Host City Conference & Exhibition 2021

REFRESH, REGENERATE, RECONNECT

The eigth Host City Conference & Exhibition took place online on 7-8 December 2021, welcoming representatives of cities, destination marketing organisations, cross-sector rightsholders, organising committees and suppliers for two full days of plenary presentations, panels, VIP dialogues and workshops on how to attract, bid for and host secure and engaging events with positive long-term legacies.

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HOST CITY 2021 AT A GLANCE

814
EVENT PROFESSIONALS

86
INFLUENTIAL SPEAKERS

28
CONTENT SESSIONS

59
NATIONALITIES

Host City is an incredible organization for good: a well-managed group of professionals seeking to bring the best and brightest together on multiple salient issues. As a sports professional who has also worked in the public and private areas, I appreciate their programs for putting a spotlight on unity, open free discussion, public-private sector cooperation, and the benefits of sport. It has been a great honor to be their former keynote event speaker and participant

Anita DeFrantz

IOC Member and Board Member, LA28
I was extremely proud and honoured to be part of the great Host City 2021 forum because I strongly believe that ‘sports need the cities and the cities need the sport’. Congratulations for this great initiative and bring on the next edition!

Ivo Ferriani

Executive Board Member, IOC and President of GAISF, IBSF and AIOWF
Outstanding. The presentations contained a wealth of information and were most inspiring

Sam Ramsamy

IOC Honorary Member and Vice President, FINA
Host City 2021 was by far the best edition yet and undoubtedly one of if not the leading international sport business conferences this year. Host City was truly diverse in terms of the covering the entire ecosystem connected to events, at multiple levels and with an outstanding list of contributors

Sarah Lewis OBE OLY

Global Sports Leader and Host City Advisory Board Member