Themes of the conferenceThe three main themes of the conference will be directly linked to the IRNIST scientific project:These three points cover the broader concept of “Local sustainable development thanks to sport tourism; Strategy and Responsibility of the actors; Prospective of the globalization effects”.Ø Sports tourism, economy and innovation.Ø The social impact of ST Consumption.Ø  Sports tourism, local development and spatial change territory.Other themes on aspects of sport tourism can be proposed. PublicationsAll texts presented will be published in the conference proceedings. The proceedings will be published by Edition Le Manuscrit (Paris), Collection Sport Studies (Dir. Claude Sobry and Diamantis Mastrogiannakis).Keynote speakersCORNELOUP Jean (Clermont-Ferrand University - France)DEVINE Patrick (Kennesaw State University - USA)DI COLA Giovanni (Deputy Director of the ILO office for the Caribbean)SKORIC Sanela (Zagreb University - Croatia)VAN RHEENEN Derek (Berkeley, University of California - USA)