4th POLISH BICYCLE SUMMIT

BICYCLE AS PART OF SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT

Data rozpoczęcia:

17.04.2024

Data zakończenia:

17.04.2024

Dzień I

Środa
17 kwietnia 2024

09:00

Meeting at the Mermaid of Warsaw, special bike ride for the participants of the 4th Polish Bicycle Summit to the Olympic Centre (the venue of our conference)

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We plan to cross the first bridge on the Vistula in Warsaw designed only for pedestrians and cyclists*.

* We will provide bicycles.

For willing conference participants

09:30

Rejestracja gości

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09:45

Arrival at the Olympic Centre

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10:00

Official opening of the 4th POLISH BICYCLE SUMMIT

Hanna Wawrowska, Initiator and director of PBS

Speech by Hanna Wawrowska, initiator and director of PBS
Speech by Henk Swarttouw, European Cyclist Federation President
Speech by Aleksandra Dulkiewicz, Mayor of Gdańsk, organiser of Velo-city 2025

10:10

Speech by Daphne Bergsma, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Poland

Daphne Bergsma, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Poland

10:15

Introduction to the panel discussion/Keynote Speech

How did cycling become a sustainable means of transport in the Netherlands?

Nils Steinhäuser, Dutch Cycling Embassy

10:30

Panel discussion

How is cycling becoming part of sustainable transport in other countries?

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Participants:

Daphne Bergsma, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Poland
Nicole Griesmaier, Deputy Head of Mission, Austrian Embassy Warsaw
Noemi Piaskowski, Sustainable Development Counsellor for Central Europe and the Baltic States at the Regional Economic Department of the French Embassy in Poland
Piotr Borawski, Deputy President for entrepreneurship and climate protection
Franciszek Sterczewski, member of the Polish Parliament
Erik Tetteroo, Dutch Cycling Embassy

Moderator: Marcin Piasecki, columnist and managing editor of “Rzeczpsopolita” daily

11:10

Coffee break

11:25

BIKE talk

The bicycle as a means of transport

Marcin Dworak, GZM Metropolitan Plenipotentiary for New Mobility

11:40

BIKE talk

Combination of bicycle and public transport – for seamless mobility. From door to door

Erik Tetteroo, Dutch Cycling Embassy

11:55

BIKE talk

Why should cities focus on active mobility?

Waldemar Sadowski, author of the project rowerowesygnaly.pl

12:10

BIKE talk

Bringing cycling to a higher level of strategic considerations in Poland

Rafał Glazik, General Director of Polish Union of Active Mobility

Before BIKE talk there will be a short wideo: "Cycling across Poland. Green cities - Union of Polish Metropolises"

12:25

BIKE talk

What follows from measurements of cycling traffic in the capital?

Jakub Dybalski, Spokesman for the Warsaw Municipal Roads Authority

12:40

BIKE talk

Bicycle to work and school campaign

Łukasz Kłos, Deputy Director of the Department of Municipal Services at the City Hall in Gdańsk

12:55

Coffee break

13:10

BIKE talk

Introduction to the panel discussion

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Maciej Mazur, Managing Director PSPA, President AVERE

13:20

Panel discussion

E-bikes on a growth path

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Participants:

Justyna Suchanek, Sustainable Mobility Project Officer, Investment Department in city of Gdynia
Paweł Raja, Co-founder and President of URVIS BIKE
Albert Kania, Senior New Mobility Manager, PSPA
Paweł Bliźniuk, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Poland
dr Maksymilian Pawłowski, Head of Corporate Communication, DPD Polska
Jakub Giza, Bicycle Scheme Development Director, Nextbike

Moderator: Grzegorz Siemionczyk, journalist at “Parkiet” and „Rzeczpospolita” daily

14:00

BIKE talk

How to bring cycling organisations together – an example from France

Oliver Schneider, President of the French cycling organisation

14:15

BIKE talk

Contribution of Public Bike-sharing Services to the Sustainability of Cities. MEVO 2.0: Case Study

Mariano Pérez Miñano, Regional manager South and East Europe & Peru, INURBA

14:30

Lunch break

15:00

BIKE talk

The best cycling routes in Zachodniopomorskie province

Szymon Nitka, Author of the blog “Znaj kraj”

15:15

BIKE talk

How to promote cycling routes? Sylwia Skuta, Marshal's Office of Świętokrzyskie Province

Sylwia Skuta, Marshal's Office of Świętokrzyskie Province

15:30

Panel discussion

Touristic & recreational routes – how to include cycling into tourism & recreations?

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Participants:

Joanna Matuszczyk, manager of the Cycling Development Team, Marshal’s Office of the Lesser Poland Province
Wanda Nowotarska, plenipotentiary of the Marshal of the West Pomerania Province for Cycling
Michał Litwiniuk, President of Biała Podlaska
Rafał Jurkowlaniec, President of the Lower Silesian Cycling Association, cycling enthusiast
Małgorzata Wilk-Grzywna, vice president POT

Moderator: Hanna Wawrowska, initiator and director of PBS

16:10

BIKE talk

From north to south. Cycling across Australia

Rafał Jurkowlaniec, President of the Lower Silesian Cycling Association, cycling enthusiast

16:40

Special awards of the 4th Polish Bicycle Summit “Cycling Inspirations”

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16:45

BIKE talk

Winner of the “Cycling Inspirations” award

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17:00

Conclusion of the 4th Polish Bicycle Summit

Hanna Wawrowska, Initiator and director of PBS

17:10

Integration Bicycle talks

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