International Sport Security Summit 2005 will be staged at the International Olympic Committee’s Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland on October 19 and 20.
Its growing speaker line up includes many of the leading practitioners in sports security and those whose experience and insight shapes strategy and determines the procurement requirements for sports events ranging from domestic competitions to world championships.
Peter Ryan, who masterminded security at the Sydney Olympic Games of 2000 and is the International Olympic Committee’s retained security consultant heads a list of speakers, which includes representatives of the United Nations, FIFA, UEFA, the ICC Cricket World Cup, the State of Mississippi Department of Homeland Security, the University of Mississippi and a range of police and intelligence services as well as sports federations risk sector specialists.
Delegates will be welcomed to the International Sports Security Summit by Gilbert Felli, director general of the Olympic Games, who will inaugurate two days of presentations, discussion and debate on the major issues facing those responsible for ensuring security at sports events.
International Sports Security Summit ’05 will focus on the continuing security challenges facing event owners, managers, promoters and their partners and associates in local and national government and the intelligence and security services.
The International Sports Security Summit is presented by Rushmans and partnered by SportBusiness International, the leading magazine serving the global sports sector.
Complementing the conference will be a select exhibition of leading-edge products and services designed to play critical roles in the battle to ensure the security of the millions of athletes, officials and spectators who attend sports events each year.
Details of the summit programme, speakers, booking and exhibition opportunities can be found at www.sportssecuritysummit.com.
