2019

The third “Medicines for Worlds Ghettos” conference this year will bring together 23 amazing speakers from 15 countries to share their experiences on the following topics:

1. The social impact of street sport on society and the environment

2. Street sports and volunteering,

3. Girls' opportunities in street sports,

4. Street sports as a new platform for marketing opportunities,

5. Street sports infrastructure,

6. Development of street sports and future trends. Organizer: Ghetto Games The European Commission's support for the organization of this conference does not constitute an endorsement of the content of the authors and cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. .Support: jaunatne.gov.lv. The projects are co-financed by the State Youth Program 2019 under the Ministry of Education and Science.

All presentations are available here: Medicines for World's Ghettos 2019 PowerPoint presentations

1.STREET SPORTS SOCIAL IMPACT IN SOCIETY

ANTONS SEMENAKS (Latvia)

Leader of the Ghetto Football movement

LONGBOARDING GIRLS CREW (Ireland)

International longboard community created in Madrid in 2010 aiming to get more girls and women into the sport and changing the way we’ve been portrayed and perceived, by society and ourselves.

DANILA KUZNETSOV (Estonia)

Estonian Street Sports association chairman

DANIJEL RIBARIC (Netherlands)

Founder Panna Knock Out Foundation

AGNĖ ŽIUKAITĖ (Lithuania)

Illustrator & editor-in-chief of football magazine "Sveiks Valio", founder of "Overtime" street football tournament

MANVEL ISADZHANJAN (Latvia)

Ghetto Fight movement leader (pankration competitions). Leader of fight club "Sev Arch" where you will be able to find not only high class pankration athletes but Manvels is also developing social program which introduces young people from different social levels principles of fair fight, hard work and importance of education.

2.STREET SPORTS AS A NEW PLATFORM FOR MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES

VLADIMIR VOLOSHIN (Russia)

Newman Sport partner, co-founder IRONSTAR and ROSA RUN

MALTA BMX (Malta)

Largest BMX community in Malta, that runs their indoor skate park, runs BMX schools and international events.

DGI (Denmark)

DGI is a sports association in Denmark that works to better the conditions for our more than 6.400 member sports clubs and their more than 1.5 million members. Together with the clubs, we make people move – for you, your team, your health and just for fun.

MAGNUS GYLLENBERG AND PEDRAM AFSHARI - FRYSHUSET (Sweden)

Fryshuset Foundation is a global non-profit organization based in Sweden that works to achieve societal change and positive development with and for young people around the world. Fryshuset promotes empowerment and social inclusion of youth, especially for those at risk or who already face exclusion. We want to empower young people, support their development and for their voices to be heard and taken into account on issues that affect them.