EASM

The 17th Conference of the European Association for Sport Management will take place from 16 September to 19 September, 2009, at the Amsterdam ArenA, The Netherlands.

On behalf of the European Association for Sport Management the local organizing committee invites you to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 17th EASM Conference. The theme of the conference is 'Beste Practices in Sport Facility and Event Management'. Please note that the conference theme does not aim to restrict delegates to present any other sport management related research or professional practice work.

At this website you can find the Call for Papers for this years EASM Conference (under 'Conference Information' and than go to 'Call for Papers'). The deadline for sending in your (research, professional practice or early career) abstract is April 11, so respond soon!

Delegates are also invited to consider entering a Case Study competition in the spirit of the conference theme. Conditions of entry will also be outlined in the information about Call for Papers. Building on our previous EASM conferences, the organizers would like to invite presentations in three categories:

1. Research papers (conceptual or theoretical advance)
2. Working papers or professional practice papers
3. Early career research papers

More infomation about Call for Papers you can find here.

The deadline for the abstracts for the Special Issue Workshop is also fast approaching: April 11! We would like to invite all potential participants at the 2009 EASM Conference to consider a paper for the special workshop. We would welcome contributions dealing with the relationship between culture (personal, organisational and national) and sport management. Papers can address a variety of issues from the conceptualisation and measurement of culture of sport managers/organisations to creative teaching practices!

Here you can find more information about the Special Issue Workshop:

• Sport Management Cultures Workshop
• Or go to 'Call for Papers'

From Friday March 27th till Sunday March 29th, the EASM Board visited Amsterdam. The members of the Board were welcomed by the local organizing committee, the Amsterdam Arena, the University of Amsterdam and the city of Amsterdam. The conference venue was inspected and the overall feeling was that the conference site is indeed spectacular, with keynote speakers situated directly on the field. Henk Markerink, CEO of the Amsterdam Arena and keynote speaker at the conference on Stadium Development in Europe, informed the Board about the facts and figures of this unique venue. For an impression, see the photograph below.

A meeting with the city of Amsterdam and the organizers of the student seminar in combination with some site seeing of the canals of Amsterdam completed the program.

Both the EASM Board as well as the local organizing committee are excited about the different aspects and insights of sport management this conference will offer, by bridging the gap between scientist and practitioners. The 17th EASM Conference in Amsterdam has a lot to offer!

On behalf of the European Association for Sport Management the local organizing committee has invited you to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the 17th EASM Conference. The theme of the conference is 'Beste Practices in Sport Facility and Event Management'. Please note that the conference theme does not aim to restrict delegates to present any other sport management related research or professional practice work.

The review committee is now reviewing all the contributed abstracts. Soon everyone who send in an abstract will hear if they can present their paper on the 17th EASM Conference 2009 in September in Amsterdam.

More infomation about Call for Papers you can find here.

Dear EASM Conference delegate,

The 17^th EASM Conference which takes place in Amsterdam in September 2009 has the theme 'Best Practice in Sport Facility and Event Management'. We (President of EASM and President of the Organizing Committee) wish to assure you that the Conference covers many other research areas.

As in previous years, the conference will focus on the following sub themes:

This year, there is a special workshop on Sport Management Cultures; go to www.EASM2009.com where you will find more information about this special workshop which will give inputs to a special issue of the EASM Journal – European Sport Management Quarterly (ESMQ).

In addition, there is a Case Study Competition: Best Practice in Sport Facility and Event Management initiated by the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (VWS). There are both academic and practitioner sessions and workshops.

We are looking forward to meeting you in Amsterdam in September!

Berit Skirstad                                                                      Berend Rubingh

EASM President                                                                   President of the Conference Organizing Committee

The EASM 2009 organisation has made special arrangements with the different hotels that we have available for the EASM participants! Please click here and check out the low-priced rooms in Amsterdam!

Yesterday was the last day of the early bird rate. During the last weeks over more than 350 sport management professionals took the opportunity to register for the 17th EASM Conference in Amsterdam. The local organisers are happy to welcome people from various parts of the world. Want to join them? Then register now!

Friday: Mr. Pedro Fontana, Olympic Games Barcelona 1992
Saturday: Mr. David Tucker, Nike Merchandising

Pedro Fontana is the former Chief Operating Officer of the Barcelona Olympic Organising Committee COOB'92. David Tucker is general manager of Nike Merchandising for Manchester United, Barcelona and Juventus. The Conference Organising Committee is very pleased to announce these two keynote speakers. More information about the keynote speakers can be found here.

On this website you can find the final Scientific program with abstract presentation. Please take a look at the schedule of the Scientific program under Conference Information.

The chair of the scientific committee, prof. Hans Westerbeek, is exited about the high quality scientific program.

Click here for the Dutch conference brochure and read all about the program and different workshops with the Olympic Plan 2028 as central topic! For the Dutch sport market, the local conference organisation has made a conference brochure in Dutch. The same information which is named in the brochure, is comparable named in English on our website www.easm2009.com/program.

Unfortunately, we have reached the maximum amount of participants for the Gala Dinner on Thursday evening September 17 from 18.00 till 22.00 hrs. Due to the limited capacity of the location, you can not sign up for the Gala Dinner anymore. On behalf of the local organising committee, apologies for this matter.

The 17th EASM conference last week in Amsterdam has been a very succesfull one. Over 600 participants from all over the world joined us in the Amsterdam ArenA for a unique atmosphere, outstanding keynote presentations, interesting workshops and over more than 200 scientific sessions. This in combination with a football match of Ajax and the beautiful weather in Amsterdam made it a conference to remember!

Should you want an extra copy of the book of abstracts, you can easily order this by sending an e-mail stating your address and the number of copies to easm@arko.nl. The price of the proceedings is 20 EURO, excluding VAT (6%) and shipping costs. The shipping costs are:
. Netherlands: 5 EURO
. Europe: 10 EURO
. Outside Europe: 20 EURO

All participants of the 17th EASM conference last week in Amsterdam will automatically receive a certificate of attendance by e-mail somewhere around October 2. There is only one exception: those who have not paid the invoice will not receive the certificate but an e-mail to remember them about payment instead. Once we have received the payment, we will still send you the certificate.

The participants who have presented an abstract will also receive a certificate stating that he/she has presented a paper (with mentioning of the title).