Programme Committee
The board of Play the Game and the Danish Institute for Sports Studies 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
The members of the 2015 Programme Committee are (in alphabetical order):
- Sine Agergaard, PhD, Associate Professor, Section for Sport Science, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Christer Ahl, MBA, Journalist at www.teamhandballnews.com, USA/Sweden
- Koen Breedveld, Director, Mulier Institute, Utrecht University, Netherlands
- Hanne Marie Brevik, Head of sports reporting, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK), Norway
- Jens Evald, Professor of law, former chairman of Anti Doping Danmark, Aarhus University, Denmark
- Christopher Gaffney, Senior Research Affiliate, Geographic Institute, Zürich University, Switzerland
- Barrie Houlihan, Professor, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
- Mogens Kirkeby, President, International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark
- Jesper Frigast Larsen, Legal Manager, Anti-Doping Danmark, Denmark
- Clemencia Anaya Maya, International Consultant, COLDEPORTES, Colombia
- Ian Nuttall, Founder, Xperiology / TheStadiumBusiness.com, Italy/UK
- Andreas Selliaas, Journalist, sporten.com, Norway
- Kimberly S. Schimmel, PhD, Professor, Kent State University, USA
- Urszula Starakiewicz, PhD, Lecturer, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Poland
- Tine Rindum Teilmann, Board Member, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF), and member of the IOC Women’s Commission, Denmark
- Jens Weinreich, Journalist and blogger, www.jensweinreich.de, Germany