Announcing TrailCon
The Freetrail Podcast with Dylan Bowman
Dylan Bowman
4.8 ā¢ 866 Ratings
šļø 16 May 2024
ā±ļø 25 minutes
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Summary
Today's episode is an announcementĀ of TrailCon, a brand new industry conference for the sport of trail running. TrailCon will launch on June 26th, the Wednesday in between Broken Arrow and Western States, for an afternoon of conversationĀ about the present and future of our sport with some of the leading voices and stakeholders in the industry. My guests today are my co-founders in the event -- Brendan Madigan, Owner of Alpenglow Sports and Broken Arrow RD, and Doug Emslie, a 30-year events industry leader.Ā
In today's episodeĀ we talk about the vision and purpose of the event and then unpack the content of the panels we'll host.
A brief summary of TrailCon:
- 2:30-3:00pm - Registration & Coffee
- 3:00-3:30pm - Events Panel
- 3:30-4:00pm - Media Panel
- 4:00-4:30pm - Brands & Athletes Panel
- 4:30-5:00pm - Trail Retail Panel
- 5:00-7:00pm - 100 Mile Happy Hour & Networking Event
TrailCon is FREE and open to the public. VisitĀ trailconference.com to register.Ā
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, fam, welcome to the free trail podcast in a very special episode here. |
| 0:20.0 | Today we are announcing the launch of TrailCon, |
| 0:22.9 | a brand new trail running industry conference taking place on Wednesday, June 26th in Olympic Valley, |
| 0:29.3 | California. My guest today are my partners and collaborators in bringing this event to life, |
| 0:35.3 | Brendan Madigan, the owner of Alpin Glow Sports and the race director of the Broken Arrow Sky Race, |
| 0:40.7 | and Doug Emsley, a friend and mentor of mine who for 30 years has been organizing conferences |
| 0:46.3 | and trade shows around the world, a true legend in the space and a passionate runner himself. |
| 0:52.9 | In today's episode, Brendan, Doug, and I talk about the vision, |
| 0:56.3 | purpose, and practical details of TrailCon, including all the topics that we'll be tackling |
| 1:01.1 | at the conference. Long story short, we will have panels relevant to race directors, athletes, |
| 1:08.1 | industry and brand professionals, media operators, creators, retailers, and more. |
| 1:14.1 | Basically, anyone who earns their living in trail running aspires to build a career in the |
| 1:18.9 | space or who is just generally passionate about the sport and cares about its future. |
| 1:24.5 | We would love if you would join. |
| 1:26.3 | In addition to the content itself, |
| 1:27.8 | we will also have a networking event and happy hour immediately following the talks where |
| 1:32.8 | participants can mix and mingle and socialize with other members of the industry. Trail running |
| 1:38.0 | is definitely at an inflection point moment. Much is changing and we feel it is so important to bring people together and |
| 1:45.7 | plot a positive course forward for our sport and for our industry. TrailCon is free and open |
| 1:52.6 | to the public. The website and registration are live now at trailconference.com. I actually went back |
| 1:58.9 | and looked. I bought that domain in April of 2021 and the full three years later. |
| 2:04.2 | Here we are finally putting it to good use. |
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