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22-23 September 2026: Manchester Sportcity: sports-led regeneration
Join us for a packed 2-day event and discover Manchester Sportcity's exciting journey to sporting, social and economic benefits from sports-led regeneration.
Hear directly from industry experts: Discover how public and private sector partners have transformed this area of the project and the work that has followed on from the 2002 Commonwealth Games – including the way it balances elite and community sport.
Join behind the scenes tours of
- Etihad Stadium
- Co-op Live
- National Cycling Centre
- City Football Academy
Be the first to stay in Manchester's newest hotel at the Etihad Stadium!
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We have held a range of well attended conferences and venue tours in the UK and Ireland with networking, learning and good practice at their core.
Find out more about the key learnings!
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Glasgow 2026 venues - Building on a legacy: Conference on 14 May 2026
Glasgow will host this year’s Commonwealth Games after an unusually compressed and high-pressure build-up of just 18 months, compared with the seven years typically available to host cities. It’s been able to take on the challenge in part because it already has a strong portfolio of venues, built up through the 2014 Commonwealth Games and other major events since. How those venues have performed over the past decade - and how they can be adapted for another Games - was the focus of the latest IAKS UK & Ireland seminar held on 14 May.
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IAKS UK & Ireland Facility Tour, 1 October 2025
A full house of architects, designers, operators, engineers and consultants toured four of Lee Valley Regional Park Authority’s acclaimed sports and leisure venues to find out how the Authority successfully blends community activation, major events and commercial approaches.
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IAKS UK & Ireland conference and facility tours in Cardiff, 10-11 April 2025
Over 100 attendees at ‘Active Wellbeing in Communities’ were confronted with the stark health and physical activity issues in this part of the UK, along with inventive ways that challenges like these are being tackled both here and overseas. The two-day event at the Principality Stadium in the heart of the Welsh capital looked at how sports and leisure facilities can better serve communities. It was built around how a unique piece of Welsh legislation is influencing health and leisure, and how learnings from this can be applied in other countries.
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First IAKS UK & Ireland seminar 'Active Places' in Dublin, Ireland on 2-3 October 2024
More than 120 architects, engineers, operators, consultants, local authorities and universities from across Ireland and the UK, along with European colleagues, gathered in Dublin to share experiences and expertise on creating sustainable futures for the sport and leisure industry. The first IAKS UK and Ireland event to take place in the country dealt with a host of issues around this challenging topic in a fascinating two-day seminar and study tour.
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IAKS UK seminar „Balancing the needs of community, elite and university facilities“ in Edinburgh, 17-18 April 2024
More than 80 delegates and panellists converged in Edinburgh to hear and discuss the design, performance and operation of sports and leisure facilities to meet the demands of both elite sport and community use. Comprehensive facility tours at Meadowbank Sports Centre and Oriam - Scotland’s National Performance Centre for Sport – highlighted this unique learning and networking event organized by IAKS UK.
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IAKS UK seminar in Portsmouth, UK on 15 June 2023
The BREEAM-Outstanding Ravelin sports facility was the venue for the IAKS UK conference in Portsmouth on June 15, 2023. Located on the university campus, the event focused on the low-carbon and low-energy design and development of sports and leisure facilities.
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