NEWSLETTER 7 OCTOBER 2005

1) Kelli White lost her medals: Why I used doping

2) Dialogue across the Chinese Wall: Human rights and humanism

3) New book claims professional tennis association has covered up positive doping tests

4) A floating Olympic Stadium can redress imbalance between rich and poor

5) Day offers and discounts

1) Kelli White lost her medals: Why I used doping

Kelli White, former World Champion sprinter, was felled in the BALCO scandal and is now serving a two year ban from competition and lost all results from the previous four years of competition. At Play the Game 2005, she wil speak publicly on why she started taking performance enhancing drugs and the consequences of that decision.

2) Dialogue across the Chinese Wall: Human rights and humanism

Who will impact on who when the Olympic Games come to Beijing in 2008? Human rights activists would like the games to pave the way for human rights reform in China. But it is also time to look at the Chinese concept of humanism and how that might affect an old-fashioned understanding of what the Olympic Games are all about, argues one of the speakers at the upcoming Play the Game conference.

3) New book claims professional tennis association has covered up positive doping tests

ATP, the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuit, has covered up a major doping scandal involving seven positive doping tests, according to a new book by two Swedish tennis journalists, Jonas Arnesen and Patrik Cederlund, and former tennis star, Magnus Norman. The book also gives other examples of how ATP flagrantly disregards its own anti-doping policy.

4) A floating Olympic stadium could redress imbalance between rich and poor

Can you imagine an Olympic stadium which floats on hulls and can accommodate 150.000 people? A team of researchers from Technion at the Israel Institute of Technology can, and at Play the Game the team will presents its ideas and argue why floating stadiums are necessary to live up to the ethos of the Olympic games.

5) Day offers and discounts

Remember: It is possible to attend Play the Game 2005 for only one, two or three days if your budget or time does not allow any more.

The price for one day is 1800 DKK without hotel but including meals. Do you want to spend a night in a hotel the price is 2500 DKK.

Freelance journalists, students and open session speakers get a 15 per cent discount on the above prices.

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