Fwd: Youth bike summit - February 13-15, 2015
Tim King
From: Dougherty, Brian <Brian.D...@seattle.gov>
Date: Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 4:55 PM
Subject: Youth bike summit - February 13-15, 2015
To: "walkbik...@gmail.com" <walkbik...@gmail.com>
The 2015 Youth Bike Summit is being held in Seattle and organizers are now accepting proposals for workshops and presentation. I know some of you in this group would be great candidates to put together winning proposals that young people from across the country would enjoy.
The Youth Bike Summit is a three-day conference geared toward youth, bikes, educations, advocacy, and leadership. It will be hosted for the first time ever on the west coast from February 13-15 at Bike Works in Southeast Seattle (Columbia City area). The mission of Youth Bike is to transform local communities and strengthen the national movement by empowering bicycle leaders.
The call for participation is now (submittals are due Friday, October 24). The project formats can consist of:
- Hands-on workshops
- Panel presentation
- Small group discussion
- Project showcase/exhibition
- Academic paper/case study
- Screening
See this link to submit a proposal: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1cFP29Mjzgb4vtGC9-AKXkODyekNPu4Yt_XRiu0xlZlM/edit
“Innovation” is this year’s theme for the Summit. Some ideas that may be cool: safety-related campaign, a design workshop, health, professional careers focus, map making, etc
Some examples from last year’s conference: http://youthbikesummit.org/youth-bike-summit-2014/program/
Please pass this along!
Brian Dougherty
Senior Transportation Planner
City of Seattle Department of Transportation
O: 206.684.5124| F: 206.684.3272| brian.d...@seattle.gov
