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Organising Committee

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee’s roles and responsibilities include:

• Approve and monitor the progress of the conference against the agreed project plan
• Resolve any significant issues associated with the conference
• Provide leadership and assist to attract international sponsors and delegates

Members of the Executive Committee include:

• The Lord Mayor of Adelaide, Stephen Yarwood (Chair)
• Adelaide City Council CEO, Peter Smith
• Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure CEO, Rod Hook
• European Cyclists’ Federation President, Manfred Neun
• Velo-city Series Director, Bernhard Ensink

Managing Committee

The Managing Committee’s roles and responsibilities include:

• Select and engage a Professional Conference Organiser to execute the project plan
• Approve the conference project plan and monitor progress against the project plan
• Manage the performance of contracted parties
• Resolve any significant issues associated with the conference
• Provide leadership and assist to attract local, Australia wide and international sponsors and delegates.

Members of the Managing Committee include:

• Adelaide City Council CEO, Peter Smith and Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure (DPTI) CEO, Rod Hook (Co-Chairs)
• Conference Director, Adelaide City Council GM, Sandy Verschoor and Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure Executive Director Mark Elford
• Bike SA CEO, Christian Haag
• Velo-city Series Director, Bernhard Ensink
• Velo-city Series and Event Manager

Organising Committee

The Organising Committee’s role and responsibilities include:

• Develop the project plan for endorsement by the Managing and Executive Committee
• Implement the agreed project plan and monitor progress
• Escalate any issues and variances to the budget or project plan to the Conference Director and or the Managing Committee for approval. 

Members of this Committee include:

• Conference Director (Chair)
• Project Manager
• Velo-City Series & Event Manager
• Adelaide Velo-city Global 2014 Program Manager
• Professional Conference Organiser.

Program Advisory Committee 

The Program Advisory Committee’s role and responsibilities include:

• Contribute ideas, share knowledge and recommend speakers in a dynamic online environment
• Provide feedback on programming concepts and learning processes.

Members of this Committee are from a range of different organisations and disciplines. 

Adelaide City Council

Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

European Cyclists' Federation

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