CENTRE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OF SPORT
COVENTRY UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL
UK
COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE SPORTING CONVERSATIONS
SPONSORED BY COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE SPORTING PARTNERSHIP 2012
'STAGING MEGA SPORTING EVENTS - OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES'
A ONE DAY SEMINAR ON THURSDAY 24TH APRIL 2008
FREE ADMISSION
OPEN TO STUDENTS, ACADEMICS, RESEARCHERS, PRACTITIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC
This seminar will involve a day of discussion and debate about the planning and staging of sports mega events, with particular reference to the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
Conformed speakers include:
Dave Moorcroft (Point Four One)
Coventry kid and City supporter Dave is a former 5000 metre world record holder, former Chief Executive of UK Athletics and currently a Director of the Point Four One sports consultancy.
Jon Tibbs (Jon Tibbs Associates)
Jon has led the strategic communications campaigns for three successful Olympic Games bids: in Beijing, Athens and Sochi.
Louise Poole (EDF Energy)
Louise Poole is EDF Energy's Head of Brand and UK Project Director for London 2012.
Duncan MacKay (The Observer)
Duncan is the athletics correspondent for The Observer and The Guardian.
Jim White (The Daily Telegraph)
Jim is a sports correspondent for the Daily Telegraph.
Further speakers will be confirmed in due course.
The seminar will take place between 10.00 and 16.00 in the Humber Lecture Theatre, Coventry University.
Location: http://www.coventry.ac.uk/the-university-and-coventry-city/directions-and-maps
To reserve a place, please e-mail: Professor Simon Chadwick, Director, Centre for the International Business of Sport