Copenhagen to Host Smart Cities & Sport Summit - Conferences & Conventions 06/24/21
(ATR) The World Union of Olympic Cities chooses the Danish capital of Copenhagen as the host of the 2021 Smart Cities & Sport Summit, taking place on November 22-24.
Copenhagen will host the 8th Smart Cities & Sport Summit in November. (Pixabay)
The annual conference, first held in 2014, brings representatives from over 100 cities together to discuss ways sport can help achieve cities’ social, economic and environmental goals. While the summit is typically held in Olympic host cities or at the Olympic headquarters, Copenhagen earned the nod this year thanks to its strong focus on sustainability and active communities.
VISTA 2021 Goes Virtual - Conferences & Conventions 05/27/21
(ATR) The 10th edition of the VISTA Conference will be held virtually over six days between November 18 and December 16, 2021.
The last VISTA conference was in Amsterdam in 2019. (IPC)
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said the conference, designed to provide a platform for sport scientists and researchers to hear from and have dialogue with experts in the field of sport for athletes with impairments, will be a partnership with six leading universities.
VISTA 2021 will be led by KU Leuven, Belgium; University of Stellenbosch, South Africa; The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden; School of Kinesiology; Western University, Canada; University of Pittsburgh, USA; and Yonsei University, South Korea.
Virtual IF Forum in May - Conferences & Conventions 04/29/21
Virtual IF Forum Moved Forward to May 25
With ‘Lessons We Are Learning from a Global Crisis and How Sport and Society Can Emerge Stronger’ as the theme, the 2021 IF Forum will be held entirely virtually on May 25.
The change in schedule from the conference’s traditional Fall timeline was announced by SportAccord to allow the SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2021, in Ekaterinburg, Russia, to be rescheduled for Nov. 7-12.
Now in its 15th edition, the one-day meeting of IF leaders and sports industry executives will be staged virtually via the Olympic Capital of Lausanne.
SportAccord Delegation Visits Ekaterinburg - Conferences & Conventions 04/22/21
(ATR) A SportAccord delegation led by president Raffaele Chiulli and managing director Nis Hatt are on an inspection visit to Ekaterinburg.
SportAccord delegation s meeting on April 22 in Ekaterinburg (SportAccord)
The Russian city will host the 19th edition of the rescheduled SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit from November 7-12, less than 200 days from now.
On Thursday, Chiulli and Hatt met with Dmitry Chernyshenko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the SportAccord 2021 Organising Committee, Igor Levitin, Aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Minister of Sport Oleg Matytsin.
“The participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin in the event will significantly increase its level and significance. Preparation is going on at the highest level,” Levitin said.