Taipei City will host Velo-city 2016, the world’s most important cycling conference.

ECF proudly announces that Taipei City will host the ECF Velo-city Global Conference for 2016. “The commitments of Taipei City and also from the federal political level of Taiwan are strong, and with a powerful support of the bicycle industry. Therefore it is our pleasure to acknowledge Taipei City as the host for Velo-city Global 2016”, says Manfred Neun, President of the European Cyclists’ Federation.

ECF Secretary General and Velo-city Series Director Bernhard Ensink said: “After Copenhagen, Vancouver and Adelaide we believe that Taipei is a really strong continuation of the Global series.”

Taiwan is particularly well known in the cycling world as one of the leading manufacturing bases for the bicycle industry and already hosts the globally important Taipei Cycle Show in March of each year. A strong collaboration between the city, the show, the industry, universities and ECF is expected in the development of the 2016 Velo-city Global to bring together all aspects of cycling.

The Velo-city conference series has been bringing together the world’s leading transport planners, economists, health experts, cycling advocates, cycle tourism promoters, politicians and other cycling experts for over 30 years. Since 2009 it has operated two bi-annual series with Velo-city Global complementing the highly successful Velo-city series in Europe.

In 2013 the City of Vienna broke conference records with over 1400 delegates and thousands of people attending side events throughout the city. Cities that host the prestigious conference generally see substantial growth in cycling numbers in following years.

The 2014 edition of Velo-city Global will be held in Adelaide, Australia from 27th to 30th May and Velo-city 2015 will be in Nantes, France. Bidding for 2017 in Europe has opened and will close in August 2014.

In the following weeks the full Adelaide Velo-city Global 2014 program will be announced with early bird prices and special travel incentives open until the end of January.

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About the European Cyclists’ Federation

With over 70 members across nearly 40 countries, the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) unites cyclists’ associations from across the globe, giving them a voice on the international level. Our aim is to get more people cycling more often by influencing policy in favour of cycling.

About Velo-city

The Velo-city conference series is the premier international cycling conference series in the world, organized by the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF) and selected host cities. Velo-city conferences serve as a global communications and information platform and target to influence decision makers, and improve the planning and provision of infrastructure for the daily use of the bicycle in an urban environment. The conferences traditionally involve experts, representatives of associations, institutions, policy-makers and social agents, universities and companies. Velo-city 2014 will be held in Adelaide, Australia (May 27-30).

For more information, see ECF's Velo-city project page.

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