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get connected with the industry - join our
leadership series
#3 topic: event management
Date: Thursday, April 12th
2012
workshops at: 08:30 - 10:00 - The Wow Factor of Event Management, LT1
10:00 - 12:00 - Career Paths and Roles within Different Areas
of the Event Industry, LT1
GUESt speaker: Simon Graveling
Chairman of Stage One, Events Company
Who can attend: Invitation is open to BBA, PGD & MBA Students. Registration
details are posted on Moodle and will be based on a first-come
first-served basis.
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2. biography of guest speaker simon graveling
www.lesroches.edu
#3: event management
§§ Are you interested in how a Public Mega-Event is created, planned and carried out behind the
scenes?
§§ Let’s say, for something as huge as Olympic Games Opening and Closing ceremonies? Do you
want to gain inside information regarding the London 2012 Games?
Then you cannot miss the next Leadership series Les Roches is hosting on the topic of Event
Management focusing on ‘Iconic Events’ with Simon Graveling as the guest speaker. Simon will
engage with students and discuss what it takes to create and plan major events under the global
spot light.
Simon Graveling has been in the live events
industry since the early eighties, and he is the
Chairman of Stage One, currently tackling
the most demanding aspects of staging the
Ceremonies of the Olympic Games. He has
been instrumental in the Athens 2004, Beijing
2008 and the forthcoming London 2012
Games. Simon has also organised committees
in Beijing, the Asian Games in Doha and
the IOC itself, and last summer he served as
Head of Ceremonies and Production Project
Director for the Athens 2011 Special Olympics
World Summer Games. Prior to joining Stage
One, Simon was involved in the production
of promotional and marketing events and
he was responsible for the creative launch of
international brands. His involvement with
Jack Morton has allowed Simon to travel and
organise mega events around the world for
the last 25 years.
leadership
series
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