Submit a Session Proposal for the 10th Annual Silicon Valley Bike Summit
Deadline extended until Friday, April 10, 2020.
We are soliciting proposals from prospective speakers/presenters for the 10th Annual Silicon Valley Bicycle Summit. The date of the Bike Summit is on August 6, 2020 at the Palo Alto Event Center. For info on last year’s Summit see here.
About the Summit:The Bike Summit is a weekday, one-day conference intended to educate the community on key issues related to bicycling in San Mateo and Santa Clara Counties as well as bring together people working in this field.Audience: Attendees are usually citizen activists, city and county staff, elected officials, business representatives, consultants, non-profit workers, Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee members, and others working in transportation. Last year we SOLD OUT with 250 attendees.Format: Sessions are about 1 hour and 15 minutes long including Q&A and may feature multiple speakers and/or related topics.If you would like to present or coordinate a session at the Bike Summit, please fill out this form to the best of your ability as it will make it easier for organizers to make decisions. Depending on the proposals we receive, we may merge topics and speakers into a single session. Please share this form broadly so we can have a dynamic and varied Bike Summit. Deadline for submission is Friday, April 10, 2020. Decisions on sessions will be made in April and May 2020.
Proposal example from Summit 2019
Benefits of presenting at the Silicon Valley Bike Summit:
Exposure to an audience of over 250 transportation stakeholders and decision-makers
Educate community leaders on important issues related to bicycling
Gain support for your project/idea
Inspire similar projects in our region
Free registration at event
Some topics we are interested in:
Equity and transportation justice
The intersections of housing, transportation, equity, and sustainability
New Mobility
Behavior change
Innovative bike infrastructure
Reaching out to/engaging diverse bike riders in terms of age, gender, race, ethnicity
Mode shift: to/from driving to biking, transit, or uber/lyft
Firsthand experiences of people biking, switching to biking, and dealing with various challenges of biking
Student advocacy
Historical disinvestment of neighborhoods and its impact on transportation
Relevant state or federal policies
Technology encouraging safer driving
Advocacy: How to get things done
Discouraging use of single-occupancy vehicles
Funding and prioritization of bike projects
Involving private developers with bike/ped infrastructure and on-going programming elements
Working beyond jurisdictions
Incentives/programs to promote and encourage alternative modes of transportation over single occupancy vehicles
Innovative bike infrastructure/Street designing
SVBC strongly encourages proposals on topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion and from speakers who represent the linguistic, cultural, and socioeconomic diversity of our area.
Have questions about the proposal process or the event in general? Email Sandhya@bikesiliconvalley.orgWould your employer like to sponsor this event? Sponsorship is a great way to connect with and have visibility in front of folks that are most active in advocacy for biking and other forms of active transportation. When possible, we are thrilled to have sponsors take on speaking roles in the program. We also gratefully acknowledge sponsors on all relevant signage as well as on our website and via social media channels. You can see our sponsor levels and benefits here or email Ehsaneh@bikesiliconvalley.org for more information.
