The 2011 World Table Tennis Championships will be played under the auspices of the International Table Tennis Federation. The World Championships have been
awarded to the Netherlands Table Tennis Association, the NTTB.
The NTTB has contracted out the organization of the World Championships to the STN, the Foundation for Table Tennis Events in The Netherlands. The STN has appointed a Championships Director, Ton van Happen. Under his leadership an organizing committee was formed in 2010.
The board of the organizing committee
Chairman Jaap Noordenbos
Secretary Michael van Nieuwkasteele
Treasurer Salco Herschberg
The organizing committee for the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships:
Management Team
Implementation Ton van Happen
Communication Carolien van Eerde
Commerce Michel van Grunsven
Rotterdam Topsport Gerda IJff
Other organizers
Office Manager Ineke de Graaf
Logistics manager Wim Slootbeek
Finance Marcel Frijhoff
Referee Bertus Schotmeijer
Tournamentcontrol Igor Heller
Infrastructure Ahoy Wim de Vrankrijker
Promotion support Arjen de Groot
Staff member Kelly van Zon
Staff member Suzanne Stokbroeks
Staff member Patrick van Sevenbergen
Volunteer coordination Ria Elshof
Henk Brouwer
Liesbeth Waterreus
Hans Waterreus
During 2011 other persons will be involved in the organisation.
The organizing committee is based on the model approach for events as used in the Olympic Plan. As you can see, the option chosen is for a small professional Management Team to direct operations centrally.
The Management Team is supported by the World Championships office.