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Play the Game 2009 Shaping a Vision for Governance in Sport Call for Papers - Price Information - Online Registration |
A growing number of stakeholders realise that sport cannot satisfy itself by becoming successful as a global entertainment industry. On the contrary, commercial success is sometimes accompanied by serious threats to the core values and credibility of sport as a driver of social, cultural and educational progress. In order to identify the challenges and solutions to sport and stimulate creative thinking in a time of world financial crisis, Play the Game calls upon international leading experts to contribute expertise and experience to the Sixth World Communication Conference on Sport and Society, in Coventry, United Kingdom, from 8 to 12 June 2009. As an academic, journalist or sports practitioner your contribution is vital because: Academics can play a key role by bringing comprehensive data, scientific methods and analytical skills into the process; Journalists have a special responsibility, partly because the media are an integral part of the environment of sport, and partly because the media strongly influence which issues that are raised in public and which are not; and Sports practitioners must balance a series of demands, some of which are crucial for the credibility of sport. Not only are they expected to provide economic growth, increased membership and bigger audiences, they must also guarantee ethical governance, strict anti-doping measures and social responsibility. Play the Game calls upon leading stakeholders in sport to contribute with expertise and experience to this unique and independent forum for sports debate, and take part in Shaping a vision for governance in sport. Please submit an abstract/storyline with relevance for this general headline or one of the related themes: Ethics in governance: Will sports federations come clean? Between Beijing and London: Mega-events as drivers of development Business battles: The power struggles in football Match-fixing: A blow to the core of sport Terrible teenagers? Sport's quest for the hearts and minds of youth Anti-Doping: Will the technological arms race come to an end? Paralympic athletes: More different than the rest? Sport for the Good: What is it good for? Open forum Please visit www.playthegame.org/2009 and click on 'abstract submissions' for more information about Play the Game 2009 and submission procedures. Abstracts/storylines will be peer reviewed by leading academics, journalists and practitioners of the Program Committee, in cooperation with the secretariat. Selected speakers will be given a minimum 15 minute time slot for an oral presentation in parallel sessions (Open Forum min. 10 minutes), and some may be chosen for plenary sessions. International launch of research projects If you are preparing a major research project or a campaign, why not use Play the Game 2009 to launch it internationally? Play the Game expects the participation of more than 100 journalists representing media across the globe and is an ideal platform for reaching a worldwide audience and building lasting working relations. Please contact Play the Game's director Jens Sejer Andersen (jens@playthgame.org) to discuss how coordinated action can be taken. Submission deadline The deadline for submission of abstracts/storylines is Monday 16 February 2009. Notification of approved abstracts will be sent by email in the first half of March. Please note that registration costs for those submitting abstracts will be calculated as of the day of abstract submission. The earlier the abstract is submitted, the cheaper the conference registration cost. Approved speakers will also be entitled to a 15% discount on the registration fee. Conference package and fee The conference package includes: Full participation in the conference program Social and cultural events including Warwickshire Tour and Gala Banquet All conference materials 4 x lunch - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 3 x dinner - Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (Gala Banquet) Coffee breaks etc. For participants who register before 31 January 2009, the conference fees are as follows: Full 5-day conference fee £540 GBP. Or for shorter stays, participation per day £200 GBP Approved speakers will enjoy a 15% discount on the conference fee and consequently get the total five-day conference package for only £455 GBP if registering before 31 January. This discount will also apply on conference packages of lesser duration and is also valid for students and freelancers. Registration costs for registrations received after 31 January are available on the conference website www.playthegame.org/2009 We thank you in advance for any help in distributing this message to friends, colleagues and others that share the goals of Play the Game: To promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression world sport. Play the Game 2009 is hosted by Coventry University and supported by Advantage West Midlands. Program Committee for Play the Game 2009: Andreas Selliaas, International consultant, The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports, Norway Dag Vidar Hanstad, PhD student, journalist, The Norwegian School of Sports Sciences, Norway Prof. Hans B. Skaset, Norway Henrik H. Brandt, Director, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark Jens Weinreich, Journalist, Sportnetzwerk, Germany Joachim B. Olsen, international shot putter John Beech, Lecturer, Coventry University, United Kingdom Prof. Joseph A. Maguire, Loughborough University, United Kingdom Kirsten Sparre, Journalist, PhD, Freelance, Denmark Lars Haue-Pedersen, Director, TSE Consulting, Switzerland Mogens Kirkeby, President, International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark Simon Chadwick, Director, Centre for the International Business of Sport, Coventry, United Kingdom Terri Byers, Principal lecturer and program manager, Coventry University, United Kingdom Tine Rindum Teilmann, chairman of the IPC's Women in Sport Committee and member of the IOC's Women in Sport Commission Contact Jens Sejer Andersen Director, Play the Game Vejle, Denmark Email: jens@playthegame.org http://www.icsspe.org/portal/index.php?w=1&z=5 Play the Game 2009 Shaping a Vision for Governance in Sport Call for Papers - Price Information - Online Registration