International Sports Convention, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 20th March 2024 Corporate Governance in Sport-Opportunity, Challenges and Problems Mark Loosemore, Partner Hugh James Jon Dutton, Chief Executive, British Cycling James Owens, Head of Sport System, Governance, People & Ethics, Sport Wales Sarah Powell, Chief Executive, British Gymnastics Drew Barrand, Chief Executive, British Swimming Mark Loosemore outlined key … Read more

Greg Davies, CEO and Co-Founder, Wavze Phil Jacobs, Co-Founder, Wavze Sarah Beattie, Chief Marketing Officer, Six Nations Rugby Kieron Ansell, Business Development Manager, Wolves Records (a joint venture with Warner Music) Luke Hodson, Founder, Nerds Collective   Sport and music share an emotional impact and an ability to move millions of people at once. Increasingly, … Read more

International Sports Convention, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 20th March 2024 Football Associations panel discussion on integrity Abi Ijasanmi, Former COO – Confederation of African Football Jakub Čavoj, Integrity Officer – Slovakia Football Association Tarik Shamel, Head of Integrity – The Football Association Affy Sheikh, Head of Starlizard Integrity Services – Starlizard Integrity Services Tatjana Haenni, Chief … Read more

From Insights to Impact: TDI & Hawk-Eye Data Solutions in Action Panel: Dan Payne, Product Director – Hawk-Eye Innovations Jonathan Thorpe, Head of Commercial – Tennis Data Innovations (TDI)   Over the past two decades, Hawk-Eye Innovations has transformed the officiating and broadcast experience of some of the world’s biggest sports. Now, it is using … Read more

  Chris Barron, General Manager Personal Care UK&I/VP Deodorants Europe – Unilever   For Unilever and its Sure brand, last year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup was an unprecedented commercial opportunity.   In the company’s case study on day one of ISC 2024, Chris Barron started off by highlighting how many people in the room had … Read more

Women In Sport Thought Leadership Panel   Uma Cresswell, Senior Independent Director, EFL Trust Jenny Morris, Director, City Football Leadership Institute Sarah Lewis, OBE OLY, Global Sports Leader Brigit Lee, Founding Advisory Board Member, Mercury 13     For generations, women hoping to break into the business of sport were faced with a stark challenge. … Read more

International Sports Convention, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 20th March 2024 Overview of anti-match-fixing at UEFA Vincent Ven, Head of Anti-Match-Fixing, UEFA Vincent Ven said: “One match-fixing case is one too many.” Ven outlined the strategic pillars of UEFA’s Anti-Match-Fixing Unit.  These are: education and prevention; stakeholder engagement; monitoring intelligence and investigations. Ven outlined that UEFA has … Read more

International Sports Convention, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, 20th March 2024 Agents and Football-FIFA’s role and responsibilities Luis Villas-Boas Pires, Head of Agents-FIFA Agents, Football and the Status Quo Luis Villas-Boas Pires outlined the work FIFA has been doing to regulate football agents after five main areas of concern were identified. These were: ethical, (abusive and excessive … Read more

  Cambridge Football Business School will be launching at the INTERNATIONAL SPORTS CONVENTION 2024 on March 20-21. They will have a significant presence in the ISC Lounge and exhibition area for their “soft launch”. Cambridge Football Business School provide immersive, industry led courses in the business of football. They have global programmes and courses. This will be … Read more