Leipzig made Velo-city history this week with over 1,500 attendees at the world cycling summit, who participated in a programme of over 80 sessions, with over 430 speakers from across the globe.

This year’s Velo-city Exhibition shines a spotlight on innovation, as cities and regions look to equip their streets for more cycling.

ECF invites cities from around to world to submit their application to host the world cycling summit, where advocates, cities, decision-makers, researchers and industry leaders meet to shape the future of cycling.

The City of Gdańsk, Poland wins bid to host the world cycling summit. This is first time Velo-city will be held in Poland, with the conference set to take place in June 2025 under the theme Energising Solidarity.

ECF looks back on some of the key events that took place during the year, including international conferences, high-level webinars and inspiring speeches.

The call for abstracts for Velo-city 2023 Leipzig is now open until 3 November 2022. ECF invites potential speakers, researchers and universities to share their expertise, data, and analyses based on this year’s main theme “Leading the Transition”.

The City of Gdansk, a member of our CRC network, together with ECF Member, the Polish Union of Active Mobility, hosted the 11th Active Mobility Congress in Poland. Five companies received Cycle-Friendly Employer certificates...

Jill Warren awards Ireland’s Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Philip Lee LLP with a gold Cycle-Friendly Employer certificate for their commitment to reducing carbon emissions and improving employees’ health and wellbeing...

The Belgian city of Ghent wins bid to host Velo-city 2024. Set against the backdrop of a well-renowned cycling city, the event will bring together business, government, research and education under the theme “Connecting Through Cycling.”

The annual world cycling summit reveals a programme bursting at the seams with high-level speakers, experts in all things cycling and urban design and seven plenaries around the theme “Cycling the Change”.

The Velo-city conference, where the world’s leading cycling researchers, advocates and urban planners convene alongside government officials in the name of more cycling for all, calls for 2025 potential host cities to prepare their bids.

Despite another year with COVID-19 restrictions, ECF successfully organised two major in-person world events – Velo-city 2021 Lisboa and the EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference 2021 – as well as several online events with high-level speakers.