ISPO Bike has a new exhibition director as longtime community manager David Badalec takes over while Eva Schlangenotto is taking maternity leave, the trade show announced Friday.
Badalec has been community manager for the action sports segment for seven years.
“Thanks to his longtime trade show and sports business experience, David Badalec is the ideal person to manage ISPO BIKE," said Tobias Grber, the head of Consumer Goods Exhibitions at Messe München.
Among Badalec’s responsibilities is the further development of the trade show concept as well as planning, organization and implementation of the event. He reports to Gr ber. Also effective immediately, Jose Moreno-Tapia will be responsible for the Action Sports segment of ISPO MUNICH; his colleague Constanze Fuchs will take over his former responsibility for the Performance segment. Fuchs will continue to act as the Community Manager for the ISPO Vision and Sportstyle segments.
ISPO BIKE 2013 is held July 25-28 at the exhibition center at Messe München. ISPO MUNICH 2014 will be held January 26-29 2014 at Messe München.
