Meet the world leaders in sports venue design at Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2015

Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2015 – being held at the Singapore Sports Hub from September 28-30 – will bring together the leading architects and designers from across Asia, Europe and North America to share their combined experiences of working on world leading sporting venue projects from around the globe. The industry elite speakers

from the sector will include:

JRJ Parrish, Principal – AECOM Global Sports​

Alastair Richardson, Sports Director – Cox Architecture​

Phil Martin, Strategic Relationship Manager – Cox Architecture​

Chris Lamberth, Director of Global Sport Development – HOK​

John Rhodes, Director of Sports + Recreation + Entertainment – HOK​

Andy Simons, Director – KSS​

David Manica, President – MANICA Architecture​

Dan Meis, Founder & Design Principal – MEIS​

Dipesh Patel, Director and Founder – Pattern Design​

Paul Shakespeare, Associate Principal – Populous​

Chris Paterson, Principal – Populous​

Greg Sherlock, Senior Architect/Principal – Populous​

Timmy Setiawan, President Director – PT Unitri Cipta​

Jim Renne, Sports Principal – ROSSETTI

James Middling, Global Head of Sport & Events – Mott MacDonald

Peter Ayres, Director - Buildings + Places, Business Unit Leader – Sports – AECOM​

Adam G Williams, Practice Leader Design + Planning, Director AECOM Sports​

Following the success of its inaugural event in 2014, Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific 2015 will again present an international platform for key decision-makers in the sports venue sector to network, discuss the latest hot topics and meet the leading architects and solution providers.

Around the Rings is the exclusive Olympic News Specialist Partner of the convention.

"We are pleased to be partnering once again with Stadia and Arena," said ATR publisher Sheila Scott Hula. "It is a first-rate event, and I'm sure will be helpful to attendees. Asia is already an important market for the Olympics and Around the Rings, and we look forward to building relationships further in the region."

Some of the highlights of this must-attend event’s conference agenda include:

●Asian Venues in Focus: In-depth presentations on sports projects in countries such as China and Australia

●Designing for Extreme Climates (roundtable) – This panel brings together stadium designers, operators and technical experts to discuss the complex challenges to create comfortable, safe environments for players and spectators in increasingly extreme climates.

●Tomorrow’s Together: What will shape the venues of the future? – Global design practice Populous present the results of their year-long project to discover how the venues of the future will look, feel and function, undertaken in association with PanStadia & Arena Management magazine.

●Major event masterplanning: Ensuring a successful event and legacy (roundtable) - Major events have a significant impact on their host cities. This panel will discuss key considerations in approaching the development of a masterplan and will draw on a range of examples.

●The cultural specificity of stadia: Creative approaches to sports venue design that best serve a city’s way of experiencing sport (roundtable) – A panel of experts will share their own insights and experience based on working on sports projects around the globe, often with challenging local requirements and challenges.

●Global projects in focus: The latest leading-edge designs and approaches for worldwide stadia – featuring presentations on iconic stadium projects in the UK from KSS and the United States from HOK.

The exhibition hall – which will be free to access, along with the Stream 2 conference sessions that will focus on Revenue Generation, Venue Management & Technology Innovations – will showcase more than 50 industry-leading companies, covering everything from audio consultancy to tensile roofing; with many introducing their

products & services to the region for the first time.

This industry-leading event will bring together high ranking decision-makers with the architects, designers, producers and suppliers from the world of sports venue design/build, operation, management, fit-out and technology for three days of networking, knowledge-sharing and doing business.

For further details or to discuss speaker &/or exhibitor opportunities, please contact Sam Wibrew, Event Director, on Tel: +44 (0)208 133 7678 or email: sam@aladltd.co.uk

To guarantee your place at this must-attend event and take advantage of the Special Early Bird delegate rate of just SG$650 (which shows a saving of SG$200), REGISTER ONLINE AT: www.saevents.uk.com before July 31.

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