4th Annual Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Summit

Agenda - Wednesday, May 31st - Thursday, June 1st, 2017

Please note that this agenda is subject to change up until the date of the event.

Wednesday, May 31st

8:30 - 8:50 - Registration and Refreshments

8:50 - 9:00 - Welcome to Carleton Place

• Mayor of Carleton Place - Louis Antonakos
  • Welcome and Introduction to June as Bike Month

9:00 - 9:20 - Keynote Speaker:

• Representative for Eleanor McMahon - Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport
• Report on Provincial Direction and Funding

9:20 - 9:50 - Keynote Speaker:

• Jamie Stuckless - Share the Road Executive Director
• Share the Road Advocacy Policies and Programs

9:50 - 10:10 - Questions for Keynotes

10:10 - 10:30 - BREAK / Networking

10:30 - 11:00 - Presentation

• Kate Whitfield
• Planning for Rural Active Transportation from a Design Perspective

11:00 - 11:40 - Presentation

• Danielle Shewfelt & Chantal Lalonde
• Active Transportation isn't one size fits all for municipalities - The two regions' Active Transportation working groups

11:40 - 11:50 - Presentation

• Danielle Shewfelt & Chantal Lalonde
• Establishing an Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Network, presentation to introduce the establishment of a network

11:50 - 12:00 - Presentation

• Judi Varga-Toth
• Canada Bikes - Encouraging Cycling in Canada

12:00 - 1:00 - LUNCH

• Mayor's Slow Bike Race, Promotion of Silver Chain Challenge Launch

1:00 - 1:20 - Presentation

• Tanya Hill
• Evaluating Active Transportation infrastructure use and health impacts.

1:20 - 1:30 - Introduction to June 1 Workshop

• Justin Jones
• Bike Friendly Communities Designation

1:30 - 2:00 - Break-Out Presentations

• Jonathan Loschmann
  • MMM Group - The importance of having an Active Transportation plan
• Brendan Matheson
  • How a local cycling club developed a cycling tourism strategy for a County

2:00 - 2:30 - Presentation

• Nancy Smith Lea
  • Complete Streets in rural communities

2:30 - 2:45 - BREAK

2:45 - 3:15 - Presentation

• Hans Moor
• How the Dutch village of Berkel kept Active Transportation a Priority
• Adam Tilley, Business owner of "The Brake Room" in Belleville
• Bike Shop/Café/Community building space

3:15 - 4:15 - Open Space Conversation

• Eastern Ontario Active Transportation Network
• Rail Trail
• Other topics identified by participants

4:15 - 4:30 - Wrap-Up

5:00 - 6:00 - Tour of Carleton Place

• Bike Tour - Ribbon Cutting for Bike Share Program

6:00 - Dinner Out

Thursday, June 1st

8:30 - 9:00 - Registration and Refreshments

9:00 - 2:00 - Workshop

• Justin Jones - Manager, Bicycle Friendly Ontario, Share the Road Cycling Coalition
  • Bike Friendly Communities Designation Planning Workshop
  • Working Lunch

2:00 - 5:00 - Workshop

• Jennifer McCourt - Executive Director, Discovery Routes Trails Organization
• Planning meeting for the Voyageur Cycling Route Southeast Expansion