Committees
Scientific Committee
President:
Claude Sobry is Professor at the University Lille Nord de France (Lille 2) and Director of the International Research Network in Sport Tourism (IRNIST).
Members:
Patrick Bouchet (PhD) is Professor of Sport Management and Marketing within the Sport Sciences Faculty at the University of Burgundy (Dijon, France).
Malek Bouhaouala is a French socioeconomist, educator, researcher. Doctor of Philosophy, University Joseph Fourier, Grenoble.
Kristina Bucar is Associate Professor at Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb at Faculty of Economics and Business Zagreb.
Sorina Cernaianu is Associate Professor at University of Craiova, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport.
Xijia Liu is Professor at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University (Beijing).
Derek van Rheenen directs the Cultural Studies of Sport in Education Master's degree and the Athletic Study Center at U.C. Berkeley.
Irena Slepičková has been working as a senior lecturer specializing in sociological aspects of sport and its welfare.
John Saunders is President of the CDLM Organization and Marketing for Corporate Communication, Director of the Master CMES (Communication and management of sporting events).
Organizing Committee
President:
Barbara Mazza is President of the master's degree course in Organization and marketing for corporate communication, director of the CMES Master (Communication and management of sporting events) and of WeComSportLAb, Head of communication at the SapienzaSport Service Center.
Members:
Maurizio Barbieri is Associate Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences (SMFN) at Sapienza University of Rome.
Giovanni Brancato is a Post-Doc Research Fellow at the Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome.
Alfredo de Martini is PhD in Historical, Legal and Economic Critique of Sports, Università degli
Studi di Teramo.
Alberto Marinelli (Ph.D) is Dean of the Department of Communication and Social Research (CoRiS), Sapienza - University of Rome.
Alberto Mattiacci is Full Professor of Economics and Business Management at the Sapienza University of Rome.
Alessandra Palermo is Assistant Lecturer in Digital and Sport Communication at the University of Lille and the URePSSS - EA 7369 laboratory (Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société).
Alessandro Porrovecchio is Associate Professor in Sociology of health and sports at the Université du Littoral Côte d’Opale and the URePSSS - EA 7369 laboratory (Unité de Recherche Pluridisciplinaire Sport Santé Société).
Fabiola Sfodera is Researcher and Adjunct Professor for the area of Economics and Business Management (SECS P/08) at the Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of Rome.