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Istanbul University Law Faculty Centre of Comparative Law, Moroglu-Arseven Istanbul Law Firm, Nomos LLC, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Sport Management Graduate Program, and the International Association of Sports Law (IASL) are pleased to organise an academic and practitioners conference, to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, September 6-7, 2010, discussing the internationalisation of sport business, legal and policy issues, and opportunities for collaboration between academic units and sport business practitioners.

International Comparative Law, Policy, Sport Business Management, Strategy, Marketing, and related fields' submissions with an emphasis on academics-practitioners collaboration prospects are particularly encouraged.

Suggested topics include (not limited to):

• International sport governance and policy, alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, and legal challenges/conflicts
• Self-regulation of sport v governmental intervention
• Political science, economy, and international relations in the context of sport and international governing bodies
• Change management and organisational decision-making in sport institutions and governing bodies
• Human rights and sport, discrimination and classification, age, colour, disability, gender identification, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, and socioeconomic status issues
• Athletes’ migration, transfers, restrictions, and governing bodies’ regulatory frameworks’ legal/policy challenges
• Foreign policy, immigration law, citizenship, naturalisation, “home-grown” rules, and foreign players’ limits in sport leagues
• More: http://istanbul2010.islbc.org/