Velo-City Globlal 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.

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.

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS NOVEMBER 15, 2011. FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THEME AREAS AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES, PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE:  www.velo-city2012.com.

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.

If you have any questions or require further information please contact CongressWorld, telephone 604-685-0450, toll-free 1-877-685-0452, email info@congressworld.ca