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Baseball Career Conference December 5-6th, 2010 Lake Buena Vista, Florida Walt Disney World What: The SMWW Baseball Career Conference will be held in 2010 at The Walt Disney World Resort BoardWalk Inn. This conference is to gain valuable insight into a variety of careers from those working at the highest level in baseball! This day long career conference offers unique panel discussions and question-answer periods designed to start or advance your career on the business of baseball. The day will be split up into diverse speaker panels; including sports business, athlete representation, scouting, broadcasting, media, and sports career strategies. Goal: To provide members of the sports industry with an opportunity to work with and learn from leading industry experts regarding the representation of athletes and the challenges of operating professional teams, leagues, facilities and media outlets. Read an article "Inside the Baseball Winter Meetings" by Maury Brown, Biz of Baseball Read an article from an attendee at the 2009 Baseball Career Conference When: Sunday, December 5, 2010 from 7pm-9m for an optional Welcome Reception and Monday, December 6th, 2010 from 8am-5pm. Where: SMWW Baseball Conference sessions take place at the Walt Disney World BoardWalk Inn which is walking distance to the Winter Meetings which are held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin. The BoardWalk Inn is now sold out for rooms but many lodging options are still available in the area. Walt Disney World BoardWalk Inn Disney’s BoardWalk Resort 2101 North Epcot Resorts Boulevard Lake Buena Vista, Fl 32830 Who should attend: Anyone 18 years or older working on the business side of baseball or wanting to work in baseball! 2010 Speakers: Stan Kasten, Washington Nationals Baseball Club Murray Cook, former GM of the New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, and Cincinnati Reds and currently the Detroit Tigers East Coast Scouting Supervisor Bill Squadron, Bloomberg Sports General Manager Craig Calcaterra, Lead Blogger, HardballTalk, NBC Sports.com Jim Duquette, Former GM of the Baltimore Orioles and NY Mets. Currently with MLB Network Radio on Sirius/XM Gary Hughes, Chicago Cubs, Special Asst. to the GM David Chadd, Detroit Tigers Director of Scouting Admin D'Amato, former scout for Houston Astros, Texas Rangers, NY Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Cincinnati Reds Bob Rose, Oakland A’s Director of Public Relations Jay Miller, Texas Rangers Senior Vice President Jerry Crasnick, ESPN Baseball and Baseball America Chaim Bloom – Tampa Bay Rays Assistant Director of Minor League Operations Julie Kremer, New York Yankees Fantasy Camp Director Tom Leip, Sports Business Professional and former Northern League Executive Director and 20 year minor league executive. Maury Brown, Biz of Baseball & SMWW Faculty Tony Ciccolella, MLBPA Agent Tracy Ringolsby – Baseball America and FoxSports.com. 2005 Spink Award winner (the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Assoc of America) Dr. Lynn Lashbrook, SMWW President Ryan Latham, Tacoma Rainiers Event Coordinator & SMWW Alumni Taylore Scott, Texas Rangers Asst Dir of Customer Service & Seasonal Employment Coordinator and SMWW Alumni Mark Smith, Oakland A's Minor League Video Coordinator & SMWW Alumni Ron Knight, Atlanta Braves Baseball Operations Intern Oscar Suarez, MLB Agent John Mellor, WorkinSports President & CEO and many more are being added daily Click Here to Register Conference Fees: (Conference Fee does not include meals or hotel accommodations or any Winter Baseball Meetings activities.) General Admission Register here $150 before 11/15/2010 $200 after 11/16/2010 College Students and Faculty Register here: (Your university will be on your name tag) (All Sports Management Worldwide Students and Alumni are included at this rate) $100 before 11/15/2010 $150 after 11/16/2010 Team and Agency Employees Register here: (The team or agency you currently work for will be on your name tag) $100 before 11/15/2010 $150 after 11/16/2010