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June 26-29, 2012 Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center, Vancouver BC |
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS
Velo-city Global is the world’s premier international cycling planning conference.
The four day event offers delegates from around the world a chance to share best practices for creating and sustaining cycling-friendly cities, where bicycles are valued as part of daily transport and recreation.
CITIES IN MOTION
Sharing Cities' Cycling Success Stories |
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The conference theme, Cities in Motion, will spotlight communities that are enabling and encouraging people of all ages to choose cycling as a daily form of active transportation and recreation.
We encourage all cities and regions around the world - small, medium and large - to share how they are creating healthy, livable, inclusive, vibrant green communities through cycling and enhancements to the built environment that are both supportive of and enabled by embracing cycling as an integral component of combined, sustainable and smart mobility.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, PLEASE VISIT OUR:
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DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: NOVEMBER 15, 2011 |
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Programme Themes
- Leadership - the politics of change
- Political and Professional - Policies, strategies, funding, challenges and opportunities
- Business
- Advocacy
- Research supporting policy decisions
- How Cycling Achieves Community Aspirations and Addresses Global Problems
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health and Safety
- Business and the Green Economy
- Vibrant and Resilient Communities
- Essential Elements - Increasing Cycling and Safety
- Networks and Infrastructure - Planning, Design and Engineering
- Land Use, Urban Planning, the Built Environment and Public Spaces
- Laws and Enforcement
- Empowering People and Inclusivity
- Children - Enshrining the Rights of Children to Mobility
- Seniors - Creating Age-Friendly Communities
- Equity and Diversity - Increasing Mobility Choices and Opportunities Globally
- Social Marketing and Education - Encouraging Cycling Growth, Improving Relationships between Road Users
- Sport and Organized Rides - Building their Relationship with Cycling for Transportation
- Emerging Technologies
- Electric-Assisted Bicycles and Other Mobility Devices
- Consumer Technology - Enhancing the Cycling Experience
- Smart Cities - Facilitating Cycling growth and Improving Safety with Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Pivotal Themes
- Public Bike Sharing Systems
- Cycling Logistics - Movement of goods by bicycles
- Combined Mobility - Cycling integration with transit, rail and other modes
- Cycling Tourism
We are seeking a wide diversity of presentations. Presentations introducing innovative research, concepts and solutions, including those that go beyond the themes from a broad range of backgrounds, disciplines, cycling cultures and organizations are most welcome.
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CONFERENCE VENUE
Located in the centre of dynamic Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre is the ideal backdrop for productive meetings. The convention hotel offers spectacular architecture, premier conference facilities, superlative service, and a prime location in the heart of downtown.
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre
1088 Burrard Street,
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 2R9
(604) -331-1000
www.sheratonvancouver.com |
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VANCOUVER
- Experience firsthand the innovative transportation, planning and green initiatives in Vancouver
- See and try Vancouver’s evolving cycling infrastructure including separated bicycle lanes, neighbourhood cycling streets, bicycles on buses, ferries, and rapid transit lines, traffic calming, feeder networks to transit lines, and cyclist-activated signals
To REGISTER online, visit our website
www.velo-city2012.com
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