Rewarding Great People - Issue 6

Emerging Professionals Conference

We were proud to have four of our apprentices representing FM Conway at the CIHT Emerging Professionals Conference 2024. The event saw professionals from across the highways, transportation and infrastructure sector join influential names within the industry to discuss and hear about key issues.

Throughout the challenge they also received support and coaching by ‘Industry Experts’ made up of various representatives from around the business.

Exploring the role of data and artificial intelligence in transport’, and featured speakers from academia, local and national government, covering a range of topics curated by the CIHT’s Emerging Careers Professional Network. It was a great event in which our apprentices could hear insights about the future direction of the industry, as well as getting the inside track on emerging trends and innovations from experts on areas that matter to our business.

This covered several important developmental topics such as

understanding customer and commercial awareness, building business cases, and how to communicate ideas effectively to a range of audiences. This event displayed a great level of energy and drive from all of our apprentices, and they also received a high level of feedback and insight from our Industry Experts and Dragons which proved extremely valuable.

This year’s conference focused on the theme of ‘The Digital Evolution:

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