Smart Cycling Conference 2009 Setting New Directions

June 18-20, 2009, San Jose, Calif.

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The Smart Cycling Agenda has been announced!

The bi-annual League Education conference is ramping up, and it is destined to be a great one. The League’s education program is in the middle of a complete overhaul. Since 2008, we’ve launched Traffic Skills 101, Traffic Skills 201, Group Riding, and completely revised our Commuter Student curriculum. What’s left? Everything! Our kids manuals need to be redone, and our entire League Cycling Instructor Curriculum has to be overhauled. And we need your help!

Thank you to our Sponsors, NBDA and CycleAware!

Smart Cycling Agenda

Thursday, June 18, 2009

4 p.m. - 9 p.m. - Registration
7 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. - Opening Reception & Keynote Address
-Dylan Casey, google.com
-Amanda Eichstaedt, Chair, League of American Bicyclists

Friday, June 19, 2009

7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. - Local Bicycle Rides
8.a.m. - 4 p.m. - Registration
8 a..m. - 9 a.m. Continental Breakfast
9 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - Opening Plenary
-Keynote Address: The Future of the Smart Cycling Program - Andy Clarke, President, League of American Bicyclists
-Jerri-Ann Meyer, Presiden

10:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m. - Morning Break

Breakout Sessions 1 (10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.)
1. What Goes On in San Jose: An overview of the local education programs.
-John Brazil, City of San Jose, Calif.
-Herman Wadler, Almaden Cycle Touring Club

2. Encouraging Kids: Teaching kids to ride.
-Chris Daigle, Eagle Wheel Cycling School
-Glen Harrison, WABA

3. Teaching Techniques: How do you teach and teach well? What are some good techniques to help you get started?
-Rich Conroy, Bike New York
-Claudia Nix, Liberty Bicycles

12 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. - Lunch

Breakout Sessions 2 (1:30 p.m. -3:00 p.m.)
1. Non Motorized Pilot Program: Education and evaluation is part of the pilot programs; we’ll find out what’s been done and what has happened.
-Steve Clark, Transit for Livable Communities
-Craig Tackabery, Marin County

2. Local Government: How do you sensitize transportation professionals to the real needs of cyclists?
-Tom Grover, Albuquerque Police Department
-Matt Zoll, Pima County DOT

3. Marketing 101: Selling your classes and services effectively
-Chuck Ayers, Cascade Bicycle Club
-Stanton Truxillo, Austin Cycling Association

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - Afternoon Break

Breakout Sessions 3 (3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
1. New Media, New Materials (salon): What new approaches are LCIs using through new media?
-Dan Raine, showcasing the new City of Houston Web Site

2. Safe Routes to School: SRTS programs are sources of money and customers. This session will explore the best SRTS programs, and how bike education is delivered as part of SRTS
-Donna Lewandowski, Pima Country Department of Transportation
-Mitch Trujillo, International Police Mountain Biking Association

3. ON BIKE: Parking Lot Drills
-Preston Tyree, League of American Bicyclists

SATURDAY, June 20, 2009

7 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. - Local Bicycle Rides
8 a.m. – 9 a.m. - Continental Breakfast

Breakout Sessions 4 (9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.)
1. Raising Money: Where can you get funding for Smart Cycling and how do you pitch it to funders?
-Katie McBride, Kentucky Bicycle and Bikeways Commission
-Karen Mogridge, Bike Walk Mississippi
-Matt Zoll, Pima County DOT

2. Group/Charity Rides Audience: How do we effectively reach the tens of thousands of group/charity riders; what do we teach them; and what are the mechanics of a successful program.
-Regina Garcia, League Cycling Instructor
-John Siemiatkoski, Mass Bike
-Liz Bernstein, National Multiple Sclerosis Society

3. Dumbing Down Smart Cycling? (salon): Best two-minute, five-minute, one hour version of Traffic Cycling 101
-Open Session

10:30 p.m. - 10:45 p.m. - Morning Break

Breakout Sessions 5 (10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)
1. Institutional Change: Is riding as part of your work day? What education do you need to stay safe and avoid liability issues?
-Jennifer Paedon, Lockheed martin Space Systems
-John Brazil, City of San Jose
-Bert Hill, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

2. Shops: How to work with shops to deliver bike education; several models will be presented
-Mike Nix, Liberty Bicycles
-Buzz Feldman, High Gear Cyclery

3. Reaching Lots of People: How do you take bike education to a huge audience?
-Chuck Ayers, Cascade Bicycle Club
-Neal Patel, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch

Breakout Sessions 6 (1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.)
1. Managing Your Resources: How do you make a living teaching Smart Cycling? Several models will be shown
-Chris Daigle, Eagle Wheels Cycling School
-John Waterman, PEAC, Ann Arbor, Mich.

2. Motorist education and enforcement: Reaching motorists through diversion courses, fleet drivers, and drivers ed.
-Preston Tyree, League of American Bicyclists
-Neal Patel, San Francisco Bicycle Coalition

3. ON BIKE: Group Riding Drills

3 p.m. –3:15 p.m. - Afternoon Break
3:15 p.m. – 5 p.m. - Closing: Where do we go from here?
5:15 p.m. – 7 p.m. - Local Bicycle Rides and Networking Meetings

*Information is always subject to change.

 

The Smart Cycling Conference is a great opportunity to network with and learn from your peers and to brush up on your teaching techniques. The program includes informative workshops on sharing best practices, improving the marketing and appeal of Smart Cycling, reaching diverse audiences, and reaching educators in your community.

Come to San Jose this summer to talk about the best way to teach cyclists; to help the League continue to improve our curricula; and to hear news and updates from the foremost cycling educators in the world.

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