the vision" 2007 – Munich, Germany 2009 – Brussels, Belgium 2010 – Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 – Seville, Spain 2013 – Vienna, Austria 2014 – Adelaide, Australia 2015 – Nantes, France 2016 – Taipei City, Taiwan 2017 – Arnhem and Nijmegen, Netherlands "Freedom of Cycling" 2018 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2019 – Dublin, Ireland, "Cycling for the Ages" Next conferences: 2021 – Lisbon, Portugal "Cycle Diversity" 2022 – Ljubljana, Slovenia "Smart Cycling Inclusion" 2023 – Leipzig, Germany 2024 – Ghent, Belgium Velo-city 2017 Velo-city returns to the Netherlands with Velo-city 2017 in Arnhem-Nijmegen region. With the theme "Freedom of Cycling", this edition of Velo-city will focus on 5 subthemes: Infrastructure: Learn, experience, and put it into practice People: Different people, different ideas, different choices Bikenomics: Cycling saves and generates money Urban planning: Cycling in a digitalizing world Governance: How do they do it? Important dates Velo-city Global 2016 Taipei, Taiwan Velo-city Global 2016 makes its first visit to Asia, in the Bicycle Kingdom – Taiwan. Themes Evolution of Cycling Velo-city Global 2014 Adelaide Velo-city Global 2014 celebrated what is great about bike riding. This was explored by conference delegates through three key themes and greater depth was achieved by looking at these themes through four key lenses. Themes Setting the stage – places and spaces Tales worth celebrating – people, communities and journeys, and Celebrations to come – cultural change. Lenses Lens 1 – The Facts Lens 2 – Leadership Lens 3 – Policy, strategy, planning and partnerships Lens 4 – Creativity and Innovation Conference venue Opened in June 1987, the Adelaide Convention Centre was the first purpose-built convention centre in Australia. The last day of the conference was held at the Adelaide Town Hall. Program The full conference program for Velo-city Global Adelaide 2014 had a mix of key note speakers, concurrent session topics involving more than 170 presenters, social activities, tours and workshops. Keynote and plenary speakers included: Bojun Bjorkman-Chiswell, Ethan Kent, Florian Lennert, Glen Koorey, Jan Garrard, Janette Sadik-Khan, Jennifer Bonham, Lawrence Frank, Manfred Neun, Maria Vassilakou, Mikael Colville-Andersen, Niels Hoé, Per Ankersjö, Peter Eich, Steven Fleming, Timothy Papandreou, Tim Blumenthal. Fellow bike enthusiast, comedian, radio host, mathematician and author Adam Spencer was the master of ceremonies at the Velo-city Global conference. Key dates Velo-city 2013 More than 1400 delegates gathered from all continents for the largest cycling-themed conference, the Velo-city 2013, held in Vienna, Austria from