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  1. chdot
    Admin

    "
    riday, 8th November 2013 - Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Glasgow

    Cycling Scotland is pleased to announce that this year’s Cycling Scotland Annual Conference will take place on Friday, 8th November at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow.

    We are excited to confirm the following speakers for the 2013 conference:
    Keith Brown, MSP, Minister for Transport and Veterans, The Scottish Government
    Cllr Frank McAveety, Glasgow City Council
    Andrew Gilligan, Cycling Commissioner for London
    Craig Burn, Chief Executive, Scottish Cycling
    Ian Aitken, Chief Executive, Cycling Scotland
    John Lauder, Director, Sustrans Scotland

    Not only do we have great speakers confirmed, there will also be workshops and site visits to see some of the new cycling infrastructure in Glasgow, the Bikeability Awards and the return of last year's popular Question Time Panel.

    So please save the date in your calendars and keep your eye out for further details and registration information soon

    "

    Ooh look 6/6 men.

    That's Transport (and cycling too, too often).

    Posted 11 years ago #

  2. crowriver
    Member

    Looks like a good opportunity for a Glasgow based protest!

    Posted 11 years ago #

  3. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Will there be a chance to ask them VERY difficult questions?

    Posted 11 years ago #

  4. PS
    Member

    Will there be a chance to ask them VERY difficult questions?

    Not Keith Brown. His diary will be so full that, unfortunately, he will only have time to give a keynote speech saying we're spending £58m on cycling before having to rush out of the venue to his waiting ministerial car. So, no time for questions after the speech and certainly no time for him to sit on a Question Time-style panel. No, siree. He'd love to be able to, but when you're Minister for Veterans as well as Transport your feet barely touch the ground...

    Posted 11 years ago #

  5. Morningsider
    Member

    PS - an improvement on last year then, where he gave his speech in a pre-recorded video - featuring the state of the art QBC! I can tell you that all the cycling experts over from Holland were...erm...had certainly never seen anything like it before.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  6. sallyhinch
    Member

    I have already tweeted about the line up of men in suits (not just all men, but all politicians and officials - no likelihood of us learning anything new). Got a reply back saying it was just a 'save the date' announcement and there would be more speakers. Apparently Brenda Mitchell (of Cycle Law Scotland - campaigning for Strict Liability) may take part 'in some form'. Needless to say, nobody from POP has been invited, but you'd have hoped someone from Spokes or GoBike Glasgow or ED cycle Coop or anyone might have been approached...

    Posted 11 years ago #

  7. kaputnik
    Moderator

    Visits to cycle infrastructure? Awesome! Bring your trailers and lets see how they cope!

    Posted 11 years ago #

  8. sallyhinch
    Member

    I think some handcycles may have to be assembled

    Posted 11 years ago #

  9. Kim
    Member

    Well after last year they obviously feel the need to play it safe, after all they would want a repeat where that Dutch woman told them exactly what she thought of Edinburgh brand new Quality Bike Corridor. Her open words where "In the Netherlands we don't build crap like that". Who was she, oh yes, Her Excellency Laetitia van den Assum The Netherlands Ambassador to the to the Court of St James, so she was obviously being diplomatic in her description of QBiC.

    No they won't risk any form of criticism, just self congratulation and niceness...

    Posted 11 years ago #

  10. slowcoach
    Member

    The Road Safety Scotland Annual Seminar in Dalmahoy Oct 23-24 might be more interesting and certainly isn't all male speakers.
    Includes:
    Vulnerable Road Users: A Case Study
    Prolific Illegal Driver Behaviour
    The Role of Social Marketing in Road Safety: A Case Study
    Speed Policy in Scotland
    Drivers’ Resistance to Road Safety Messages (tbc)

    Posted 11 years ago #

  11. chdot
    Admin

    "The Road Safety Scotland Annual Seminar"

    Went to one of those once.

    Only thing I remember was a Road Safety professional brusquely telling me he wouldn't let his daughter cycle to school.

    That didn't seem too unreasonable - 6 miles on a rural main road.

    But the 'anecdote' coloured his attitude to all Safe Routes to Schools initiatives.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  12. gdm
    Member

    @Kim - agree, it's quite clear they're looking to make it significantly more of a sedate affair by taking it 'in house' with a tried and tested speaker list.

    I felt last year's conference was actually quite good and can't help but think the Govt were slightly surprised by it's success in terms of numbers of attendees and media coverage.

    Given the amount of conferences I could go to for work and which Ministers attend for really no broader awareness or outcomes than those present on the day (sometimes not even then too!), I can well imagine they are keen to have a slightly more controlled event with less risk of contrasting opinion from pesky interest groups.

    I guess we'll just need to make sure we don't give the mike back to Penny Taylor.

    Posted 11 years ago #

  13. crowriver
    Member

    Not Keith Brown. His diary will be so full that, unfortunately, he will only have time to give a keynote speech saying we're spending £58m on cycling before having to rush out of the venue to his waiting ministerial car. So, no time for questions after the speech and certainly no time for him to sit on a Question Time-style panel. No, siree. He'd love to be able to, but when you're Minister for Veterans as well as Transport your feet barely touch the ground...

    "Wearing two hats is not difficult for those who are in two minds. Or have two faces." - Yes, Minister (BBC).

    Posted 11 years ago #

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