Conferences & Conventions -- Sports and Event Tourism; WISE in Lausanne

(ATR) The CEO of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will speak atthe Sports and Event Tourism Exchange Conference.

David Grevemberg is set to partake in a panel discussion on the experiences of cities that have hosted multi-sport events. He will be joiningGraham Brown, professor of tourism management at the University of South Australia, andLarry Sengstock, the director of sport for the Melbourne Commonwealth Games.

TheSports and Event Tourism Exchange Conference is scheduled for Oct. 29 - 30 in ICC, Durban.

For more information on registration,click here.

World Travel Market Africa

World Travel Market Africa has just signed on several media partners for their upcoming convention.

TTG Mena, 3S Media and E-Turbo News are the first three organizations to partner with World Travel Market Africa.

World Travel Market Africa is an annual business-to-business travel and tourism event. It is scheduled for April 15 - 17 at the Cape Town International Convention Center.

For more information,click here.

'The Academy' in Lausanne

TSE Consulting's new management conference, known as 'The Academy', will be held May 27 - 28, 2015, in Lausanne.

The Academy is designed to inspire presidents, board members, secretary generals and senior managers tolook towards different industries to see how they can grow their organizations and to realize what can be learned and used by sport.

"We are very excited as this is just a first step for us in our commitment to taking sports management to new levels," Lars Haue-Pedersen, TSE Consulting managing director, said in a release on Wednesday.

Click here for more information.

WISE Lausanne

Dates for second edition of the Work in Sports Exhibition, International Convention for Careers in Sports have been released.

The conference will take place on May 6-7, 2015 at Beaulieu Lausanne, the same venue as the first edition.

WISE announced the second edition will focus more on networking and interactive sessions, rather than the 2014 edition's focus on speakers.

More information on the conference will be posted in the coming months.

Smart Cities and Sport Summit

The opening reception of the Smart Cities and Sport Summit will be located in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne.

The conference will take place November 5-7.

The summit is organized by the World Union of Olympic Cities and will bring together parties interested in "connecting sports and cities."

"I am convinced that we will emerge with new, fresh, and smart ideas on how to combine sport events and sustainable urban development," Daniel Brélaz, president of the World Union of Olympic Cities and mayor of Lausanne, said in a statement announcing the conference.

The conference program and speakers will be announced shortly.

Discounts for early registration will be offered through September 19. Click here for registration information.

Securing Sport

Media accreditation for the 2014 Securing Sport Conference is now open.

Those who wish to receive accreditation for the conference should emailmedia@securingsport.com before 5pm BST, Monday 22nd September 2014

The conference will take place on October 6-7 in the Lancaster House in London.

The theme for the conference will be "Sport under threat: the game is ours to win."

Topics for discussion include transparency in sport, security large sporting events, security's impact on broadcasters, and more. A full list of the conference agenda can be found here.

Written by Andrew Murrell andAaron Bauer

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