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2 months to go – don’t miss our strongest MOVE Congress programme yet!

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16/08/2019

With 2 months to go until the MOVE Congress in Budapest, we are delighted to announce that Dr Fiona Bull MBE, from the World Health Organization, will be our first keynote speaker on 17 October and set the scene for one of our strongest programmes yet.

Following the keynote session, featuring gamification experts Markos Aristides Kern and Rocket Beans TV active storyteller Gino Singh, Dr Bull will lead Track 1 of the MOVE Congress ‘Game-changers connecting physical activity and health’.

Kate Dale from Sport England, who has led the successful This Girl Can campaign in the UK from the start, is also set to give MOVE Congress participants exclusive insights into how the campaign has got more women and girls moving, and how it has been rolled out in Australia and into a brand new Fit Got Real campaign.

Retention Guru Paul Bedford is also ready to share his secrets to attracting and retaining members in physical activity programmes and clubs for the benefit of their health and wellbeing.

Check out our latest programme, which is bursting at the seams with 30 expert speakers from 5 continents including:

Fundraising and EU policy

Agata Dziarnowska, Policy Officer at EU Sport Unit, Belgium

Kristina Jasiunaite, Europe Director at World Bicycle Relief, Germany

Niels Lund, Vice-President of Health Advocacy at Novo Nordisk, Denmark

Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport at European Commission, Hungary

 

Physical education and moving kids

Amy Chan, Olympian, TEDx speaker and Chair of Hong Kong Elite Athletes Association, Hong Kong

Magnús Scheving, Creator, CEO & Co-Founder of LazyTown Entertainment, Iceland

Dr Mark Tremblay, President of Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Canada

 

Placemaking and active urban spaces

Vivian Doumpa, Urban Planner and Geographer at Stipo, Greece

Hans Karssenberg, Founding Partner of STIPO and the City at Eye Level, Netherlands

Artur Rodolfo de Sousa, Co-Founder at Bamboo Park Collective, Brazil

 

Grassroots sport diplomacy and sport for development

Aaron Kearney, Consultant and Journalist at Griffith Asia Institute and AKS Media International, Australia

Professor Richard Parrish, Jean Monnet Chair of EU Sports Law and Policy at Edge Hill University, UK

 

Budapest Capital of Sport

Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky and Dr Gyöngyvér Lacza from the European Capital of Sport, Hungary

 

Don’t miss our most action-packed MOVE Congress yet – book your 3-day pass for only €250. Offer ends 31 August.

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