POSTED: Thursday January 28th 2010
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HOT TOPICS AT THE HEART OF THE DEBATE AT THE SECOND EDITION OF THE GLOBAL SPORTS FORUM BARCELONA

HOT TOPICS AT THE HEART OF THE DEBATE AT THE SECOND EDITION OF THE GLOBAL SPORTS FORUM BARCELONA

For two-and-a-half days, the Global Sports Forum Barcelona will bring together athletes, business leaders, heads of large media groups, politicians, representatives of institutions and directors of foundations and NGOs. Together, they will debate the real challenges facing sport in modern society.

This major international sporting congress, designed to serve as a platform of exchange, will take place between 8 and 10 March 2010 at the Palau de Congressos de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Hot topics essential to the future…

At the close of the first edition, which welcomed more than 1,000 people from all over the world, eight major themes were agreed upon for 2010: sport & education, sport business, sport & geopolitics, sport, philanthropy & cooperation, major sporting events, sport in the city, sport and health, sport, culture and creativity.

These areas, around which the 2010 programme was devised, will be addressed by focusing on four major challenges that lay at the heart of current debates and are destined to remain central preoccupations within society:

- The digital age: the use of new technologies, new media and social networking, and their impact on sports consumption habits.

- The new world map of sports: the hosting of major sporting events in developing countries and the impact on the politics of those countries, the new South-South dimension at the heart of sport, potential new regulations in the sporting world, and the place of emerging nations within sporting institutions.

- Youth integration: the role of sport in the education of young people as future citizens and athletes, sport as a social bridge between generations the world over, and extreme sports and sports video games as alternatives to traditional sport.

- Sustainable development: the importance to the sporting world of environmental problems and social issues such as social integration, ways of making sport more sustainable, and awareness of the issue of sustainability within the realms of public policy and sports sponsorship.

These major focal points will be the subject of several sessions, including:

- The south as the new frontier of sport ;

- After copenhagen, the essential need for sport to go green ;

- Sport as force for social equality ;

- Major sporting events : from bid to legacy ;

- Sport as a force for good : a challenge for all stakeholders ;

- Sport in the digital age : consumers taking control ;

- Reaching out to youth : the future of sport.

...presented by high-quality speakers.

 

More than sixty experts will be taking part in these sessions, enriching the debate and contributing to the proposal of recommendations on the various themes in question. Among them will be:

- Carlos ANDRADE GARIN, General Manager, Organising Committee of the Pan-American Games (Mexico);

- Todd BEANE, International Director, Johan Cruyff Institute (USA);

- David DOUILLET, French Olympic Judo Champion, Member of the French parliament (France);

- Hicham EL GUERROUJ, Olympic 1500m and 5000m Champion, Member of the IOC’s Athletes’ Commission (Morocco);

- Issa HAYATOU, Vice President of FIFA, President of Confederation of African Football (Cameroon);

- Bernard LAPASSET, President, International Rugby Board (France);

- Jonah LOMU, Former International Rugby Player (New Zealand);

- John MAGUIRE, Vice President Corporate Partnerships, New York Giants (USA);

- Ron PUNDAK, Director General, Peres Center for Peace (Israel);

- Sergey TSYPLENKOV, Executive Director, Greenpeace Russia (Russia).

For the full programme, a list of speakers and to apply for accreditation,

visit http://www.globalsportsforum.org.

For more information, please contact:

International:

Sébastien FAYE

(O) +33 1 58 47 83 26

(M) +33 6 21 36 57 56

mcl@globalsportsforum.org

General information

About Global Sports Forum Barcelona

With official backing from the City of Barcelona, the Global Sports Forum Barcelona offers a platform for sports personalities from a wide range of backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas. In line with its unique approach which places sport at the core of modern society, the Forum has established itself as discussion and meeting place in which all aspects of sport are examined, whether they be economical, social, political or cultural. The Forum aims to reflect on societal issues within sport today so that better work can be achieved in the future, and to help all forms of sport to move forward.

 

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Keywords · Global Sports Forum Barcelona · Carlos ANDRADE GARIN · Todd BEANE · Johan Cruyff Institute · David DOUILLET · Hicham EL GUERROUJ · Issa HAYATOU · Bernard LAPASSET · Jonah LOMU · John MAGUIRE · Ron PUNDAK · Sergey TSYPLENKOV

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Name: Sébastien Faye
Organization: Global Sports Forum Barcelona
Email:
Phone: +33 1 58 47 83 26
URL: http://www.globalsportsforum.org

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