In our day-to-day work in our associations, federations or regular workplaces it’s not often we get a chance to rub shoulders with TV stars, decision-makers from the World Health Organisation, UNESCO, the EU Sport Unit, successful campaign managers, former athletes, fitness gurus and TEDx speakers. But at conferences, anything is possible! That’s why we are gathering the most high-profile speakers for our MOVE Congress 2019 programme.
Who can you meet in Budapest this October?
High-level decision makers, health and physical activity advocacy experts
- Dr Fiona Bull MBE, Programme Lead on Physical Activity in the Department of Health Promotion, World Health Organization, Switzerland/Australia (click here for video)
- Tibor Navracsics, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport, European Commission, Hungary
Yves le Lostecque, Head of the EU Sport Unit - Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky, Deputy Mayor, Budapest (Human Affairs) and European Capital of Sport, Hungary
- Professor Uwe Pühse, UNESCO Chair for Physical Activity and Health in Educational Settings, University of Basel, Switzerland
- Niels Lund, Vice-President of Health Advocacy, Novo Nordisk, Denmark
High profile public speakers and leaders in our sector
- Magnús Scheving (a.k.a. Sportacus, pictured above), Creator, CEO & Co-Founder, LazyTown Entertainment, Iceland (TEDx speaker and international television personality, click here for video)
- Aaron Kearney, Consultant and Broadcast Journalist, Griffith Asia Institute and AKS Media International, Australia (click here for video)
- Darryl Edwards (pictured above), Founder, Primal Play, UK (TEDx speaker, (click here for video)
- Markos Artistides Kern (pictured above), Entrepreneur and Sports-Tech Innovator, Fun With Balls, Germany (click here for video)
- Kate Dale (pictured above), Lead of This Girl Can Campaign, Sport England, UK (click here for video)
- Dr Paul Bedford, Researcher, presenter & fitness industry expert, Retention Guru Ltd, UK (click here for video)
- Hans Karssenberg, Founding Partner, STIPO and the City at Eye Level, Netherlands (click here for video)
- Dr Mark Tremblay, President, Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance, Canada (click here for video)
- Amy Chan, Chair, Hong Kong Elite Athletes Association, Hong Kong (TEDx speaker, (click here for video)
Browse the full list of speakers at https://www.movecongress.com/speakers-2019/
Catch up on our latest interviews and news stories at https://www.movecongress.com/updates/
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In our day-to-day work in our associations, federations or regular workplaces it's not often we get a chance to rub shoulders with TV stars, decision-makers from the World Health Organisation, UNESCO, the EU Sport Unit, successful campaign managers, former athletes, fitness gurus and TEDx speakers. But at conferences, anything is possible! That's why we are gathering the most high-profile speakers for our MOVE Congress 2019 programme. Who can you meet in Budapest this October? High-level decision makers, health and physical activity advocacy
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