Chris Cooper is the IBM UK Industry Architect for Travel & Transport. Supporting a broad range of clients across the UK Travel & Transport sector, from the railway to airlines and airports through to intelligent transport. Chris takes a particular interest in industry wide collaboration with partners and customers alike. As this feeds into Chris' passion for seeing the adoption of smarter infrastructure and smarter transport for the good of UK Plc and the UK Citizen. Chris is also the IBM representative on a number of Technology Strategy Board and EPSRC sponsored engagements. hris has 14 years of IT industry experience and is a Certified Architect. He is a graduate of UWE, Bristol and a member of the IET.