The EASM Board honoured Christian Seifert for demonstrating the highest leadership qualities in very difficult times. Thanks to the awardee and his team, the German Football Bundesliga was the first one, who restarted playing football again approximately one year ago after two months of disruption. By sharing the concept and experience with colleagues from other sports and leagues from around the world, the DFL created the conditions for continuing professional sports and events. The awardee demonstrated the highest standards in collegiality and solidarity. Christian Seifert reflects EASM’s values of leadership, service and scholarship and inspires young, aspiring future sport managers.

Christian Seifert gratefully accepted the award and commented: “I feel very honoured receiving the first EASM European Sport Manager Award and I take this award on behalf of my entire team because without the support of many people within and outside the DFL the successful restart of the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 would not have been possible.”

The EASM Board warmly congratulates Christian Seifert and his team on this prestigious award.

About the award
The EASM European Sport Manager Award was presented for the first time and is dedicated to sport management professionals in the field. Candidates for the EASM European Sport Manager Award are characterised by exceptional leadership qualities, visionary ideas and outstanding contributions to the sports management field. Furthermore, candidates for this award demonstrate inspiring young sports managers and contribution to the sustainable development of the sport management discipline through knowledge exchange, promotion of sports management education and research, and mentoring. In addition, candidates reflect EASM’s values in leadership, service, scholarship, and collegiality.

About EASM
The European Association for Sport Management (EASM) is a non-profit organisation based in Germany. Founded in 1993 in Groningen, The Netherlands, EASM acts as an interest group for sport management in Europe and is part of a worldwide network of continental sport management federations. Being the driving force for developing sport management in Europe describes EASM’s vision in nutshell. EASM aims to provide a leading platform for networking, knowledge creation and dissemination in the field of sport management in Europe. In addition to the education of future sport managers and research in sport management, EASM is also dedicated to the transfer and exchange of knowledge and expertise between academia and the professional field. The EASM European Sport Manager Award aims to contribute to exactly these aims.

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The annual ECSS congress in 2018 is taking place in Dublin, Ireland. Once again it offers you a great opportunity to present your association in front of an international audience. Don’t miss the sport science event of the year!

The abstract submission is now open and closes on 15 February 2018!

More info on the website.

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We are pleased to welcome you to the 26^th annual conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), to be held in Malmö 5-8 September 2018. The host of the conference is the Department of Sport Science at Malmö University. Visit the conference website: http://easm2018.com.

The conference theme is: Managing Sport in a Changing Europe. The theme aims to reflect ongoing processes of change and challenges within sport and society, including issues connected to migration, integration and globalisation. These, together with the general EASM topics, will frame the conference.

Among the keynote speakers you will find Joseph Maguire, Veerle de Bosscher and Mike Weed, as well as local entrepreneurs.

The challenging theme will also permeate the EASM Student Seminar held 1- 8 September, including the conference.

We are developing an interesting and relevant conference programme to create an environment where academics and practitioners can exchange knowledge and ideas. Also, we promise to offer an engaging social programme which will represent Malmö.

Malmö is the perfect arena for a challenging conference, located less than 20 minutes from Copenhagen Airport. It is a city in change. It is truly a multi-cultural city, representing 179 different nationalities. Here you will experience both Sweden and the world. Malmö is a city where sport – in both traditional and new, creative forms – and culture are very important. It is a city where you will have a good time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l06xJ5-tSgA

Also, the conference venue – Malmö Live – is something special. Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPmZsKCjvW8

Abstract submission will open on January 15^th.

We look forward to seeing you in Malmö in September 2018!

Karin Book, Gun Normark and Bo Carlsson
(on behalf of the Local Organising Committee)

e-mail: easm2018@mau.se

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EASM SUMMER SCHOOL 2018  – DON’T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY! MADRID KICKOFF

Fascination of International Sport Management: Discover, practice and experience

Make your own experiences during 9th EASM Summer School 2018, which will be held for the first time in Madrid.

The EASM Summer School is a great chance to gain insights into up to date sport topics of renowned international lecturers at one of the most prestigious private Universities in Spain, Universidad Europea de Madrid. Its School of Sports Science is the only in Spain which has a Degree in Sports Management.

EASM offers an International Business environment with students from all over the world. It gives the opportunity to Bachelor and Master Students to know one of Europe’s biggest cities with its vibrant life and culture.

Facts & Figures:

Date: 16th – 20th May 2018.

Place: Campus of Universidad Europea de Madrid, Spain

Content: Focus will be on International Sport Marketing. Knowledge in this field is essential to all sport managers of non-profit and for-profit sport organizations.

Learning objective: Getting new insights and expertise in the field of International Sport Marketing. Furthermore, students will be able to apply professional marketing tools in sport organizations.

Credits: We recommend 6 credits (ECTS) for EASM Summer School

For more information about the last EASM Summer Schools, please visit the EASM Summer School website, there you find all information e.g. about last editions, content and program details.

If you are interested in participating or you need further information please feel free to contact us at: easmsummerschool@eventsgb.com or our Facebook fanpage!

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION: 1st March, 2018

Registration EASM Summer School, click here

Gerardo Bielons
Director GB Events
Email: gerardo@eventsgb.com

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Welcome to the 26^th EASM – The European Sport Management Conference in the exciting city of Malmö, Sweden

We are pleased to welcome you to the 26^th annual conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM), to be held in Malmö 5-8 September 2018. The host of the conference is the Department of Sport Science at Malmö University.

Conference website click here. 

The conference theme is: Managing Sport in a Changing Europe. The theme aims to reflect ongoing processes of change and challenges within sport and society, including issues connected to migration, integration and globalisation. These, together with the general EASM topics, will frame the conference.

Among the keynote speakers you will find Joseph Maguire, Veerle de Bosscher and Mike Weed, as well as local entrepreneurs.

The challenging theme will also permeate the EASM Student Seminar held 1- 8 September, including the conference.

We are developing an interesting and relevant conference programme to create an environment where academics and practitioners can exchange knowledge and ideas. Also, we promise to offer an engaging social programme which will represent Malmö.

Malmö is the perfect arena for a challenging conference, located less than 20 minutes from Copenhagen Airport. It is a city in change. It is truly a multi-cultural city, representing 179 different nationalities. Here you will experience both Sweden and the world. Malmö is a city where sport – in both traditional and new, creative forms – and culture are very important. It is a city where you will have a good time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l06xJ5-tSgA

Also, the conference venue – Malmö Live – is something special. Take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPmZsKCjvW8

We look forward to see you in Malmö in September 2018!

Karin Book, Gun Normark and Bo Carlsson
(on behalf of the Local Organising Committee)

Website: http://easm2018.com

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Proposals will be judged against the stated criteria, taking into account quality and relevance. Possibly, only a limited number of Workshops can be considered for and facilitated at the conference.

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“Dear EASM Colleagues and Friends,

On behalf of the EASM Board, I would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for your contribution to the success of the conference in Bern. The intellectual debates, professional vibe and camaraderie during the conference last week, underpinned by the great Swiss hospitality, have been highly reassuring about our collective ability to affect positive change in sport and to advance the knowledge of sport management.  We are looking forward to further engage with you in developing our sport management community.”

Kind regards – Vassil
EASM President

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Trevor Slack is a professor emeritus in the Department of Physical Education and Sport Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He held a position as a Canada Research Chair. He also taught organizational theory to MBA students in the University of Alberta’s business school. Trevor has previously held positions at De Montfort University in Bedford England where he was head of the school of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation. He also held a position as a Visiting Fellow in the Center for Corporate Strategy and Change, a research unit in the University of Warwick Business School.

Dr. Slack has published in all of the major sport management journals, he has also published nine books and he is currently working on an introductory text to sport management with his friend, Professor Bill Gerrard. Dr. Slack has published several book chapters, articles in refereed journals, been a consultant for Provincial and National sport organizations, published several book reviews and he has also received over $1,000,000 for his work on sport organizations. He has also published in such journals as Organization Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, Human Relations, Journal of Applied Behavioural Science, European Journal of Marketing and The Academy of Management Journal. He has spoken in China, Australia, South Africa, Lithuania, throughout Western and Eastern Europe, and throughout North America (usually as a keynote).

He has received awards for his work on sport organizations from the North American Society of Sport Management, European Association of Sport Management, The Canadian Administrative Sciences Association and the Academy of Management.

The PDF version of his keynote presentation is available here.

The social and commercial impact of sport, the role of sport management

In this paper I argue that those interested in the management of sport should discuss their research with leaders in management and sport management. They should also talk to practitioners to see what problems they are confronting.

Using the work of Gerrard (2004) and Andrews (2004) I suggest that the commercialisation of sport has been heavily influenced by media companies. I identify four social issues that have not been dealt with in the sport management literature or have just started to be addressed. These are: sport and environmental issues; the offshore production of sport equipment; the social responsibility of sport organisations; and the lack of research on the club and recreational leagues, which are the backbone of the sport delivery system.

I indicate that I am willing to work with people on any of these topics or any other sport management related topics. I do have several caveats with any help I give. I suggest that if you get sick like me it helps to have a supportive family. I conclude by saying that the management of sport has great potential but researchers must refer to other work that is related to the topic they are investigating.

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