Close to 750 delegates from the extended FIS Family are currently in Zurich (SUI) for more than 70 meetings, workshops and seminars as part of the annual FIS Technical Committee Meetings at the Hilton Airport Hotel.

The annual FIS Youth and Children’s Seminar took place on 30th September 2015 with the theme of “Social Media in Youth Sports”. Now in its 13th year, the Seminar included over 100 guests from 53 countries.

The second ladies’ coaching seminar took place in Seefeld (AUT) from 25th-27th September 2015.

On 16th September 2015, the World Anti-Doping Agency’s Executive Committee, of which FIS President Gian Franco Kasper is a member, approved the 2016 List of Prohibited Substances and Methods, which is now available on WADA’s website. The List will come into force on 1st January 2016.

It's been six months since Meinhard Erlacher (ITA) was introduced as new head Coach for the Italian alpine snowboard team.

Tomas Portyk won his first senior title at the Czech summer national championships on the large hill in Liberec. Portyk beat out team leader Miroslav Dvorak by one minute and seven second, even though Dvorak had been in the lead after the jumping event. The third rank went to Lukas Danek (+01:33.3).

Slovenia's Anja Tepes has decided to end her ski jumping career.

With the big changes in the structure of the French Nordic Combined team, it’s the youngsters who are now sharing the spotlight with veterans Francois Braud and Maxime Laheute. One of the young guns vying for a spot on the World Cup team is Laurent Muhlethaler.

End of last week, 2013 world championships parallel slalom silver medallist Justin Reiter from Steamboat Springs, CO finally finished a project he had in mind for quite a while.

Only a day after the final of the FIS Grand Prix in Hinzenbach on Sunday, the athletes of the Czech Republic competed in their national championships on Monday.