Round Table sessions generate lively discussions on final day of FEI Sports Forum 2013

Day 2 of the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne 

Photograph:FEI/Edouard Curchod

Driving, Dressage and Jumping all had their share of the spotlight at the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne (SUI) today, with three Round Table sessions focusing on the individual disciplines on a busy final day at the IMD business school.  

A further synopsis of the sessions held on day two is available on the  FEI website

All presentations made at the Sports Forum are now available on www.fei.org and executive summaries of all sessions will also be on the website within the next couple of days 

9 April 2013

FEI Sports Forum opens in Lausanne

FEI President HRH Princess Haya welcomed close to 300 delegates to the second FEI Sports Forum, which opened at the International Management Development Institute in Lausanne (SUI) today. 

Addressing the delegates, the FEI President commented on the broad cross-section of representatives from the equestrian community attending the Forum, which included the International Olympic Committee (IOC), National Federations, riders and trainers clubs, event organisers, sponsors, welfare organisations and media. “This diversity means that we will all benefit from different viewpoints and insights during our discussions over the next two days and that is exactly what we sought to achieve when we created the FEI Sports Forum,” Princess Haya said.

2 April 2013

High profile speakers to address FEI Sports Forum

The FEI has announced the full list of high profile speakers that will address the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne (SUI) in two weeks time.

FEI President HRH Princess Haya, IOC Executive Board Member Claudia Bokel, IOC Sports and Deputy Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi, Dr Susanne Münstermann, chargée de mission at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and Dr Hischam El-Agamy, Executive Director and Founder of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) will be on the panel of speakers at the Sports Forum.

FEI 1^st Vice President John McEwen, Dr Alf-Eckbert Füssel, Deputy Head of Unit of the European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General, Professor Maury Peiperl, Professor of Leadership and Strategic Change at IMD, Thomas Batliner, investment consultant and former Olympian, Sergei Aschwanden, Olympic judo bronze medallist as well as members of the FEI management will also be making presentations to the Forum.

“The quality of the speakers at this year’s Sports Forum is of the highest order,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos commented. “We are looking forward to a really excellent event which will provide a perfect opportunity for the FEI and its stakeholder groups to evaluate opinions on issues affecting the equestrian community.”

The Sports Forum will take place on 8 and 9 April at the IMD in Lausanne. Olympic and Paralympic Games qualification, dual careers for athletes and the international movement of competition horses will be the topics for discussion on the first day.

Three round table sessions on Jumping, Dressage and Driving will be held on the second day. The chair and members of the respective FEI Technical Committees and FEI Discipline Directors will be involved in these sessions.

The detailed programme with the complete list of speakers and their biographies is available HERE

All the documents which will serve as a basis for discussion on the various topics are available on the dedicated online platform http://www.fei.org/sportsforum. To register for the event use this link. The FEI Sports Forum is open to representatives of National Federations, event organisers, athletes, trainers, officials, the media and all other members of the equestrian community.