Cities, Bicycles, and the Future of Getting Around

Yvonne Bambrick is a life-long year-round Toronto cyclist. She is Executive Director of the Toronto Cyclists Union, is one of the key organizers of Pedestrian Sundays in Kensington Market, was the original Community Animator at the Center for Social Innovation, and regularly contributes as a photographer to Momentum, Spacing, Dandyhorse, Corporate Knights and Green Power Magazines.

David Byrne is a Scottish-born musician and artist most known for his role as a founding member and principal songwriter of the band Talking Heads, which was active between 1975 and 1991. Since then Byrne has released his own solo recordings and worked with various media including film, photography, opera and non-fiction. He has received Grammy, Oscar and Golden Globe awards and been inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Byrne's latest book How Music Works, is a brainy, irresistible adventure, and an impassioned argument about music’s liberating, life-affirming power.

Ken Greenberg is an architect and urban designer, living in Toronto. For over three decades he has played a pivotal role on public and private assignments in urban settings throughout North America and Europe, focusing on the rejuvenation of downtowns, waterfronts, neighbourhoods and university campuses. A former Director of Urban Design and Architecture for the City of Toronto and Principal of Greenberg Consultants, he is the recipient of the 2010 American Institute of Architects Thomas Jefferson Award for public design excellence. Greenberg presents his new memoir, Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder.

Ben McNally is the proprietor of Ben McNally Books in downtown Toronto.