POSTED: Saturday January 10th 2009
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Turner Joins Sportaccord Speaker Line-up

The stellar speaker line-up will also feature NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol and more

LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Legendary media business pioneer Ted Turner has joined the truly outstanding list of speakers confirmed for Sportaccord 2009 from March 23-27 in Denver, Colorado. Along with the CNN founder, the stellar speaker line-up will also feature NBC Universal Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol and more high-profile speakers are being confirmed.

With Sportaccord taking place in North America for the first time, a highlight of the conference programme will be an unprecedented summit session featuring the heads of North American professional leagues and their counterparts from the international federations, moderated by former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue. NBA Deputy Commissioner Adam Silver and a senior executive from the NHL will engage Patrick Baumann (International Basketball Federation) and René Fasel (International Ice Hockey Federation) in a discussion on competition and collaboration between American leagues and world governing bodies.

The seventh edition of the convention will take place at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Centre.  With expected attendance of 1500 delegates from 500 organisations around the world, Sportaccord in Denver will again enable the sports community opportunity to come together on a global scale, in an exclusive and unique environment, to build relationships, exchange knowledge and develop ideas.

Online registration is now open for Sportaccord 2009 at http://www.sportaccord.com.

Sportaccord Week will feature a dynamic exhibition, numerous networking receptions and top-level conference sessions, including the new City Forum, as well as the annual general meetings of the Sports Governing Bodies. The four Candidate Cities for hosting the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be exhibitors and will make presentations during the conference.

A full house of sponsors and exhibitors are once again supporting Sportaccord, led by returning Gold Sponsors Contemporary Group, GL Events, IEC in Sports and Macau Sport Development Board. An increase in the level of sponsorship participation and investment as well as in the number of exhibition stands are further indications of the growing importance of Sportaccord.

Matthew Clarke, Head of DB SCHENKERsportsevent,Official Logistics Supplier and exhibitor at Sportaccord since the first edition in 2003, said: “We believe Sportaccord remains one of the premier environments to network with sports federations, associations and service providers for major international sports events. Specifically we look to Denver 2009 as a key part of our plan as we head to Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games, Singapore Youth Olympic Games 2010 and more.”

For more information, visit http://www.sportaccord.com.

Sportaccord annually brings representatives from the 100 international sports federations affiliated to GAISF (General Association of International Sports Federations), ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) and AIOWF (Association of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations), as well as the International Olympic Committee Executive Board, together with sponsors, bidding and host cities, architects, sports lawyers, broadcasters, games organising committees, rights holders and other specialists to discuss the key issues facing the sports industry.

Owned by GAISF, ASOIF and AIOWF, Sportaccord encompasses the annual Congress and General Assembly of each association, while offering the sports community a powerful opportunity to come together in an exclusive and authoritative networking environment to build relationships, exchange knowledge and develop ideas.

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Keywords · SportAccord · Ted Turner · CNN · GAISF · Dick Ebersol · NBC · Paul Tagliabue · Adam Silver · Patrick Baumann

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