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The upcoming National Sports Convention’s live keynote session,  A Global Agenda – Innovation, Growth and Future Investment, on 11th November will explore a global approach for thinking differently on models for growing sports participation.

NSC asks “do we need to disrupt the traditional models of growing participation only through sports associations if we are going to encourage more people to be active and participate?”

Research across the globe shows that participation in sporting activities, is not determined by whether it is provided by sports bodies, commercial providers or government, it’s about the experience that participants receive. 

Now that we have local and state government, commercial providers, local leisure centres, alternative sports leagues, PCYC and charitable providers, the NSC session will address how “we collectively bring all of these together, and with using sport as a vehicle for health improvements, crime reduction, community connectedness and more?”

This year’s NSC will be focused on alternative and bold approaches to change the traditional narrative.

The speakers for A Global Agenda - Innovation, Growth and Future Investment live keynote session (Thursday 11th November) include:

• Tim Hollingsworth, OBE Chief Executive, Sport England - Uniting the Movement
• Raelene Castle, Chief Executive, Sport New Zealand - Every Body Active
• Lim Teck Yin, Chief Executive, Sport Singapore - Live Better Through Sport
• Rob Dalton, acting Chief Executive, Sport Australia - A More Active Nation Will Drive Pathways to Podiums

NSC’s on-demand workshops that will be delving into this conversation include:

Active Cities – Collective Approaches for a More Active Community

• Alex O’Mara, Group Deputy Secretary Place, Design and Public Spaces, Department of Planning, Industry and Environment NSW
• Keddie Davis, Director - Participation and Sector Development - Sport, Recreation and Racing, Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions, Victoria
• Katherine Webber, Sport and Recreation Planner, Logan City Council

Collaborative Approaches to Activating Targeted Communities to Be More Inclusive

• Molina Asthana, Founder and Executive Director, Multicultural Women in Sport
• Kelly Barns, Director, Wellbeing SA
• Lisa Atwell, Manager Statewide Wellbeing Strategy, Wellbeing SA
• Neal Ames, Recreation and Landscape Planner, Waverley Council

Local Government, The Saviours of Community Sport?

• Helene Windels, Sport and Recreation Planning Coordinator, Logan City Council
• Matthew O’Connor, Manager Recreation Planning and Design, Blacktown City Council
• Kirin Lindop, Chief Executive, Athletics NSW

To register for this keynote session go to nationalsportsconvention.com.au/register/

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