Mobility planners, city officials, consultants, advocates and all cycling experts: These are some reasons why you cannot miss Velo-city Global 2016 in Taipei.

1) World class design

Taipei is the world’s design capital for 2016. In just 50 years, the City of Taipei has reinvigorated its urban landscape to include a sophisticated transit system, specialised medical care and a bustling cultural infrastructure. Under the theme ‘Adaptive City – Design in Motion’, Taipei will demonstrate why cities must be able to adapt to meet citizen’s demands.

When: 01/03 Plenary 6 “Design in Motion”
Speakers:
Han Wu (CEO of Design Capital 2016)
Claus Fleischer (CEO of Bosch eBike Systems)
Joshua Hon (Founder of Tern)
Monica Kuo (Chair of Dept. and Graduate Institute of Landscape Architecture, Chinese Culture University).

2) Creating the Taiwan “Cycling Island” strategy

First industry, then tourism, now urban cycling. Taiwan is in the center of the cycling world by investing methodically in a mix of diverse fields. Explore these dimensions at global level and try out different models.

When: Industry plenary : 29/02″Keep Turning: The Role of the Cycling Industry”
Speakers:
Tony Lo (Chairman of Taiwan Bicycle Association)
John Burke (President of Trek, US)
Robbert de Kock (Secretary General of World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry -WFSGI)

3) Is Asia going to steal Europe’s crown in bike-sharing?

The development of bike sharing systems is impressive and the next generation of bike share systems will be Asian. Find out today the trends of tomorrow!

When: Sub plenary 1: 28/02″Smart Bike Sharing, Sustainable Mobility”
Speakers: 
King Liu (President of YouBike)
David Eddington (Cycle Hire Business Unit)
Redha Zetchi (Bicing, Barcelona)
Xue-jun Tao (General Manager of Hangzhou Public Bike Company)

These are just a few of the events organised. Check out the full program to get an idea of what Velo-city has to offer and be sure to follow the #vc16speaker hashtag on Twitter to know more about our impressive list of speakers.

Register now with the early bird (ticket) which keeps flying until 18 February 2016. 

Don’t forget: Your Velo-city badge gives you priority access to the Taipei Cycle Show.