AMPSEA prepares for inaugural conference

November 2, 2022

Approaching its inaugural conference in Sydney on 22nd November, the Australian Mass Participation Sporting Events Alliance (AMPSEA) has advised of its speaker schedule.

With mass participation sporting events (MPSEs) returning over recent months, the conference aims to providing leadership and representation to inspire the sector which faces a range of post-pandemic challenges including increases in input and other costs, difficulties in attracting sponsorship and significant staff and volunteer turnover.

Introducing the conference, AMPSEA advise that the conference “will be a great opportunity to network with other AMPSEA members, receive updates on AMPSEA’s mission and be involved in the progression of an industry which is still feeling the effects of the toughest few years since the pandemic.”

With more speakers to be announced, confirmed keynote speakers as the conference include:

Dr Lindsey Reece, Australian Sport Commission
Chris Toward, The Shift Agency
Matt Bisset,Race Roster
Andrew Stone, MESHH
Lisa Dowsett, Northern Beaches Council

Sessions will cover the future of employment in mass participation, sustainability, technology and funding.

Looking forward to the conference, Chris Heverin, Managing Director of Spartan Australia/New Zealand and AMPSEA Chair, sees MPSEs as playing an increasingly important and recognised role in Australia’s sport and recreation landscape, emphasising “a key pillar and objective of the Australian Government for the 10 years leading into the Brisbane 2032 Olympics and then beyond, is ‘participation’ by the Australian public.

“The mass participation events industry is the largest cohort in the participation space with over 3.4 million Australians, but is currently unrepresented and unrecognised, which does not make sense.”

Heverin sees that the AMPSEA Conference will “provide industry members the opportunity to engage with government officials, develop meaningful relationships and explain our case for support and inclusion within the government funding and support framework.

“I urge all event operators and industry suppliers to roll up their sleeves and support AMPSEA by showing up in numbers at the 22nd November Conference in Sydney and get involved in determining a positive future for our industry.

“See you there!”

Being held at Novotel Sydney Central the conference will feature the AMPSEA Annual General Meeting and will be followed by Networking Drinks sponsored by Race Roster.

Click here for more information in the Australasian Leisure Management industry Calendar.

Image: Gold Coast Marathon.

1st November 2022 - Noosa Triathlon secures Queensland Government funding until 2025

1st November 2022 - AusPlay research results highlight a change in the way Australians are getting active

21st October 2022 - World Health Organization reveals high cost of physical inactivity in first-ever global report

22nd September 2022 - Community discussions to begin on alternate bike course for IRONMAN Australia 2023

30th August 2022 - IRONMAN 70.3 Sunshine Coast aims to secure three-year sponsorship arrangement

24th August 2022 - Abbott World Marathon Majors and Mass Participation World partner drive return to running

16th August 2022 - Australian Mass Participation Sporting Events Alliance to stage first conference in November

14th August 2022 - Spartan World Championship returns to Abu Dhabi in 2022 with more challenging obstacle course

13th August 2022 - IRONMAN Group welcomes tomorrow’s return of Sydney City2Surf

10th May 2022 - Triathlon Australia adopts National Integrity Framework in partnership with Sport Integrity Australia

6th May 2022 - Obstacle racing looks to Olympic Games inclusion

1st December 2021 - Mass Participation World conference returns as an online event

20th March 2021 - AMPSEA heads to Canberra to present need for stimulus package for mass participation events

11th November 2020 - Mass participation sporting event sector facing ‘mass extinction’

18th August 2020 - Mass participation sporting events calls for $48 million stimulus funding from Federal Government

28th July 2020 - Australian Olympians and running legends push for resuming mass participation sporting events

7th July 2020 - World Athletics looks to broaden mass participation reach

19th June 2020 - Mass participation sporting event industry highlights $1.1 billion Coronavirus impact

9th November 2019 - Mass Participation World Conference expands with new awards program

29th November 2015 - Social media impacts mass participation sporting events

Support our industry news service
We hope that you value the news that we publish so while you're here can we ask for your support?

As an independent publisher, we need reader support for our industry news gathering so ask that - if you don't already do so - you back us by subscribing to the printed Australasian Leisure Management magazine and/or our online news.

Click here to view our subscription options.