Pre-conference Workshop (Open to the public)
Walk21 Active and Safe Routes to School

Before the 2011 Walk21 Vancouver Conference officially gets underway, join practitioners from across BC, Canada and the world for a day of learning and discussion on current topics in school- and youth-focussed transportation. This workshop will be an opportunity to meet practitioners and supporters of Active and Safe Routes to School, and address important and emerging topics in the field, including:

• TDM (Transportation Demand Management) in high schools;
• Programs and strategies for rural schools and communities;
• and Road safety in Canada and around the world.

Cost: $20; Register here; registration closes Oct 2; enquiries

Mayor's Opening Reception at Olympic Village

Shapeshifters Anonymous - The Transformation of Advocacy to Reality in the Walking World
Panel Discussion, moderated by Sandy James, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Walk21 Steering Committee
Panel members: Jacky Kennedy, Director, Canada Walks Green Communities Canada; Daryl Rock, Chair, Board of Directors, Rick Hansen Institute; and artist, Gwen Boyle

Conclusions
Neal Carley, Director, Streets, City of Vancouver and
Sandy James, Chair of the Metro Vancouver Walk21 Steering Committee

Breakout Sessions 101-108

Breakout Session 101 - From Warlords to Partners: the true story of Vancouver's integration of land use, mobility, and urban health
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Penny Ballem, Brent Toderian, Jerry Dobrovolny; moderated by Gordon Price

Breakout Session 102 - Learning from Each Other: A Multidisciplinary View of the Walking World (click for detail)
Larry Frank, Catherine O'Brien, Daniel Sauter, Bronwen Thornton; moderated by Jim Walker

Breakout Session 108 - Multimedia - Seeing Ourselves as Walkers
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Marty Dolan, Tony Armstrong, Phillipa Hunt, Annabel Vaughan, Adam Vaughan; moderated by Eileen Curran

Breakout Session 205 - Walking and Transit, Transit and Walking: Which Comes First in Priority Setting? (click for detail)
Preston Schiller, Jessica Tump, Andrew Curran, Kamala Rao; moderated by Jeffrey Busby

Breakout Session 207 - Walk that Walk: Healthy Walking Programs (click for detail)
Michelle Wilson, Anne Matthews, Elaine Shelton, Jolene Titus;
moderated by Peter Sargious

Walkshop Oct 3_8 - Putting Walksheds on the Map (click for detail)
Aaron Licker, Alex Boston

Vancouver Reception, Wing Sang Building, Chinatown

During the reception Angela Ko, city planner, will be offering walking tours of Chinatown leaving the Wing Sang gallery at 5:15pm and 6:00pm. At 7:00pm, Angela will be leading groups to an ethnic restaurant for dinner, and will also have hot sheets of "where to go" for the best food in China town.

Walking Steps Up - A Synergistic Approach to Transforming People
Dr. William Bird, Strategic Health Advisor to Natural England

Conclusions from Morning - How Do We Rediscover the Walker City?
Claire Gram, Population Health Policy Consultant, Vancouver Coastal Health and Adrian Bell, Director, AIG

Breakout Session 307 - Powered by Pecha Kucha: Step With Us
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Dale Bracewell, Wendy Landman, Natalie Ethier, Kerry Hamilton, Tori Lemire,
Andrew Pask; moderated by Wendy Keech

Breakout Session 308 - Measuring Walking: A Closer Focus (click for detail)
Frank Markowitz, James Donnelly, Don Klimchuk; moderated by Joshua van Loon

Walkshop Oct 4_10 - Southeast False Creek and the Olympic Village (Public Realm/Urban Lighting) (click for detail)
Scot Hein

Breakout Session 508 - Multimedia: Walking and Community
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Jolene Titus, Claire MacLean, Jessica Hallenbeck, Peter Tombrowski, Aviva Savelson, Yvonne Hii; moderated by Bruce Appleyard

Breakout Session 608 - Measuring Walkability in the Built Environment using GIS
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Brian Patterson, Meghan Winters, Scott Parker, Ellen Vanderslice;
moderated by Carmel Boyce

Walkshop Oct 5_9 - Writing/Walking Sticks/ Rearview Walking Stick
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Barbara Lounder, Elinor Whidden

Healthy City, Active City: Moving Vancouver Forward

Join experts from around the world to learn more about the link between health and transportation, and discuss how Vancouver can be one of the leading cities to integrate health into transportation planning. (Open to the public and free of charge) More Info

Post-conference Workshops

• National Active & Safe Routes to School Summit
  Presented by Green Communities Canada, Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Inter-provincial Sport and Recreation Council
  
  This post-conference workshop will showcase Canadian School Travel Planning projects currently underway in Canadian jurisdictions and provide opportunities to share international best practice in active school travel. The day will provide opportunities for further collaboration, and to identify strategies and barriers for implementing active school travel in Canada and abroad. To register please email Jacky Kennedy at asrts@sympatico.ca
  
  When: October 6th, 2011, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
  Where: Room 1300-1500, SFU Segal, 500 Granville St., Vancouver
  Who: (Open to Walk21 delegates only)
  
  
• Integrating Active Transportation & Health into Municipal and Regional Transportation Planning: Defining the Metrics and Identifying Best Practices
  Presented by UBC’s Active Transportation Collaboratory, the City of Vancouver Transportation 2040, TransLink
  
  Please join us in initiating a global dialogue on best practices for municipal and regional transportation planning to incorporate explicit metrics, policies, methods, and fiscal strategies to promote active transportation (i.e. walking, cycling, etc.) and make links to its measurable health benefits. We hope to educate planning and engineering practitioners on these techniques and to identify research needs to further support linking health benefits and active transportation investments. Key themes for the symposium include: (1) The Case for Action: Why should we consider health outcomes in the planning and design of neighbourhoods, transportation networks and public spaces? (2) The Connections: How can land use and urban design influence active transportation mode share and, therefore, health outcomes? How does transit service influence active transportation mode share and health outcomes? (3) The Metrics and Financial Benefits: What are the measurable health benefits of investing in active transportation and how can they best be quantified? How can we monetize health impacts of active transportation planning? (4) The Leadership: Who should be taking the lead on connecting health, land use and transportation benefits? What intergovernmental partnerships are required for this to be a success? Please register at: http://www.civicinfo.bc.ca/event/healthANDtransportpolicy.asp For more information, please contact Andrea Procyk, Project Coordinator, UBC Active Transportation Lab: andrea.procyk@ubc.ca
  
  When: October 6th, 2011, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
  Where: Creekside Community Centre, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver
  Who: Planners, transportation engineers, public health practitioners, decision makers, academics and community leaders (Open to the public). Free of charge.