If you’ve never been to Bogota, Colombia, nor to a Walk21 Conference, here’s your chance.
Walk21 is a global conference series that brings together professionals in planning, engineering and health, as well as engaged citizens, to discuss how to make walking easier, more convenient and comfortable.
This is truly a 21st century conference and has featured ground breaking speakers like Jan Gehl, Janette Sadik-Khan, and the extraordinary mayor of Bogota Enrique Penalosa. The conference was in Vancouver in 2011 and you can view the plenary speeches from that conference here. (And if you were wondering whether Enrique is related to Toronto’s Gil Penalosa of 8 to 80 Cities, yes, they are brothers!)
This is the first time that the conference registration has been offered free, and it is a chance to explore Bogota in the “walk shops” and learn from practitioners.
The conference runs October 15 to 19, and you can find out more information here.
The conference invitation video is below.
And just for fun and nostalgic purposes we’ve added the Vancouver Walk21 Invitation Video from 2011. Christopher Gaze, artistic director of Bard on the Beach volunteered his time as the spokesperson, and the video was completed by Communications Staff at the City of Vancouver.
