
(ATR) Around the Rings was on the scene for the annualSportAccord Convention and general assembly that took place April 17-22at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.
One of the world's major sports business networking events is now set for its 15th edition in 2017 as SportAccord heads to Aarhus, Denmark.
ATR Publisher Sheila S. Hula introduces us to a few of the friends she encountered at #SAC2016 last week in Lausanne. These stakeholders will likely play a large role at the 2017 edition of SportAccord.
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