Sportel Monaco
Sportel Monaco 2012 wrapped up Thursday with its final panel discussion titled "International Sports Program Market for Television & New Media."
Other panels that were featured throughout the conference included "Technical & Global Solutions for Sports Events," "Olympic Impact – What is the Legacy of London 2012 for the Sport Media Industry?" and "World Series of Boxing".
WSB brought two Ukrainian gold-medal winning fighters Vasyl Lomachenko and Oleksandr Usyk to promote the AIBA pet project's upcoming third season.
The 2012 Golden Podium awards for directors of the world’s best sports TV images were also announced withKnut Fleischmann, Christian Alba, Tom Tagholm, Elias Sfaxi, Ronald Sidi, Juno Cactano and Julien Bertin taking top honors.
Sportel Rio 2013 will run March 11 to 13. Registration information can be found here.
SportAccord 2013
Registration is open for the 11th annual SportAccord Convention running May 26 to 31 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
"Saint-Petersburg has a great amount of experience in organizing international events," said Georgiy Poltavchenko, governor of St. Petersburg.
"I am certain that with the endless support of the Russian Federal Government, SportAccord Convention will be hosted on the highest level and recommendations offered as a result of discussions will facilitate new steps in the development of physical culture and sport."
Registration for the conference is available here.
CityEvents
The theme for this year’s CITYEvents conference will be "Preparing to bid, and bidding to win."
The conference will sport speakers from national, regional and city public sectors as well as international sports federations, event organizers and other key stakeholders.
Speakers will also represent a wide variety of successful – and unsuccessful – bids, sharing the lessons learned from each.
The cities of London, Kazan and Stockholm are a few of the speakers slated for the three-day conference.
The conference will also feature panels titled "Latest trends and updates from the world of hosting and bidding" as well as "Alternative Events" and will conclude with international sports federations giving their perspective on successful bids.
CITYEvents runs from Nov. 14 to 16 in Lausanne.
Click here for the full program.
International Sport Event Management Conference
The shortlist for ISEM Awards has been announced.
There are 11 categories ranging from "Hospitality Award" to "Sport City Award" and "Outstanding Individual Contribution."
The shortlist for each award can be viewed here.
Around the Rings readers will receive a discount to the conference. Local Organizing Committees that subscribe to ATR will receive complimentary passes while the rest of our subscribers will receive 10 percent off the cost of the conference when they register using the code AX1004ATR10.
The ISEM Conference runs from Nov. 6 to 8 in London.
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Scotland Prepares: The National Events Conference 2012
Scotland’s biennial nationals event conference is scheduled for Dec. 13 at Glasgow's newly opened Emirates Arena.
EventScotland tells Around the Rings"the conference will celebrate and case study all that is good about the events industry in Scotland and look forward to perhaps the most exciting year in the Nation’s history.
"For a country of just over 5 million it punches well above its weight and the one day conference at one of Glasgow's newest Commonwealth venues the Emirates Arena will hear from internationally renowned speakers as well as challenge everyone to ensure that 2014 is truly a memorable year for the customer / spectator, the participant, the industry, media and partners and clearly demonstrate that Scotland is both The Perfect Stage for events and holidays."
Confirmed speakers include Martin Reynolds, head of marketing for Glasgow 2014, Fergus Ewing of MSP and many more.
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HostCities Conference
More speakers are confirmed for the upcoming HostCities Conference in Dubai.
Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro; Juergen Mueller, FIFA head of 2014, 2018, 2022 World Cups; Heidi Ueberroth, President, NBA International; and Danny Jordaan, Vice President, South African Football Association, have all signed on to speak.
The entire speakers list can be found here.
The HostCities Conference runs Dec. 4 and 5.
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Promax BDA Sports Marketing Summit
Dick Ebersol, former chair of NBC Sports, and Lisa Baird of the USOC will receive awards at the PromaxBDA Sports Marketing Summit.
The conference features topics such as "Brand Integration," "Managing Crisis with a fully connected Fan Base," "The Sports Fan of the Future" and more.
The event is scheduled for Nov. 13 in New York City.
Click here for the complete program.
Written by Aaron Bauer.
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