The scope of the SportAccord Convention’s conference will be truly global in 2010. In keeping with our first-time location in the Middle East, the conference themes of SportAccord 2010 in Dubai are the changing geography of international sport and sport’s key role in the big issues on the global agenda. A powerhouse line-up of distinguished speakers will participate including Eduardo Paes, Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, host city of the 2016 Olympic Games; HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, President of the International Equestrian Federation; FIFA President Sepp Blatter and Sheikh Amhad Al-Fahad Al-Sabah, President, of the Olympic Council of Asia

The sessions will feature a balance of sports business and broader perspectives on topics such as Sport in the Middle East, The Role of Sport as an Agent of Social Change, Sport`s Role as a Leader in Sustainable Development and Making Sponsorship Work Through Thick and Thin. There will also be a timely top-level session on the hot political subject of The Autonomy of Sport.

Other confirmed speakers include Bernard Lapasset, Chairman of the International Rugby Board; Romy Gai, CEO of the UAE Football League and Jacqueline Rast, President of Major Programmes & CEO, CH2M Hill.  We will be announcing the names of other eminent speakers soon.