Cycling Congress 2016
April 21-23, 2016. Moscow, Russia
The 1st Moscow International Cycling Congress took place on April 21−23, 2016. It brought together more than 300 participants from 37 Russian cities and 15 countries of the world.
Program
April 21
April 22
April 23
10:00
Opening of the Moscow International cycling congress
Welcome speech by the organizers and the representative of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation
10:20
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 10:20
Regulation of cycling: safety issues and creating conditions for comfortable cycling with focus on cyclists; global trends in changes in traffic rules and the possibility of their implementations in Russia
Moderator:
Vladimir Lugovenko, Deputy Director of the Department of State Policy in the Field of Automobile and Public Transport, Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation

Speakers:
Ruud Ditewig (Utrecht, Netherlands) * pdf
James Mead (London, UK)
James Thoem (Copenhagen, Denmark) * pdf
Igor Shapovalov (Veliky Novgorod, Russia)
12:00
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 12:00
City priorities. Comprehensive development programs for bicycle infrastructure. The possibility of rapid changes in the urban environment and the difficulties that arise in the way of these changes
Moderator:
Yuliy Kunin, Head of the Research Department "Environmental Safety and Sustainable Development of Transport", OJSC "NIIAT"

Speakers:
Paula Bisiau (Buenos Aires, Argentina) * pdf
Henriette Vamberg (Copenhagen, Denmark) * pdf
Alina Bisembaeva (Moscow, Russia) * pdf
14:30
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 14:30
Possible scenarios for the development of bicycle culture: activists' initiative and/or state program
Moderator:
Daria Fedotova, Managing Partner of the Organization of Urban Communications "Public Spaces", co-founder of the Urban Platform "Do-It-Yourself"

Speakers:
Airat Khayrullin (Almetyevsk, Russia) * pdf
James Mead (London, UK) * pdf
Amelia Neptune (Washington, USA) * pdf
Denis Bystrov (Saint-Petersburg, Russia) * pdf
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 14:30
Designing a bicycle infrastructure in an outdated regulatory framework and the prospects for its updating
Moderator:
Evgeniy Litvin, Member of the Presidium of the Interregional Public Organization "Coordinating Council for the Organization of Road Traffic"

Speakers:
Yuriy Trofimenko, Moscow Automobile and Road Construction State Technical University (MADI)
Olga Maltseva, Department of Transport and Development of Road-Transport Infrastructure of Moscow * pdf
Albert Khalyapov, First Deputy Director of Municipal Unitary Enterprise "City Administration of Roads", Almetyevsk * pdf
Elena Borovik, Head of the Department of Scientific Support for the Development of the Transport Complex of the City, Scientific Production Association of Transport and Roads of State Unitary Enterprise "Research and Design Institute for Urban Development of the City of Moscow * pdf
Dmitriy Nemchinov, Committee on Architecture and Urban Planning of the city of Moscow * pdf
16:30
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 16:30
Types and role of bicycle apps for mobile phones, the feasibility of using data from sport trackers in the construction of bicycle infrastructure
Moderator:
Vladimir Kumov, Leader of the Russian urban cycling advocacy project Let’s bike it!,
advisor of the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

Speakers:
James Mead (London, UK) * pdf
Jennifer Dill (Portland, USA) * pdf
17:30
⏰ THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 17:30
Possibilities of using bicycle transport in cities with a cold climate, lack of seasonality in the issue of cycling
Henriette Vamberg (Copenhagen, Denmark)
10:00
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 10:00
Economics: the promotion of cycling as a tool in the development of business and cities; the economic aspects of the formation of a bicycle culture in cities
Moderator:
Paula Bisiau (Buenos Aires, Argentina)

Speakers:
Jennifer Dill (Portland, USA) * pdf
Ruud Ditewig (Utrecht, Netherlands) * pdf
Holger Haubold (Brussels, Belgium) * pdf
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 10:00
Bike to study: the contribution of educational institutions to the formation of bicycle culture and training in the responsible road behavior
Moderator:
Anastasiya Evseeva, Department of Transport and Development of Road-Transport Infrastructure of Moscow

Speakers:
Amelia Neptune (Washington, USA) * pdf
James Thoem (Copenhagen, Denmark) * pdf
Jonas Eberlein (Germany) * pdf
12:00
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 12:00
Bike to work: advantages of business participation in the process of creating bicycle infrastructure and the formation of new transport habits of citizens
Moderator:
Vadim Kovalyov, First Deputy Executive Director of the "Association of Managers", member of the Public Chamber of Moscow

Speakers:
Holger Haubold (Brussels, Belgium) * pdf
Amelia Neptune (Washington, USA) * pdf
Vladimir Kumov (Moscow, Russia) * pdf
Inga Trofimova (Deloitte, Moscow, Russia) * pdf
Irina Ronzhina (Zelenograd innovation cluster, Russia) * pdf
Yuliya Loginova (CROC, Moscow, Russia)* pdf

Session partner:
"Association of Managers"
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 12:00
Kazan: pilot city of the Development Program by UN / Global Environment Facility — Ministry of Transport of Russia project "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport in Russian cities"
Moderator:
Rimma Filippova, Deputy Project Manager

Speakers:
Ildus Yanyshev, President of the Union of Cyclists of the Republic of Tatarstan * pdf
Mikhail Zotov, Director of the Tourism Promotion Committee of Kazan * pdf
Timur Kadyrov, Deputy Chief Architect of Kazan * pdf
James Thoem (Copenhagen, Denmark) * pdf

Session partner:
Union of Cyclists of the Republic of Tatarstan
14:30
Master class for the media. The death of the iron horse: how to write about cycling as if you had lived your whole life in Copenhagen
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 14:30
Benefits for the city from the implementation of events in the format of "open streets" (free from motorized transport)
Speakers:
Oscar Ruiz Brochero (Bogota, Colombia) * pdf
Holger Haubold (Brussels, Belgium) * pdf
Olga Mnishko, Coordinator of the Project "Velosipedization of St. Petersburg" * pdf
Aleksandr Kazakov, Director of "VK Regionconsult", St. Petersburg * pdf
16:30
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 16:30
Role of ratings of cities and companies in terms of attractiveness and comfort for cyclists, criteria and purpose of ratings
Moderator:
Vladimir Kumov, Leader of Let's bike it! project, Advisor to the Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation

Speakers:
Amelia Neptune (Washington, USA) * pdf
James Thoem (Copenhagen, Denmark) * pdf
18:00
Closing of the official part of the Cycling Congress
19:00
⏰ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 19:00
Bikes vs Cars: film screening and meeting with film director Fredrik Gertten, discussion
Screening partners:
Center for Documentary Film and Embassy of Sweden
21:00
Party and races on stationary bike Goldsprints
Venue - Red Cafe, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, 1
11:00
Speakers
Nikolay Asaul
Moscow, Russia
Deputy Minister of Transport of the Russian Federation
Paula Bisiau
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Deputy Minister of Transport of Buenos Aires on sustainable mobility

@PaulaBisiau
Henriette Vamberg
Copenhagen, Denmark
Managing Director of Gehl Architects, Member of the Danish Association of Architects
James Meade
London, UK
CEO of Santander Cycles, London City Bike Rental
Alina Bisembaeva
Moscow, Russia
Deputy Head of the Department of Transport and Development of Road-Transport Infrastructure of Moscow
Airat Khayrullin
Almetyevsk, Russia
Head of the Almetyevsk municipal district of the Republic of Tatarstan

@KhayrullinAyrat
Jennifer Dill
Portland, USA
Director of Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning at Portland State University

@jenniferdillpsu
Amelia Neptune
Washington, USA
Program Manager for the League of American Bicyclists

@NepTuna
Holger Haubold
Brussels, Belgium
Head of Fiscal and Economic Policy, European Cyclists' Federation

@HolgerECF
James Thoem
Copenhagen, Denmark
Project Manager for the Copenhagenize Design Company

@Thoemeo
Oscar Ruiz Brochero
Bogota, Colombia
Chief of "Ciclovia" and several other government programs in Bogota
Ruud Ditewig
Utrecht, Netherlands
Member of the Dutch Science Center of cycling "Fietsberaad", Advisor and Member of the Board of Directors of the Movilization Foundation
Fredrik Gertten
Malmö, Sweden
Director of the film "Bicycles Against Cars", journalist, winner of numerous cinema awards

@FredrikGertten
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