Programme committee
Play the Game’s board appoints a programme committee for each conference.
The committee has two main tasks
- to advise on themes and speakers for the conference
- to evaluate the conference
Programme committee 2009 members:
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
Hans B. Skaset, Professor, Norway
Henrik H. Brandt, Director, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Jens Weinreich, Journalist, Sportnetzwerk, Germany
Joachim B. Olsen, Professional shot putter and Olympic bronze medallist, Denmark
John Beech, Lecturer, Centre for International Business of Sport, Coventry University, United Kingdom
John Mair, Senior lecturer, Coventry University, United Kingdom
Joseph A. Maguire, Professor, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Kirsten Sparre, Journalist, PhD, Freelance, Denmark
Lars Haue-Pedersen, Mangaing Director, TSE Consulting, Switzerland
Mogens Kirkeby, President, International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark
Simon Chadwick, Professor and Director, Centre for International Business of Sport, Coventry, United Kingdom
Terri Byers, Principal lecturer and programme manager, Centre for International Business of Sport, Coventry University, United Kingdom