27th International IAKS Congress in Cologne at FSB 2021

Name: FSB
Start: 2021-10-26
End: 2021-10-29
Location: Koelnmesse GmbH

Look forward to exciting panel discussions, lectures and expert circle meetings. With its 27th edition the world’s leading international forum on the planning, building and operation of sports and leisure facilities will once again be the hub for inspiration and innovation.

The IAKS Congress will address key topics explaining how to develop healthy and sustainable communities. Climate challenges and ecological sustainability is at the core of the debates. Check out the agenda for sessions about economic challenges and operational improvements, digitalization and future trends. International experts from Australia, Canada and Europe will give practical insights why social sustainability is a key factor for sports and recreation facilities for All. They will present innovative models to foster new thinking in public recreation facilities.

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Programme IAKS Congress 2021

Tuesday, 26 October 2021

Time

Topic

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Addressing the global climate challenge
Presentations and discussion with the panelists
Welcome and introduction
Dr Stefan Kannewischer, IAKS President, Switzerland

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Daniela Bas, UN Director of Division for Inclusive Social Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Switzerland

The IOC’s sustainability achievements and future goals
Marie Sallois-Dembreville, Director Corporate and Sustainable development, International Olympic Committee, Switzerland

TAFISA’s Global Active City programme
Wolfgang Baumann, Secretary General, TAFISA, Germany

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch break and visit of FSB

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Innovation to foster ecological sustainability
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

NEOM: A network of top-tier community sports zones in urban, beach and mountain locations open to everyone
Jan Paterson, Managing Director Sport, Neom, Saudi-Arabia (tbc)

How can master planning and design respond to extreme weathers caused by climate change?
tbc

On the path to carbon neutral sports and leisure facilities: Learnings from the Olympic House in Lausanne
Jan Ammundsen, Senior Partner & Head of Design, 3XN Architects, Denmark

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Coffee break

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Zeroing in on Net Zero
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

How to reduce embodied carbon by environmentally sustainable design
Jo-Ann Gamble, Lendlease, Sydney, Australia (tbc)

Net zero energy in community recreation projects
Ted Watson, Partner, MJMA, Canada

Environmental sustainability, well-being and active design at University of Portsmouth Ravelin Sports Building
Michael Hall, Partner, FaulknerBrowns Architects, United Kingdom

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Happy hour for IAKS members and friends
Meet & greet at the IAKS booth

6:30 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.

2021 IOC IPC IAKS Architecture Prizes Ceremony
Awards gala with prize-giving ceremony
The IOC IAKS Award and the IPC IAKS Distinction are the most important international architecture prizes for sports, leisure and recreational facilities. At this Awards Gala Night, the award-winning facilities will be presented to the international public. Representatives from the IOC, the IPC and the IAKS will hand out the prizes in the presence of international guests. Prizes will be presented to the award-winning building owners and architects.

Wednesday, 27 October 2021

Time

Topic

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Social sustainability: Recreation facilities for All
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Promoting Active Cities Throughout Europe: The matrix for change
Jean-François Laurent, Junior Director, TAFISA, Germany

Concord Community Pop-Up Park
Derek Lee, PWL Partnership Landscape Architects, Canada

Embracing diversity: Key to inclusion in recreation facility participation
Mark Hentze, Architect, Canada

24/7 indoor facilities for All – Is this possible?
Holger Kortbek, Head of sports facilities at municipality of Gladsaxe, Denmark

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch break and visit of FSB

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Innovative models to foster new thinking in recreation facilities
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Innovation in funding and developing sports and leisure facilities:
The model of LOA fonden
Ola Mattson and Sidsel Hye Knudsen, LOA fonden, Denmark

Designing street sports for sustainable development
Marie Traasdahl Staal, GAME, Denmark

The public realm and the democratization of play
Elizabeth Hand-Fry, StudioHIP, USA

3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Coffee break and visit of FSB

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

IAKS General Assembly (only for IAKS members)

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Happy hour for IAKS members and friends
Meet & greet at the IAKS booth

Thursday, 28 October 2021

Time

Topic

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Economic challenges and operational improvements; digitalization and future trends
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

First Why? Then what? – How to maximize project impact through early decision making
Darryl Condon, HCMA architecture, Canada

Business intelligence and demand analysis for shaping more informed, connected & active communities (incl. case study)
Alex Burrows, Founder of ActiveXchange Australasia and Canada, Warren Green, Managing Director, Warren Green Consulting, Australia

Digital evolution in the design and build process
Paul Gerrits, Pellikaan Bauunternehmen Deutschland, Germany

12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Lunch break and visit of FSB

1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

The impact of Covid-19 on design and operations
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Funding challenges for both public and private projects in elite sport and grass root development
Shaun Dawson, Lee Valley Regional Park Authority, United Kingdom

Covid-19 safe re-opening of venues and its legacy for design and operations
Al Baxter, Architect, Populous, Australia

Experiences from the Tokyo 2021 Games
tbc

3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Arenas and sports halls: New success models
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Old sports halls – new opportunities
Casper Lindemann, DIF, and Oliver Vanges, LOA Fonden, Denmark

Rapid development of Esports and Esports arenas:
New and unique design characters reflect the nature of “gaming”
Rhys Courtney, Senior Principal, Populous, United Kingdom

Combining sporting, cultural and other uses at Salburua neighbourhood in Vitoria-Gasteiz
tbc

5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Happy hour for IAKS members and friends
Meet & greet at the IAKS booth

Friday, 29 October 2021

Time

Topic

10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

The future of synthetic turf
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Hierarchy of performance standards for synthetic turf pitches
tbc

Challenges to the future of synthetic surfaces
tbc

Circular Economy: How end-of-life artificial turf becomes raw material for new artificial turf systems
Dr. Cornelia Röger-Göpfert, Morton Extrusionstechnik, Germany

Zero waste development of synthetic turf: New materials creating circularity
Arnoud Fiolet, Recreational Systems International, Netherlands

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Ice as a tool for supporting active urban and community experiences
Presentations and discussion with the panelists

Ice as an animator of the public domain – examples from major urban centres
Conrad Boychuk, Architect, Canada

Non-traditional ice experiences – innovations in form
Viktors Jaunkalns, MJMA, Canada

Temporary installations to ice-based “placemaking”
tbc

12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Lunch break and visit of FSB

Review and impressions IAKS Congress 2019

Against this backdrop, the IAKS Congress was an immense success. Taking “Facilitating an active world” as its central theme this year, the congress focused on global trends and presented pioneering projects in the areas of sports and leisure facilities, pools, amenity areas and urban design. Over the four days of the congress, 41 international experts from nine countries presented architectural and operational solutions for athletic peak performance, health consciousness and an active lifestyle. Around 470 participants from 36 countries listened to lectures on subjects such as attractive exercise spaces, sustainability, financing models and economic benefits.

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