Lausanne, SUI, March 28, 2018 — The seventh edition of the FEI Sports Forum 2018, held at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Lausanne this week is now available to view on replay fei.org

If you missed live stream coverage, you can watch the entire replay now on the following links:

Session 1: YOG 2018 and the future

The IOC’s Antoine Goetschy presented on the Youth Olympic Games (YOG), talking about the importance of encouraging participating in sport and how central YOG is to that goal. It helps shape the future of sport. See more on this session here

Session 2: Youth

Youth was the focal point of the first day of the FEI Sports Forum, with a dynamic panel of eight successful youth athletes from around the world representing all disciplines debating a wide range of topics during three separate sessions. This was the first time in the seven-year history of the FEI Sports Forum that the multi-faceted subject of youth has been tackled in such an-in-depth manner. See more on this session here

Session 3: Athlete Welfare

FEI Legal Director Mikael Rentsch introduced the session on Athlete Welfare, talking about harassment and abuse and the recently released IOC toolkit. Guest speakers, Kirsty Burrows (GBR), Consultant on Athlete Safeguarding and Susan Greinig, IOC Medical Programmes Manager gave a clear definition of what harassment and abuse is, as well as explaining the toolkit which the IOC has put in place and how everyone in sport can adapt to safeguard and protect, not only our athletes, but all those involved in sport. See more on this session here

Session 4: Eventing Risk Management

David O’Connor (USA), FEI Bureau Member and Chair of the Eventing Committee, gave an update on the FEI’s Eventing Risk Management programme, presenting the updated 2017 statistics which show that numbers of competitions and numbers of starters have increased significantly and, importantly, numbers of fallers continue to decrease. See more on this session here

Session 5: FEI Officials

Since the Working Group on FEI Officials began its work 18 months ago, 13 recommendations for improvements to the appointment, education, and evaluation of FEI Officials have been developed. Mark Samuel (CAN), FEI 2nd Vice President and Chair of the FEI Officials Working Group provided an update on progress, details of which are available in the supporting document “The Recommendations”. See more on this session here

Session 6: Optimising performance in a challenging climate

John McEwen (GBR), Chair of the FEI Veterinary Committee, opened the session on optimising performance in a challenging climate, outlining best practice and management of horses and humans in hot weather. See more on this session here

Session 7: FEI dressage judging working group findings

The final session of the FEI Sports Forum 2018 featured a presentation on the findings of the Dressage Judging Working Group. See more on this session here

All supporting documents of the sessions are available to download here

Lausanne SUI, February 13, 2018. — The Longines FEI Jumping Nations Cup™ 2018 series begins this coming weekend with the qualifier for the Middle East region taking place in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on February 17. The following day, on February 18, the first round of the three-leg North and Central America & Caribbean league will be staged in Ocala, Florida USA. 

The full series calendar is here.

December 4, 2017. — Media accreditation applications for the FEI World Equestrian Games™ Tryon 2018 opened on November 13 and will close July 4, 2018.

To apply, go to the website http://media.tryon2018.com/  and register for site access. Upon receiving approved access to the WEG Media Site, you can access the Media Accreditation Application Form. Please note that approved access to the WEG Media Site does not confirm event accreditation. To apply for accreditation, please complete and submit the Application Form as instructed. Approved access to the WEG Media Site will include access to FAQs, Press Releases, and Photos and Videos for editorial use only.

Media Lodging

Several Official Media Hotels are on hold in the surrounding area to Tryon International Equestrian Center. Once your Media Accreditation Application is approved, you will be provided with a code to access the media lodging. Shuttles will run regularly between the Official Media Hotels and Tryon International Equestrian Center.

Approval Process

Accredited media applications will be reviewed regularly with successful applications notified within 30 working days.

Should you have any questions please contact Niki McEwen, International Press Officer, Niki@revolutionsports.co.uk, +44(0)203 176 0355  or Carly Weilminster, National Press Officer, cweilminster@tryonweg.com, +1 (410)-245-7441

Members may have heard that a number of thefts occurred over the summer – three in the media center and mixed zone at the LFNCJ Final in Barcelona and photographers had gear stolen at Hickstead and at Burghley. From what we can gather these are opportunistic thieves targeting big sporting events, not just equestrian.

As a result of the UK thefts, CSI /CDI Olympia has been asked to install video surveillance in the photographers area in their media center. FEI Sports Directors have been advised to alert Organizing Committees of the recent problems and task them to ensure that there is security in place and, where possible, CCTV.

The IAEJ advises all members to use security cables on their laptops and make use of lockers in media centers.

September 21, 2017. — Media accreditation for the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping and World Cup Dressage qualifiers at the Equita International in Lyon, France is now open. Equita takes place November 1 to 5 at the Lyon Eurexpo.

To apply for media accreditation, please complete the online form at:  http://www.equitalyon.com/press/accreditation-request

Please note that accreditation closes on October 23, 2017. There will not be any on-site registration. Accreditation is only final after it has been granted by the organizer.For any enquiries please email:presse@equitalyon.com

London, United Kingdom, July 19,2017.– Just a reminder to members that applications for media accreditation for the 2017 Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials ( Aug 31-  Sep 3) will close at 5pm on Friday 28^th July 2017.

To apply please visit the Online Media Centre to complete your media accreditation application if you havenâ??t already.

Should you have any problems logging in or signing up please contact Comms/PR & Technical Support at kate.moore@caa.com, or on +44 (0)7900 882317.

The IAEJ would like to remind all those wishing to cover the Longines FEI European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden, that accreditation closes Monday, July  10, 2017.