Sports Cities Index Launches
Around the Rings and TSE Consulting unveil their inaugural Sports Cities Index later today in Lausanne.
Results of the first survey will be released Friday at City Events. ATR subscribers received the results via email at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday.
The comprehensive biannual ranking is built around a group of 50 cities selected through criteria such as staging recent and upcoming Olympics or other major multi-sport Games, hosting professional sports teams as well as organizing major championships or world-class events such as tennis Grand Slams and Formula 1 races.
IOC Conference on Sport, Culture and Education
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will work with the IOC to promote the upcoming 8th World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education in Amsterdam.
Topics that will be discussed include: "innovating approaches for sustainable education," and "the impact of the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Games Cultural Olympiad," as well as drawing from young people who are at the heart of the Olympic Movement.
The conference will take place at the Amsterdam Maritime Museum from Nov. 25 to 27.
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.
Click here for the complete program.
Written by Aaron Bauer
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