First Sleep and Recovery Summit for all South Africans.

 First Sleep and Recovery Summit shall be held in February 2021 for all South Africans. 

The summit is targeted to all South Africans involved in the medical, wellness, and sports performance sector and shall explore:

• The world of Sleep and Recovery
• The missing links in health, rehab and performance which lie in the ability to recover and adapt

Anyone who needs to better understand the many facets of recovery.

• Fitness Coaches
• Personal Trainers
• Strength Coaches
• Performance Coaches
• Athletic Trainers
• Fitness Enthusiasts
• Massage Therapists
• Health Coaches
• Physical Therapists
• Chiropractors
• Rehab Specialists
• Anyone who wants to learn more about health, recovery, sleep and performance!

Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) encourages all its coaches and technical stall to attend in order better provide for the welfare of its Registered Players.

Please view the link below to sign up for this informative event.

Registration is FREE!

https://www.sleepcoachcourse.com/southafricasummit

Beware of false summits...

Without accredited esports bodies at summits, like IESF and MSSA, such summits do not deal with the real issues surrounding esports.

With the development of esports since 1998, only recently is there a plethora of summits.
Summits are  now being staged on a seemingly endless basis, and, if a person is so inclined, one could attend at least one a month. But to what end of these summits being held? What is the expected outcome?  To whom are these summits being aimed?

It is a well known fact that Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) had managed to have esports recognised as an official sport in South Africa in 2005 when, it was allowed for the first time to have Protea Colours awarded to its national esports team that participated in the World Cyber Games (WCG). pening in the field of esports.

With esports already being considered to be a sport (in terms of the Sport and Recreation Act of 1998) it seems strange that any summit held in South Africa not have the official sporting authorities present to weigh in on what is really happening in the field of esports.

Thus it is laughable that any summit that is pretending to deal with the growth of esports in the South  African context leave out major players like International Esports Federation (IESF), the Department of Sport and Recreation (SRSA), SASCOC, MSSA, or major clubs affiliated to MSSA. It would be like holding a summit apropos the future of football without having FIFA, SAFA, and a few PSL clubs present. Such a summit on football would be considered to be of no value as it would be deemed to be self-serving at best, and irrelevant at worst.

What we do see is summits being organised by exhibition companies on their own behalf, using journalists and operators of private events as their main speakers. In my personal opinion, such a summit is merely an advertising event for those present and has verly little to do with the long term development of esports.

Also read:

• Dubai Artificial Intelligence Sports (DAIS) conference and exhibition
• Registration for Global Esports Executive Summit 2019 is now open
• ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO CONNECT WITH ESPORTS
• ESPORTS SUSTAINABILITY” – Speakers for GEES 2019
• Janine wows GEES.
• Unifying Esports Voices at the 3rd Global Esports Executive Summit (GEES)
• ESPORTS ACADEMIC SEMINAR

GEES 2019 to be held in Busan, Korea, 29 to 31 August 2019

Busan again plays host to the Global Esports Executive Summit.

International Esports Federation (IESF) is delighted to announce the Global Esports Executive Summit (GEES) 2019 is taking place on 29 and 31 August 2019. The fourth edition of IESF’s GEES 2019 will take place in the dynamic city of Busan, Korea for the third consecutive year and bring the combined knowledge, experiences and ideas from all key esports stakeholders to the fore. GEES 2019 is being financially supported by the Busan Metropolitan City and the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Since 2016, GEES has been the platform to share ideas, create synergies, and most of all, to reach a mutual consensus for esports development. 2018 saw 181 key decision makers from National Esports Federations, Publishers, Esports Media and others take part in GEES 2018 from 57 nations to openly discuss on how esports can generate synergies with traditional sports.

According to Colin Webster, IESF President, “GEES represents the spirit of openness, transparency, and willingness that is IESF’s culture to work with all role-players who are already immersed in the world of esports, as well as those who wish to become role-players in this fast growing and fascinating sport”.

GEES2019 will thus continue to enhance dialogue between esports stakeholders, and to openly discuss various issues in esports. GEES 2019 will also continue the integration with Esports Academic Seminar as a parallel program, sharing the latest academic research in the esports industry. It was in 2018 that IESF announced its vision of the Global Esports R&D Center to support Esports researches through the Academic Research Center which IESF continues to promote. (Reference: https://www.ie-sf.org/news/iesf-launches-global-esports-rdcentre-for-further-esports-development/).

Further detailed information for GEES 2019 and Academic Seminar will be announced with the opening of the registration website in the near future.

Also read: 

• Janine wows GEES.
• “ESPORTS SUSTAINABILITY” – Speakers for GEES 2019
• Dr. Janine Brandt is off to Busan to address GEES.
• ANNUAL CONFERENCE TO CONNECT WITH ESPORTS
• Busan Metropolitan Government to cooperate actively in developing esports
• GEES 2019 to be held in Busan, Korea, 29 to 31 August 2019
• IESF announces DOTA 2 as First Game Title for 11th Esports World Championship
• 2019 Esports World Championship: December 11 to 15, 2019
• Excitement abounds as GEES draws nearer.
• Dr. Janine Brandt steps forward to promote gender equality in gaming

eSports Africa Summit 13 - 14 August 2018 | Johannesburg

eSports Africa Summit 13 - 14 August 2018 | Johannesburg | South Africa

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South Africa's Jason Batzofin elected as IeSF's Athletes' Commission Chairperson.

Jason Batzofin (Old Edwardian Wargames Club) at IeSF's 8th World Championships - Jakarta.

Internationale-Sports Federation (IeSF) Athletes’ Commission announced that Jason Batzofin (South Africa) has been elected as the Chairperson of Athletes’ Commission in August 2017.

The Athletes’ Commission chair will now be sitting as a Board member of IeSF to deliver the voices of esports athletes to the Board of IeSF, and also to actively participate in decision making processes to be more focused on athlete driven initiatives. Jason's main focus will be on building a platform and communication channel for esports athletes to voice freely on national and international level, for athlete voices, interest, and welfare to be heard directly to esports national federations and IeSF.

Madeleine Leander (Sweden)

Jason Batzofin has been the Junior World Champion for Historical Wargames-Ancients Period, and has also been the CounterStrike: GO Player and athlete representative of South Africa (MSSA) in 2015. 

Madeleine Leander (Sweden), the gold medalist for StarCraft 2 in 2013 Esports World Championships, was elected as Vice Chairperson.

The Athletes’ Commission was inaugurated at the 1^stGlobal Esports Executive Summit 2016 in Shanghai, China. To take more active footsteps the Athletes’ Commission supported to attend the Esports World Championships in 2016 and also have been invited to the General Meeting to “look and feel” the current structures in place. The nomination of the first chair and vice-chair this august is the step to systemize the Athletes’ Commission and to take further steps to develop the foundation in the future.

For more information please read through the card news uploaded at IeSF official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/IeSFederation/photos/pcb.1340274472695369/1340274262695390/?type=3&theater

Global Esports Executive Summit 2017 to be held in Busan, Korea

MSSA's Colin Webster - part of one of the panels at the 2016 Global Esports Executive Summit Shanghai.

The International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) and Busan Metropolitan City shall host the 2017 Global Esports Executive Summit, in Busan, Korea, from November 13^th to 14^th, as a co-event of  IeSF's Esports World Championship.

The Global Esports Executive Summit Busan 2017 is the second event after its first meeting in Shanghai 2016. 

The program and agenda of the Busan Summit is to include of more specific agendas which is to be discussed and shared among all the esports influencers participating in the Summit. 120 officials from different esports industries and sports society people have participated last year.

The 2016’s agendas of panel discussion were; 

• esports, road to official sports 
• good causes, universal value, and social responsibility in esports, 
• athlete welfare 
• clean esports environment 
• what is the platform for the next generation esports and how it can change your lives.

The Key purpose of the Summit is to share ideas between key stakeholders in different esports industries, to align understandings to ensure esports develops in the right direction and manner. Moreover, the summit involves the participation of International Sports Society members to openly discuss the potentials of esports and its synergies which can be produced together with traditional sports.

IeSF, Busan Metropolitan City, and Busan IT Industry Promotion Agency, will be exerting every effort to support activation of the summit, for all esport industry, esport athletes and sport society to reach a common goal of understanding for esports development.

“We are delighted to hold World Championship and Global Executive Summit in succession in Busan.” Said Mr. Alex Lim, Secretary General of IeSF. “We hope that the different stake holders of esports will be able to share the same vision by the end of the Global Esports Executive Summit, for future esports development. IeSF Plans to hold the Summit on an annual basis to constantly communicate with various stakeholders and also lead esports under consensus for holistic development.”

And this is how a summit is done....

As endorsed by International e-Sports Federation (IeSF), the World eSports Summit 2016 will be held on November 18-19, at Xiamen International Conference Center. 

The 2-day World eSports Summit 2016 will gather over 300 senior/top executives from worldwide eSports regulatory bodies, federations/alliances, clubs/teams, local sports bureaus, eSports competition operators, game publishers, live streaming platforms/TVs, media, software/hardware/solution providers and cyber bars. 

Hot topics include:

• Outlook of Global eSports Industry, 
• eSports Promotion & Brand Awareness, 
• eSports + Mobile, 
• eSports + Console/Motion Sensing, 
• eSports + Entertainment, eSports + Profession/Grassroots. 

The Summit offers interested parties the best opportunity to acquire industry information of APAC esports market and find qualified partners/clients worldwide.

120 Officials from e-Sports and Sports Industries to Attend Global e-Sports Executive Summit Shanghai 2016

120 officials from e-sports and sports industries will participate in the Global e-Sports Executive Summit,which will be held by International e-Sports Federation (IeSF) in Shanghai, China for 2 days, from July 30^th to July 31^st.

The goal and vision of the summit is to share ideas between key stakeholders in different e-Sports industries to align understandings and ensure e-sport develops in the right direction and manner. Also the summit will involve the participation of the international sport society to openly discuss the potentials of e-Sports and its synergies it can produce together with traditional Sports.

Key stakeholders in diverse e-sports industries will be attending the summit. Games related companies, such as Blizzard Entertainment, Wargaming, Smilegate, Mail.Ru, Tencent Games, and Garena. Professional e-sports teams from NAVI and FCShalke04 have also decided to participate in such event. e-Sports peripheral companies such as Sony Interactive Entertainment and Logitech, together with live streaming companies from Twitch, SPOTV, LeSports, and sport media from SinaSports, Daily Dot, The Score will also attend the summit.

The summit will also involve the presence of key roleplayers within the international sports society. Charmaine Crooks, the 1984 LA Olympic silver medalist who was elected to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) athlete’s commissions, and an executive board member of Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), together with Vlad Marinescu, former SportsAccord general director, and Patrick Nally, who is regarded as father of sports marketing and the CEO of West Nally, will attend as a panel member of panel discussion during the summit.

The agendas of panel discussion will be;

• e-sports, road to official sports
• good causes, universal value, and social responsibility in e-sports,
• athlete welfare
• clean e-sports environment
• -what is the platform for the next generation e-Sports and how it can change your lives, will be discussed during the summit on July 31^st

“We expect the Global e-Sports Executive Summit will be the place where various e-sports and sports officials could speak together on the synergy of e-sports and traditional sports. IeSF plans to host the summit as an annual event for e-sports partners to discuss e-sports development and have relationships with international sports society. We request for all e-sports partners, fans and traditional sports officials who are interested in e-sports for your continuous interests and support,” said Byung Hun Jun, President of IeSF.

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<Attachment> Agenda and Panel list of Panel Discussion on Global e-Sports Executive Summit

Agenda	Panel List
eSports, Road to Official Sports	Tim Reichert (FCShalke04), Colin Webster (IeSF), Vlad Marinescu (Rsportz), Jay Shin (Smilegate), Yanfei Li (WCA)
Good causes, universal value, and social responsibility in e-sports	David Yarnton (Gfinity), Magnus Jonsson (IeSF), Akihito Furusawa (Japan e-Sports Federation), Yevhen Zolotarov (NAVI), Charmaine Crooks (NGU Consultants), Pavel Varabei (Wargaming)
Athlete welfare	Spike Laurie (ESL), Alex Lim (IeSF), Charmaine Crooks (NGU Consultants) Leonardo Ribas ( Brazil, eSports athlete)
Clean e-sports environment	Kevin Morris (Daily Dot), Anna Rozwandowicz (ESIC), Tim Reichert (FCShalke04), Sean Conroy (Genius Sports), Colin Webster (IeSF), Patrick Nally (West Nally)
What is the future platform for e-Sports and how it can change your lives	Eddy Lim (IeSF), Tom Keefer (US e-Sports Federation), Patrick Nally (West Nally), Brian So (World Mobile Games Inc.)