Partners

Associate Partner

Major event security is an ever-growing critical and complex practice.

And as more nations take up the challenge of hosting the world’s biggest sporting events, there has never been a greater need to share knowledge and experience in the field.

The International Centre for Sport Security (ICSS) is an international, not-for-profit institution that aims to help event organizers stage safer major sporting events. The Centre's mission is to enhance security and safety in the world of sport by proactively addressing real issues and providing best-in-class training, research and tailored consulting in all aspects of sport security.

The ICSS team brings together some of the world’s leading sport security experts and has access to a worldwide network of specialist practitioners, offering expertise in every aspect of sport security.

The ICSS is based in Doha, Qatar, an emerging centre for global sporting events, which has hosted the 2006 Asian Games and  the 2011 Asian Cup, and will stage the 2011 Pan Arab Games in December and the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

The ICSS regularly organizes events to encourage the creation of sport security networks and to drive new thinking.  The 1st Annual Sport Security Conference, jointly organized by the ICSS and QIASS (Qatar International Academy for Security Studies), took place in Doha, Qatar, in March 2011.

Visit: www.theicss.org  

 Associate Partner

UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) is the British Government's organisation responsible for supporting UK companies trading internationally and those overseas businesses seeking to set up or expand in the UK.

Through our extensive network of international specialists at British Embassies, Consulates and High Commission’s around the world and UK-based companies, UKTI helps global sports firms and organisations to source UK skills and expertise to help them plan, develop, design, construct and manage their own major sporting occasions on a national and global scale. More specifically, UKTI’s Global Sports Project team is responsible for helping UK firms to take advantage of export opportunities arising from international sporting events. 

For Further Information:

Visit: www.ukti.gov.uk

Andrew Bacchus
Head Global Sports Projects Team 
Tel: +44 (0) 207 215 4003
E-mail: andrew.bacchus@ukti.gsi.gov.uk

UK Trade & Investment
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET  

Delegate Bag Sponsor

The world’s leading supplier of entertainment technology, Production Resource Group (PRG) provide state-of-the-art Lighting, Video & LED, Audio, Rigging and Automation equipment and services from 40 locations across Europe, The Americas and Asia Pacific.

Over 2,000 employees and as many as 3,000 freelance technicians serve our customers from more than 1.5 million square feet of warehouse and pre-production space worldwide.

Specialists in each technical discipline, we have dedicated teams of experienced account and project managers in each of the markets we serve: Special Events, Sport, Television, Film, Concert Touring and Corporate & Exhibition.

A proven source for lighting, rigging, audio, video and highly skilled technical professionals; PRG can offer unparalleled global coverage and the very highest level of customer support.

PRG’s worldwide rental inventory includes more than $750 million of equipment, the largest inventory of any supplier, continually evaluated and updated replacing some $50 million in equipment each year, ensuring that the most up-to-date equipment is available to our customers.

Our dedicated R&D facilities in Dallas and Birmingham develop unique and proprietary technologies and products which consistently push the boundaries of event and entertainment technology.

For more information please visit: www.prg.com

 Branding Partner

With over 60 years’ industry experience, Icon is one of the world’s longest established branding implementation agencies.

Icon defines, designs and delivers many customers’ environmental branding and live event requirements. Our brand is all about taking this proposition to the next level – being recognised as the trusted market leader helping organisations bring their own brands to life.

Icon specialises in delivering:

World Class branding programmes which we have realised for major sporting events such as international and domestic Cricket, the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, UEFA Euro 2004 and 2008, UEFA Champions League, the FIFA World Cup in Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010 and the Ryder Cup in 2006 and 2010 – as well as for worldwide corporate clients such as Vodafone and Colt Communications, and famous venues including Lord’s, The Oval and Stamford Bridge.

Creative technology and spectaculars through our live events division, which has implemented global awareness and launch events for major brands such as adidas, Samsung, Aviva and Coca-Cola.

Event Overlay and City Dressing via our new division ICON:SLS, which has delivered a number of prestigious public and sporting overlay programmes in the UK and worldwide.

Visit: www.icon-world.com/

AV Partner
 

At Creative Technology (CT) we combine innovative thinking with a passion for technology.

A leading international supplier of specialist Audio Visual equipment to the live events, broadcast and entertainment industries, our bespoke events staging services bring together advice, support and equipment of the highest quality, providing everything from large screen displays to content delivery systems. In short, CT can provide all the elements required to translate creative ideas into technical reality.

We’ve been working with audio visual technology for 25 years. Embracing new innovations and convergent technologies combining network infrastructure and video services, CT’s world-class skills in planning, preparation and project management sit alongside systems design, operation and execution, all areas of which perfectly complement our engineering and IT expertise.

CT’s global reputation for unparalleled levels of customer service results from its innovative application of the latest technology alongside the very best technical and operational personnel. With inventoried offices in the UK, USA, Germany, Dubai and Asia Pacific, CT’s positioning is to work either via incumbent production companies, or as an extension to in-house event teams utilising the seamless relationships between our international offices.

CT has established a reputation as market leaders in product innovation and customer service. Our team includes many of the industry’s best Project Managers, engineers and operators with cumulative experience running in to hundreds of years. As suppliers to some of the world’s most exciting sports events such as Olympic Games Ceremonies, Wimbledon, the Ryder Cup, the Tour de France, the Euro Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games, Creative Technology is well placed to support events of any size, in any location.

Visit www.ct-group.com/