POSTED: Monday January 4th 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Reminder: Registration for WADA Media Symposium Closes on January 11

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is the international independent organization created in 1999 to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms.

Montreal, January 4, 2010 - Registration for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) fifth Media Symposium, to be held on January 19, 2010, at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, will close on January 11.

The Symposium will be an opportunity for the media to hear from WADA’s President John Fahey and Director General David Howman in the lead-up to the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Both will provide updates on the Agency’s global work and mission, as well as the advances and challenges in the fight against doping in sport.

In addition, WADA’s Education Director Rob Koehler will present the Agency’s latest education programs as part of its ever growing emphasis on prevention and youth programs.

A provisional program for the day, including logistical details, is now available on WADA's Web site. Click here to access it.

To register, participants are requested to send the following details to WADA’s Media Relations & Communications Senior Manager Frédéric Donzé at frederic.donze@wada-ama.org:
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• Title
• Organization
• Mailing address
• E-mail address
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Please note that for logistical reasons, registration is mandatory for all participants.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is the international independent organization created in 1999 to promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against doping in sport in all its forms. The Agency is composed and funded equally by the sports movement and governments of the world. Its key activities include scientific research, education, development of anti-doping capacities and monitoring of the World Anti-Doping Code - the document harmonizing regulations regarding anti-doping in all sports and all countries.

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