INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: INNOVATIVE SPORTS TOP SPORTS, INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA WILL GATHER IN LAUSANNE MAY 6-8 FOR THE 2009 SOLUTIONS
CHICAGO, IL -- March 27, 2009 -- The 2009 International Sports Management Conference: Innovative Solutions and Trends in Organization and Administration, Facility & Event Management, Marketing, Technology and Legal Aspects of Sports will be held May 7 and 8, 2009 in Lausanne, Switzerland at the Movenpick Hotel and will bring together leaders in the field for a comprehensive event focusing on sports management.
"We are pleased to have a great lineup of speakers, counting among them, Alex Balfour, London 2012 Organizing Committee, Ian Blackshaw, Cambridge University, Jim Brown, FIFA, Cristiano Carlutti, Fiat Group, Christophe Dubi, International Olympic Committee, Vada Manager, Nike Inc., Angelo Paris, Expo Milano 2015 Planning Committee, Juan de Dios Crespo Perez, TAS-CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport), Bob Stiles, Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee, and many others," says Emilio Pozzi, one of the co-conveners of this event. "This event is an excellent opportunity to meet with top professionals from all over the world, share views, and create an opportunity for networking, collaboration, and sharing of technical information."
The conference will include six major themes and sessions: Leadership, Organization & Administration; Legal Aspects of Sport; Facility & Event Management; Sports Marketing; Communications, New Media and Technology Trends; and finally, Olympics: Integrating Success. The audience will include academia, club owners and general managers, sports marketing and sales specialists, media and public relations executives, new media experts, event and competition management specialists, venue managers, sports lawyers and player agents, other professional and volunteers involved in sports management.
"We intend to foster the collaborative angles of this event" mentioned Dr. Stanculescu, the other co-convener of the conference. "This is one of the principal benefits we plan to embed in structuring the sessions, lectures and social events. Moreover, the cross-disciplinary aspect of the meeting will be leveraged through the Blitz Session we are planning to have, during which new trends, ideas and endeavors will be ‘pitched' to the audience via 10 minute talks and 5 slides."
The conference is supported in part by Seating Solutions, TGI Systems, Juviden, International Sports Events, Justi and World Events Forum.
Registration is still open and early bird rates are only available until March 31. For more information, sponsorship or registration visit: www.worldeventsforum.com/ismc or email the Conference Secretariat at meetings@worldeventsforum.com
Conference Secretariat: +1.773.784.8134
meetings@worldeventsforum.com
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