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The EASM Board invites you to the Annual General Meeting on 5^thSeptember 2019, 4pm in Seville (Hotel Melia, Calle Dr. Pedro de Castro, 1, 41004 Seville, Spain).

All relevant AGM documents will be available by 22^nd August 2019 on the website in the membership section and will be delivered electronically via the newsletter to all EASM members.

According to § 7.2.1 (iv) of the EASM statutes any items for business including Nominations for elections and Notices of Motion must be submitted to the Secretary-General not less than 42 days before the date of the meeting.

After the AGM the prestigious EASM Award Ceremony will be held at 5pm at Melia Hotel, Seville. At this EASM members only event the winners of the Chelladurai Award and EASM Distinguished Service Award will be announced and their achievements and services celebrated.

At the Annual General Meeting in Seville on 5^th September 2019 all board positions will be up for election.

The Nominations Committee invites expressions of interest from members who will be prepared to commit time, ideas and energy to future development of the Association. Interesting projects, challenges, and events will await the new board members, and will connect you further with the diverse world of sport management. Detailed Information regarding requirements, responsibilities, and criteria can be found on the website via the following link: https://easm.devserv24.de/how-to-become-an-easm-board-member/

We invite interested individuals to submit an application by 25^th July 2019, 12 noon CET to the Secretary-General, Stefan Walzel (stefan.walzel@easm.net) and the Chair of the Nominations Committee Per Göran Fahlström (pergoran.fahlstrom@lnu.se).

Candidates will be introduced to the EASM family on the website on 22^nd August  2019.

The electronic voting will take place 29^th August – 4^th September 2019. All EASM members will receive a personal invitation to vote via the online election facility. Your vote counts so please make sure you cast it during the specified period.

We look forward to welcoming you in Seville!

The World Association for Sport Management is now calling for bids for the Fourth WASM Conference to be held in late 2021 or sometime in 2022.  The proposed timeframe should not clash with any of our Regional Association members’ annual conferences.

Please contact Dr. Karen Danylchuk, WASM President, for the bid guidelines and submission form.  Email address is karendan@uwo.ca

All bids must be sent to Dr. Karen Danylchuk, WASM President, no later than September 15, 2019.  A final decision on the winning bid will be determined at the WASM Board meetings during the Third WASM Conference in Santiago, Chile October 16-19, 2019.

In line with EASM’s strategic priorities, the board has been working on the establishment of a Working Group on Employability & Entrepreneurship.

The first meeting is set for the time of the 27th EASM Conference in Seville. The Chair of the Working Group, Steve Osborne from Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK), and the EASM board invite interested members to join and actively contribute to ideas and objectives.

Considering the new EASM Statutes, all EASM Board positions (President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and 5 General Directors) are for re-election this year.

The EASM Nominations Committee, consisting of Per Göran Fahlstrom (Chair), Tracy Taylor, Anna Gerke, and Stefan Walzel, announces the following timeline for the EASM Board elections 2019:

1 May 2019                  Announcement of the timeline and process for nominations for Board positions

8 Jul 2019                   Notice of General Meeting / General Assembly

8 Jul 2019                   Call for nominations opens

25 Jul 2019                 Submission deadline for applicants and nominations (12 noon CET)

22 Aug 2019                Dissemination of candidates and voting information to all registered EASM members

29 Aug-4 Sep 19          Electronic voting period

5 Sep 2019                  AGM – elections held for any remaining vacant board position(s) (§ 7.1.5)

19 Sep 2019                Appointment of the EASM Board student member by the newly elected Board announced

17 Oct 2019                Appointment of Secretary General by the new elected EASM Board announced

Please take note of the following specific paragraphs of the EASM Statutes:

Charters 8.2     The Board of EASM shall comprise eleven (11) persons being:

a) Eight (8) persons elected by the members of EASM;
b) A student member appointed by the elected Board members;
c) The ESMQ Editor appointed by the ESMQ Editorial Board; and
d) The Secretary General who shall be appointed by the Board.
The Board shall be constituted as set out in the Bye-Laws, but not more than 75% of the elected Board Members may be male and not more than 75% may be female. No one nation may ever have more than two of the elected members of the Board.

8.2 Balanced Board and Nationality

a) The General Assembly (and Nominations Committee in seeking candidates) should strive for geographical, national and gender equity and balance in the membership of the Board and
(i) At least 4 members of the Board shall be male and at least 4 members shall be female;
(ii) Not more than two of the elected members of the Board may be from any one nation.
b) A person’s Nationality shall be determined by their Passport or National Identity Card. In the event they hold two or more Passports or National Identity Cards, their nationality shall be deemed to be that of their place of birth and if no longer a nation then the place in which they are permanently domiciled. This definition of Nationality applies throughout this Charter.

8.6 Nominations

Nomination of candidates for election to the Board may be submitted by any two full or institutional members of EASM, who must be eligible to vote at the Annual General Meeting, provided that such nomination is deposited with the Secretary-General in writing not less than 42 days prior to the Annual General Meeting. The nomination should specify for which position on the Board the candidate has been nominated. A candidate may nominate for any number of positions on the Board but may only hold one position and must accept the first position to which they are elected.

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The latest book of the series examines how the development and management of resources and opportunities in sport business is vital to success. It examines key research and practical issues in sport business management and marketing studies in both global and local contexts.

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The 2019 European Sport Management Conference is coming closer and the Organising Committee is busy preparing for the upcoming event.

There is still time to finalise and submit an abstract for presentation or poster session, with the deadline being 19th April 2019, 23.39 CET.
https://easm2019.com/call-for-papers/
You may also consider putting your work forward for the EASM Best Conference Paper Award or the ESMQ New Researcher Award.
https://easm2019.com/awards/

Are you looking to kick-start your international career and gain real exposure to the sport management field from day one? Are you looking for an exciting challenge in a collaborative, engaging international association? Do you have a passion to work in sport management? Would you like to extend your international network and improve your inter-cultural skills? And do you “want to give something back to the sport management society”?

The European Association for Sport Management is looking for the next Student Representative, is that you?

Aim to foster

As the Student Representative you have an important role of taking care of Sport Management (SM) students. EASM really cares about its students and has been working hard to actively engage them with the life of the Association.

Who are we looking for? 

We welcome an open-minded, curious individual with diversity of thought and an eagerness to learn but also to take own initiatives. A genuine passion and excitement for sport management is fundamental in order to gain the most from this role. The EASM Board consists of sport management scholars from across Europe volunteering their time, which means you will be working in a team of dedicated individuals.

Essential criteria to become the student representative: 

• To be able to effectively contribute to the work of EASM and demonstrate excellent teamwork and project management skills
• Be self-motivated and able to work both independently or as part of a team
• Able to take responsibility and to work accurately and methodically
• Possess good communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work without day to day direction
• An understanding of inter-cultural differences
• High levels of enthusiasm and commitment
• Efficient, well organised and systematic
• Friendly and helpful

Specific competencies: 

• As EASM undertakes various work and projects, your competencies of student matters are of big importance. However, communication is key in order to engage the students and help improving the future of sport management students.
• All meetings and correspondence undertaken by EASM are in English; hence, all board members should have good verbal and written english skills

EASM Expectations: 

• Board members are expected to attend three board meetings per year, where EASM covers the travel expenses for the Student Representative. Board meetings usually take place during the EASM Conference in September, and also March and December each year. An additional meeting for Executive Board members takes place in June each year.
• Board members will be assigned individual projects and tasks related to the EASM aims and expected to report back regarding developments and progress.
• All Board members are required to be involved in helping to organise and coordinate the key work undertaken by EASM including: the Annual EASM Conference, EASM Student Seminar; EASM PhD Seminar; EASM Summer School; the European Sport Management Quarterly and other projects associated with EASM. All board members are expected to contribute to the EASM Annual Report that is presented at the AGM each year.

Applicants for the position of Student Representative must:

• be a student for atleast two more years
• commit for a two year term
• (Preferably) be an EASM member for at least one year

How to apply: 

Please submit your application (motivation letter with some ideas of how to take on and accelerate the role as the Student Representative) as one pdf-file (max. 8 MB) via email to the EASM Student Representative Jakob Wikenstaal (jakob.wikenstaal@easm.net) before 30th August 2019. A new Student Representative will be appointed by the new elected board after the General Assembly 2019.

27^th EASM European Sport Management Conference

Seville (Spain), 3-6 September 2019

Call for Papers

Deadline for submissions: Friday, 19 April 2019, 23.59 CET

The Scientific and Programme Committee of 27^thEuropean Sport Management Conference of the European Association for Sport Management (EASM) invites scholars and practitioners to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation. Additionally, we invite short papers to be considered for the EASM Best Conference Paper Award 2019and for the ESMQ New Researcher Award 2019for young scientific scholars. Reviewers contributing to assessing and progressing colleagues’ work in an excellent manner as part of the peer-review process will be awarded with the EASM Best Conference Reviewer Award 2019.

The Seville 2019 conference theme is “Connecting Sport Practice and Science”. In that respect, submissions that particularly, but not exclusively, relate to the conference theme are encouraged. Contributors have the opportunity to present in Parallel Sessions, Workshops, and attractive Poster Sessions during the conference.

The main aim of all conference sessions is to encourage participants from across fields to share knowledge, provide new insights and inspire the future of sport management. Sessions also offer a platform to create inter- and cross-disciplinary contacts and collaborations.

Please review the conference website www.easm2019.comfor full information on the conference content, submission requirements, awards and registration as well as further details about the wonderful Spanish city of Seville.

Parallel Sessions
In Parallel Sessions, every presenter gives a maximum 12-minute oral presentation with additional 5 minutes for discussion. Our Parallel Session topics are:

• Sport Governance and Policy
• Strategy, Leadership and Stakeholder Management in Sport
• Sport Marketing
• Sport Consumer Behaviour
• Sport Events and Tourism
• Sport, Media and Communication
• E-Sport and Technology
• Sport Facility Management
• Sport Funding and Finance
• Sport Law and Ethics
• Public Health and Physical Activity Management
• Sport Development and Socio-Cultural Perspectives
• Sport Management Education
• Broader, New and Critical Aspects of Sport Management

Workshops
Our Workshops aim to stimulate discussions and intellectual engagement between participants on a particular subtheme. They may be outcome-focussed, e.g. channel work into special issues; to integrate theory and practice; shift existing fields; or map out new sport management territory. Convenors design their Workshops by embracing a format and flow that enable collaboration and participant experiences different to traditional conference sessions. Details about each Workshop, including submission requirements, are available at www.easm2019.com/workshops. This year, we invite submissions towards the following Workshops:

• Knowledge translation in sport management
• En route to the future of brand research in sport management
• Critical reflections on good governance in sport
• Emergence and differentiation of global eSports
• Managing accessibility and inclusion of sport
• Designing sport management curricula
• Global development of ice hockey business
• Towards more robust designs for researching the impact of elite sport on society
• Special Workshop Malmö 2018: Sport and integration from a policy and governance perspective

Poster Session
The Poster Session is divided in two parts: first, contributors provide short oral presentations (3-minutes) to the whole audience; then, presenters position themselves next to their respective poster for individual Q&A’s and discussion. Submissions relating to any sport management topic are welcomed.

ESMQ New Researcher Award (NRA) 2019
The NRA, sponsored by Routledge Journals, is for the best original theoretical or empirical advance and significant unpublished contribution in sport management. To be eligible for this award, researchers must be near to completion of their PhD or have graduated less than three years prior to submission. Full details are available at www.easm2019.com/awards

Developing Future Sport Management Researchers and Practitioners
We invite undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD research students to apply/register for theEASM Student Seminar(www.easm2019.com/student-seminar) or, respectively, the EASM PhD Student Seminar (www.easm2019.com/phd-seminar), which take place just before the main conference. Full participant status at the scientific conference is included in the registration fee. Students can apply for an Alberto Madella Scholarship(www.easm.net/alberto-madella-scholarship).

Inquiries
For your inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact the Chair of the Scientific and Programme Committee Seville 2019, Tim Breitbarth (EASM Scientific Chair, tim.breitbarth@easm.net).

If you like to join our large international community of conference abstract reviewer by offering your expertise and valuable time, please email Tim (incl. contact details, preferred tracks/topics).