Programme committee

The board of Play the Game and the Danish Institute for Sports Studies appoints a programme committee for each conference.

The committee has two main tasks:

• to advise on themes and speakers for the conference
• to evaluate the conference

The members of the 2017 programme committee are (in alphabetical order, last name)

• Peter Barendse, Researcher, Knowledge Centre for Sport Netherlands, the Netherlands
• Koen Breedveld, Director, Mulier Institute, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
• Frank van Eekeren, PhD, Senior Consultant, Utrecht University, the Netherlands
• Judit Farkas, Quality Assurance and Accreditation Officer, University of Physical Education, Hungary
• Christopher Gaffney, Independent Scholar, USA
• Arnout Geeraert, PhD, KU Leuven/Play the Game, Belgium
• Aleksandra Goldys, Principal researcher, University of Warsaw, Poland
• Grit Hartmann, Freelance journalist, Germany
• Arno Hermans, Founder, Sport eXperience, the Netherlands
• Mogens Kirkeby, President, International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark
• Emiel Krijt, ‎Senior Account manager Public Affairs, NOC/NSF, the Netherlands
• Jesper Frigast Larsen, Legal Manager, Anti-Doping Danmark, Denmark
• Mike McNamee, Professor of Applied Ethics, Swansea University, UK
• Osasu Obayiuwana, freelance journalist, BBC World Football, Nigeria
• Marjan Olfers, professor of sports law, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, the Netherlands
• Roger Pielke Jr., Professor, CU Boulder, USA
• Andreas Selliaas, Journalist, Academic Researcher, Norway
• Harry Arne Solberg, Professor, NTNU Business School, Norway
• Arnoud Strijbis, CEO, Dutch Archery Association, the Netherlands
  Tine Rindum Teilmann, Board Member, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF), and member of the IOC Women’s Commission, Denmark
• Paulina Tomczyk, Policy Officer, EU Athletes, Poland
• Steven Vos, ‎Professor at Fontys University of Applied Sciences & Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
• Jens Weinreich, Journalist and blogger, www.jensweinreich.de, Germany
• René Wijlens, Manager, Sports and Technology Foundation, the Netherlands