Thematic theme days of the summer school
| Monday Day 1 | Scenic cycling will focus on the ways of making a cycling experience memorable and joyful on the way from A to B in rural areas. In addition to our keynote by Johannes Schöning from The University of Bremen on scenic cycling we will go on a scenic cycling tour around the “Zwischenahner Meer” a beautiful lake in the Oldenburg area. |
| Tuesday Day 2 | Urban cycling will explore the cycling experience in the city, challenges of effective commuting and navigation through a city, and opportunities of increasing safety through interaction with other road users. |
| Wednesday Day 3 | Accessible cycling will explore new ways of making cycling possible for people with health restrictions. We are happy to have Benjamin Tannert from the University of Bremen and Torben Bröer as a tandem keynote for this theme. Torben Bröer was participating with his hand bike in the Paralympics in Bejing 2008. |
| Thursday Day 4 | Safe cycling will explore cycling and traffic regulations and the interaction in urban traffic and concrete rush hour situation. Our keynote speaker from the Police University in Münster will introduce us into the safety aspects of cycling and we will be accompanied for our bicycle trip in Münster a Cycling Police Team and inspect one of the most dangerous known roundabouts. |
Concrete time plan
| Date | Schedule |
| Scenic cycling Monday, 11.05. | 9:00 – 10:00 – Welcome and Keynote: Johannes Schöning “Beautiful…but at What Cost? An Examination of Externalities in Geographic Routing with Secondary Criteria” 10:00 – 10:30 – Coffee break 10:30 – 12:30 – Workshop 12:30 – 13:30 – Lunch 13:58 – 14:10 – Train trip from Oldenburg to Bad Zwischenahn 14:30 – 16:00 – Bicycle Tour 1 16:00 – 16:30 – Coffee break (Bad Zwischenahn) 16:45 – 16:53 – Train from Bad Zwischenahn to Oldenburg-Wechloy 17:30 – 18:30 – Industrial talk, demo and discussions (Lennart Brink-Abeler, Geomobile) 19:00 – 22:00 – Social event Stay overnight in Oldenburg |
| Urban cycling Tuesday, 12.05. | 8:35 – 09:05 – Train trip from Oldenburg to Bremen 9:05 – 09:30 – Tram from Bremen railway station to University of Bremen 09:30 – 11:00 – Industrial talk, demo and discussions (Louis-P. Huard, Boréal Bikes) 11:00 – 11:30 – Coffee break 11:30 – 13:00 – Workshop 13:00 – 13:45 – Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 – Bicycle Tour 2 16:15 – 18:00 – Keynote: Meike Jipp, Institut für Verkehrssystemtechnik 21:15 – 21:53 – Train trip from Bremen to Oldenburg Stay overnight in Oldenburg |
| Accessible cycling Wednesday, 13.05. | 9:13 – 10:05 – Train trip from Oldenburg to Cloppenburg/Quakenbrück 10:05 – 11:30 – Bicycle Tour 3 11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee Break 12:00 – 13:00 – Keynote (PFAU-Tech) 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch 14:00 – 15:30 – Industrial talk, demo and discussions (Torben Bröer and Benjamin Tannert) 15:30 – 18:00 – Workshop (Conference Room) Stay overnight in Quakenbrück |
| Safe cycling Thursday, 14.05. | 9:21 – 10:55 – Train trip from Quakenbrück to Münster / Workshop in the train 11:00 – 11:30 – Bus from Münster railway station to University of Münster 11:30 – 12:00 – Coffee break 12:00 – 12:30 – Introduction to GeoInformatics (Angela Schwering) 12:30 – 13:00 – Industrial talk, demo and discussions (Sigmund Piller, UVEX) 13:00 – 14:00 – Lunch 14:00 – 16:00 – Bicycle Tour 4 16:30 – 17:30 – Keynote: Christine Sutter “Traffic Science & Traffic Psychology” 19:00 – 22:00 – Social event in Münster Stay overnight in Münster |
| Friday, 15.05. | 9:03 – 11:29 – Train trip from Münster to Oldenburg / Workshop in the train 11:30 – 12:00 – Cycling to OFFIS 12:00 – 13:00 – Lunch 13:00 – 15:00 – Workshop presentations, general discussions, wrap-up |