Walk21 - Leading the Walking Movement
In this newsletter:
- 400 Abstracts submitted and reviewed
- Walking Visionaries Awards launched
- Meet the Walk21 Vienna Ambassadors
- New Plenary Speakers confirmed
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400 Abstracts submitted and reviewed
 We are happy to tell you that close to 400 abstracts from all over the world have been received for Walk21 Vienna 2015.
This overwhelming response shows the growing global importance of walking for building liveable and sustainable communities.
The Walk21 Vienna Reviewing Team has now sucessfully completed the reviewing process. Every abstract has been assessed by four experts in a blind review.
Thank you to each reviewer for your support, the great work you have done and for meeting the deadline!
The program team of Walk21 Vienna is now working to create an exceptionally rich and diverse conference program that will be published by the end of March.
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Walking Visionaries Awards launched
 We are excited to launch the Walking Visionaries Awards !
The awards will highlight new ideas, big and small, fun and serious, for fulfilling the potential of walking for liveable communities.
Individuals, collectives and organisations from across the globe, from different disciplinary backgrounds and cultural contexts alike are invited and encouraged to submit their ideas and projects for the Walking Visionaries Awards.
The winning submissions will receive a free ticket for the Walk21 conference in Vienna, Austria in October 2015 and participate in a range of conference sessions, plenaries and social events.
All accepted submissions will remain published on the awards' website to foster the submitters’ network and allow others to learn from inspiring ideas.
Improving conditions for walking and building liveable communities is an interdisciplinary issue which is represented by a wide array of submission categories for the Walking Visionaries Awards.
- Advocacy, Campaigning and Social Projects
- Walking 2.0 and Future Mobility
- Walking and the Arts
- Fashion and Walking Gear
- Planning and Design for Liveable Public Spaces
Read more about the Walking Visionaries Awards and follow the Hashtag #WalkVision to keep yourself updated about the Walking Visionaries Awards.
In case you have any questions please write an e-mail to the Walking Visionaries Awards Team at: awa...@walk21vienna.com
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Meet the Walk21 Vienna Ambassadors
Over the recent weeks we have assembled a group of Walk21 Vienna Ambassadors. The Walk21 Vienna Ambassadors are high-potential and distinguished people in diverse fields and institutions dealing with several aspects of walking and liveable cities.
With their help we aim to diversify and widen the international debate on walking and liveable communities.
Read more about the Walk21 Vienna Ambassadors.
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New Plenary Speakers for Walk21 Vienna
The list of Walk1 Vienna Plenary Speakers is growing in an exciting way. Amongst the latest confirmed speakers are:
Petra Jens - Pedestrian Advocate, Vienna Mobility Agency
Brian Martin - Public health expert, University of Zurich
Jine Knapp - Designer, Author and Founder of WildUrb
Kristian Skovbakke Villadsen - Partner at Gehl Architects
These speakers promise interesting insights into how Vienna has been and is transforming towards being more walkable, the relationships between walking and public health or how 'People Oriented Development' can invite us to live more sustainably.
You can find out more about these Plenary Speakers and catch future updates here.
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