Andreas Fuchs | 15 Jul 08:09

Velomobile Seminar 2009 - Call for papers


Invitation to submit papers to the

6th European Seminar on Velomobile Design, Copenhagen October 16.-17.
2009.

The series of Velomobile Design Seminars started in 1993 in Copenhagen.
Through 15 years the 
seminars have been an important inspiration to the development of
velomobiles for practical 
transport and sport.

The perspectives for velomobiles as an alternative, environmental
friendly means of 
transportation are today more obvious than ever. In many situations a
velomobile can replace 
a car, offering cargo space, weather protection, better aerodynamics and
higher speed than 
an ordinary bicycle. People need more physical exercise for health care
reasons, to stay or 
to become fit, to improve quality of life. A velomobile is a comfortable
and secure means to 
get training.

The velomobile doesn?t increase greenhouse-gas emissions, an issue,
which has gained 
increasing attention in the last 5 years. The United Nations (Conference
of Parties under 
UNFCCC) has called for the next Climate Conference in the first week of
December 2009. It 
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