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Excluisve insight, interviews and discussions from inside world football. All held at Soccerex, the global forum for football.
In this special celebration of undoubtedly one of the most exciting leagues in the world, former players, managers and key stakeholders in the tournaments history will look back at some of the key moments in the Premier League over the past 25 years
Panel includes: David Dein Arsenal & The FA Former Vice-chairman
Kolo Touré Arsenal & Manchester City Premier League Winner
Mike Phelan Manchester United & Hull City Former Footballer and Coach
At the Convention, a meeting of football and digital minds will dissect the relationship between football and eSports and analyse how the two can best collaborate both now and in the future.
Colin Johnson Fnatic Head of FIFA
Tom Halls Gfinity Head of Strategic Development and Franchises
Pablo Ortiz Deportivo Alaves Sales Director
Frederic Maupin Ares eSport General Manager, Europe
Roisin O’Shea (Moderator) Fnatic Head of Partnerships
In this closing session, the panel will discuss the Power of Sport. Whilst, tempers might flare and passions most certainly run high, there are few sports in the world that create the same sense of unity that Football does.
Jay Jadeja Football for Peace CEO
Afzal Khan MEP Labour Party MP & MEP
Wilfried Lemke UN Secretary General & Football Peace Board Advisor
Walter Gagg Football Peace Board ex FIFA and Alliance of European Football, Advisor
This session will look at the certain characteristics that define the nature of football clubs and underpin their approach both on and off the pitch.
Panel: Edwin van der Sar AFC Ajax CEO
Jaap Kalma AC Milan & Ferrari Former Director
Paul Barber Brighton & Hove Albion Fc Chief Executive
Hayley McQueen (Moderator) Sky Sports Presenter
Find out how Manchester United and Manchester City have become two of the worlds healthiest clubs throughout the years.
Mark Hovell Mills & Reeve Partner
Tim Bridge Deloitte Senior Consultant
James Cooper Sky Sports Reporter
Colin Bridgeford Manchester FA CEO
Against a backdrop of various records being shattered: audience growth, international expansion but also sky high transfer deals and foreign investment, LaLiga President Javier Tebas will give an exclusive interview to share his thoughts on threats and opportunities for the business of football. One major theme: How should issues such as financial doping be tackled for the benefit of the game?
Panel: Javier Tebas LaLiga President
David Garrido Sky Sports Presenter
Successive World Cups have brought a renewed focus on the issue of football and its responsibilities to children and young people. Away from the headlines, genuine progress has been made behind the scenes with FIFA and UEFA both signing up to human rights commitments, especially with reg ards to the planning and delivery of mega events. This section will focus on how those commitments are being implemented and what progress is being monitored.
Panel includes: Guy Price UNICEF UK Head of Sport
John Wroe Street Child United Co-Founder
Patrick Gasser UEFA Senior Manager for Football & Social Responsibility
Marc Joly Terre des Hommes Children Win - Head of Campaign
In May 2018, kicking-off just weeks ahead of the FIFA World Cup, the third Street Child World Cup will unite street-connected children, orphans and homeless youth representing over 20 countries in Moscow. The goal: to change the way these children are negatively seen and treated worldwide. We hear from Alexey Smertin, former Russia and Chelsea midfielder and anti-discrimination chief for Russia 2018, alongside the Russian Football Union, Football for Child Foundation and John Wroe, co-founder of the Street Child World Cup about tournament preparations and the potential for positive social impact.
Panel: Nadiya Tuktarova Russian Football Union Sports Social Programs Manager
Elena Charina Russian Football Union Head of International Department
John Wroe Street Child United Co-Founder
Kristina Kingolts Football for Child Foundation Project Manager of the Future Depends on You
Senior representatives from some of Europe's elite clubs will come together to discuss the potential for rapid international expansion, explaining key growth markets and detailing their development strategies to date.
Florian Riepe Hamburger SV Senior Vice President - Marketing & International Markets
Felix Welling VfL Wolfsburg Head of Corporate Development
Drew Barrand EFL Marketing Director
Gema Baqué SD Eibar Sales and Marketing Director
Eoin Connolly (Moderator) SportsPro Media Editor
In this session we will hear from EE's Director of Sponsorship and Communications, Mat Sears as he discusses, three years into the six year deal, how the partnership with Wembley is progressing. Attendees will also hear how through innovative branding and applications they will further develop fan experience, as well as understand the importance of stadia connectivity.
In this session we will hear from performance experts on the evolution of sports performance, the key innovations that have brought about change and the latest developments like wearable technology which are likely to bring about the next big paradigm shift.
Panel includes: Dr. Erez Morag Acceler8 Performance Ltd CEO and Founder
Craig Johnston Adidas Former Liverpool FC & Head of Innovation
Ben Lyttleton (Moderator) Director of Soccernomics Author of Edge
At time when their scale and complexity have been thrust into the public by the Football Leaks revelations, a panel of experts will look at what protection player contracts really offer the stakeholders involved.
Panel includes: Daniel Cravo Cravo, Pastl & Balbuena Senior Partner
Ian Lynam Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Joint Head of Sport
Daniel Lorenz FC Porto Former Head of Legal
Alexandra Gómez Bruinewoud FIFPro Legal Counsil
Sean Cottrell (Moderator) LawInSport CEO and Founder
“I have never seen a team make its debut. Only individual players do. Therefore, an academy should focus on individual development” - Johan Cruyff
Nurturing high quality home grown players is an important challenge to any club and a precondition to any sustainable national football development strategy. Productive youth development requires the proper recipe and high quality ingredients. One of the most important debates in youth football today is the gradual shift in paradigm, away from a focus on youth team performance and towards a focus on individual development. Cruyff Football will co-host this session, designed to present and discuss different visions on talent development, with the people behind two of the best academies in Europe and a highly successful football nation.
Panel includes: Maria Ruiz de Oňa Athletic de Bilbao Head of Coaching Development
Ruben Jongkind Cruyff Football Head of Talent Development
Bob Browaeys Royal Belgian Football Association Technical Coordinator
Steve Lawrence Cruyff Institute Architect and Alumnus
Ben Lyttleton (Moderator) Director of Soccernomics Author of Edge
Find out how and why top teams like TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, and over 40 major NCAA sports programs use PlaySight smart pitch technology to train and perform Smarter.
Chen Shachar PlaySight CEO & Co-Founder
With packed stadia and record viewing figures achieved for both the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2017 UEFA Women’s Euros, the women’s game has never been more popular but what are the opportunities for brands looking to engage these audiences? In this session we will look at what brands are and could be doing, how – if at all –the approach needs to differ from partnerships in the men’s game and what the players and the rights holders involved need to do to maximise their commercial potential .
Misha Sher Mediacom VP Sport & Entertainment
Oonagh O’Reilly Irish Football Association Director
Sally Horrox Y-Sport Co-Founder
Claire Higgins Lucozade Senior Brand Manager
British football has a major problem that players, campaigners and administrators are working on addressing. The Sports People's Think Tank (SPTT) have been at the forefront of lobbying for urgent action and have presented a series of recommendations from their membership to the football authorities. The group - together with the University of Loughborough and FARE - will release its forth academic report in November.
Michael Johnson Sport People's Think Tank Founding Member
Andrew Cole Manchester United Ambassador
Dr Steven Bradbury Loughborough University Lecturer
Leon Mann (Moderator) Sports People's Think Tank Founder
Switch The Play is a social enterprise passionate about player care, that was founded to help players fulfill their potential through and beyond sport. The evidence shows that a significant number of players struggle when they leave the game, either exiting a youth development programme without quite making the grade, or after having had a successful playing career. This session will explore why this is important, who has a role to play, and outline some successful strategies for maximising the potential of your most important ‘assets’.
Leon Lloyd Switch The Play Director
Chris Brindley Switch The Play Non Executive Director
Eddie is a firm advocate of cross sport learnings and in this special session he will share the secrets of his success with England Rugby, what he has learnt from other sports and what football can learn from rugby.
Eddie Jones England Rugby Head Coach
Guillem Balague (Moderator) Sky Sports Journalist
A panel featuring top level representatives from leagues looking at their perspective on key issues affecting football such as broadcasting rights, governance, tournament development, technology and player welfare.
Panel includes: Shaun Harvey EFL CEO
Jacco Swart Eredivisie CEO
Claus Thomsen Danish League CEO
Pedro Correia Liga Portugal General Secretary
Mark Clemmit (Moderator) BBC One Journalist
In a special session for the Soccerex Global Convention, Guillem Balague will host a discussion with World Cup Winner Juan Mata and streefootballworld Founder & CEO Jurgen Griesbeck about the Common Goal campaign and why Juan has chosen to support it by donating 1% of his salary to a collective fund managed by NGO streetfootballworld to support high impact football charities.
Juan Mata & Guillem Balague
Football Performance analysis and its latest technology development created a whole new department inside football clubs. Biometric data, video data, player tracking data and several other technology innovation have transformed how performance analysis has been done. Nevertheless there is a discussion about the scientific validation of this data. Is the data been used validated to truly inform the best decision making process or it is actually a misinformation tool? What tools are these? How to make sure that data science is an ally ? In the big data era what is the relevant data to football performance?
Max Reckers Inmotiotec Football Data Analyst
In this session sports scientists, anti-doping experts and football regulators will assess the extent of doping in football and what is being done to identify and police it.
Panel includes: Emilio Garcia UEFA Managing Director of Integrity
Kendrah Potts Mishcon de Reya Legal Director, Solicitor-Advocate
Dr. Matthew Brown Manchester City FC Club Doctor
Michele Verroken Sporting Integrity Founding Director
Sean Cottrell (Moderator) LawInSport CEO and Founder
A panel of club representatives, legal experts and international investors to analyse the impact of international investment on the global game.
Panel includes: Marcus Shabolt Vermilion Partners Managing Partner
Wael Al Qadi Bristol Rovers FC Owner
Paul Bell Leeds United FC Executive Director
Trevor Watkins (Moderator) Pinsent Masons Global Head of Sports
In an exclusive 1-2-1 interview Philippe Moggio, Secretary General, CONCACAF, will share the progress of the Confederation’s reform plans, governance and the success of their competitions including the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Philippe Moggio CONCACAF Secretary General
Ben Grossman (Moderator) Minnesota United FC Co-Owner
This session looks at developments over the last decade amongst clubs, stadium operators and tournament hosts demonstrating how football stadia can positively affect levels of health and wellbeing, whilst contributing to the corporate objectives of said organisations.
Dr. Matthew Philpott Healthy Stadia Executive Director
Michael Salla Everton Football Club Director of Health and Sport
Dr Chris Bunn University of Glasgow Research Associate for EuroFIT
Two leading figures in digital media at the forefront of delivering online content and embodying new creative ways to engage their audiences. This session will allow delegates to understand how using digital media on the right platform can enhance your business with the ultimate goal of going global.
Andy McKenzie Livewire Sport Director
Sam Brown Goal Head of Audience
Giuliano Giorgetti Inter Milan Media Content Director
The EFL Trust is the charity of the EFL (English Football League) that uses the power of sport to improve people’s lives. The Trust advise, support and help to resource the inspirational work across England and Wales delivered by an unrivalled national network of 72 EFL Club community organisations (CCOs) based in the heart of their communities. Together we use the magnetism of football to improve health, inspire education and strengthen community cohesion. This session explores some of the public health challenges facing the UK and how the EFL Trust and its network are innovating to improve the health of its communities.
Panel includes: Mike Evans EFL Trust Director of Operations
Adrian Bradley EFL Trust Head of Sport and Health
Ben Fell Ferrero UK Head of PR
Helena Bowman Middlesbrough Football Club Foundation Head of MC Foundation
Featuring testimonials of players from across the country and also features currently amazing losers from the Manchester league talking about their experience and how weight loss has changed their lives.
Andrew Shanahan Man V Fat Editor
Two men who are intertwined with the essence of non-league football with two major roles at clubs who ply their trade in the English lower leagues - the session will interest those looking to hear tales from those who play football for footballs sake.
Richard Tims Sheffield FC Chairman
Graham Smith The Huracan Foundation Interim CEO
Chris Lewis Biggleswade United Chairman
Olivier Bernard Durham City FC Chairman
Guillem Balague (Moderator) Sky Sports Journalist
If you are in sponsorship and hospitality sales, you have probably become an expert in managing spreadsheets: one for accounting, one for ticketing, one for the caterer. Ooh… another one for the hospitality desk, … the list goes on. And of course your management wants to have a global view on all sales, occupancy, ROI, …
There must be another way to manage this, not? Royal Standard de Liège decided to implement iXpole, an innovative tool developed specifically to offer your business partners the best service. The system was implemented at the end of last season and is now in use. Romain Guilliams, project manager at Standard will share his insights and the lessons he learned. Is there really life after spreadsheets?
Romain Guilliams Standard de Liège Data Analyst
Luc Vanhecke iXpole Chief Commercial Officer
The introduction of LED technology into digital perimeter signage revolutionised the way in-ground dynamic advertising was sold. This session will explain some of the key features of the new generation of highly-efficient, seamless DLP video wall displays and how they can be used to create similar revenue-driving opportunities within your club’s press room and other facilities.
A diverse group of experts will analyse influencer marketing and the opportunities – and challenges – it presents for rights holders, brands and media companies within football.
Panel includes: Will Pyne Brave Bison Chief Creative Officer
Matt Wilson Ball Street Co-Founder
Sean Garnier Professional Freestyle Footballer
Smiv Palmers FC Content Creator
Dan McLaren (Moderator) Digital Sport Founder & CEO
Digital sponsorship experts, Sport.Video, will be discussing how to attract fans through social media, content creation and digital marketing and the issues smaller athletes and clubs may face in finance and sponsorship.
Ludo Cernak Sport.Video Managing Partner
Via panel of rights holders, brands and sponsorship directors, the Global Convention delivers exclusive insight into the value of football’s new sponsorship assets and how they can best be activated by brands.
Panel includes: Shane Stafford - BetVictor, Head of Brand
Misha Sher - Mediacom, VP Sport & Entertainment
Karthi Gnanasegaram (Moderator)
Sports marketing industry leader and sponsorship expert Peter Raymond will explain why training is so important for people aspiring to have successful careers in sports marketing and why the ESA Diploma has become the qualification of choice for so many employers wishing to fulfill the potential of their staff, or individuals seeking to break into this competitive field.
The KNVB and the Dutch Heart Foundation executed a local campaign called ‘Speel je Fit’ (Play Fitter). This campaign focused on getting children in the Netherlands more active in the context and the excitement of the WEURO 2017 Football tournament. Nine ambassadors stepped up and stimulated kids nationwide to start doing funny and challenging football exercises all over the place. During this session, insights are given about the background, organisation and results of this successful campaign.
In an exclusive interview Manchester City and England midfielder, Jill Scott opens up about her experiences of this summer’s UEFA Women’s European Championships, where the Lionesses got to the second successive major tournament semi final. She looks back on the highlights from Manchester City’s WSL winning season and looks ahead to their chances for the new campaign.
Whether it’s leading injury prevention methods or the latest measures to speed up recovery and rehabilitation, staying on top of the industry’s progressions in sports medicine is essential for any club or league body. In conjunction with our partners at The Football Medical Association, the afternoon will feature a combination of insight presentations and panel discussion that will open up on the key issues, developments and best practices in football medicine.
The Premier League took over the Monday afternoon in the Love Football Zone to showcase the amazing success of their Primary Stars initiative and how it benefits schools, clubs and the league itself.
Panel includes: Nick Perchard The Premier League Head of Community Development
Will Brass The Premier League Head of Sales and Marketing
Allison Tripney The Albion Foundation Deputy Director
Tom Flower Wigan Athletic Head of Community
Jez Weeks (Moderator) W10 Sports Consultancy Director
This exclusive 1-2-1 interview with club President, Darren Eales, will discuss the birth of the club, the formation of one of sport's most sustainable stadiums and the team's ambitions as they seek to establish themselves in Major League Soccer.
Darren Eales Atlanta United FC President
Lisa Knights (Moderator) Bristol Sport Communications Director
This session, co-hosted by Cruyff Football and featuring some of the people closest to Johan, highlights his vision and principles of play and share his most valuable lessons.
Panel includes: Wim Jonk Cruyff Football CEO
Jordi Cruyff Maccabi Tel Aviv FC Head Soccer Coach
Ben Lyttleton (Moderator) Director of Soccernomics Author of Edge
Collagen is at the center of what can make or break a player's ability to perform at peak level. Collagen is a natural, bioavailable way to enhance performance and career duration, while reducing injury and recovery time.
Presented by Traci Mitchell Vital Proteins Director of Marketing and Education
As football clubs invest more in their playing staff, there has been a realisation that some of the back office solutions have fallen behind. This session explores the future of the footballing industry, focusing on current trends and technology back office advancements.
In this session we hear from the chairman and stadium chief operating officer of Ashton Gate, the home of Bristol City FC and Bristol Rugby, as they discuss the development process and how they were able to prioritise revenue generation through a variety of different streams whilst still delivering a first rate experience for the fans.
Panel includes: Martin Griffiths Bristol Sport Sport Chairman
Mark Kelly Bristol Sport Chief Stadium Operating Officer
Lisa Knights (Moderator) Bristol Sport Communications Director
In this session club representatives, safety experts and leading suppliers look at what safe standing involves and the pros and cons of its possible introduction into the top tiers of English football.
Panel includes: Jon Darch Football Supporters Federation
Michael Burnett Ferco Seating
Robin Buchanan Celtic FC
Ken Scott Sports Grounds Safety Authority
Lisa Knights (Moderator) Bristol Sport
A panel of broadcasters, rights holders and social video experts debate the value of rights in this disrupted marketplace and look at whether it has created more problems or more opportunities for the rights holders and media companies involved.
Panel includes: Gareth Capon, James Rushton, Jerry Newman, Gordon Xie & Richard Ayers (Moderator)
Find out about Veo’s new revolutionary video technology, which can automatically record any football match or training session.
With a simple, smart camera, Veo enables clubs and trainers to record and stream all their matches - without the need for a camera operator.
Featuring Henrik Taesbaek from VEO.
A session about how U.S. Professional Sports teams integrate deep audience data into their CRM, marketing automation and digital experiences to sell more tickets, engage more fans and identify more sponsors. Featuring former NFL Quarterback Quinton Porter and Thomas Mathew.
In this exclusive session we hear from Facebook’s Sport Partnership Lead for EMEA, Jerry Newman, who delivers an update on their approach to football and looks ahead at some of the most exciting opportunities on their platform for both fans and rights holders alike.
Al Steele, the founder and CEO of VIKTRE, a digital media platform partnering with the world’s greatest athletes, will share a few stories from VIKTRE’s athlete community. He will also explain how telling stories allows VIKTRE to support athletes in living their full potential during and beyond their athletic careers.
Technological improvements and the growing influence of social video on society have brought a new player into the broadcast market – the fans themselves. In this session we will bring together a mix of media and content experts with senior rights holders to look at the future of fan generated content in football.
Panel features: James Kirkham (Copa 90), Robbie Lyle (Arsenal TV), Paul Rayner (SPORTbible Publisher), Mike Norrish (BT Sport Digital Producer), Dan McLaren (Digital Sport - moderator)
For the many young men and women looking to move into football coaching, the pathways and opportunities available are can be very different and often there are many hurdles to overcome. What needs to be done at a regional, club and national level to ensure that the best coaching talent gets identified and receives the support and opportunities they needs to progress? Here we gather a mix of football coaches to talk about their experiences at grassroots and elite level and where they feel coach education and development can be improved.
Panel: Jack Walton, Jez Weeks & Vicky Jepsen
Dr. Erez Morag, former Head of Global Football Research at Nike, reveals the technological advancements in the area of game vision and look specifically at how to enable coaches and scientists to “break down”, assess, and improve game vision.
SportMind reveals the subconscious part of human experiences and how working with athletes’ psychology can improve player performance and team performance. SportMind introduces a system currently used by world-renowned sports organizations such as AC Milan, University of Maryland and the Slovakian ice hockey national team. The speakers in this session are Jiri Simonek and Don Goodman.
In this session, Sport Sleep coach Nick Littlehales talks in detail about his role at some of the biggest clubs in the world, revolutionising the sleeping patterns of some of the world's best players. Regarded as the leading industry expert with over fifteen years experience in the world of sleep, Nick will provide delegates with extensive insight on how sleep has been redefined within professional sport.
Another chance to catch this exclusive 1-2-1 with one of the industry’s biggest characters where he will be discussing the ICC’s place in the football calendar, the future of the tournament and its continuing expansion across the world.
Featuring Charlie Stillitano and Andrew Croker from Hawk-eye.
Tony Martin, David Dein and Wim Jonk get the Soccerex Global Convention officially underway.