Play the Game 2017 - Sustainable mega-events: A distant dream? Tuesday 28 November 2017 9.00-11.45

Chair: Christopher Gaffney

Speakers:

Harry Arne Solberg, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Wladimir Andreff, Professor emeritus, President of the Scientific Council, Observatoire de l'Économie du Sport, France

Raí Oliveira, President, Atletas pelo Brasil, Brazil

Jules Boykoff, Lecturer, Pacific University, USA

Minky Worden, Director of Global Initiatives , Human Rights Watch, USA

Federico Addiechi, Head of Sustainability & Diversity, FIFA, Switzerland

Play the Game 2017 operated under the subtitle “Riding waves of change" and gathered around 450 journalists, scientists and sport officials on the 26-30th of November in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Play the Game is an international conference and communication initiative aiming to strengthen the ethical foundation of sport and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. It is run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan), an independent institution set up by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The task of Idan is to create overview over and insight into the field of sport nationally and internationally.

http://www.playthegame.org