5th November 2013, 9am – 5pm
Chair: Christian Wolmar, Transport Journalist
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9.00-9.30 Registration and refreshments
9.30-9.50 Welcome
• Councillor Margaret Wood – Lord Mayor of Newcastle
• Fred Olthof – Head of Economic Department, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
• Councillor Nick Forbes – Leader, Newcastle City Council
9.50-10.10 Keynote Speech
• Lynn Sloman – Transport for Quality of Life
10.10-10.30 How cycling became a top political priority in the Netherlands
• Jan Ploeger – Provincie Zuid-Holland
10.30-11.00 Refreshment Break
11.00-11.20 The Economic Benefits of Cycling
• Philippe Crist – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
11.20-11.40 Get Britain Cycling: what next? – An update from Government
• Shane Snow – Department for Transport
11.40-11.55 Questions & Answers
11.55-12.55 Workshop Sessions I – briefing notes
1. Reducing road danger and sustainable safety
• Divera Twisk – SWOV (Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research)
• Ton Hummel – Principal Road Safety Engineer
2. Developing urban strategic cycling routes
• Marjolein de Lange – Dutch Cycling Embassy
• Bill Dodds – Newcastle Cycling Forum
3. Liveable neighbourhoods – Home Zones and DIY Streets
• Steven Schepel – MENSenSTRAAT
• Paul Ruffles – Sustrans
4. Planning new developments – think people, think bicycle
• Bas Govers – Goudappel
• Neil Murphy – Beyond Green
5. Cycling for Health
• Lucy Saunders – Greater London Authority, Transport for London.
• Dr Tim Townshend – Newcastle University
12.55-13.55 Lunch
13.55-14.55 Workshop Sessions II (see above)
14.55-15.25 Report from the ‘Think Bike’ Design Workshop
• Dutch Cycling Embassy
15.25-16.00 Refreshment Break
16.00-16.45 Panel discussion chaired by Christian Wolmar
• Marjolein de Lange – Dutch Cycling Embassy
• Katja Leyendecker – Newcycling
• Cllr Marion Talbot – Newcastle City Council
• Shane Snow – Department of Transport
• Geoff Vigar – Newcastle University
16.45-17.00 Conference close: moving forward
• Christian Wolmar, Chair
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