PROGRAMME

THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF ROMANIA, BUCHAREST - DACIA ROOM

http://spicycles.velo.info

18 December 2008
13:00 Technical visit to main cycling initiatives in Bucharest (Depending on the weather conditions a Cycling/Walking tour
along new infrastructure will be provided with a stop for visiting The Palace of Parliament)
15:30 End of day
19 December 2008
08.30 Registration

09:00 Welcome and Introduction speech

General Mayor of Bucharest (tbc)
09:15 SPICYCLES and EACI Programme
Bernd Decker, European Commission
09:30 SPICYCLES at a Glance
Stefano Proietti, ISIS
SESSION I: Cities’ Experiences and Achievements (25 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A)
09:40 SPICYCLES in Barcelona
Carlos Romero, Barcelona Municipality
10:10 SPICYCLES in Berlin
Burckhard Horn, SenStadt Berlin
10:40 SPICYCLES in Bucharest
Florin Dragomir, RATB
11:10 Coffee Break

11:30 SPICYCLES in Göteborg

Jonas Aker
12:00 SPICYCLES in Ploiesti
Milena Perpelea, Ploiesti Municipality
12:30 SPICYCLES in Rome
Marco Contadini, ATAC Roma (tbc)
13:00 Lunch
SESSION II: Headline Project Insights
14:00 Results from Cycling Benchmarking
Dirk Bussche, Goudappel Coffeng
14:30 Qualitative & Quantitative Impacts of SPICYCLES
Luca Persia, DITS - University of Rome
15:00 Main Lessons Learnt by SPICYCLES
Pascal van den Noort - Master Plan
15:30 Coffee Break
SESSION III: Other Perspectives
16:00 Messages from ASTUTE
Paul Curtis, ASTUTE - Senior European Project Officer
16:30 Cicloteque initiative in Bucharest
(Miruna Cugler), “Mai mult Verde” NGO
17:00 A Cycling Perspective on Central and Eastern European Countries
Greg Spencer, the Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe (REC)
17:30 End of day/Thanks
Mario Gualdi, ISIS