Conference Programme

1000 - 1030 - Conference Registration

• Chair's Welcome and Introduction - Kersten England, Chief Executive, City of York Council

SESSION ONE: the challenges and successes

• This Girl Can - campaign to get women active - Judith Rasmussen, Regional Strategic Lead, Sport England 
• Making cycle retail accessible to women - Chris Garrisson, UK Media Relations, Trek Bikes
• Academic research on why women do not cycle - Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer, Westminster Univeristy
• Making London safe for women cyclists - Claudia Corrigan, Senior Planner, TfL
• Building a women-friendly cycling community - York Case Study - Sheridan Piggott, Sustrans 

SESSION TWO: Roundtable Discussions - 30 minute sessions

(Delegates can choose 4 options)

1. Designing routes that everyone can use - Ginny Leonard, City Connect Communication, West Yorkshire CA
2. Bike Belles Boost - Sheridan Piggott, Regional Lead, Sustrans 
3. Bicycle Ambassadors - Paula McGivern, Transport Planner, Herefordshire Council
4. Cycling & Teenage Girls - Sally Hinchcliffe, GB Cycling Embassy
5. Using Social Media to encourage cycling - Amy Boyle, Director, Diva Creative
6. The Bike Business - the role women could play - Carlton Reid, Editor, BikeBiz
7. Infrastructure and urban design - Katja Leyendecker, Researcher, Northumbria University
8. The public health message - Julie Hotchkiss , Acting Director of Public Health, York City Council
9. Cities fit for children - Rachel Aldred, Senior Lecturer, Westminster University
10. Cycling for fun and sport - Jill Puttnam, Operations Manager, British Cycling
11. Cycling for everyone - Emma Osenton, cycling event organiser

SESSION THREE: Panel Discussion - forming a strategy to address the issues 

Short opening remarks followed by discussion

• Janet Atherton - Director of Public Health, Sefton Council & Presdient, Association of Directors of Public Health
• Women in cycle industry - Isla Rowntree, founder, Isla Bikes
• Jill Puttnam - Operations Manager - British Cycling
• Ginny Leonard - Communications Manager - CityConnect, West Yorkshire Combined Authority
• Michelle Arthurs - Deputy Editor - Total Women Cycling

1630 - Bernie Cullen, Founder, The Bike Rescue Project, Summary and Close

1645 - Led Ride of York - Led by York BikeBelles and Sustrans

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Tour will follow York's bike routes 

1745 - Tour finish at Your Bike Shed

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