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Digital - Understand The Rules Of The Game 2021 - Annual Conference
About
The LawInSport's 7th Annual Conference - Understand The Rules of The Game 2021, which will be taking place in a hybrid format with a live in-person conference in London and online conference taking place simultaneously for those that are not able to attend in-person, on the 6 & 7 December 2021.
If you would like to attend in-person you can buy a in-person ticket here. Both the in-person and digital attendees with have access to our virtual platform (Hopin) which allows both both in-person and virtual attendees are able to connect, meet and watch both the live session and the recordings.
Interactive Panel Discussions
The conference provides attendees interactive panel discussions, with world leading experts discussing the contemporary legal issues impacting global sport. You get to engage with fellow attendees in the chat feature and ask your questions throughout the sessions.
Professional Development & Knowledge Sharing
Not only will attendees partake in cutting edge panel discussions, they will also be given live links to relevant documents, case law and more to help with professional development and provide a truly interactive experience.
The conference provides 7 hours of self-certified CPD points.
Networking
The LawInSport Annual conference is well known for its unparalleled networking opportunities, and this will be a theme that continues at this year’s conference. This year we will have both in-person networking and digital networking on our conference platform to help attendees to network and share ideas and opinions.
Access to Recordings and Networking App
All the session are streamed through our platform (Hopin) during the conference. You will also be able to connect and meet with attendees at the live event and those with a digital ticket through the application.
All recordings will be accessible through a central page on LawInSport.com that will give you access to recordings to all the session.To access the recording you will need to have:
- Purchased a ticket for the conference, with your LawInSport account. If you don't have an account you can register here for free.
- Once registered you can view the recordings at the central page when the conference starts.You will receive a certificate for each recording you have watched in full.
Topics
Topics
How to become a sports lawyer
This is a workshop to help aspiring sports lawyers understand the industry and how to create a plan to develop their career and/or sports law practice.
In-House Counsel Forum
This is a forum for in-house counsel to network and share ideas and opinions on issues facing in-house counsel in sport.
What is the future of dispute resolution in sport?
This panel will examine and debate what the future of dispute resolution looks like in sport drawing on developments from the wider world of alternative disputes resolution as well as recent cases in which the civil courts had to adjudicate on procedural and structural issues in sports arbitration.
How can we create a more unified approach to addressing discrimination in sport?
While sport is not immune from the problems we see in society, sports can undoubtably play a significant role in highlighting important issues and being a positive influence on society. However, recent history has shown the sports sector still has a lot of work still to do when it comes to do addressing issues around inclusion and diversity. This panel will explore how sports can take a more unified and comprehensive approach to dealing with issues of discrimination as well as highlight some of the good rules, policies and practices that are already being used by some organisations in and out of sport.
How are changes to the law impacting sports ability to commercialise data?
This panel will discuss and debate how changes to legislation and regulations in different parts of the world impacts the ability of sport organisations to use and commercialise data and how the rights and protections given to individuals (e.g. fans and athletes) influences their ability to run their organisations and exploit commercial opportunities.
How are sports organisations evolving to address issues of sports integrity and protect the welfare of their participants?
As the sports industry continues to grow and mature as a sector there is an increasing understanding that sports organisations must evolve to address the increasingly complex issues of sports integrity. This panel will discuss how sports organisations can create a joined up approach to best address the issues from athlete welfare, safeguarding, anti-doping, match-fixing and anti-corruption with a finite amount of resources.
How is the corporate governance landscape influencing sports governance?
This panel will discuss and compare what has been happening in the corporate world and see how traditional sports and esports are evolving including board structures, organising and hosting events, stakeholders representation, diversity and inclusions, environment and other social considerations.
What does "sustainable investment" in sport bring to the table?
This panel will explore how the growing emphasis being placed on investors to ensure their investments meet Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) standards will impact the sports sector. The panel will also examine and debate how considerations around financial controls in sport may impact investments and the current financial and corporate model of sport.
What are the commercial, legal and regulatory risk and rewards of NFTs & Fan Tokens?
2021 has been the year that sports world has started to embrace blockchain technology with an explosion of Non-Fungible Tokens being released from the NBA, Premier League teams, players, musicians and artists. Fan Tokens have similarly exploded in popularity as a method to engage and empower fans for the commercial benefit of right-holders. Understandably, many people in sport are excited by the opportunities this present, but concerned about unforeseen risks of investing time and resources in these new offerings. Our panel will explore the commercial, legal and regulatory issues associated with NFTs and Fan Tokens and look at what issues may be coming in the near and distant future.
Agenda
AGENDA
The panel schedule may be subject to change due to speaker availability.
Day 1 - Monday 06 December 2021
Workshop & Forums - 13:00 GMT, 14:00 CET, 8:00 EST
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- How to become a sports lawyer
- In-House Counsel Forum
What is the future of dispute resolution in sport? - 16:15:GMT, 17:15 CET, 11:15 EST
Coffee break + welcome orientation session for first-time people to the conference
How can we create a more unified approach to addressing discrimination in sport? - 17:45 GMT, 18:45 CET, 12:45 EST
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- Ifeanyi Odogwu, Barrister, Matrix Chambers (Moderator)
- Jonathan Hirshler, CEO, Signify
- Piara Power, Executive Director, Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE)
- Reyes Bellver, Women Leadership Football (WLF)
19:00 onwards - Networking - Drinks
Day 2 - Tuesday 07 December 2021
How are changes to the law impacting sports ability to commercialise data? - 9:20 GMT, 10:20 CET, 4:20 EST
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- Hugh Tomlinson QC, Barrister, Matrix Chambers
- Anya Proops QC, Barrister, 11KBW
- Jorge Oliveira, Head of Data Protection, FIFA
How are sports organisations evolving to address the issues of sports integrity and protecting the welfare of athletes? - 10:30 GMT, 11:30 CET, 5:30 EST
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- Kim Mundy, Head of Safeguarding & Governance, Southampton FC
- Richard Bush, Partner, Bird & Bird
- Tim Naylor, Director of Integrity and Regulation, British Horseracing Authority
- Alastair Campbell, Partner, Level
Coffee break
How is the corporate governance landscape influencing sports governance? - 12:10 GMT, 13:10 CET, 7:30 EST
Lunch -13:10 - 14:30
What does "sustainable investment" in sport bring to the table? - 14:30 GMT, 15:30 CET, 9:30 EST
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- Daniel Harris-Gorelov, Operations, Governance, Compliance & Strategy Consulting, Move The Posts
- Matt Slater, Football Business Journalist, The Athletic
Coffee break - 15:30 - 16:00
What are the commercial, legal and regulatory risk and rewards of NFTs & Fan Tokens? - 16:00 GMT, 17:00 CET, 11:00 EST
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- Zane Shihab, Partner, Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- Andrew Cooke, General Counsel, Fnatic
17:00 - 17:15 - Closing Speech
17:30 onwards - Networking Drinks
Tickets
Tickets
It is recommended you use or a Standard or Plus account and login to your account when you are purchasing your ticket to ensure you can watch the video recordings.
General Admission
- Standard Ticket: £140
- LawInSport Plus Member Ticket: £90
Corporate Group Tickets: For organisations with teams of 5 or more people wishing to attend email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Student rate (50% discount) only for FULL TIME STUDENTS
- Full-Time Standard student ticket: £70
To claim your non plus member full-time student ticket enter the coupon code 'LISconf21Stu' when you are logged into your account. - Full-Time Student with LawInSport Plus/Academic Membership Ticket: £45
To claim your full-time student Plus membership ticket use the coupon code 'LISconf21StuPlus' when you are logged into your account.
Please be aware that we check each student status as a full-time student before the conference starts. If you purchase a student when you are not Full-Time Student (i.e. a working student) you will be prevented from viewing the conference until the balance is paid and your membership may be revoked.
Athletes & Coaches
- Full-Time Current & Former Athlete & Esports Players/Managers/Coaches = FREE
If you have represented your country at the Olympics and Paralympics or you have been a full-time professional athlete, manager or coach, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your details about the club or country you currently or have represented. If you are currently working in the professional services sector or you are in an executive position for a sports organisation you will not be eligible for free ticket.
For all inquiries please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Each attendee only needs to register once for the Conference and they will receive registration details for each session advance of the event. Discounts are applied automatically during the registration and checkout. All digital tickets are nonrefundable.
Further Discounts
As with all LawInSport's activities we set the price to be as inclusive as possible. A full price ticket equates to less than 1 hour of billable time for the majority of lawyers around the world. For students it is less than the price of a couple cups of coffee for each session, and is around than 5% of the costs of many online courses. Therefore we hope you will understand why we do not offer any additional discounts.
Previous Attendees
PREVIOUS ATTENDING COMPANIES
3 Hare Court Chambers
14 Sports Law
39 Essex Chambers
4 New Square
Alexiou Fisher Philipps
All India Football Federation
Anglia Ruskin University
Ararat - Armenia Football Club
Arent Fox
Arsenal FC
Asian Football Confederation
AVENS
Axia Sports and Media Group Limited
Bär & Karrer AG
BBC
BCL Solicitors LLP
Bird & Bird
Blackstone Chambers
BPP University
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
Camargos, Melo, Moraes e Mendonça Advogados
Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy, SOAS
Chelsea FC
City Football Group
Clintons Solicitors
CMB-Sociedade de Advogados, R.L.
Cooke, Young & Keidan LLP
Creative Artists Agency
Credit Suisse
Cresta
CRESTA TALENTS
Crystal Palace F.C.
CTP International
Dahl Law Firm
Davidson Chalmers LLP
Deloitte LLP
Dentons
Derby County FC
DFL Deutsche Fussball Liga GmbH
Discovery Corporate Services Limited
DLA Piper
DMU
ECA
ECIJA & ASOCIADOS ABOGADOS BARCELONA, S.L.
Edge Hill University
Effori Sports Law
English Football Association
EPFL
Ethisport
European Club Association
Everton Football Club
European Leagues
Farrer & Co
FC ALVERCA
FIFA
FIFPro
FK Sarajevo
Fletcher Day
Fletcher Sports Law
Football-Support
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Fulham Football Club
Furnival Chambers
Geldards
German Football Agents Association
Hoffmann Liebs
Howard Kennedy
Huddersfield Town Football Club
IMG
IPS Law LLP
Juventus FC Women
K&L Gates
K2 Intelligence
Kings Chambers
lafranchi meyer attorneys at law
LawInSport
Law Office Bolcar
Legia Warszawa SA
Legislab
LEVEL Law
Lewis Silkin LLP
Libra Law SA
Linklaters LLP
Lisbies Pro Finishing Workshop
Littleton Chambers
Lombardi Associates
Loughborough University
Luton Town FC
MACCABI TEL AVIV FC
MAQS Advokatbyrå
Manchester United Football Club
Miller Insurance Services LLP
Mills & Reeve
Mishcon de Reya LLP
Moraes e Mendonça Advogados
Morgan Sports Law
Muckle LLP
National Olympic Committee of Uzbekistan
Nicolaus Copernicus University
Norges Fotballforbund
Northern Cricket Union
Northridge
Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Norwich City Football Club plc
NYU
Off Field Sports Consulting Ltd
OLYMPIACOS F.C.
omnisports
Onesportfootball.com
Onside Law
Osborne Clarke
Pit Stop Brand Consultancy
Pitch International
PLAUSUS UK LTD
Real Madrid C.F.
Reed Smith LLP
Rock Sports Management
RPC
Ruiz-Huerta & Crespo
Saffery Champness
Saudi Professional League
SB PROFESSIONISTI SRLS
Schweele Law Office
SEG (Sports Entertainment Group)
Serjeants Inn Chambers
Sheridans
Shoosmiths LLP
Silverbeck
Souloukou & Partners Law Firm
Southampton FC
Sports People's Think Tank
Squire Patton Boggs (UK)
Sydney Mitchell LLP
Tactic Connect
The European Football Agents Association (“EFAA”)'
The Football Association of Norway
The Football Association of Wales
The Sporting Way
Triple S Sports Entertainment Group
Thomas Cooper LLP
Tufan Football Club
UCFB
Unicef UK
Unique Sports Management
University of Law
University of Northampton
University of Pretoria
University of Reading
University of Zurich
Uzbekistan Football Association
Vandellos Sports Law
Vassallo Group
VfB Stuttgart 1893 AG
VISCHER
Wasserman Media Group
Watford FC
Women In Football
whampoo
Event Properties
| Event Date | 06-12-2021 14:00 |
| Event End Date | 07-12-2021 20:00 |
| Individual Price | £140 |
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