The city of Cologne is renowned as a metropolis of exhibition, trade and culture. Cologne Cathedral, Carnival in Cologne and the typical Cologne beer are other symbols of the city on the Rhine, which boasts about one million inhabitants. But apart from that Cologne is also the location for the production of one quarter of all German TV programs and is the centre of Sport Science and Sport Research with the German Sport University.
The German Sport University is the only Sport University in Europe. It nationally as well as internationally stands for high-quality education as well as for an excellent research in the field of Sport Science. The Institute of Sport Economics and Sport Management is one of 19 academic institutes at the Sport University and also one of the most renowned teaching and research institutions in the field of Sport Economics and Sport Management.
One of the central aims of the head of the institute, Prof. Dr. H.-D. Horch, is to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience between academics and practitioners. To promote this the institute organises the German Conference for Sport Economics and Sport Management every two years. 
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