From October 6th to 8th, Barcelona hosted the CICLOBCN21, which includes three cyclotourism conferences: EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference 2021, XVIII Iberian Congress of the Bicycle and the City and 7th International Bicycle Conference. Cláudia Ortet was the only Portuguese and academic to present at EuroVelo, which is considered the most important conference on cyclotourism worldwide.

Cláudia – researcher of the SEDUCE 2.0 project (http://www.seduce.pt) and student of the doctoral program in Information and Communication in Digital Platforms – presented, on October 6th, “A Reflection on the Evaluation of Gamified Cyclotourism Strategies for Active and Healthy Ageing” at the EuroVelo & Cycling Tourism Conference 2021, which was included in the thematic axis of Infrastructure, Innovation and Digitalization. This communication was a joint presentation of the two papers submitted and accepted, being based on the research that she will develop during her PhD thesis.

CICLOBCN21 was the stage for several international representatives and sponsors of the cyclotourism sector (governmental and public institutions, federations, travel agencies, service providers), with special emphasis on EuroVelo and the European Cyclists’ Federation (ECF). The conference also had parallel events, with Cláudia participating in the technical visit of the Catalan Art Noveau route in the Eixample district, which allowed to know – by pedaling – the main buildings of modernism, the urban plan of Ildefons Cerdà, the courtyards hidden within the city blocks and the main cycle paths in the center of Barcelona.

The purpose of joining these conferences was to defend the role of the bicycle and reaffirm the commitment of institutions and the community to promoting its use. For more information visit https://ciclobcn21.cat.