Copenhagen 21-24 October 2009

MOVE2009 takes great pleasure in inviting you to join its world Congress on Active Cities. The congress gathers delegates, representatives and agents both from the public and private sector involved and interested in active city projects and cooperation.

The MOVE2009 Congress Consortium wishes to extend a warm welcome to all registered participants and launches an open call to political leaders, business representatives, city administrators, recreation-, transport-, and urban experts, sport associations and enthusiast alike, to join us in Copenhagen, Denmark for what promises to be the most delightfully exciting and informative event in the field.

Hosted in the newly built conference centre of Northern Europe’s most innovative sports meeting facility DGI-Byen (http://www.dgi-byen.com/), the MOVE2009 World Congress will provide inspiration and exchange in an tremendously inspirational setting.

The MOVE2009 Congress Consortium is pleased to you announce and promote an excerpt of confirmed keynote presenters that will address the congress. The MOVE2009 Congress Consortium has been very privileged to secure the services of some of today's most internationally respected exponents in the field of urban planning, sport and leisure architecture, social change management, health, sport, citizenship and related disciplines. The programme includedes among others:

• Carina Christensen, Minister of Culture, Denmark
• Gil Penelosa, Executive Director, Walk and Bike for Life, Canada
• Rai - Raí Souza Vieira de Oliveira, Former captain of the national Brazilian football team & co-founder, Gol de Letra Foundation, Brazil
• Jan Gehl, Founding Partner Gehl Architects – Urban Quality Consultants
• Ritt Bjerregaard, Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Denmark
• Walter Feldman, Municipal Secretary of Sport, São Paulo, Brazil

Find the list of confirmed speakers and the MOVE2009 Congress Programme on the website.

Book your MOVE2009 participation now and make sure to benefit from the preferential congress fee offers.
The early sign-up deadline will expire on the September 7, 2009 and cannot be prolonged.
Click this link to proceed directly to your MOVE2009 online registration.

Download the latest edition of the MOVE2009 World Congress invitation, featuring all relevant information of the congress from the MOVE2007 website.

The MOVE2009 World Congress includes the following themes:

Overarching themes
    * Urban planning
    * Settings
    * Target groups
    * City profiling

Cross-cutting themes
    * Sport and physical activity
    * Health
    * Citizenship

Read the full theme description at the MOVE2009 website.
http://www.move2009.org/index.php/themes

In tune with the MOVE2009 spirit, we try to reach-out to new target groups and facilitate the contact between the Sport-for-All sector, Cities, and finally public and private stakeholders within the broader framework of Active Cities, Sport, Health & Citizenship.

Therefore we kindly ask you to widely distribute the MOVE2009 invitation
inside your organisation, especially to:

• the member information services (newsletters, magazines, e-mails, website, etc)
• the national board of your organisation
• interested networks or working groups in your organisation
• your international departments and committees

to your national contacts

• Non-members in your country
• Interesting organisations and networks
• Public authorities, Ministries, Local governments, Active cities,

to your international contacts

• cooperation partners & organisations
• International networks
• International Institutions, public authorities, local governments, active cities

The MOVE2009 World Congress on Active Cities: Sport, Health and Citizenship is organized by a broad partnership of organisations and stakeholders engaged in the endeavor to inspire creative urban development processes.

• International Sport and Culture Association – ISCA
• European Confederation Sport and Health – CESS
• European Cyclists' Federation – ECF
• Streetfootballworld
• International Union of Architects Sport and Leisure Programme - UIA S&L
• Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities – LOA
• Center for Sports Architecture – CIA

The MOVE2009 World Congress would like to thank its donors and sponsors for their commitment and support.

• Danish Year of Sport 2009
• City of Copenhagen
• Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities - LOA
• European Commission - Citizenship Programme
• SAS - Scandinavian Airlines