The EOG were heavily involved in many aspects of the show and provided insights from our work across the main programme, closed webinars and special members-only meetings and sessions in our own channels.
The sessions each day were themed around a key topic:
On Monday the show started with an introduction by Klaus Dittrich, Chairman of the board, Messe München Gmbh and World Champion Long Jumper Malaika Mihambo followed by a keynote "Corona is not a megatrend".
Head of Research and Insights at the EOG, Pauline Shepherd ran a well attended session around our participation research with Its Great Out There and Pippa Goodman from Foresight Factory
EOG Head of CSR Katy Stevens also organised a closed meeting of the Sustainability Steering Group.
For more details contact: katy.stevens@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
A packed main programme followed and many of the sessions are available on demand now.
Day 2 was all about Digitalisation and the Sportstech Conference Europe.
Outside the main conference we had an EOG members meeting around the Go to Market project lead by EOG Head of Retail Peter Ottervanger. For more information on this project contact Peter directly peter.ottervanger@europeanoutdoorgorup.com
Verity Hardy (EOG Sustainability Project Manager) organised a meeting of the Freight Reduction Roundtable as part of our Climate Action Programme. For more information contact verity.hardy@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
Jane Turnbull (EOG) organised a Hard Goods Round table - Circularity in Hard Goods meeting for EOG members. This was an introduction to the subject of circularity and how it relates to the hard goods sector.
For more information contact jane.turnbull@europeanoutdorgroup.com
Day 3 addressed a subject that has been more important to many this year than ever before, it was also a busy day for the EOG team.
EOG Head of Retail Peter Ottervanger and Head of Research Pauline Shepherd organised a meeting of the Retail Meets Brand - Retail Sustainability Standards group.
The EOG’s CSR and Sustainability team invited members to a successful, relaxed and informal Sustainability Lunch get together to introduce Verity Hardy, who recently joined the team. It was also an opportunity to provide updates on what the EOG has been working on during 2020 and what their priorities are for 2021. Contact katy.stevens@europeanoutdoorgroup.com for more information.
Verity Hardy introduced Using Higg MSI to Understand Scope 3 Raw Material Emissions for members of the Climate Action Programme. For more information contact verity.hardy@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
Pauline Shepherd, EOG Head of Research, introduced an incredibly popular session with Marc Anderman from Sport Marketing Surveys. Performance of the cycling market during 2020, growth and future developments. This session was part of our partnership with Sports Marketing Surveys and while the core outdoor market is key for The European Outdoor Group, it is also important for us to understand the dynamics in other wider outdoor activities. For more information contact Pauline.Shepherd@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
Pauline Shepherd also introduced and supported Pippa Goodman (Foresight Factory) and Margo de Lange (Its Great Out There Coalition) during an interactive session taking a deeper dive into the outdoor activity participation research we carried out in 2020. Again this was a very popular session, showing once again how valuable this research is to the outdoor and wider sporting markets.
Contact Pauline.shepherd@europeanoutdoorgroup.com or margo.delange@itsgreatoutthere.com
Day 4 was another busy and important day for the EOG team. Athlete Kilian Jornet started the day with an insightful and inspiring keynote. The day's main programme continued in a similar vein, and was packed with great initiatives, technologies and a focus on how the outdoor and sports industry can become more sustainable in all areas.
Pauline Shepherd introduced a very popular EOG session with Josie Fabian from Brandwave. The power of connection - building and utilising a brand community.
Later, Pauline also presented an update on Market Data - Measuring the European outdoor market with brand shipment data (Sell in/ Wholesale) and retail sell thru ( point of sale) figures. Using data from The State of Trade Report (Sell In) and the Outdoor Retail Benchmark Report. Pauline was also able show case our newly launched data collection and reporting portals for both reports and to talk about some of our plans for 2021.
For more information contact pauline.shepherd@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
Day 5 was set aside for Friday for Good initiatives. The day started with an introduction from Tobias Gröber Head of Consumer Goods, Messe München Gmbh and Mark Held President, European Outdoor Group.
Tobias and Mark introduced the day and looked ahead to plans for OutDoor by ISPO: The Global Summit edition 2021 which will be held on 6-8 July 2021, more detailed news to come on this soon.
The day continued with a packed programme from a wide range of sources, all focussed on making our industry more sustainable and protecting the environments and wild places we all love.
Our partners at EOCA along with Liesl Truscott, Director of European & Materials Strategy, Textile Exchange were on a panel interview moderated by EOG Head of CSR Katy Stevens - Circular Cooperation - Interview on Environment Biodiversity
This presentation introduced the new Biodiversity Benchmark, an initiative by Textile Exchange that enables companies to understand their impacts and dependencies on nature in their materials sourcing strategies. This was complimented by EOCA who presented their new biodiversity strategy.
Later on Friday Kim Scholze Community Manager Outdoor (ISPO), Messe München GmbH, Margo de Lange Policy Officer, It's Great Out There, Kilian Jornet Athlete, and Christiane Dolva Törnberg Head of Sustainability, Fjällräven discussed just 'Why should physical activity be part of the sustainability agenda?'
During this session, the It’s Great Out There Coalition invited experts from the field to reflect on the role of outdoor recreation and activity for nature conservation and the ins and outs of sustainable activity. Contact margo.delange@itsgreatouthere.com for more information.
EOG Project Manager Scott Nelson also introduced an update on the Single Use Plastic Project on the main stage.
For more information or to get involved in the Single Use Plastic Project contact Scott directly scott.nelson@europeanoutdoorgroup.com
If you have a conference ticket you can watch most of the sessions on-demand now.
The EXPO Area with over 540 Brandrooms is open until March 26th 2021
Below is a guide to the digital trade show.
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