Event background
Local authorities are responsible for local highways maintenance, which makes a significant contribution to the UK’s carbon impact.
The seven Live Labs 2 projects, headed by local authorities in partnership with the private sector and academia, are leading the charge to put decarbonisation at the heart of local roads strategy and management.
The 2025 Live Labs 2 Expo is our second event and is a must-attend for all involved in accelerating this transformation. It offers a valuable opportunity to engage with each of the Live Labs projects, a deep dive into the progress made across programme and crucial insights into the most effective solutions, services and technology from each team.
The structure of the Expo in 2025 will allow each attendee greater time and freedom to hear from every Live Labs 2 team and network more widely as well as engaging in a selection of workshop events.
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Despite most UK public authorities declaring a climate emergency, to date little has been done to decarbonise the design, maintenance and renewal of highways infrastructure, meaning many will fall short on key climate commitments.
The 2025 Expo will bring together all of the ADEPT Live Labs 2 projects in one place alongside their commercial partners, the Live Labs 2 Commissioning Board and local authority and industry figures.
The Expo will showcase developments at this middle stage of the projects and actively encourage collaboration between public and private sector partners to embed local road decarbonisation into UK practice.
What was discussed at the
2024 EXPO?
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Live Labs 2 project developments so far, wider sector partnerships and involvement.
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New ways of thinking and creating novel partnerships to generate solutions.
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Actively encouraging collaboration between public and private sector partners to develop new thinking, materials, tools, products and services.
Why exhibit?
It is estimated that local authorities currently spend in excess of £2bn per year on local roads and their maintenance. This runs alongside considerable investment from private sector partners.
The Live Labs 2 Expo presents a rare opportunity for organisations to showcase tools, products and services to the key budget holders and decision makers, from both public and private sectors, who are leading the work to decarbonise the UK's local highways.
Live Labs 2 is a three-year, £30million, UK-wide programme funded by the Department for Transport and managed by ADEPT that will run until March 2026. Live Labs 2 is leading the decarbonisation of local highways infrastructure and assets.