The sheets of the presentations can be found under 'Documents'

Cycling plays an increasingly important role in various social tasks, such as health, housing, climate, energy transition and, of course, accessibility. It is therefore expected that people will cycle more and further in the coming years, even into old age. However, this also causes increasing crowding, speeds and speed differences on our cycle paths. This puts pressure on cycling safety.

Technology on bicycles offers opportunities to improve comfort and safety for cyclists. During this seminar, we will approach different forms of technology on cycling from four different perspectives; from the national government, science, the cycling industry and from a municipality. Our speakers are:

  • Geertje Hegeman (Traffic Safety Department Head, Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management)
  • Paul Havinga (Chair holder Pervasive Systems, University of Twente and scientific director TNO-ICT)
  • Mark Dorlandt (Program manager R&D Lifestyle, Accell Group)
  • Benjamin Groenewold (Policy advisor mobility, municipality of Enschede)

Programme:

16:00 Reception with guided tour at De Fietser (Ede)

17:00 Presentation Geertje Hegeman (Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management)

17:25 Presentation Mark Dorland (Accell Group)

17:50 Break and sandwiches

18:20 Presentation Paul Havinga (University of Twente)

18:45 Presentation Benjamin Groenewolt (Municipality of Enschede)

19:10 Plenary debate led by Eric van Berkum (University of Twente) and Alex van Gent (Arcadis), both board members of KIVI Mobility

19:40 Networking drinks

20:30 End

If you would like to participate in the tour of De Fietser, please be no later than 16:30 present.

Explanation speakers:

Geertje Hegeman is road safety department head, part of the roads and road safety directorate of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management. She received her PhD from TU Delft and then joined the Ministry via the consultancy world and Rijkswaterstaat. There, she and her team make policy to improve road safety in the Netherlands, with the visionary ultimate goal of zero traffic casualties in 2050.

Mark Dorlandt is R&D lifestyle programme manager at Accell Group. He has a background as an industrial designer and has worked at Accell Group for more than 19 years. Accell Group develops, makes and sells bicycles and bicycle parts and is the European market leader in E-bikes with well-known brands such as Koga, Batavus and Sparta, among others.

Paul Havinga is Chair of Pervasive Systems at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Twente and also Scientific Director of TNO - ICT. He has a broad background in various aspects of communication systems, such as wireless communication, chip-area network architectures for handheld devices and mobile multimedia systems. He works on a range of projects including the Smart Connected Bike project.

Benjamin Groenewolt is mobility policy advisor at the municipality of Enschede. Among other things, he is project manager of 'Enschede Cycling City' and has over ten years' experience in developing the app Enschede Fietst! On behalf of Enschede, he is additionally involved in several pilots of the MegaBITS project, which makes the connection between cycling and ITS.

We would like to welcome you to test centre De Fietser in Ede, where you will be inspired by the latest models from Koga, Batavus, Sparta, Lapierre, Van Nicholas, Babboe and Carqon. On the longest indoor test track in Europe, over 200 bicycles are waiting for you. The Cyclist is the perfect place to experience the latest developments in technology and design.

Maximum 100 participants.

Register via the website until 27 November at the latest.

Documents