As initiator and supporter of a new series of conferences called European Outdoor Summits (EOS), the European Outdoor Group has announced some details about the first edition of the event, which will take place in Stockholm on Oct 16-18, 2013. It will be organized by the Scandinavian Outdoor Group and will take place at the Royal Opera in the heart of Sweden's capital. Some personalities have already accepted the invitation to present key-note speeches to the European and international outdoor industry, including Jörgen Jedbratt from Kairos Future, an internationally operating consulting and research company. Jedbratt will present a study on the outdoor industry and its opportunities and challenges in the future. Other speakers will be Sally McCoy, chief executive of Camelbak, and Angela Owen, senior vice president marketing of REI, the big U.S. specialty retailer. Besides other partners such as Gore-Tex, Polygiene and Thule, the summit is supported by ISPO as one of the main contributing partners (more on this in The Outdoor Industry Compass).

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