Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the Conference Organizing Committee, I would like to inform you
of the:

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND SOCIETY     
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
8-10 March, 2010
http://sportconference.com

The 2010 Sport and Society Conference will address a range of critically
important issues and themes relating to the Sport and Society. Plenary
speakers will include leading thinkers and practitioners in the sports, as
well as paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by researchers and
practitioners in all fields of sport and kinesiology. The conference will
take place between the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This year's conference features the following plenary speakers:

*Robert K. Barney, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
*Richard Pound, Director of the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010
Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games *Patricia Vertinsky, University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
*Barbara Evans, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

For more information about these speakers, please visit the conference website:
http://sportandsociety.com/Conference-2010/plenary-speakers/ .

Sports marketing veteran, Barbara Emener Karasek (current PGA TOUR's
Director of Corporate Marketing), is moderating a panel on Monday, March 8th
entitled "Purpose Driven Sport: The Art of Giving Back and Building
Legacies," an engaging discussion on the purpose of sport and its long term
impact on the constituents and communities served. Panelists include Bruce
Dewar, CEO of VANOC's 2010 Legacies Now, Debbie Butt, NHL's Vancouver
Canucks Director of Community Partnership and Executive Director for Canucks
for Kids Fund, Milos Vranesevic, MasterCard Canada, and others to be
announced shortly.

In addition to plenary presentations and the panel discussion, the Sport and
Society Conference includes parallel presentations by researchers, teachers
and practitioners. We invite you to respond to the conference
Call-for-Papers. Presenters submit their written papers for publication in
the refereed International Journal on Sport and Society. If you are unable
to attend the conference in person, virtual registrations are also
available, which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible
publication in the journal.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short
abstract) is 11 February 2010. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of
submission. Full details of the conference, including an online proposal
submission form, may be found at the conference website:
http://sportconference.com

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join
us in Vancouver in March.

Yours Sincerely,

Prof. Keith Gilbert      
Director, Center for Disabilities,
Sport and Health
School of Health and Bioscience
University of East London
London, UK