Quaylink buses will be on display at the conference

The event on Monday at Newcastle Civic Centre is being chaired by Nexus director general Mike Parker.

It will include demonstration vehicles fitted with a variety of emission management systems, including the electric Quaylink buses.

It will bring together transport planners, bus fleet operators and local authority environment officers.

Newcastle City Council public health and environmental protection team manager Ed Foster said: "While everyone is agreed that increased use of public transport has a vital role to play in protecting the environment, anyone who has ever been in a bus station will tell you that many vehicles on our roads contribute to pollution themselves.

"Developments in technology mean that this no longer needs to be the case and Monday's conference will explore the many options we have to provide an environmentally friendly public transport system for the future."