2009 INTERNATIONAL SPORTS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE: Innovative Solutions for Administration, Facilities, Events, Legal Aspects, Marketing and Technology in Sports
Lausanne, Switzerland - May 6-8, 2009

WHY MANAGEMENT OF SPORTS?
Sports and champions are controlled not only by human factors but by the very frontiers of science. The management of sports has become a very sophisticated yet evolving process of discovery and exploration. And as such, success has come to be recognized as a synergy between all the team members that contribute to the performance of our champions: leaders, managers, sales professionals, marketing directors, facilities administrators, competition managers, academics, coaches, IT specialists, lawyers, player agents and general support staff, all connected directly or indirectly to sports.

WHY AN INTERNATIONAL EVENT ON SPORTS
MANAGEMENT?
The process of globalization of the 21st Century imposes new factors, conditions and economic concerns that make the staging of major international sports competitions a truly intricate and multi-faceted endeavor. It is from this particular premise that the conveners have packaged the themes outlined below as well as gathered the leaders of various international competitions and organizations, professional sports teams, major international sponsors, and key individuals involved in the business and management of these events. On the platform of this dynamic development of the world of sports, we are creating a new environment of communicating and exchanging past and present
experiences as well as formulating solutions and future directions. This is our contribution to the world of sports as well as our own way to express sports management as a perfect symbiosis of science, art and business.

CONFERENCE OBJECTIVES
The conference will:
a) focus on the management of large events and organizations
and transpose the elements of success to regional and local
conditions; and

b) expand on the learning, interactivity and networking
dimensions of the event by involving a multi-dimensional and
integrated approach (online and offline).

TOPICS
I. Leadership, Organization & Administration
II. Legal Aspects of Sport
III. Facility & Event Management
IV. Sports Marketing
V. New Media and Technology
VI. Olympics: Integrating Success

STRUCTURE
�?��?� Lectures
�?��?� Panel Discussions
�?��?� Open Forum session
�?��?� Exhibits
�?��?� Networking sessions

TARGET AUDIENCE
�?��?� Coaches, Trainers, Athletic and Sports Directors
�?��?� Club Owners and General Managers
�?��?� Sports Marketing and Sales Specialists
�?��?� Media and Public Relations Executives
�?��?� Event/Competition Management Specialists, Venue
Management and Sports Tourism/CVB Professionals
�?��?� New Media Experts, IT Design & Implementation Staff
�?��?� Sports Lawyers/Counselors and Player Agents
�?��?� Other Professional and Volunteers Involved in Sports
Management

ABSTRACTS
Participants who wish to make an oral presentation at this meeting must submit an abstract which will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Please note that there is a limited number of slots for such oral presentations. Results of this review will be communicated via email, to each applicant by
October 31, 2008.

Please note that ONLY THE APPROVED ABSTRACTS OF THE REGISTERED PRESENTERS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM (online and in print) - no exceptions will be made. Submit your abstract online at www.worldeventsforum.com/ismc

SPONSORSHIP, EXHIBIT AND ADVERTISING�??The conference will be a great educational tool designed to share
the latest trends in sports management. This event will allow for networking with sports and industry people from all over the world who will be present during the event and through the conference website. To exhibit or sponsor contact +1.773.784.8134, +1.773.782.6747 or write to: meetings@worldeventsforum.com

QUESTIONS about registration should be addressed to the Conference Secretariat:
World Events Forum, Inc.,
5030 N Marine Drive, Suite 2608, Chicago, IL 60640�??USA.
Tel: +1.773.784.8134 | +1.773.782.6747
Fax: +1.208.575.5453
meetings@worldeventsforum.com