Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 30 November – 1 December 2017.
Laren Dyer, Head of Operations for Athlete Assessments will be among the 200 sport management and administration professionals at the Sport Management Association of Australia and New Zealand (SMAANZ) Conference being hosted by Griffith University. It is being held over three days on the Gold Coast this month.
Laren says, “the conference will be a great opportunity to catch up with some of our clients in person, to connect with new people and people I’ve met at other conferences.”
A sponsor and exhibitor at the conference, Athlete Assessments supports the conference to bring sport management academics and professionals together to share ideas and research.
Laren says, “I think there’ll be a dynamic and fluid exchange of ideas and I’m particularly looking forward to one of the keynote addresses by Danny O’Brien.”
The conference boasts a great line up with Associate Professor Danny O’Brien, Head of the Sport Management Program at Bond University, Gold Coast presenting on how sport is used for community and capacity building in Papua New Guinea. An official partner of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Griffith University, will host Mr Mark Peters, CEO of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation as another conference keynote speaker.
If you’re at the conference, drop into the Athlete Assessments stand, Laren can tell you about our work with some of the top academic programs around the world. Athlete Assessments works within both Master’s and Bachelor’s programs in Sport Management, Leadership and Coaching. Some of our clients include University of Texas, University of Florida, University of Illinois, St John’s University NY, University of Washington to name a few. To read first-hand accounts from our clients we have put together a collation of client case studies which you can review here.
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