The event kicks off on Wednesday evening with a relaxed get-together featuring a talk by René Zimmermann about his fascinating "MTB Suisse Trail" tour of Switzerland. Then it gets down to business on Thursday. Speakers include Tom Prochazka from Whistler, Mark Torsius from IMBA Europe, Matthias Marschner from DIMB, a delegation from Tirol Werbung, Gerhard Vanzi as the founding father of the Sella Ronda, Pavel Hornik from the Czech Republic, Dave O'Riordan from Swiss Alpine Adventure and Andrej Zigon from Alliance ASE, a specialist for destination brands. Darco Cazin from Allegra Tourism, Christoph Müller from the Swiss Council for Accident Prevention and Thomas Giger, publisher of Ride, will also be appearing as speakers. The detailed program with a comprehensive list of speakers is available at www.ridekongress.ch

The event is divided into presentations, panel discussions and workshops and runs from Thursday morning to Friday lunchtime. At the same time as the congress, committed mountain bikers will also meet to discuss the issue of a national umbrella and lobby association. Furthermore, hotelliersuisse and Switzerland Tourism are bringing together important hotels to discuss future strategies.

The 2014 version of the Ride Mountain Bike Congress in Chur is sold out with 200 participants. If you are still interested in registering at short notice, please contact Chur Tourism to find an individual solution: Phone +41 81 252 18 18

Based on the Ride Mountain Bike Congress 2013, Thomas Giger has published the book "Perspektiven Mountainbike Tourismus" this year. He will update the book after the congress and expand it with the content from this year. Congress participants will receive the book free of charge, but it can also be ordered individually. The new edition will be available in January 2015 at the latest.

Further information at www.ridekongress.ch
Detailed program as PDF: click here
Ride Mountain Bike Congress Chur on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ridekongress
Details on the book "Perspectives on mountain bike tourism: www.sports-publishing.ch/shop