Inaugural LA Sports Summit Next Week -- Conferences & Conventions

(ATR) The inaugural Los Angeles Sports Summit will be held from June 24-25 at the Omni hotel in downtown Los Angeles.

The event will feature owners, athletes and dealmakers and is presented by the Los Angeles Sports Council and the Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games (SCCOG).

The first day ends with an International Olympic Day reception and celebration of the 35th anniversary of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. The second day features a discussion on Sponsoring An Olympic Athlete.

Five-time Olympic medalist John Naber will moderate a panel that includes four-time Olympic gold medalist Lenny Krayzelburg, United Airlines Director of Sponsorships & Brand Activation Rahsaan Johnson, and Sheryl Shade, whose company Shade Global brings athletes and companies together.

Among other topics on the agenda: what’s new in sports innovation, the future of live television, and sustainability in sports.

Interviews and panels with team owners, star athletes and the executives behind the art of the deals will be featured.

Organizers expect more than 350 high profile attendees from the region, across the country and around the world.

VISTA 2019 Program Unveiled

The final program for the VISTA 2019 Conference was revealed this week.

The ninth edition of the conference for sports scientists and experts in Para sport will take place from September 4-7 in Amsterdam.

It is organized through a partnership between the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Amsterdam Institute of Sport Science (AISS).

The schedule includes five workshops offered during the morning of Sept. 4, before the opening ceremony kicking off VISTA 2019.

The topics range from statistical learning techniques for classification research, to testing wheelchair athletes on the latest technological equipment. The workshops will be user-pay and on a first-come-first-serve basis.

Symposium topics on day two include counter measuring heat in athletes; equipment and technology in Para sports; and classification research. The day will conclude with an informal outing in Amsterdam for more networking opportunities.

Day three encompasses more presentations and symposium regarding athlete health and well-being, athlete preparation, and injury prevention and protection.

The conference will wrap up on Sept. 7 with a lighter schedule that invites attendees to join practical sessions regarding athlete health, technology and classification.

Around 300 of the world’s leading sports scientists, sport medicine practitioners, classifiers, coaches, athletes and sport administrators are expected to attend the conference.

VISTA is designed to promote and advance the mission, goals, objectives and reputation of the IPC while providing a platform for the academic world to meet with athletes and professional experts in the field of sport for athletes with an impairment.

The complete program for VISTA 2019 is available here.

Further information on attending VISTA 2019 can be found here.

New Triathlon Conference to Combine Events

USA Triathlon and Triathlon Business International (TBI) announce Endurance Exchange, an annual industry-wide conference that combines multiple pre-existing events.

Endurance Exchange will be in Tempe, Arizona from January 23-25, 2020. It replaces the TBI Annual Conference, which was initially scheduled for the same time and place. Endurance Exchange also will include two former events hosted by the USA Triathlon -- the USA Triathlon Race Director Summit and the Art and Science of Triathlon International Coaching Symposium.

"At USA Triathlon we heard from our constituents that it was challenging to manage several conferences on the calendar each year, and we realized it was time to think bigger-picture,"USA Triathlon CEORocky Harris said in a statement.

"More importantly, we recognize the value in coming together with TBI to create a collaborative environment for all industry members — enabling coaches, retailers, corporations, race directors, clubs, officials and athletes to learn from each other and share best practices."

Registration is open at enduranceexchange.com, and early bird pricing is available now for $350 per person. A complete schedule, speaker line-up and additional event details will be announced in the coming months.

Esports Business Summit Program Unveiled

The full program for the Esports Business Summit is out.

The event, from September 10-12 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, is described by organizers as "the world’s only conference that connects the entire esports ecosystem".

The program includes workshops, executive level keynotes and traditional breakouts.

Olympic TOP sponsor P&G through its subsidiary Gillette has a large presence, hosting two events on the second day of the conference -- a fireside chat in the morning and "Making the Move from Traditional Sports into Esports with Gillette" in the afternoon.

Click here to see the entire program.

The Esports Business Summit promises those who attend will "meet and learn from key executives from brand marketing, television, sports and technology who are growing their businesses by leveraging the passionate global audience that esports delivers".

Discount pricing to attend the summit is still being offered through July 18.

Re-branded SportsPro Fan Conference Set for September

The newly re-branded SportsPro Fan Conference launches in London on Sept. 10.

SportsPro says the Fan Conference, which replaces the Brand Conference, will be taking a new look at the trends affecting sports marketing and sponsorship through the most important relationship the industry will ever have: the one with its fans.

Among the key themes for the conference will be the evolution of sponsorship in an age of engagement, how fans are disrupting traditional sports media, and the future of fan engagement.

Speakers includeStephen Day, Vice President of Sponsorship, Brand & Product Marketing for Visa, and Mary Byrne, Editor-in-Chief for the Olympic Channel.

A limited two-for-one offer is available to those who sign up in June. Click here for details.

Written by Gerard Farek

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