POSTED: Thursday February 25th 2010
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Don Garber, Commissioner of Major League Soccer, join speakers line-up

The Commissioner of Major League Soccer, Don Garber, has been added to the list of speakers at the Global Sports Industry Summit 2010

Don Garber has spent his entire career in the sports industry, working in a variety of capacities in marketing, television and League administration. In 1999, he was named Commissioner of Major League Soccer after spending 16 years with the National Football League.

Since Garber accepted Major League Soccer's top position, his vision and leadership have enabled MLS to build a strong foundation for professional soccer in the United States.

Garber joins the likes of VISA chief marketing officer Antonio Lucio; Heineken chief marketing officer Alexis Nasard; Sony Ericsson WTA Tour chairman and chief executive Stacey Allaster; AB InBev global director sports Eelco van der Noll; London 2012 director of sports Debbie Jevans; BBC director of London 2012 Roger Mosey; ESPN Star chief executive Manu Sawhney; AEG's president and chief executive Tim Lewieke; Octagon president and chief executive Rick Dudley; Wasserman Media Group chairman and chief executive Casey Wasserman; Infront Sports and Media president and chief executive Philippe Blatter; Total Sports Asia founder Marcus Luer; FISU secretary general and chief executive Eric Saintrond; FIFA Beach Soccer chief executive Joan Cusco; Bonham & Associates founder Dean Bonham and HBS founder and chief executive Francis Tellier as speakers at the Global Sports Industry Summit 2010.

EUROSPORT, Europe leading sport entertainment group, has been announced as a Main Partner at the Global Sports Industry Summit in Paris, France.

To ATTEND the Global Sports Industry Summit in France, powerful community of sport leaders, for only EUR 380 (saving EUR 500 on full priced entry) please register your interest online by 26th February, 2010:http://www.sportsindustrysummit.com/delegate-register.html

To EXHIBIT at the Global Sports Industry Summit in France, powerful community of sport leaders, for only EUR 430 per square meter (saving EUR 200 per square meter on full priced entry) please register your interest online by 26th February, 2010:http://www.sportsindustrysummit.com/exhibitor-register.html

The Global Sports Industry Summit takes place from September 28 - October 1, 2010.

The Global Sports Industry Summit in Paris, brings together a powerful community of leaders who are setting the agenda for the international sports industry. The Summit will focus on the world economic crisis and its influence on sport industry as well as the tension between tradition and innovation in sport, as the industry looks to expand while staying true to its roots.

Exclusively reserved for the leading players in the sports industry, the summit’s high-level participation and practical discussion will encourage open, constructive and candid debate.

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Keywords · Don Garber · MLS · Global Sports Industry Summit

Name: David Seitz
Organization: Global Sports Industry Summit 2010
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URL: http://www.sportsindustrysummit.com/

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