Last Chance to Book Your Place at Host City 2015, the Leading Meeting of Cities and Events

Less than five weeks away, and a few final delegate places are available to attend Host City 2015, the leading EU-based meeting of events and sports, business and culture events, in Glasgow’s Technology & Innovation Centre on 9th and 10th November.

Host City 2015 was launched in response to demand for a major one-stop shop of cross sector events – sports, business, culture and live entertainment – reflecting cities’ strategic approach to hosting multiple types of events.

The longer term aim of Host City is to become the primary place for this sector to do business.

Register now for the final places to this unique conference. Tickets include access to all conference panels as well as thewhisky tasting reception on Sunday 8th, dinner reception on 9th and roundtables on the 10th.

The outstanding speaker lineup includes:

– Sir Craig Reedie CBE, Vice President, International Olympic Committee;

– Louise Martin CBE, President, Commonwealth Games Federation; 

– Dimitri Kerkentzes, Counsellor and Chief of Staff, Bureau International Des Expositions (BIE); 

– Hidetoshi Fujisawa, Executive Director of Communications, Tokyo 2020; 

– Karel Bartak, Head of Culture Unit, European Commission; 

– Bridget McConnell CBE, Chief Executive, Glasgow Life; 

– David Grevemberg, CEO, Commonwealth Games Federation; 

– Sarah Lewis, Secretary General, FIS / AWOIF; 

– Simon Clegg CBE, Former Chief Operating Officer, Baku 2015; 

– Paul Bush OBE, COO, Event Scotland; 

– Kate Caithness OBE, President, World Curling Federation; 

– Josep Roca, Coordinator of International Affairs, Barcelona City Council; 

– Jeroen Kreijkamp, Councillor Economy and International Affairs, City of Utrecht; 

– Ronnie Hansen, Head of Development, City of Odense;

– Alexander Koch, Corporate Communications Manager, FIFA; 

– Brian Cookson, President, Union Cycliste Internationale;

– Jon Ola Sand, Executive Supervisor, Eurovision Song Contest; 

– Ed Wells, SVP and International Managing Director, WWE; 

– Antonio Fernandez Arimany, Director General, International Triathlon Union; 

– Janez Kocijancic, Vice President, European Olympic Committees; 

– Stewart Regan, CEO, Scottish FA; 

– Mike Lee OBE, Chairman, Vero Communications;

– Christopher Lee, Senior Principal, Populous; 

– Andy Preece, Director, Economics – Sports, AECOM; 

– Malcolm Tarbitt, Executive Director – Safety and Security, ICSS; 

– David de Behr, Head of Event Services, Aggreko; 

– Ignacio Packer, Secretary General, Terre Des Hommes International Federation; 

– Daniel Cordey, Chairman, Association of Global Event Suppliers; 

– Peter Tindemans, Secretary-General, Euroscience; 

– Roberto  Daneo, Managing Director, WePlan Srl; 

– Robert Datnow, Managing Director, The Sports Consultancy; 

– Michael Hopper, CEO Advance Brand Consulting; 

– Paul Dunphy, Major Event Consultant, SportBusiness Intelligence; 

– Panos Protopsaltis, Director of Transport, Baku 2015 European Games

Registration is set to close on Friday 16th October and may close earlier as the last few places are taken, so register today to avoid disappointment. We look forward to welcoming you to Host City 2015 in Glasgow!

View the agenda with outstanding confirmed speakers HERE.

Visit the Host City 2015 delegate registration page HERE.

iSportconnect Partners With Rapidly-Growing Sports Social Network

iSportconnect, site the world’s largest private network for sport business professionals, order has today announced an exclusive partnership with fast-growing sports social network, Sportlobster.

The deal sees Sportlobster become the official sports social network of iSportconnect in an initial 12-month partnership.

Sportlobster will have a one-stop entry to the global business of sports, as it seeks to expand its relationships with rights holders across the globe.

iSportconnect will provide business introductions for Sportlobster, mutually exchange content from their respective TV platforms and deliver topical issues, which are important to fans, straight to the decision-makers in sport.

Sportlobster launched in April 2013, but now has more than 1.7 million users and ambassadors include Cristiano Ronaldo, Giorgio Chiellini, Michael Owen, George Groves and Natalie Pinkham.

The deal was brokered by leading independent sports marketing agency, Sports Media Gaming.

Sportlobster co-founder and COO Arron Shepherd said: “In a short space of time, we have built up over 1 million users and are rapidly expanding our platform and services to sports bodies around the world.

“Our partnership with iSportconnect will give us access to the high-level sports decision-makers and the opportunity to form partnerships with the top sports properties.”

Founder and CEO of iSportconnect Sree Varma added: “Sportlobster is a highly complementary business to ours. We share the same vision of developing social networks dedicated to sport, as we go for the business executives and they target the fans.

“We know the partnership will be a great success.”

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Over 80 Applications Received for Rugby World Cup 2015 Team Bases

The organisers of the Rugby World Cup 2015 (RWC2015) have announced that they have received more than 80 applications to provide team bases during the tournament.

Approximately 50 bases will be selected by England Rugby 2015 and applicants have come from rugby clubs, cialis schools, universities, local authorities and training complexes from 30 counties in England and Wales.

Each team base will be required to provide outdoor and indoor training facilities, a hotel, swimming pool and a gym.

Debbie Jevans, England Rugby 2015 chief executive, said: “Team bases will play a pivotal role in the tournament and we are delighted to see such a strong response rate to the search and selection programme.

“We want to identify high-quality facilities across the country to ensure the teams have the best possible platform to compete at Rugby World Cup 2015.

“As an organising committee we are fully committed to meeting the needs of all competing players, ensuring that we deliver to the best possible standards.

“With applications received from schools, universities, colleges, rugby clubs and local authorities from over 30 English counties and within Wales, we can already see the fantastic regional engagement opportunities team bases will provide – we want to take the teams, the tournament and the game of rugby as far and wide as possible in 2015 so we are really encouraged by the response.”

Senior Network Administrator – Miami HEAT

Location: Florida, cialis USA

Closing Date: 2nd October 2016

Overview:

The Sr. Network Administrator is primarily responsible for the design, search engineering and support of the IT infrastructure and related IT operations insuring overall systems availability, scalability, security, compliance and organizational integrity.

Key Skills & Qualifications

1.     Expert level of knowledge and experience with the following technologies

  • Microsoft Windows Server (all versions)
  • Microsoft Windows Desktop OS (all versions)
  • Microsoft Active Directory and its components
  • Microsoft based DNS
  • MS-SQL Server 2000-2012 with clustering, MS- Exchange, MS-Office, MS-IIS, MS-SharePoint
  • Microsoft CRM

2.    Strong knowledge and experience with networking and security

  • Firewalls / Routers /Switches
  • VPN / Site-to-site tunnels
  • TCP/IP
  • Cisco or Juniper, Junos IOS a plus

3.    Installation and Configuration of Virtual Platform

  • VMware/ESXi
  • Provisioning of Virtual Servers
  • Server and Disk Clustering
  • High Availability and failover
  • SANs
  • Microsoft Azure Cloud Services

4.    Best practices and methodologies, (any experience in this area is a plus but not necessary):

  • ITIL including Change Management, Incident Management, and Service Desk.
  • Knowledge of security audits, SSAE16soc2, Disaster Recovery planning, PII, PCI
  • IT Policies and Procedures maintenance and compliance

5.    Extensive knowledge of technologies enabling strong diagnostic skills and complex technical problem resolution.

MIS degree preferred and/or  experience commensurate with hands on field experience. Min. 10 years hands-on experience with LAN infrastructures; data switches; routers; firewalls; content inspection; NetApp; Checkpoint, LDAP, Linux, Microsoft Active Directory, MS-OS & MS Office applications. Ideal candidate is team oriented, self-motivated, willing to learn the Arena support requirements. Must have A+/LAN certifications and hands-on field experience; Juniper or Cisco certifications a plus.  Field experience with Active Directory LAN NetAPP Checkpoint w.MS-OS & MS Office apps. Ideal candidate is team oriented, self-motivated, willing to learn Arena support requirements. Must have A+/ LAN certification & field experience.

How to Apply

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IMMAF chomp on SAFEJAWZ deal

The International Mixed Martial Arts Federation (IMMAF) reveals its new official Mouthguard Partner as SAFEJAWZ, remedy by Protective Sportswear Ltd. 

SAFEJAWZ partnered with IMMAF to provide a custom mouthguard fitting service and souvenir products for the 2015 IMMAF European Championships of Amateur MMA in Birmingham, unhealthy United Kingdom. 

Find out more HERE.

FA Record ‘Underlying’ Profit for 2014/15 Despite £10m ‘Restructuring’ Costs

The Football Association (FA) has announced a profit after tax of £3m in its latest set of financial results for the year ending 31 July 2015.

The FA also revealed it made a record investment of £117 million into the sport during the year, up from £115m in 2013-14.

The organisation record a turnover of £318m in the 2014-15 season, down from £332m in 2013-14. The FA put the decrease down to 2015 being a non-tournament year for the men’s senior team, with no associated tournament income being received, along with fewer international matches in the lead up to the summer period.

They also cited the absence of a title sponsor for the 2014/15 FA Cup as another factor. The FA quickly moved to rectify that for this season after announcing a new three-year contract with Emirates who have become the lead partner of The FA Cup until 2018.

The 2014/15 season was also the first year of BT Sport and BBC as broadcast partners for The FA Cup, contributing to an increase in the Group’s broadcasting revenues, to £124m, up from £111m in 2013-14.

The FA said broadcasting income remains it’s largest revenue stream and both domestic and international broadcasting rights have been sold through to July 2018 for England fixtures and The FA Cup.

The group’s results also included details of a one-off hit of £10m for restructuring and reorganisation costs. According to the FA, “the one-off reorganisation costs will realise ongoing savings for the Group, which will be reinvested in a combination of new facilities, coaching and further supporting England teams”.

After the financial year end, the Group completed the refinancing of its debts, which were mainly used to finance the construction of Wembley Stadium.

Chairman of the Finance Committee, Roger Devlin, said: “The FA’s financial position is extremely strong, allowing us to increase our investments in the game to record levels which will be evidenced in the years to come, particular in grassroots facilities and coach education.

“The future outlook is positive as a result of cost reductions achieved through the restructuring and the debt refinancing which has realised a total of £30m of future annual savings. This is reflected in our improved cash position, lower running costs and the prospect of enhanced future revenues.”

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Juventus Agree Multiplatform Deal With One World Sports to Carry Club Channel

Italian Serie A club Juventus have agreed a multi-year, bronchi multiplatform agreement with American global sports network ONE World Sports for exclusive carriage of Juventus TV (JTV).

ONE World Sports will air exclusive first-runs of complementary programming including pre- and post-game analysis, ailment player interviews and profiles as well as encore presentations of matches.

More info HERE.

 

25 Sponsorship Deals of the Week: 09/10/15

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Formula E Seals Partnership Extension With Julius Baer                                                                                                                                                      

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Major Energy Expand MSG Partnership and Include New York Rangers

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Westfield Health Extends Partnerships With Sheffield Football Clubs

Friday, herbal 09 October 2015

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Edinburgh Rugby Drive off With Mitsubishi Extension

Friday, 09 October 2015

5

Hamburg Extend Long-Standing Sponsorship Deal With Emirates

Thursday, 08 October 2015

6

Ferrari and Kaspersky Lab Agree to Five-Year Extension

Thursday, 08 October 2015

7

National Basketball League Signs up Ladbrokes as Official Betting Partner

Thursday, 08 October 2015

8

Western Sydney Wanderers Pen Three-Year Extension With Pepper Group

Thursday, 08 October 2015

9

MLSE Ink Four-Year Sponsorship Deal With DraftKings

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

10

NZ Warriors and Skycity Sign Two-Year Partnership Renewal

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

11

St Louis Rams Agree 20-Year Stadium Naming Rights Deal With National Car Rental

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

12

Olympiacos Secure New Shirt Sponsorship Deal With Stoiximan

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

13

Leicester City Renew Partnerships With Singha and Sytner

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

14

Nottingham Rugby and The Dairy Pen Three-Year Extension

Wednesday, 07 October 2015

15

WTA Signs up Title Sponsor for Elite Trophy

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

16

Chicago Bulls Secure First Global Partnership With Deal in Poland

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

17

Kashima Antlers and Viagogo Seal One-Year Partnership

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

18

Gold Coast 2018 Signs up Griffith University as Major Sponsor

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

19

Commonwealth Games England Confirms Shakespeare Martineau as New Legal Partner

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

20

Titanbet to Sponsor October Finale Horse Racing in York

Tuesday, 06 October 2015

21

NBA Improves Timekeeping by Signing Major Multi-Year Partnership With Tissot

Monday, 05 October 2015

22

Delta Air Lines Extends Partnerships With New York Yankees and New York Mets

Monday, 05 October 2015

23

Swansea City Seal Partnership With Goodwin Smith

Monday, 05 October 2015

24

New Balance Sign up England Cricketer Joe Root

Monday, 05 October 2015

25

Intersport to Continue as Main Sponsor of Ski Jumping Series

Monday, 05 October 2015

FC Barcelona’s Bill Mannarelli to Join iSportconnect Stadium Masterclass

iSportconnect, herbal the world’s largest private network for sport business professionals, order and international sports architects Populous today announced that FC Barcelona’s Bill Mannarelli will join the stadium Masterclass in London.

The iSportconnect Masterclass will be held at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday 7 October. Leaders in the field of hospitality including Bill Mannarelli, Head of Marketing at Arsenal FC Charles Allen and Steve Brice, Vice President, Premium Seating with AEG, will join with Populous to workshop new ways to provide fantastic event experiences within stadia and arenas for everyone from general admission fans through to corporate and member hospitality offerings.

Bill Mannarelli is currently the Project Manager at FC Barcelona overseeing their Nou Espai Barça project which includes the renovation of Camp Nou stadium and a new, multi-purpose Palau complete with training facility.

Prior to his role at FC Barcelona, Mannarelli served as ICON Venue Group’s Vice President overseeing their European operations in Berlin, Germany, including the successful completion of O2 World Berlin, a 16,000-seat multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility.

Mannarelli also previously served as ICON’s European Project Executive where he was responsible for handling all aspects of ICON’s engagements in several cities across the world including Lausanne, Seoul, Barcelona and Dubai.

Michael Cunnah, Chairman of iSportconnect, said: “We’re delighted that Bill will be joining us for the Masterclass in London, he has a wealth of experience in this sector.”

Populous is a global design practice with over 30 years’ experience in the sport and entertainment industries. In addition to being the only architects to work on three Olympic Games, Populous has designed iconic sports facilities like Wembley Stadium, Emirates Stadium, Royal Ascot, Silverstone race track and the O2 arenas in London, Dublin and Berlin.

The exclusive, invitation only Masterclass series, is a unique gathering giving sports stadium hospitality executives the chance to learn from other top level executives, hear industry insight, join in on group debates and network in a relaxed environment.

To register your interest, please contact: sylvia-line@isportconnect.com

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ETU Open Bidding for 2015 Triathlon and Junior European Cups

The European Triathlon Union (ETU) has confirmed that the bidding process has been opened for the 2015 ETU Triathlon European Cups and Junior European Cups.

The ETU is welcoming bids from National Federations, vcialis 40mg host cities or Event Organising Committees interested in hosting an ETU Triathlon European Cup.

The competitions open for bidding include the Junior Triathlon European Cups, Sprint Triathlon European Cups, Triathlon European Cups, Triathlon Premium European Cups and the Triathlon final.