OBS 2018 Recap
The 10th Annual Ontario Bike Summit took place April 16, 17 & 18, 2018
at the InterContinental Toronto Centre (on Front St)
Click here to view our "Summit at a Glance" event overview
Click here to view our 2018 Agenda
About the 10th Annual Ontario Bike Summit
We are particularly excited because the 2018 Ontario Bike Summit is also the 10th edition of the event. And we have a lot to celebrate! Our summit agenda featured:
- Pre-Summit Cycling Education Delivery Design Workshop;
- Bike tours, brought to you by WSP Canada, of Toronto's cycling infrastructure;
- The always popular Bicycle Friendly Communities Seminar;
- Bicycle Friendly Community Awards and 10-Year Impact Awards;
- Keynote addresses from The Honorable Kathryn McGarry Minister of Transportation (invited) and The Honourable Daiene Vernile Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport (invited);
- Keynote address by Dale Bracewell, Manager of Transportation Planning with the City of Vancouver;
- Opportunities to discuss innovative infrastructure design at the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) workshop;
- A new "Advocacy College" workshop;
- A panel discussion focused on rapid implementation of connected cycling networks;
- Breakout sessions looking at the importance of Master Plans, data collection best practices, bike equity, cycling tourism and learning from pilot projects;
- Launch of our 10 Year Impact Report;
- and more to come!
A full draft agenda is available at the above web link. We received over 50 abstract submissions this year, so the agenda was jam packed with inspiring best practices. With nearly 300 delegates, the Ontario Bike Summit continues to be the largest annual gathering of active transportation professionals in Ontario.
The Ontario Bike Summit
The Ontario Bike Summit provides a forum for decision-makers to be inspired by best practices from around Ontario and beyond, to gain the practical skills necessary to act on that inspiration and to build new connections to learn from the growing network of people interested in making Ontario the best place in Canada to ride a bike. For a summary of past summits: