Podcasts about sports confederation

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Which events are more appealing to host cities and why – sports, business or entertainment events? Mega, major or small? How are geopolitical trends and concerns over event governance impacting the distribution of future major events? Where in the world will future investment be strongest? What impact might Brexit have? Why are some populations cynical while others are supportive of major events, and what does this mean for hosts and event owners? How can the aims of global events and local development be better aligned? How to provide best conditions for host cities to succeed Speakers: Robbie Clyde, Head of EventScotland Niels Nygaard, President, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark and Vice President, European Olympic Committees Stuart Turner, Head of Major Events, Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development Guillaume Poisson, Head of EURO 2020 Host Country Projects, UEFA Debra Mountford, Project Manager, OECD Moderator: Mark Cooper, Senior Consultant, JTA

Play the Game 2017 - Reform in sport: An inside job or an outside intervention? Monday 27 November 2017 16.30-18.30 Chair: Mogens Kirkeby Speakers: Hans-Joachim Eckert, Partner/Lawyer, Sports Governance Unit (Zürich), Germany David Howman, Chairman, Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) of the IAAF, New Zealand Stanislas Frossard, Executive Secretary, EPAS, France Declan Hill, PhD, Author, Freelance, Canada Niels Nygaard, President, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark On the panel: Brian Cookson, Past President, UCI and British Cycling, United Kingdom Paulina Tomczyk, Policy Officer, EU Athletes, Poland Play the Game 2017 operated under the subtitle “Riding waves of change" and gathered around 400 journalists, scientists and sport officials on the 26-30th of November in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Play the Game is an international conference and communication initiative aiming to strengthen the ethical foundation of sport and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. It is run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan), an independent institution set up by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The task of Idan is to create overview over and insight into the field of sport nationally and internationally. http://www.playthegame.org

Play the Game 2015 The power of data and analysis for sport for all strategies II Idan Development Forum Tuesday 27 October 2015, 14:15-16:00 Chair: Henrik H. Brandt Speakers: Matthew Eames & Alex Burrows, Head of Practice, Sports Planning Consultancy & Director, Sports Intelligence, 4 global London (UK) Anne Pøhl, Head of Development, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) (DK) Guy de Grauwe, Vice-President, European Federation for Company Sport (BE) Søs Bondo, Project Coordinator, National Platform for Street Sport (DK) Play the Game 2015 operated under the subtitle "global sport: reform or revolution" and gathered around 350 journalists, scientists and sport officials on the 25-29th of October in Play the Game's home town of Aarhus, Denmark. Play the Game is an international conference and communication initiative aiming to strengthen the ethical foundation of sport and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. It is run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan), an independent institution set up by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The task of Idan is to create overview over and insight into the field of sport nationally and internationally. http://www.playthegame.org

Play the Game 2013. Parallel session: Nordic Sports Law Conference (2): Combating match-fixing in Nordic sport. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 14.15-16:00 Chairs: Jens Evald (DEN) / Lars Halgreen (DEN) Speakers: Mads Boesen, Legal Adviser, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) (DEN). Morten Johnsen, Legal Adviser, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports (NOR). Petri Heikkinen, Senior Adviser, Legislation, VALO Finnish Sports Confederation (FIN). Panel discussion, Q&A.

Play the Game 2013. Plenary session: Global outlook: Who holds the keys to the future of sport? Thursday 31 October 2013, 16:00-18:30 Chairs: Henrik H. Brandt (DEN), Mogens Kirkeby (DEN) Speakers: Jens Weinreich, Journalist and blogger, www.jensweinreich.de (GER). James M. Dorsey, Journalist, columnist and blogger, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies / Institute of Fan Culture / The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer (SNG/GER/MAR). Margaret Talbot, Professor, President,International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (UK). Niels Nygaard, President, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) (DEN). Panel discussion, Q&A

Play the Game 2013. Parallel session: Rethink sports participation: Catching up with new trends in organised sport. Tuesday 29 October 2013, 11:30-13:00 Chair: Peter Forsberg (DEN) Speakers: Troels Rasmussen. Director of DGI lab & board member of DGI. Danish Gymnastics and Sports Associations (DGI) (DEN). Martin Borch, Consultant, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) (DEN). Inge Claringbould /Marjet Derks, Assistant Professor/Assistant Professor, Utrecht University /Radboud University (NL). Keld Bordinggaard, Former national U21 coach/ Head of Player Development Strategies in the Danish FA, BordinggaardFootball (DEN). Ditte Toft, Analyst, Play the Game/Danish Institute for Sports Studies (DEN).

Play the Game 2013. Plenary session: Match-fixing cure: Is the mafia incvincible? Tuesday 29 October 2013, 9:00-11:20 Chair: Andreas Selliaas (NO) Speakers: Niels-Christian Levin Hansen, Board member, NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF) (DK) Nick Garlick, Senior specialist, Organised Crime Networks O2, Europol (UK/NL) Richard H. McLaren, CAS Arbitrator, Innovative Dispute Resolution Ltd (CAN) Harri Syväsalmi, Director, Ministry of Education and Culture (FIN) Part 2: Declan Hill, PhD, Author, Freelance (CAN) Panel discussion.