8:30-9:00 AM: Breakfast
9:00-9:30 AM: What Does it Take to Transform NYC?
Welcome from Frederic Bell FAIA, Executive Director, AIANY, with commentary from Eric Niehe, Ambassador for NY400.
9:30-10:10 AM: What Lies in the Future?
Walter Hook PhD., Executive Director, Insistute for Transportation and Development Policy on contemporary opportunities for mobility and connections to other urban issues.
10:10-10:30 AM: Coffee Break
10:30-10:50 AM: Economic Impact of Sustainable Mobility
Willem de Jager, Director of Sustainable Mobility, RABO Bank
10:50 AM- 12:30 PM: Trends in Sustainable Mobility
Moderators are Paul Steely White, Executive Director, Transportation Alternatives and Karen Overton, Partnerships for Parks Catalyst Coordinator for Greenways and Founder, Recycle-a-Bicycle
Pecha Kucha Presentations:
Heather Allen, Senior Manager Sustainable Development, Union International Transport Public
Ruth Oldenziel, Professor at Eindhoven
12:30-2:00 PM: Lunch
Sustainable Mobility Salon
2:00-5:00 PM
Panel #1
Innovative Cycling Developments in the Netherlands.
Moderated by Caroline Samponaro, Director of Bicycle Advocacy, Transportation Alternatives
Pieter de Haan, Traffic Psychologist, Institute for Shared Space
Herman Gelissen, Public Bicycles OV Fiets
Panel #2
Cycle Planning in the US and the Netherlands.
Moderated by Andy Clarke, Executive Director of
American Bicyclists LAB
Arjen Jaarsma, Balancia
Jeff Olson, Alta Planning
Panel #3
What Does the Future Hold for Amsterdam and for New York City?
Moderated by Nazli Parvizi, Commissioner Community Assistance Unit, Mayor.s Office of New York City
Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives
Pascal van der Noort, Velo Mondial
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