2017 WASM Conference will take place at Lithuanian Sports University

After two day’s extensive discussion in the Board Meeting in Langkawi, presidents of regional associations and executives of WASM have come to a consensus of granting the hosting right to Lithuania for the 2017 WASM Conference. Lithuania Sport University is responsible for hosting the world conference for the first time in East Europe.

WASM – World Association for Sport Management –  was established on April 27, 2012 at Aletheia University in Taiwan. Presidents and representatives of the six continental associations of sport management (NASSM, EASM, SMAANZ, AASM, ALGEDE, and ASMA) presented at the meeting. They formally adopted the Constitution and founded the WASM.

The mission of this organization is to facilitate sport management research, teaching and learning excellence and professional practice. WASM provides a forum for the international perspective on sport management for the Continental Associations, International Sport Federations, Non-government organizations, Institutions of Higher Education, Academics, Students, the Sport Management industry and professionals, National Associations and other affiliated organizations for sport management.