5th INTERNATIONAL
BICYCLE CONGRESS
30 April and 1 May 2015
Provisional programme
Cycle tourism and sustainable mobility
30 APRIL, PALAU DE CONGRESSOS
9.00 h
Official inauguration of the Congress
Santi Vila, Minister for Territory and
Sustainability of the Catalan Government
(pending confirmation)
Joan Giraut, President of the Girona Regional
Council Carles Puigdemont, Mayor of the Girona City
Council
SESSION 2: Sustainable mobility
– Everyday mobility by bike in urban and
interurban areas and intermobility with
public transport.
– Safe mobility by bike: coexistence,
awareness building and training.
– Innovation, technology and smart cities.
– Health and the environment.
13.30 h
Working lunch - networking
15.00 h Presentation “The Eurovelo project”
15.00 h
Presentation ”New cycle tourism routes
in Catalonia: Trans-Catalonia Route
and EuroVelo 8”
Round table “Experiences and economic impact of cycle tourism”
Moderator:
Gabriel Pernau, journalist, writer and cycle
tourist
Dr. Richard Weston, researcher at the Institute
of Transport & Tourism at the University of
Central Lancashire
Nicolas Mercat, expert in sustainable mobility
and the evaluation of the economic impact
of the bike, Inddigo Altermodal (pending
confirmation)
Mireia Canals, Secretary General of the
Pyrenees-Mediterranean Euroregion
Empar Vaqué, pioneer and founder of
“Cicloturisme i Medi Ambient”
Moderator:
Emili Mató, expert in sustainable mobility
Themes:
Dominique Lebrun – Monsieur Vélo, InspectorGeneral of the Administration of Sustainable
Development and Interministerial Coordinator
for the Development of Bicylce use.
10.00 h 16.00
h/
18.00 h
Parallel sessions
10.00 h / 20.00 h
Moderator:
Gerard Darnés, Manager of the Girona
Greenways Consortium
Free entrance to the
Girona Bike World fair
Timetable Open presentations
to be
– 2nd session – Speakers’
confirm
Themes:
Open presentations
– 1st session – 20x20 Format
1 MAY, PALAU DE FIRES
SESSION 1: Cycle tourism
Adam Bodor, Director of EuroVelo, Cycling
Tourism and Regional Policy European
Cyclists’ Federation
Xavier Flores, General Director of Terrestrial
Mobility Infrastructures
Break - coffee
11.00 h – Tourist products.
– Economic benefits.
– Cycling all year round.
– Specialised presentations.
Inaugural conference “Monsieur Vélo:
bike and cycle tourism in France”
9.30 h
11.30 h
– Development of cycle tourism routes.
– Promotion of routes.
Find us at: congresdelabicicleta.gencat.cat
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