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| A view of the exhibition area at Aspire. Scores of companies offering sports related products and services will be showcasing themselves at the ASPIRE4SPORT conference |
The Congress and Expo will kick off with ASPIRE MED, the first of the three world-class conferences including ASPIRE TECH AND ASPIRE BUILD. Opening remarks will be delivered by Dr. Khalifa al-Kuwari, CEO, Aspetar Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital and Dr. Hanan al-Kuwari, CEO, Hamad Medical Corportation.
During the afternoon, ASPIRE4SPORT will host an exciting range of star chats – open to the public for free - with some of the world’s leading sports legends. London 2012 Olympic Boxing Super Heavyweight Gold Medallist, Anthony Joshua, will be speaking alongside Dikembe Motumbo, one of the top post defenders in NBA history, both of whom will be available for autograph signings.
Tickets for the El Clasico match between legends of the top Spanish rivals FC Barcelona and Real Madrid will be available for sale between 3.00pm and 7.00pm when the ASPIRE4SPORT Exhibition will also be open to the public for free. Players will also speak to the media at a press conference at 6.00pm.
ASPIRE MED will incorporate a number of invaluable panels and case studies throughout the day, focusing on the challenges faced by the world’s leading sports medicine and sports science professionals. Attendees will explore a wide range of topics including; Genetically Modified Atheletes: Myth or Reality? And Preventing Sudden Cardiac Death in Sport: The Aspetar Experience.
ASPIRE4SPORT, under the new slogan “Connecting Business & Sport” is set to have many new exciting features, attracting thousands of guests to discuss latest technologies, infrastructure, and medicine.
De Boer in Doha
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| Ronald de Boer |
He will also attend the ASPIRE4SPORT conference & exhibition and will have several meetings to discuss further enhancing the bilateral Qatari-Dutch co-operation in the field of sports and business.
The embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Doha in co-operation with renowned Dutch companies such as Philips, Ballast Nedam, BAM International, Nedap, as well as Amsterdam Arena and Royal Haskoning will be represented through two pavilions in the exhibition of the ASPIRE4SPORT and will also be participating in the conferences and related activities.
The Dutch companies’ participation comes as a follow-up of the high-level Dutch sports & business delegation that visited Qatar in March this year and was headed by Ronald de Boer. The delegation consisted of 28 Dutch companies who will be offering a wide range of solutions to sports related activities and events starting from supply of equipment, sports management consultancy services for stadiums and sports events, design and architecture and finally to construction and infrastructure.
De Boer, who is one of the Qatar 2022 World Cup Ambassadors, has been keen on connecting Qatar to the Netherlands in a partnership framework. Continuous efforts from both countries resulted in the mutual interest to work together and exchange expertise in the fields of sports infrastructure and management.
Dutch technologies and services in the field of sports have an excellent reputation and a proven track record in various sectors, which would contribute to Qatar’s efforts in making the 2022 FIFA World Cup an exceptional event.
In September 2012 a special Taskforce 2022 was established in the Netherlands to present Dutch expertise and knowhow specifically to fit Qatar’s vision and aspirations not only for a remarkable FIFA world cup event, but for an on-going legacy.
