Paralympians, Industry Leaders, and Advocates Highlight Oct. 15 Agenda

The Adapted Sport Leadership & Business Symposium (LABS), presented by All In Sport Consulting, today announced its full slate of sessions and speakers for the free, one-day virtual conference taking place on Thursday, Oct. 15. The event will bring leaders from the adapted sport industry and beyond together for a day of cutting-edge educational sessions, idea sharing, and meaningful conversations designed to elevate the industry and achieve the vision for all to experience the transformational power of sport. LABS 2020 is free to attend and registration is open at: adaptedsportlabs.com/register.

LABS features an exemplary slate of adapted sport industry leaders, athletes, influencers, and advocates set to present sessions and panel discussions throughout the day. Sessions include (full agenda including descriptions and times is available at adaptedsportlabs.com/schedule):

 

• Keynote: Building a Movement for Social Change with Sustainable Impact and Benefit

David Grevemberg – CEO Commonwealth Games Federation

 

• 2020 Lessons Learned and New Opportunities to Expand the Movement

Ann Cody – Special Advisor, International Disability Rights, U.S. State Department

Victor Calise – Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities

 

• Creating Successful Partnerships to Build Successful Events

Greg Fante – VP of Sports Development, Louisville Sports Commission

Mike Mushett – CEO, Turnstone Center

Dan O’Connell – CEO, Visit Ft. Wayne

Will Waller – CEO, National Wheelchair Basketball Association

Moderator Jason Gewirtz – Editor & Publisher, SportsTravel Magazine

 

• What Athletes Want & Need to Maximize Success

Blaze Foster – Para Powerlifting Paralympic hopeful

McKenna Geer – Team USA, Shooting, 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, bronze medalist

Jaleen Roberts – Team USA, Track & Field medalist at the 2017 & 2019 World Para Athletics Championships and 2019 Parapan Games

 

• Economic Impact of the Adapted Sport Industry

Dawna Callahan – Founder & CEO, All In Sport Consulting

Nate Heckman – President, Stitch Marketing Research

Jon Schmieder – Founder & CEO, Huddle Up Group

 

• Pursuing an Inclusive and More Equitable Region

Hunter Leemon – Executive Director, Sportable

J.C. Poma – Director of Sport Relations, Richmond Region Tourism & Vice Chair, Sportable

Josh Sloan – Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator, Sportable

 

• Communicating with Power and Passion

Katie Moses Swope – Founder, MoSwo PR

Loren Worthington – VP of Communications, Ability360

 

• Social Impact of Adapted Sport – Advocacy and Activism

Cheri Blauwet, MD – Harvard Medical School & Board Member, United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Phil Pangrazio – CEO, Ability360

John Register – Founder, Inspired Communications International

 

“LABS was born from the idea that expanding the adapted sport movement would require uniting those within the industry as well as reaching beyond it,” said Dawna Callahan, founder and CEO of All In Sport Consulting. “We have worked very hard to develop a powerful and thought-provoking agenda with that goal in mind, and are excited about the connections, conversations, and progress this event will enable. In addition, we look forward to sharing the results of the first Adapted Sport Economic Impact survey. This initial survey provides a solid foundation to better understand our industry’s impact and influence in the overall U.S. sport economy. We look forward to building on this data in years ahead.”

All In Sport Consulting teamed up with Huddle Up Group and professional national research agency Stitch Marketing Research to conduct the first-of-its-kind study earlier this year. The resulting data will be presented at LABS for the first time along with a discussion on how industry professionals can best utilize these early insights while working with fellow sport brokers in communities across the country.

LABS was created to complement versus compete with current adapted sport industry conferences, but is unique in its level of disability representation. Callahan, an adapted sport industry athlete herself, along with many of the other speakers bring authentic “lived” experience complemented by professional experience to the conference. To register or for more information, visit adaptedsportlabs.com.

About All In Sport Consulting

All In Sport Consulting is a Denver-based consulting firm that leads organizations in creating life-changing opportunities for people with disabilities through adapted sport. Through strategic planning, adapted sport program management and implementation, and training and education, All In Sport helps organizations ensure they are in the best position to create opportunities for all who want to experience the power of sport. For more information, visit http://allinsportconsulting.com/.

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Chief Executive Officer of Commonwealth Games Federation David Grevemberg to Kick Off Conference as Keynote Speaker

All In Sport Consulting, presenter of the Adapted Sport Leadership & Business Symposium (LABS), today announced the move online to a virtual one-day conference on October 15 due to concerns around COVID-19. LABS, originally scheduled for Oct. 5-7, 2020 in Denver, is designed to elevate the adapted sport industry and unite its leaders from across the country through idea sharing, cutting-edge thinking, and collective growth to achieve the vision for all to experience the transformational power of sport. Despite the pivot to a virtual conference, the LABS 2020 vision remains the same. LABS is free to attend and registration is open at: adaptedsportlabs.com/register.

“We created LABS with the goal of uniting leaders from the disability sport community and beyond to have the conversations necessary to bring the experience of adapted sport to more people,” said Dawna Callahan, founder and CEO of All In Sport Consulting. “As we move virtual, we are more focused than ever on offering a diverse, dynamic lineup of cutting-edge educational sessions highlighted by David Grevemberg, CEO of the Commonwealth Games Federation, who we are thrilled to welcome as our keynote speaker to launch the conference.”

Grevemberg will kick off LABS 2020 with a keynote discussion on “Building a Movement for Social Change with Sustainable Impact and Benefit.” Grevemberg is CEO of Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the organization responsible for the Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Youth Games.  Previously, he was CEO of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Organising Committee (Glasgow 2014 Limited) and Executive Director of Sport and International Federation Relations at the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, Germany.

Grevemberg joins an exemplary slate of adapted sport industry leaders and influencers set to present cutting-edge educational sessions throughout the one-day virtual conference. Speakers include:

• Cheri Blauwet, MD, Assistant Professor in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Harvard Medical School, attending physician at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and Paralympian
• Victor Calise, Commissioner of the New York City Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities, Paralympian
• Ann Cody, Special Advisor, International Disability Rights, U.S. Department of State, Paralympian
• Greg Fante, VP of Sports Development, Louisville Sports Commission
• Blaze Foster, Para-Powerlifting, Paralympic hopeful
• Jason Gewirtz, Editor and Publisher, SportsTravel
• Nate Heckman, President, Stitch Marketing Research
• Mike Mushett, CEO, Turnstone
• Dan O’Connell, CEO Visit Fort Wayne
• Phil Pangrazio, CEO, Ability360
• John Register, CEO, Inspired Communications International, Paralympian
• Jon Schmieder, Founder/CEO, Huddle Up Group

All In Sport Consulting has also teamed up with Huddle Up Group and professional national research agency Stitch Marketing Research to conduct a first-of-its-kind Adapted Sport Economic Impact Survey intended to gather data related to the adapted sport movement and how it contributes to the U.S. sport economy. Survey results and data will be presented for the first time during the LABS virtual conference. The full conference agenda and speaker lineup are being finalized and will be announced in the coming months. A sampling of the LABS 2020 programming is available at: adaptedsportlabs.com/schedule.

LABS was created to complement versus compete with current adapted sport industry conferences, but is unique in its level of disability representation. Callahan, an adapted sport industry athlete herself, brings authentic personal experience complemented by decades of corporate and nonprofit professional experience to the conference. She conceived the concept of LABS after conversations with industry thought leaders, disability advocates, athletes, and others who expressed the common notion that expanding the adapted sport movement would require uniting those within the industry as well as reaching beyond it. LABS uniquely seeks to include both perspectives from outside the industry along with disability representation in every session.

To register for LABS 2020, sponsorship opportunities, FAQs, and more, visit adaptedsportlabs.com.

About All In Sport Consulting

All In Sport Consulting is a Denver-based consulting firm that leads organizations in creating life-changing opportunities for people with disabilities through adapted sport. Through strategic planning, adapted sport program management and implementation, and training and education, All In Sport helps organizations ensure they are in the best position to create opportunities for all who want to experience the power of sport. For more information, visit http://allinsportconsulting.com/.