The following keynote speakers have confirmed their appearance at the 17th EASM Conference in Amsterdam.
Mrs. Berit Skirstad - Opening ceremony
EASM President and Associate Professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
Mr. Job Cohen - Opening ceremony
Mayor, City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Who is Job Cohen?
Mr. Hans Westerbeek - on 'Sport facilities and events: from local engagement to global branding'
Professor (chair in Sport Management), La Trobe University, Melbourne and Free University of Brussels, Belgium
Who is Hans Westerbeek?
Mr. Mike Lee - on 'Bidding for the Summer Games 2012 London'
Former director of communications and public affairs for the London 2012 Olympic bid, UK
Mr. Brendan McClements - on 'From Marvellous Merbourne to the World's Ultimate Sport City - Melbourne's Major Events Strategy'
CEO, Victorian Major Events Company, Australia
Who is Brendan McClements?
Mrs. Mercedes Coghen - on 'Olympic Games Madrid 2016?'
CEO Madrid 2016
Who is Mercedes Coghen?
Mrs. Carolien Gehrels - on 'Amsterdam: ambition & strategy'
Alderwoman, City of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Who is Carolien Gehrels?
Mr. Chelladurai - Lessons from the founder of sport management
Who is Chelladurai?
Mr. Karel van der Toorn - dinner speech
Mr. Henk Markerink - on 'Stadium development in Europe'
CEO of Amsterdam Arena
Who is Henk Markerink?
Mr. Helmut Digel - on 'Innovation in sport events'
CEO, Institute for Sportscience, University of Tübingen, Germany and member of IAAF Council, International Association of Athletics Federations
Who is Helmut Digel?
Mr. Bob Jordan - on 'New Meadowlands Stadium; home of the New York Jets and Football Giants'
CFE, New Meadowlands Stadium, USA
Mrs. Denise Marsh - on 'Dragon Tales - big cities, big events, big success?'
CEO, Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore
Who is Denise March?
Mr. Pedro Fontana - on 'Barcelona Olympics, The Legacy'
Former Chief Operating Officer Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee COOB'92 (1986-1993), Barcelona
Mr. Alex Gilady - on 'Olympic Broadcasting - the past, present and future'
Vice President of NBC Sport and IOC member for Israel
Mr. Chris Gratton - on 'The economics of sport events: the legacy benefits of Beijing 2008'
Professor of Sports Economics and Director of the Sport Industry Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Who is Chris Gratton?
Mr. Boria Majumdar- on 'Sport business in India - a sleeping giant awakening?'
Senior Research Fellow University of Central Lancashire, UK
Who is Boria Majumdar?
Mr. Martin Kallen - on 'How to organise the biggest football event in Europe?'
UEFA Director responsible for the organisation of EURO 2012 finals and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of EURO 2008 Switserland-Austria
Mr. David Tucker - on 'How hard can it be to sell Manchester United, Barcelona and Juventus…?'
General Manager Nike Merchandising
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The European Association for Sport Management (EASM) was established in 1993 as an independent association of people involved or interested in the management of sport in the broadest sense. EASM membership is composed of academics and professionals from the public, voluntary and commercial sectors. Read more on http://www.easm.net.