Atos, the Worldwide IT Partner of the Olympic Games since 1989, has signed a contract with the Finnish Olympic Committee (FOC) that includes IT services, sponsorship of local triathlete and joint marketing initiatives until 2018. 

The Olympic Games is one of the world’s biggest IT-projects, its scope bringing special challenges to IT management systems and infrastructure. Atos has been a key technology provider for the Olympic Movement since 1989, when it provided services to the Barcelona 1992 Organising Committee, and is now delivering IT for the upcoming Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Games.

“It’s great to see how the international player Atos implements the IT during the Olympic Games in Rio. We will utilize this know-how also in Finland in our own IT-projects of the Finnish Olympic team,” said Ville Köngäs, Client Manager at the Finnish Olympic Committee.

“We pursue to reach a point where our own performance in IT-related issues will raise into a totally new level enabled by Atos.”

As part of the cooperation, audiences will be able to follow the sporting life and competition preparations of ITU Long Distance Triathlon World Championship silver-medalist Kaisa Lehtonen through social media channels. She will also participate in the upcoming Olympic events.

“It is great to be part of the cooperation with the Finnish Olympic Committee and Atos,” said Lehoten.  

“Through the cooperation I can see from a vantage point the big role technology has also on our athletes’ work; and on the other hand let people follow my daily life as an athlete.

“The cooperation enables me to prepare determinedly to the upcoming competitions and helps me on my way to be part of the ultimate top of the world athletes.”

Atos provides consulting & systems integration services, managed services & BPO, cloud operations, big data & cyber-security solutions, as well as transactional services through Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry.

The Group works with clients across a number of other business sectors including defence, financial services, health, manufacturing, media, utilities, public sector, retail, telecommunications and transportation.

Harri Saikkonen, Managing Director of Atos in Finland said “It is fantastic to start a local cooperation with the Finnish Olympic Committee. Being successful in sports and business has many common elements. Gold-medal achievements and succeeding in international arenas requires from companies an unconditional work ethic, at the same level as top athletes when preparing for competitions. 

“Like FOC fosters the blue-and-white performance of the athletes, we at Atos commit ourselves to empower the performance of Finnish companies into internationally 

The spring EUROCITIES Culture Forum, held on 16-18 March in Eindhoven and 's-Hertogenbosch, focussed on “Technologies as a game changer for culture” and the concept of “eventfulness”. 

The forum examined the links between art, science and technology, and explored through practical experiments how the “triple helix” concept applies to culture in cities.

Through the discussions and work sessions, city delegates learned about Eindhoven’s transformation through a combination of technology and creativity. 

The founding of the Philips company in 1892 positioned Eindhoven as a major technological, industrial and design hub. When Philips closed down in 2000, the 270,000m2 Strijp industrial area, formerly home to the Philips offices, was turned into an art and technology hub dedicated to everything from research and development to cultural production and display. 

Strijp-S has become the high-tech creative and cultural centre of Eindhoven. Since 2008 'Cultuurfonds Strijp-S', a public-private fund, has been supporting initiatives, events and programmes in the Strijp-S area and contributes to its national and international reputation.

“Experiments” and “experiences” are key words for culture in Eindhoven. Culture is understood in its broad sense. In Eindhoven there is a focus on living laboratories where creatives, businesses and education work together intensively on innovative products and projects, in which new technological applications are tested. 

Using the concept of “Eventfulness”, the city of ‘s-Hertogenbosch deployed an integrated model to set-up world class events. 

A team of restoration experts was convened to convince museums around the world to lend their paintings for a unique retrospective celebrating the 500th anniversary of the death of local painter Hieronymus Bosch. 

Tickets for the exhibition have all sold out and Bosch's works are inspiring many other activities throughout 2016 with music festivals, art, dance performances in public space and light projections. 

“If you invest €1 in culture you get €5 into the city and €20 into the country” said Anton Rombouts, mayor of ‘s-Hertogenbosch.

Delegates also learned that failed bids for European Capitals of Culture can bring new opportunities. 

After an unsuccessful joint bid for European Capital of Culture 2018, the cities of Eindhoven and ‘s-Hertogenbosch, together with other cities from the Brabantstad network of cities and the Brabant province, continued working together, joined forces and created a fund for culture called ‘Brabant C’. The aim is to boost the national and international attraction of the Brabant area by strengthening art and culture.

Culture and the arts also play a key role in the integration process of newcomers in cities. Getting involved in cultural projects activates a sense of community and belonging and cultural projects give migrants and refugees the chance to make a contribution to their host societies. 

Delegates learned how cities’ cultural administrations can create situations for mutual learning and intercultural dialogue; develop bottom-up programmes; and train their staff to better address the needs of a diversified society.

The next EUROCITIES culture forum will take place in Oulu, Finland from 5-7 October, and will focus on cultural education and culture for children. 

Source: EUROCITIES

Glasgow will be hosting the largest annual event of ITS professionals in Europe during the first week of June.  In addition to the picturesque scenery, world class architecture and a vibrant nightlife and shopping scene, the city will be bustling with over 2,500 ITS professionals coming from around the continent to meet, discuss, and learn from each other. 

Glasgow has a rich and varied background in ITS, being one of the very first to deploy several intelligent transport solutions and has since been constantly developing these solutions year after year in hope of becoming one of the smartest cities in Europe today. Over decades, Glasgow has transformed itself into a smarter, safer, and more environmentally friendly city with smart street lights able to record pollution levels or below the surface road sensors detecting traffic flow. 

What better destination for the European ITS community get together?

Whether you come from a background of policy, research or business, or consider yourself an amateur transport enthusiast, we invite you to join us in Glasgow 6 to 9 June for the 11th ITS European Congress.  The theme of this year’s Congress is “Delivering Future Cities Now”; with focus on increasing connectivity, bringing new services to users and improving communication, in a sustainable way. 

After a highly successful call for papers the European Program Committee met in Brussels at the beginning of March to finalise this year’s Congress programme.  The selected papers have been organised into over 100 sessions in accordance with the 5 key topics ranging from automation through sustainability and environmental impact to satellite services and user centric service initiatives. 

“The Congress is designed to provide insight into the real life ITS solutions of today and showcase the ideas of tomorrow with an interactive and wide array of programmes and activities”, Didier Gorteman, Director of Congress and Chair of the European Programme Committee, explained. “In addition to the session discussions, demonstrations will give participants the chance to experience technological advancements first-hand while the exhibition will provide the opportunity to stumble on some of the ingenious ideas revolutionising transport today”, he continued.

The growing list of exciting events include a Mayor Summit on Wednesday 8 June, where leaders of European cities big and small can discuss and share knowledge on deploying ITS solutions in urban environments.  Building on the success of previous years, a special student programme is also under way where the organisers are preparing events appealing to the younger generation in addition to offering special discounted rates for students. 

For those looking for a more hands-on experience, several technical visits are planned on 7 and 8 June  including a visit to the Glasgow Operations Centre (GOC), a state-of-the-art integrated traffic and public safety management control room; a tour of the Traffic Scotland National Control Centre (TSNCC); and the United Kingdom’s largest bus depot. 

Glasgow will surely match up to one of the most anticipated social highlights of the Congress with a gala dinner held in the Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum. In addition to a spectacular dinner and entertainment, visitors will have a chance to visit the extensive collection of over 8000 objects providing a rich insight into the history and arts of Scotland.  

The 11th European ITS Congress 2016 is organised by ERTICO – ITS Europe in partnership with the European Commission, and hosted by Glasgow City Council and Transport Scotland. Visit Scotland, the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), ITS United Kingdom and the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau strongly support the event.

Registrations are now open, with exceptional early bird rates until 18 April!

The inaugural World RAID Congress, taking place at Jaarbeurs in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 31stMay – 1st June 2016, will be the largest cross-sector disruptive innovation event in Europe this year.

RAID stands for Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Internet-of-Things and Data – the technological mega-trends that are transforming the world today. RAID informs the industry sectors of Energy, Finance, Healthcare and Transport, with a special focus on Cities.

Aimed at cross-sector C-level business and city leaders, RAID is an opportunity to learn from peers and experts about how to cope and innovate in the face of disruptive changes to established business sectors.

Alongside technology providers, city leaders will demonstrate how they are investing in RAID technologies to advance economic and social development. 

The format will be one of cross-sector plenary panel discussions with VIP speakers on Day One, followed by dedicated streams for Auto/Transport, Cities, Healthcare, Energy and Financial Services on Day Two. 

Dedicated to sustainable development, transport and health

The Cities stream at RAID is set to begin with VIP addresses on “The Challenges and Opportunities of RAID for Cities”. 

A panel on “Energy in Transition” will discuss urban utilities for increased efficiency, smart and decentralised grids, RAID and urban renewables. 

A session on “Urban Transport” will look at the impact of driverless vehicles and car sharing, the challenges of intercity transport management, AI and Intelligent transport systems for traffic management. 

A panel on “Creating Healthier Cities through RAID” will examine how cities can integrate technology and health, while a session on “Urban Development, Security and Investment” will discuss how RAID technologies can make cities safer and economically stronger. 

To view the full agenda visit www.raidconfex.com 

Join RAID, Europe’s largest cross sector disruptive innovation event

RAID will take place on 31st May – 1st June 2016 at Jaarbeurs, the largest and most accessible venue in the Netherlands, just 20 minutes from Schiphol Airport.  The host city of Utrecht is ranked by the European Commission as the most competitive place in the EU to do business.

The event is attracting a minimum of 500 attendees in its first year, with delegations confirmed from UK, China, Germany, France, US, Norway, Sweden and Denmark. 

RAID is organised by Cavendish Group, which also stages the International Capital Conference and Host City, in partnership with Jaarbeurs and with strong support from industry organisations in France, the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and China.

Register here for the go-to event for cross-sector disruption and to find out about speaking opportunities contact ben.avison@cavendishgroup.co.uk

Modern cities generate a flood of data, and much of it is public. Transport companies know how their trains, buses and cars are travelling. Payment systems monitor the availability of parking spaces. CCTVs provide real-time video links. Environmental sensors track air and water quality.

There’s even big data on garbage: networked compactor bins use sensors to monitor waste levels and allow collection routes to be optimised.

Two years ago, Rob Kitchin, a professor at the National Institute of Regional and Spatial Analysis at Ireland’s Maynooth University launched a novel app, the Dublin Dashboard. This publishes sensor-readings about the city, providing citizens, public sector workers and companies with real-time information, time-series indicator data and interactive maps about all aspects of Ireland’s capital. The data sets are compiled on an ongoing basis by the Irish Central Statistics Office and Eurostat.

Kitchin has built an easy to use interactive website featuring maps, graphs and apps. The data available covers a variety of areas, from transport, housing and planning to the environment, emergency services and health.

With a few clicks, Dubliners can check the tides, temperature, shipping, river levels, oxygen and pollution levels, ambient noise, road traffic, parking spaces – even available bike-shares. Camera feeds yield images. Maps break down city population by topics like gender and density.

“And all the data is open,” Kitchin says. “Everybody can go and build their own apps off this, or they can just look at it.”

Although the Dublin Dashboard obviously useful – and fun – there is a serious side too, translating into what Kitchin calls new forms of governance.

Cities around the world are demonstrating how it works. Atlanta has a purpose-built dashboard room, where city government meets weekly to assess metrics. Rio de Janeiro built an “urban operations centre” with data streams from 30 government agencies, to try to manage the potential chaos of the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games happening there this year.

Many cities have litter bins with sensors to signal when they’re full – meaning the garbage trucks can plot more efficient pick-up routes.

Kitchin’s Big Data even helps with policing. Based on perfectly reasonable evidence – neighbourhood crime statistics, social media connections, for example – a person may seem statistically likely to commit a crime. With that information, the police or social workers can be pro-active and offer help or warnings.

The problem, says Kitchin, is that “you don’t have evidence that this person has committed a crime … but you’re already treating them as a criminal.”

Of course, this information torrent often can turn into a dangerous flood. It can lead managers, distracted by all the data, to focus on the wrong problems – what Kitchin calls “technological solutionism.” For instance, he says, with more data “you might be able to better manage homelessness, but you’re not going to stop people becoming homeless.”

The Big Data flood also poses privacy challenges. In January of this year, Kitchin published a new report on the issue. Entitled “Getting smarter about smart cities: Improving data privacy and data security”, it argues that the “haphazard” approach to the development of networked technologies for so-called “smart cities” cannot be allowed to continue without taking proper account of privacy challenges.

“Never before has so much information about people – their characteristics, their location and movements, and their activities – been generated. These data can be put to many good uses, but they also raise a number of issues with respect to data privacy, data protection, and data security,” the report says.

But the report also cautions against becoming “overly focused” on the negative concerns and harms lest they stifle innovation. While the concerns relating to smart cities are “significant”, we need to remain mindful of their potential benefits in producing “more efficient, productive, sustainable, resilient, transparent, fair and equitable cities”.

Kitchin recommends the establishment of advisory boards and governance and ethics committees to oversee such smart city projects. An emergency response team should also be appointed to tackle cybersecurity incidents, where data was hacked or compromised.

“I advocate a much more systematic approach that aims to gain the benefits smart-city technologies offer, whilst minimising the potential risks,” he says.

In coming years, Kitchin plans to extend the scope of the Dublin Dashboard project to include other data and information such as maps of social media.

This article was written by William Echikson

Dublin has been selected ahead of a number of European cities to host a major international technology conference next year. 

The 37th International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) will take place at the Convention Centre Dublin in December 2016, bringing up to 1,500 delegates to the city.

Dublin was announced as the host city at a meeting in Florida, beating rival bids from Istanbul, Munich and Vienna.  

Hosting the conference will add millions of Euros to Dublin’s economy.

According to Lero, the Irish Software Research Centre, the Dublin bid team has been awarded a grant of EUR 50,000 from Science Foundation Ireland to the host the Conference.

Other organisations backing the conference include destination marketing agency Fáilte Ireland as well as Google, Intel, Microsoft, Realex Payments and SOS Ventures.

The theme of the 2016 conference is “digital innovation at the crossroads”.

ICIS, the international conference of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) was founded in 1980 at UCLA. The first conference was held at the University of Pennsylvania as the "Conference on Information Systems". 

The conference became known as “International” in 1986, through Canadian and European attendance and participation. ICIS was first held outside North America in 1990 when Copenhagen hosted the event.

Atos, the Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic Games, announced on Wednesday that it has delivered the cloud IT infrastructure that will be used for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.

The system represents a significant step forward in the digitisation of the Olympic Games as it extends the use of cloud to most applications. 

“The delivery of the secure cloud, IT infrastructure to support all Olympic Games from 2018 is a major milestone in our digital transformation,” said Jean-Benoît Gauthier, Technology Director at the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

“Cloud is a perfect fit for the Olympic Games and we are delighted to be working with our long-term Worldwide IT Partner on this important project that will benefit all those who participate in the Games – media, athletes and spectators.”

The new secure cloud IT infrastructure, powered by Atos’ strategic partner EMC, will be used to test and run IT applications used to distribute results to the media worldwide.

The solution will also support the core planning systems used to recruit volunteers, support workforce management, manage the competition schedule and process accreditations for athletes, media and the wider Olympic Family.

The converged infrastructure solution, which uses Atos’ Canopy Enterprise Private Cloud and VCE’s Vblock System, can support other businesses on their journey to cloud. 

The system will be first to test the competition schedule and the workforce management systems that will be used by the Pyeongchang 2018 Organising Committee from the end of 2015. 

The capacity of the cloud solution can be increased and decreased according to the demands of the different stages of event delivery. 

In September 2015, cloud capacity will increase to perform technical testing proving the solution can support the expected demand through the project, and then decrease to support the limited production needs at the early stages of the project. 

Around two years before the Games, capacity and bandwidth will be increased again to cover the high level of demand for thousands of volunteer requests as the volunteer portal goes operational.

“The move to the cloud brings many benefits for the Olympic Games. It takes away the need to rebuild an entire infrastructure for each of the Games, which is both timely and costly,” said Patrick Adiba, group chief commercial officer, CEO of major events at Atos.

“It also helps the IT team to react faster and to anticipate new needs and perhaps most importantly, it provides flexibility. As the Olympics does not need to operate at full capacity all the time, a cloud infrastructure will enable computing power to be scaled up and down to meet demand and ensure the best experience for users.”

A project in Manchester designed to improve services for citizens has won the “Internet of Things Cities” competition. 

The CityVerve Project, which optimises services using the Internet of Things (IoT) technology, received the GB£10m award.

The project, led by Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership, was selected out of 22 entries involving 34 cities across the UK and with a shortlist of six finalists. 

UK Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said the Manchester project won because of its “ambition, scale, coordination across the public and private sector, and potential for success.

“The Manchester project will help the UK to be a world leader in the adoption of Internet of Things technologies and inspire others around the world to create smarter cities.

“The Project will bring real benefits to people who live and work across Manchester, one of our Northern Powerhouse cities.”

The CityVerve Project includes plans for talkative bus stops, which let bus operators know when commuters are waiting, and a network of sensors in parks and along commuter routes to encourage people to do more physical activity.

IoT adds sensors and data analysis to equipment like streetlamps, vehicles or home heating equipment. These ‘smart’ improvements enable the delivery of more personal, efficient and flexible products and services.

“The pioneering work Manchester is doing on devolution, finding innovative ways to respond to local needs and priorities, makes us the perfect test bed for this work,” Sir Richard Leese, leader of Manchester City Council said on behalf of the CityVerve consortium.

“Our plans are firmly focussed on creating the conditions for economic growth and helping connect people with the opportunities created - whether that’s helping them to monitor their own health to help avoid preventable illness or giving them improving transport information to help them move around the city more easily.”

The CityVerve project will demonstrate applications of IoT technologies and services in four key areas: healthcare; transport; energy and environment; and culture and community. It aims to provide a replicable model for other cities in the UK and beyond.

IoT is a major area of growth that is set to have a transformative effect on society. A recent report by independent consultants Arup estimates that the global value of the IoT sector will exceed £255 billion a year by 2020.

IoT is one of the four components of RAID, which comprises the disruptive technologies of Robotics, Artificial intelligence, Internet of things and big Data. 

To harness the potential of these disruptive innovations, city and business leaders are meeting at the large scale RAID Confex in Utrecht on 31st May and 1st June 2016. To find out more visit www.raidconfex.com

International brands including Apple, Google, Johnson & Johnson, the IAPP, Microsoft, Meta and TikTok as well as the most high-profile data protection and privacy leaders in the world will be in Jersey from Monday 28^th October, as, for one week, the Island becomes the centre of the world for data protection and privacy at the 46th Global Privacy Assembly Annual Conference.

 The Global Privacy Assembly connects the efforts of more than 130 data protection authorities worldwide every year, to discuss major issues impacting upon privacy and data protection and create the roadmap for the future of international privacy regulation.

Hosted by the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner on behalf of the Global Privacy Assembly, the event combines an impressive open session agenda, open to business and public at the Royal Jersey Showground followed by a closed session for members of the Global Privacy Assembly at the Radisson Blu Waterfront Hotel, and will see 500 delegates and 70 international data protection and privacy industry leaders explore the conference theme ‘The ‘Power of i’.

“For one week, the Bailiwick of Jersey will be the centre of the world for all those involved in data protection and privacy,” said Clarisse Girot, Acting Head, Division on Data Flows, Governance and Privacy, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Kate Charlet, Global Director of Privacy Safety and Security Policy from one of the event’s gold sponsors, Google, commented: “The privacy landscape continues to evolve and grow more complex every day, so we’re excited to gather at this year’s GPA to learn how global regulators and privacy experts are tackling new challenges and focusing on responsible innovation.”

Aruna Sharma, Global Head of Privacy & Regulatory Affairs from Gala Dinner sponsor TikTok said: “TikTok is delighted to sponsor this year’s GPA conference in Jersey, and to contribute to the important dialogue on how organizations can work together with privacy and data protection regulators to foster the protection of personal information in times of rapid technological innovation."  

The speaker line-up includes European Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders, European Data Protection Supervisor Wojciech Wiewiorowski, President of the French data protection regulator the ‘CNIL’ (Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés) Marie-Laure Denis, Japanese Privacy Commissioner Yuji ASAI, Chair of South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission, Haksoo Ko, Head of the Data Protection Office, International Committee of the Red Cross, Massimo Marelli,  Commissioner, Instituto Nacional de Transparencia Josefina Roman Vergara, Commissioner for Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Patricia Kosseim and Baroness Beeban Kidron OBE, Chair of 5Rights Foundation.

Keynote speakers, panel discussions and fireside chats throughout the week include:

• The Future of Privacy Regulation
• Innovation and the Impact of AI
• Data Protection and Mental Health
• The concept of ‘harm’ in a Digital Age
• The advantages and challenges of Data Transfer Tools
• The Societal Impact of Privacy Education
• Accessible Privacy: Protecting the disabled, vulnerable and socially marginalised in a digitised world
• Creating trust through Data Trusts
• Trust and Safety for Automobile Innovation
• Data sharing between Government and Third Sector

Smaller side events, many of which are open to all delegates, will take place at venues across the island throughout the week and see world leading organisations such as UNICEF engage in high level discussion with delegates and Data Protection Authorities.

Keynote speakers lined up for the week include Futurist Nikolas Badminton, Bestselling Author and Hall of Fame Speaker Douglas Kruger and the final speaker at the open session is 7/7 survivor, paralympic athlete and inspirational and motivational speaker Martine Wright MBE. As a survivor of the most horrific terrorist atrocity to hit London in the post-war era, Martine’s story is one of pure inspiration. Delegates will hear how the trauma of that life-changing day affected Martine in terms of her privacy. Martine will discuss how she was thrust into the media spotlight, press intrusion, the impact of her disability in terms of access to basic services and how she harnessed the power of the media to tell her story to the world, on her terms.

Paul Vane, Information Commissioner for Jersey, commented: “Hosting the 46^th GPA is a once in a lifetime opportunity for the Island and we’ve worked hard to ensure local businesses have the opportunity to network with some of the most influential organisations on earth. To welcome these global sponsors and international visitors to our shores is an incredible opportunity for Jersey.

We are delighted to provide local businesses with the opportunity to hear directly from international experts shaping the future of data protection and privacy, as well as be part of conversations that will influence the future of global data protection regulation. From tech suppliers to caterers, 90% of our resource for the conference is local to the Island and we hope the event brings a welcome boost for tourism in these shoulder months. It is an immense honour to be showcasing Jersey and we’re grateful for the support from the Government of Jersey and sponsors, to make it happen. The importance of hearing the voices of our next generation cannot be underestimated, so we’re also delighted to be welcoming students from Hautlieu School in Jersey for their perspectives on cyber bullying, facial recognition and what privacy means for future generations.”

 The 46th Global Privacy Assembly will take place from Monday 28 October to Friday 1 November 2024.

 Registration for virtual attendance remains open until midnight (Jersey time) on Saturday 26^th October 2024. To view the conference programme, speaker line up, find out more and register, visit 46th Global Privacy Assembly (GPA) | Jersey 2024 (gpajersey.com)

[Source: SportAccord] SportAccord is thrilled to announce Wiz-Team, an independent, leading provider of comprehensive Events and Games management solutions, as Official Supplier for the World Sport & Business Summit in Birmingham - the West Midlands, on 7-11 April 2024.

Next month, sport’s most influential gathering will bring together more than 1,500 delegates, including leaders and key decision makers from over 120 International Federations (IFs), the International Olympic Committee, host cities and organisations involved in the business of sport.

In the run-up and during the Summit, Wiz-Team will support SportAccord and the local organisers with important solutions and services based on its all-in-one event management platform “Event-Works”, which will ensure smooth event delivery, from the registration of participants to the management of arrivals, departures and accreditations, to accommodation and access control, to name just a few.

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In addition, Wiz-Team’s Delegate Mobile App, which has been custom branded “SportAccord”, will support the key purpose of SportAccord - networking and facilitating meaningful connections between the delegates, speakers and exhibitors. Delegates will have instant access to the event’s full programme, speakers listing, information on local cultural activities, as well as all relevant social media streams and other useful information. Thanks to the App, attendees will also be able to include their preferred sessions directly into their own agendas and use their personalised QR code to access the event venue.

Martin Gibbs, Managing Director of SportAccord said: “Wiz-Team is internationally recognised for their innovative event technology, smart data management and seamless event delivery services – all crucial to help ensure an excellent delegate experience. We are absolutely delighted we can count on them as our official supplier for SportAccord 2024.”

“Wiz-Team has long-standing links with SportAccord and the International Federations it unites. Supporting the return of the Summit, long awaited by so many, is a matter close to our hearts,” said Tim Goethals, COO of Wiz-Team. “We are looking forward to meeting many old and new friends all in one place next month in Birmingham, a city we know well through our work with the Commonwealth Games, and supporting the continued success of this unique event.”

Delegates can meet Wiz-Team at their booth number 17 in the exhibition space.

About Wiz-Team

Wiz-Team delivers cutting-edge technology and support services to the world’s greatest events across sport, institutions, hospitality, and entertainment. An industry-leading independent solution provider since 2012, it designs and delivers comprehensive Events and Games management solutions and services, including internationally renowned all-in-one event management platform “Event-Works”.  Designed by event managers for event managers, Event-Works provides a suite of customisable tools aimed at flexing and scaling to the changing needs of event operations and delivery. Wiz-Team’s innovative platform empowers event professionals across industries to manage various event types, sizes and demands, from major sports competitions like the Commonwealth Games and World Cups, to high service level meetings, such as Congresses, Summits, and General Assemblies.