(ATR) The Association of Global Event Suppliers 2016 convention will take place on Feb. 29 in St. Augustine, Florida.
AGES 2016 named its key speakers on Jan. 15, selecting a range ofinternational sports experts from NOCs and organizing committees,including Peru NOC president Jose Quiñones and USOC chief of externalaffairs Patrick Sandusky.
Quiñones will discuss the key strategies of Peru in landinginternational events as well as preparations for the Pan American Gamesin Lima in 2019. Quiñones is expected to invite event suppliers toinvest in Peru.
Sandusky will detail the organizational structure of the United StatesOlympic Committee as well as what it takes for candidate cities to landinternational events.
IOC senior Olympic advisor Gilbert Felli will also speak at the eventalong with Toronto 2015 vice president of Games overlay John Baker andGerald Anderson, global chairman of Populous.
ATR Subscribers Get SportAccord Discount
Around the Rings is pleased to announce that we are one of three Principal Media Partners for the SportAccord Convention which runs from April 17-22 in Lausanne.
As part of this partnership,ATR readers have a chance to take advantage of a discount for the convention.
ATR and SportAccord are offering a 10 percent discount for the first 60 delegates who register for the Convention via the ATR website, using the discount code ATR60.
Now in its 14th edition, the annual six-day event is attended by key decision-makers across sport and industry.
Commenting on the new Principal Media Partnership, ATR Publisher Sheila Scott Hula said"SportAccord Convention is the year’s most important gathering in the world of sport. No other event has so many decision-makers in one place with so many issues that can be discussed and resolved. Around the Rings is proud to have partnered with SportAccord Convention since the first event in 2003."
Around the Rings has led the way in providing news focused on the Olympics since 1990 and is the only Olympic news specialist publication with a bureau in Rio de Janeiro.
City Events Highlights Role of the City in Major Events
The sixth edition of the City Events conference will take place in Paris, France from March 14-15 and will highlight the increasing role of the host city in putting on major events.
According to City Events, host cities and event organizers work together more than ever to promote the city and "ensure that these events will be the starting point of policies, programs and projects aiming to improve the quality of life for citizens."
City Events will welcome five sports business professionals that have witnessed the expanding role of the host city in sporting events to deliver its fourth round-table of the conference dubbed "The City at the Heart of the Event".
Jérôme Lacroix of the International Cycling Union, Dawn Goodwin of NGO International Inspiration, London's head of sports Simon Cooper, Paul Zealey of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Geert Hendricks of AISTS will provide their perspectives of the evolving role of the city in organizing events.
More than 100 stakeholders are already registered for the event and participants may begin to schedule their individual meetings to network through cityevents-sport/networking.
CISA Heads to Algiers in 2016
The Africa International Sports Convention turns 10 in 2016 as the conference heads to Algiers, Algeria.
CISA will be held from Apr. 1-3 and is organized by the Algerian Olympicand Sports Committee (AOC) and the Association of National OlympicCommittees of Africa (ANOCA).
"Day by day, year by year, CISA is becoming, an central tool for thedevelopment of sport in Africa," said AOC president and ANOCA vicepresident Moustapha Berraf. "It is an event with a great internationalscope that we are proud to welcome in order to celebrate its 10thedition."
CISA is organized every year by a different city in Africa. Theconvention welcomes sports business professionals at a regional andinternational level.
The convention also features a program to educate children through sportcalled CISA Kids, a gala dinner, Athletes’ Seminar and a Seminar forAfrican Sports Journalists.
Conference Schedule
AGES Conference 2016: Feb 29
MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: Mar. 11-12
City Events 2016: Mar. 14-15
SPORTELAsia 2016: Mar. 15-17
CISA 2016: Apr. 1-3
SportAccord Convention: Apr. 17-22
Think! Sponsorship Conference: Apr. 21
World Stadium Congress: May 16-19
China Football Summit 2016: May 26
The Academy: Jun. 1-2
Sustainable Sports & Events: Jun. 9-10
IT in the Olympics: Jun. 10-14
World Football Forum: Jul. 7-8
8th International Sport Business Symposium: Aug. 16
International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport: Aug. 31-Sept. 4
Smart Cities & Sport Summit: Oct. 12-14
World Sports Tourism Summit: Nov. 21-25
FINA World Aquatics Convention: Dec. 3-5
International Sports Convention:Dec. 7-8
IPC Vista Conference: Sep. 19-22, 2017
Written by Gerard Farek and Kevin Nutley
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