CAN-Do 2014 schedule
Dates: Friday 4 to Sunday 6 April 2014
Venue: Quaker Event Centre, Whanganui
Conference theme: The role of cycling in community building
Programme for Friday:
5.00pm: registration opens at Quaker venue
7-9pm: informal evening meal (in town or at venue)
Programme for Saturday:
8.30am: Registration desk opens
9.15am: Conference opening (John Maihi, mihi; Wanganui Mayor Annette Main); housekeeping (Lyneke Onderwater)
9.50am: Keynote speaker (Carl Whittleston, New Plymouth Model Communities Project Leader)
10.25am: Nelson Lebo, founder of Whanganui ECO-School
10.45am: Morning tea
11.15am: Panel discussion (using questions gathered up during the Morning Tea)
11.45am: Effective local advocacy: Patrick Morgan on The Love Cycling campaign (Wellington) & its role a cycle-friendly council elected; Garnering local mass support (12noon; Dunedin; Spokes Dunedin by skype)
12.15pm: CAN strategy 2013-2016 (David Hawke/Don Babe)
12.30pm: Bike ride to Virginia Lake with picnic lunch
2.00pm: Spokesperson from each major political party (10 min each + 15 min of prepared questions) People are: Chester Borrows (Associate Minister of Social Development & MP for Whanganui), Julie-Anne Genter (Greens), Hamish McDouall (Labour)
3.00pm: Local group presentations (5 min each, highlighting local issues/challenges/achievements)
3.30pm: afternoon tea
3.50pm: where next - implementation of 2013-2016 strategy by local groups & by CAN (workshop; Patrick Morgan)
5.00pm: end of formal business for the day
6.30pm: simple shared evening meal with the community (at venue) - local historian Kyle Dalton as speaker (TBC)
Programme for Sunday:
9.20am: Sum up from yesterday (CAN chair)
9.30am: The Road Safety Trust project - "how this could help your local community" (JNW)
10.00am Are local groups getting the support they need? (CAN Chair)
10.30am: Morning tea
10.45am: AGM
12.00 noon: lunch; conference closure (CAN chair); post clean-up bike ride for anyone interested