The European Outdoor Group (EOG) and the ISPO Group have announced this evening (Sept. 27) that the OutDoor by ISPO: Global Summit Edition will not take place as planned on Oct. 5-7. A letter from the president of the EOG, Mark Held, was just received minutes before our daily Outdoor Industry Compass news alert was sent to its subscribers. He said he was ”very sad that the event cannot take place this year because the reality is that the entire outdoor trade is facing other major challenges due to the current global situation,” referring to the current disruption in the supply chain and logistics.. ”It is difficult to get the leadership teams to put aside their work and come to a conference for three days at this time. We are now looking forward to ISPO Munich, where the whole industry will come together. There we will certainly return to some of this excellent content,” said Held.The next OutDoor by ISPO will return to its traditional timeframe as a trade show platform in the summer of 2022, when orders are taken. The exact date will be announced soon. At ISPO Munich, particularly the newly created Experience Hall, which will be designed as a conference area of ISPO Munich, will feature the contents of the Global Summit Edition. Similar to ISPO Munich 2022, part of the platform at OutDoor by ISPO 2022 will be open to “consumer experts,” Messe München said. Participation fees already paid for tickets will be refunded by Messe München. However, costs for services booked with third parties will not be reimbursed, Messe München wrote in a separate statement.

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