Rugby Expo: 17th and 18th November 2008

Just 13 years (!) after rugby union became a professional sport, 2008 will see the first ever business conference dedicated to the commercial aspects of rugby.

The event will bring together club members, potential sponsors, administrators and investors offering ideal networking opportunities for those involved in Rugby Business.

Rugby Expo aims to be the premier global business-to-business rugby union and league convention and the London event will be the largest ever gathering of business people involved in and passionate about the world of rugby, including clubs, administrators, companies that support rugby and suppliers of services to the rugby community.

The event will be directed to helping businesses achieve their goals: whether this is generating more revenue, finding the right partners or discovering business opportunities. The forum sessions will be led by globally acknowledged opinion formers and will offer unique insights into rugby’s hot topics.

The exhibitions and social networking areas will provide an intensity of activities and opportunities to make contacts in a few days that would otherwise take months to achieve. The key themes for the inaugural event are:

Professionalism: building closer links between rugby and business, with a shared commitment to success.

Grass Roots: attracting and nurturing talent, and supporting development of the game through the ranks.

Developing Nations: enabling growing rugby nations to establish viable financial structures, so rugby can develop as a genuinely global sport.

Rugby Expo will be a festival celebrating and supporting the development of rugby union and league as a truly global sport and will offer wide-ranging and exciting business opportunities. It will take place on 17–18 November 2008 in London at The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, adjacent to the Houses of Parliament.

For more information on Rugby Expo 08 and to book your delegate pass visit www.rugbyexpo.com

Rugby Expo is supporting Our Rugby Club - the grass roots rugby venture aiming to provide much-needed investment in the lower levels of the sport.