Agenda
In a packed day of speakers, sessions and study tours, our 2025 event explored the theme: “Investment in everyday cycling delivers results”.
Agenda
Cycling Scotland Conference
Dundee, September 2025
Theme: Investment in everyday cycling delivers results
The national Cycling Scotland Conference was held in Dundee on Wednesday 10th September 2025.
Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Fiona Hyslop MSP, delivered a ministerial address.
Keynote speakers included:
- Mark Flynn, Dundee City Council Leader
- Brian Deegan, Active Travel England Director of Inspections
- Rebecca Morris, Vision Zero Communications Director
- Jillian Evans, Head of Health Intelligence & Learning Health Systems, NHS Grampian
- Glenn Lyons, Mott MacDonald Professor of Future Mobility at the University of West of England
Our Conference was Chaired by Laura Young, award winning climate activist and environmental scientist.
More than 200 delegates and speakers joined us in Dundee for the national Cycling Scotland Conference, to explore the theme: "Investment in everyday cycling delivers results"
Once again, an excellent line up of speakers. It’s really heartening to hear leaders speak about investing in active travel with such conviction.
Conference 2025 overview
Our packed agenda included:
- Keynote speeches from sector leaders and decision-makers
- Breakout sessions on: the journey to building safe cycle lanes, cycle training and road safety, and the value of communicating progress
- Led walk and cycle ride exploring Dundee’s new active travel infrastructure
- Networking sessions throughout the day and an opportunity to meet exhibitors from across the sector
Each year, around 250 delegates including local authorities, Regional Transport Partnerships, Scottish Government, private and third sector organisations working in active travel and many others involved in supporting more people to cycle for everyday journeys.
2025 host city: Dundee
The 2025 Conference was held in Dundee for the first time since 2018.
Dundee is committed to supporting more people to travel by bike. Progress includes installing on-street residential cycle storage across the city, delivery of on-road Bikeability cycle training in every primary school and completing the Broughty Ferry to Monifieth off-road route.
They are also developing plans for the Active Freeways programme to provide dedicated routes, connecting communities, including Ninewells, Lochee, Stobswell and Strathmartine to the city centre.
“Great to see the Conference in Dundee so attendees can see the achievements and challenges from other Scottish cities.”
