* Excludes social function tickets  

^ Excludes session attendance

Additional information

Registration entitlements

Full registration fee includes:  
1. Attendance at all conference sessions  
2. Bag and contents  
3. Morning and afternoon teas (Monday - Wednesday, subject to final programme)  
4. Lunches (Monday - Wednesday)
5. Networking/welcome function (Monday 30 July)
6. One ticket to the conference dinner (Tuesday 31 July)

Advocate and student registration fee includes:  
1. Attendance at all conference sessions  
2. Bag and contents  
3. Morning and afternoon teas (Monday - Wednesday, subject to final programme)  
4. Lunches (Monday - Wednesday)
5. Networking/welcome function (Monday 30 July)

Single Day registration fee includes:  
1. Attendance at the conference sessions (for selected day) 
2. Bag and contents  
3. Morning and afternoon teas (for selected day, subject to final programme)  
4. Lunch (for selected day)
 
Exhibitor registration fee includes:  
1. Bag and contents  
2. Morning and afternoon teas (Monday - Wednesday, subject to final programme)  
3. Lunches (Monday - Wednesday)

Student rates

A copy of your student ID will need to be emailed to lizzie@hardingconsultants.co.nz after completing the registration process.

Advocate rates

People who are active advocates (walking, cycling, or other related specific issues like 'safer speed limits') but do not work for an organisation that is in a position to pay their registration fees. It is primarily for (non-professional) financial members of LSA or CAN (with a focus on representatives from as many groups around the country as possible)

Advocates will need to be signed off by the committee upon completing the registration process. We will be in touch once approval has been granted confirming your advocate rate.

Extra tickets for social events

Conference dinner tickets for day registrants, advocates, students or additional tickets for partners may be purchased during the online registration process for $172.50 incl. GST per ticket.          

Payment

Payment Instructions will be given during the registration process.Payment can be made by Credit Card (Visa, MasterCard, Diners Card or AMEX only) or Invoice (Cheque or Direct Debit).

Confirmation

Confirmation of registration and payment will be sent to you via email automatically upon completion of your registration.

Cancellation policy

Should you be unable to attend once you have registered, you may reassign your registration to another person. Please note you must advise the Conference Secretariat on  03 352 5598 or email lizzie@hardingconsultants.co.nz

Registration cancellations will not be accepted unless made in writing. Cancellations made on or before Friday 20 July 2018, will be refunded less 30% to cover administration costs. Please note that all cancellation fees are payable irrespective of whether the invoice for registration has been paid or not at the time of cancellation. No refunds will be given after Friday 20 July 2018.

Accommodation cancellation policy

If you cancel your accommodation after Friday 29 June 2018, you will be charged a cancellation fee levied by the accommodation provider.

Liability/Insurance

Registration fees do not include insurance of any kind. It is strongly recommended that all delegates take out their own travel insurance and medical insurance prior to the conference. The policy should include loss of fees through cancellation of your participation in the conference itself, loss of airfares for any reason, medical expenses and repatriation should travel arrangements have to be altered. In the event of industrial disruptions or natural disasters the meeting secretariat cannot accept responsibility for any financial or other losses incurred by delegates. Nor can the secretariat take responsibility for injury or damage to property or persons occurring during the conference or associated activities. Insurance is the responsibility of the individual delegate.

The conference exhibition will give your company the opportunity to showcase and promote its products and services directly to purchase decision-makers in your target market. The organising committee welcomes you to join us in Palmerston North at the Conference & Function Centre, to use this excellent opportunity to network and promote your organisation profile.

Floor Plan

2WALKandCYCLE 2018 invite you to submit abstracts for consideration at the 4th conference.

This is New Zealand's premier forum for sharing best practice in promoting walking and cycling, and an opportunity to:

• meet fellow professionals in your field
• connect with people working in related fields
• be inspired by New Zealand success stories
• learn from international experts
• see the latest design technology and innovations
• take part in practical field trips

Submitting an abstract

Please take special note of the following

1. Please note all presenters must pay for their own registration and cover their own transport and accommodation costs.
2. Abstracts must be submitted by 2 February 2018.
3. We are using an online portal so please click on blue button below to start your submission.
4. As part of this process you also need to complete an abstract submission form.  Click on the green button below.

Detailed information on submitting an abstract

To read full details on what the committee are looking for; along with conditions of submitting please read the full document, available on the blue button below.

Should you require further information, please contact the Event Team at Harding Consultants, +64 3 352 5598 or info@2walkandcycle.org.nz.

Key dates 

Conference Handbook

Click here to download an electronic version of the conference handbook which includes the programme.

Programme

Click here to download the programme.

Click on the presenter name below to view their presentations in pdf format.

For presenter Information and abstracts click here

(NP) indicates that no presentation is available.

Key Note Speakers

Daniel Sauter

Daniel Sauter has been active in the past 25 years as a sociologist and researcher in the promotion of walking, road danger reduction, the analysis of mobility patterns and the creation of inclusive public spaces and their related policies. During his professional life he has co-directed the Swiss pedestrian organisation, represented the International Federation of Pedestrians (IFP) at the United Nations, initiated the International Charter for Walking and started the current efforts to develop standards for measuring walking. He performed and co-ordinated research in many local, national and international projects, most recently within the European COST Action 358 on Pedestrian Quality Needs. He runs his own business, Urban Mobility Research, in Zurich, Switzerland.

Walking is just as much about inspiration and imagination as it is about infrastructure and institutional set-ups. On the other hand: facts and data are as important as ideas. Daniel’s talk will touch on these subjects and take you on a little journey through some planning and implementing experiences as well as old and new understandings of walking and public space. All of this with the goal in mind: how to create an active walking culture and more liveable communities.

Chris and Melissa Bruntlett

Chris and Melissa Bruntlett will present a fresh perspective on cycling, as the central voice of Vancouver’s emerging citizen cycling movement. Focused on utility over speed, and riding in street clothes rather than Lycra, they make cycling an everyday act of pleasurable (and sustainable) mobility.

Chris, Melissa, and their two children, Etienne and Coralie, sold their family car in 2010. They have surprised many – not least of all themselves – with how practical, easy, and enjoyable two-wheeled travel is. This includes the multitude of trips to school and activities that are an inevitable part of parenthood. Melissa blogs about their experiences at Velo Family Diaries, which attracts a global audience fascinated with the (many) triumphs and (few) challenges of their car-free, urban lifestyle.

Their family’s mobility is facilitated by a city that has done better than most in North America to provide bicycle infrastructure for people of all ages and abilities. Chris and Melissa will focus on what safe and accessible space for cycling means in practical terms, for experiencing the pleasures of the city, and participating in public life. Their presentation will include a selection of the Vancouver Cycle Chic films - produced by Chris - which intimately profile a number of Vancouverites who cycle for transportation; demonstrating that riding a bike is a way to be “a part of the city, not apart from the city.”

Click here to their full bio.

Celia Wade-Brown

Celia Wade-Brown was born in London and graduated with an Honours degree in Philosophy from Nottingham University. She began her IT career at IBM UK. Celia emigrated to New Zealand in 1983. With her husband, Alastair, she set up an IT consultancy business, working around the world specialising in banking software. Celia was elected to the inaugural Council of the Internet Society of New Zealand and was the founding Chair of 2020 Trust, set up to bridge the digital divide.

Celia founded Living Streets Aotearoa, a voice for pedestrians. Celia was successfully elected as a Councillor five times and is in her second term as Mayor of Wellington, the capital of New Zealand.

Alastair & Celia have two adult sons, a dog and five chickens. They live on the South Coast of Wellington and enjoy walking, cycling, kayaking and scuba diving as well as the capital’s cultural delights of film, theatre and Māori performance. As Mayor, her top priorities are: active and public transport choices; good jobs especially in creative high-tech sectors; connecting citizens with nature; and support for local communities. Above all, she works with many partners to make Wellington “a city where talent wants to live”.

Celia’s keynote will focus on the issues she faces as an elected representative trying to get “communities on the move”, with the inevitable balancing of different transport modes and juggling of local authority/national transport priorities, while also dealing with community expectations and aspirations.

Greg Cooper, Conference MC

Greg started his professional performance career 20 years ago at The Court Theatre in Christchurch as a member of the improvised corporate entertainment company. He has entertained at hundreds of corporate events in New Zealand and Australia as a freelance performer and also through corporate event companies.

With his background in improvised entertainment Greg’s ability to deal with any unexpected situation makes him an invaluable asset as an MC for any event. He has the ability to keep the audience entertained during a Powerpoint malfunction and has been known to become the Powerpoint slides himself if the malfunction proves permanent.

Greg MC'd the inaugural conference in 2012 and looks forward to MC'ing again.