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2018 National Bike Summit: Grassroots Grow Together

Welcome to the 19th annual National Bike Summit! Be sure to use the #NBS18 tag in your social media posts. And snap a #bikesummitselfie while you have your phone out!

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8:30am EST

Registration Opens Grand Registration - Lower Level

9:00am EST

Workshop: Where Diversity and Inclusion Meet Implicit Bias Grand Ballroom SouthCheri Wilson BFU Mobile Workshop: University of Maryland, College ParkFULL TBAAaron Goldbeck

9:30am EST

Mobile Workshop: National Geographic SocietyFULL East Courtyard of the Renaissance Mobile Workshop: National Public RadioFULL East Courtyard of the Renaissance

11:00am EST

First Timers Meeting Congressional Ballroom AKen McLeod State Coordinators Meeting Congressional Ballroom BCaron Whitaker Workshop: Truing Up Your Work with Youth Meeting Room 10/11

1:30pm EST

Opening Plenary - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao, Stakeholder Perspectives on Transportation Hot Topics, and Washington, DC's Development as a Bicycle Friendly Community Grand Ballroom North/CentralBill Nesper • Caron Whitaker • Greg Billing • Elaine Chao • Veronica O. Davis • Ellen Jones • Jeff Marootian • Robert Puentes • Erich Zimmerman

3:00pm EST

Break Foyer Grand Ballroom

3:30pm EST

Tech Approaches to Safety Advocacy Congressional Ballroom AScott Jarvis • Lynsie Campbell • Craig Davis • Amy Johnson Turning Businesses into Bike Advocates Grand Ballroom SouthAmelia Neptune • Christine Acosta • Tulio Bertorini • Lucas Cruse • Elizabeth Denton • Thomas Stokell Managing risk at your club or organization - Q&A with American Speciality Insurance Meeting Room 16Jina Doyle Youth Education: Paving the Road to Freedom & Independence Meeting Room 15Steve Durrant, FASLA • Julie Mallis • DeVaughn Rodgers Grants and Bicycling: Covering the basics, how to dig deeper, and more creatively Congressional Ballroom CEric Brenner State policies that enable and regulate E-bikes Congressional Ballroom BMorgan Lommele • Paul Basken • Thomas Jenkins • Todd Ketch • Alex Logemann The Biking and Walking Federal Policy platform Meeting Room 10/11

5:00pm EST

Happy Hour, Sponsored by New Belgium Brewing Foyer Grand Ballroom General Poster Session Foyer Grand Ballroom

6:00pm EST

Welcoming Dinner - Annual Awards Presentations and Keynote by Kim Jordan of New Belgium Brewing Grand BallroomBill Nesper • Kim Jordan