Society & Culture
Play the Game 2017 - E-sport: Coming to stay - and to steal the picture? Wednesday 29 November 2017 16.30-18.10 Chair: Peter Sprenger Speakers: Ivo van Hilvoorde, Lecturer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands Alex Lim, Secretary General, International e-Sports Federation, Republic of Korea, Ian Smith, Integrity Commissioner, Esports Integrity Coalition, United Kingdom Anna Baumann, Esports Lawyer, Independent, Germany Steven Vos, Professor, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands Play the Game 2017 operated under the subtitle “Riding waves of change" and gathered around 400 journalists, scientists and sport officials on the 26-30th of November in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Play the Game is an international conference and communication initiative aiming to strengthen the ethical foundation of sport and promote democracy, transparency and freedom of expression in sport. It is run by the Danish Institute for Sports Studies (Idan), an independent institution set up by the Danish Ministry of Culture. The task of Idan is to create overview over and insight into the field of sport nationally and internationally. http://www.playthegame.org