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
Members of the Play the Game 2007 Programme Committee are
- Sigmund Loland, Professor, Rector, The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
- Joseph A. Maguire, Professor, Loughborough University, United Kingdom(appointed by the International Council for Sport Science and Physical Education)
- Jens Weinreich, Sports Editor, Author, Berliner Zeitung
- David Conn, Sports Writer, The Guardian, United Kingdom
- Simon Chadwick, Co-Director, Birkbeck Sport Business Centre, University of London
- Lis Puggard, Head of Unit, Institute of SportsScience and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark
- Bjarne Ibsen, PhD, Head of Unit, Institute of SportsScience and Clinical Biomechanics, University of Southern Denmark
- Henrik H. Brandt, Director, Danish Institute for Sports Studies
Associate members:
- Lars Haue-Pedersen, Director, TSE Consulting, Switzerland
- Mogens Kirkeby, Secretary General, Representative of International Sport and Culture Association, ISCA
- Dag Vidar Hanstad, Sports Writer and PhD student, alternating with Sigmund Loland (above)
- Thorsteinn Gunnarsson, Sports Reporter, President of the Union of Icelandic Sports Journalists, appointed by UMFI