The International Sociology of Sport Association held a combined Executive Board meeting and international seminar series at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, March 23-28, 2004. This was the first meeting of the new Executive Board which is headed by Professor Gertrud Pfister.
The Seminar series focused on Gender and the Media with presentations by Dr. Kevin Young (University of Calgary), Professor Peter Donnelly (University of Toronto) and Steve Jackson (University of Otago, New Zealand).

The Executive Board meeting focused on a number of issues, challenges and opportunities for ISSA. Amongst the issues discussed were:

In addition, one of the most important items was ISSA planning for the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the International Review for the Sociology of Sport.
The Executive Board meeting was a well organised event that combined academic, cultural and professional endeavours and highlighted ISSA’s continued positive growth and development.

The new ISSA Executive Board includes: Gertrud Pfister, President (Denmark), Steve Jackson, General Secretary (New Zealand), Ilse Hartmann-Tews, Vice-President (Germany), Kevin Young, Vice President (Canada), Fabien Ohl, Board Member (France), Chris Hallinan, Board Member (Australia), and Joseph Maguire past-President (U.K.).