CONFERENCES & NETWORKING

The lectures are aimed at bicycle manufacturers and dealers, product developers and designers, municipalities, and other bicycle enthusiasts. The expert presentations will draw attention to the latest trends and regulations in the bicycle industry and show tips and tricks for companies to use them to their advantage.

The BIKE BIZ REVOLUTION takes a daring look on the changes and challenges throughout the bicycle industry. 

How will new technologies revolutionize the market, what opportunities and possibilities do they offer and where are the dangers lurking for the industry, industry and trade and the market? 

The BIKE TRAVEL FORUM is all about bike tourism. After all, over half of all people employed in the bike industry are involved in tourism of one form or other. How to make cycling more attractive on holiday and in everyday life? This is the central question that the BIKE TRAVEL FORUM addresses. It’s an important issue that concerns both bike tourism and the bike industry. Analysing data from a wide range of user experiences in the bike sector and applying their findings more effectively for industry and tourism are an integral part of this specialist event. In addition, there will be case studies and examples of best practice from all over the world.

The bicycle industry is booming, but what about young talent? In order to support companies in their search for trainees and young professionals in times of a shortage of skilled workers, EUROBIKE is establishing a platform for further training and career opportunities in the bicycle and mobility sector together with the bicycle service association 'Verbund Service Fahrrad' (VSF).

Modern cargo bikes and e-load bikes are an exciting growth market. Sales figures and model diversity are growing rapidly. New commercial and private forms of use are developing - from transporting children to heavy transport on the Euro pallet. The CARGO ACADEMY offers a prominent forum for professional exchange on the opportunities and challenges of the cargo bike boom.

The EUROBIKE CONVENTION is turning its attention towards the European level in a bid to secure smarter organisation for the future of the bike and is inviting the various players in the bike sector from business, politics, municipal administration, science and the press to take part in a joint discussion. What role do we want to assume in the discourse on digital solutions for smart cities and industry? What responsibility does the industry bear with respect to climate protection, mobility transformation and industrial policy?

For interested investors who are looking for investments or cooperation opportunities in the trend markets bike and mobility, we offer an ideal opportunity for dialogue. Circumstances and timing could not be more appropriate. 

How is the bicycle becoming the primary means of everyday transportation? How is the future of the bicycle evolving?  What are the current challenges for innovations in the bicycle sector?

These and many other questions on the topic of future products, services and business models of the bicycle sector will be discussed at the START-UP & INNOVATION DAY (SUI) at EUROBIKE.

Today, the bicycle industry is facing new, unprecedented sustainability challenges. New policy developments in the EU require companies to comply with new standards for transparency and traceability, including for batteries, critical raw materials, packaging, CO2 tariffs and digital services.  Ambitious, stricter regulations are rapidly changing the regulatory landscape.

In the ZUKUNFT FAHRRAD FORUM, we will be looking at the mobility trends surrounding bicycles and their services. Which services fit in with the transformation of mobility or are driving it forward? Which services have the potential to give the bicycle and the bicycle industry an additional boost? Why and how have successful services become established and what are the trends for the future?