OutDoor by ISPO’s Global Summit postponed
Organisers of trade fair OutDoor by ISPO have cancelled the Global Summit Edition, slated to take place in Munich from October 5-7 – postponed from an original date in July.
It said the industry's attention is focused on challenges that have arisen as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, including production bottlenecks and securing the supply chain.
Klaus Dittrich, CEO of show organiser Messe München, said: "The desire for face-to-face encounters is strong among all industry participants, but the current challenges in the outdoor sector require a presence in the companies. Therefore, from our point of view, it is the right step to embed the lectures, panel discussions and workshops into the programme of ISPO Munich 2022.”
Mark Held, president of European Outdoor Group (EOG), added: "I am proud of the great concept and conference programme the EOG team has created, which was well received, according to the talks we had with leaders from the outdoor sector.
“Therefore, I’m very sad that the event cannot go ahead this year as the reality is simply that the collective outdoor trade is facing other major challenges from the ongoing global situation right now and it’s a hard ask to get the leadership teams to put all their work aside and come to a conference for three days at this time.
“We’re now looking forward to ISPO Munich 2022 for the trade to come together and will hopefully find some of this very good content there as well in January 2022.”
The next OutDoor by ISPO will return to the traditional period as a trade show platform and is planned for summer 2022. The exact date will be announced in the coming weeks.
Image credit: Outdoor by Ispo
