use of data and technology across operations and planning.
  • Investing in our people: Recruitment, retention, apprenticeships, training, younger driver pathways, leadership, mentoring, workforce wellbeing, mental health, ergonomics, diversity and inclusion, Employment Rights Bill changes, and developing future industry talent.
  • Fleet transition and sustainable travel: Decarbonisation, alternative fuels, HVO and bridging fuels, energy optimisation, depot electrification, charging infrastructure, smart energy management, autonomous driving, vehicle as a service, and the practical challenges and opportunities facing both bus and coach operators during the transition — including the distinct realities facing coach operators.
  • Funding and finance: Financing opportunities and challenges, commercial resilience, accessing green finance, pricing strategy, rising cost pressures, succession planning, prioritising investment, and funding fleet and business transformation.
  • Cities and transport: Bus franchising, Enhanced Partnerships, navigating franchising as an SME or independent operator, accessibility, multimodal integration, urban planning, bus priority, clean air zones, coach access and infrastructure, local authority partnerships, rural and community transport, demand-responsive transport, and improving passenger connectivity and experience.
  • Operations and compliance: PSVAR post-exemption compliance and next steps, BODS compliance, operational efficiency, accident prevention, VAWG and anti-social behaviour training requirements, driver behaviour, scheduling and real-time information, maintenance, engineering best practice, licencing and training, performance management, international operations, Earned Recognition, and practical approaches to safety and compliance.
  • Running a better operator business: Best practice in business operations, planning, customer experience, marketing, management, partnership working, commercial strategy, local authority engagement, and practical approaches to improving performance and resilience.
  • Innovation and new ideas: Operator-led innovation, practical case studies, and new technologies, concepts or approaches that are improving operational efficiency, passenger experience, safety, sustainability or commercial performance.

How to apply

Complete the Speaker Application Form to tell us about the topic, experience or perspective you would like to share.

The form will ask for:

  • Speaker and organisation details
  • A brief summary of any relevant presenting experience, if applicable
  • Your suggested session title and description
  • Background to the topic and why it matters
  • Your preferred session format
  • The audience, job functions and programme theme your session is most relevant to
  • A short sentence explaining what attendees will learn from the session

The deadline for applications is 5pm on 19 June 2026.

All applications will be treated in confidence and reviewed by a panel of operators and industry professionals. Proposals will be assessed based on relevance, audience interest, practical value and the quality of the content submitted.

Feedback and invitations to present — or to participate in alternative content-sharing opportunities, such as webinars, whitepapers or articles — will be provided by 24 July 2026.

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