Dressage Canada will host a High Performance Summit March 11-12, 2013 to focus on the sport in Canada – highlighting international performance success objectives for the future.

The Summit, hosted in Florida as a cost effective measure, will engage over 60 high performance stakeholders to start the planning process for the future direction of the program. The time and location was critical in assembling such a large group together for the first time in over 10 years.

Funded, in part, by Own the Podium (OTP), Dressage Canada has invited key stakeholder groups representing athletes, owners, officials, coaches, integrated support team experts, supporters and team support personnel. Facilitating the two-day Summit will be Peter Davis, PhD, an expert in high performance strategic planning and program development, was the director of Sport Sciences, Sports Medicine and Technology for OTP for the 2006 and 2008 Summer Games and the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Dr. Davis is the director and founder of Sport Performance Management and consults globally with national Olympic committees and national sports ministries in the Untied States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

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