Global Summit 2023 (Online)

We are excited to announce that the LawInSport Global Summit 2023 - Understand The Rules Of The Game, will now be streamed via zoom for those who cannot make it in-person.

Please note, the below agenda is currently provisional and subject to change.

Day 1

08:30 - 09:45 - Registration & welcome reception

09:45 - 10:00 - Conference welcome address

10:00 - 11:30 - INTEGRITY - What does the future of integrated approaches to sports integrity look like?  

Part 1 - Regulatory developments

• Norbert Rubicsek, Director, CSCF - Sport Integrity Group | Former Head of a Law Enforcement Mission, Europol
• Samuel Cuthbert, Barrister, Outer Temple Chambers
  
• Kevin Carpenter, Head of Integrity, International Table Tennis Federation

Part 2 - In processes in practice 

• Phil Suddick, Head of Sport, Clue Software
• Charli Curran, Senior Director - Risk, Forensics & Compliance, Ankura
• Emma Drake, Legal Director, Bird & Bird
  
• Karen Moorhouse, CEO of International Tennis Integrity Agency

11.30  - 11:50 - Refreshments & networking

11:50 - 12:35 - DISPUTE RESOLUTION - What is the best way to resolve disputes in sport?

• Patrick Rode, Senior Legal Counsel, Deminor 
• Rustam Sethna, Senior Associate, Mills & Reeve
• Benoit Pasquier, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys & CAS Arbitrator
  
• Sanjev Sharma, Case Counsel, Asian International Arbitration Centre
• Beatriz Chevis, Legal Counsel, FIFA 

12:35 - 14:30 - Lunch & networking

14:30 - 15:20 - SPORTS BETTING  - Key updates and developments

• Marcel Belfiore, Lawyer, Ambiel, Belfiore, Gomes, Hanna Advogados
• Aahna Mehrotra, Partner, TMT Law Practice & Founder, AM Sports Law & Management Co.
• Alasdair Lamb, Senior Associate, CMS
• Sarah MacDonald, Partner, Wiggin

15:25 - 16:15 - ATHLETE FORUM - Sports Law from an athletes/players perspective


• Ben Purkiss, Lawyer, Clifford Chance, Former Professional Footballer and Former Chairman of The Professional Footballers Association
• Hubert Radke, Lawyer at Radke Sports Law, Basketball Players’ Agent, Former Professional Basketball Player 
• Evan Whitfield, VP of Equity, Alumni Relations, and Engagement, Chicago Fire FC, and former Professional Footballer
• Sophie Hosking, Currently Head of Legal at Cazzo and former counsel at the FA, Freshfields and GB Rowing Team

16:15 - 16:45 - Refreshments & networking

16:45 - 17:30 - COMMERCIAL - Future commercial and legal developments

• Jeff Gewirtz, Executive Vice President - Business Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, BSE Global
• Xavier Cuch Grases, Director of Commercial Legal, TEAM Marketing
• Arthur McAfee,III, Senior Vice President Football Operations Policy, Education, Relationship Management, NFL
• Christopher R. Chase, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC
  
• Steve Bainbridge, Shareholder, Sports & Entertainment Law, Greenberg Traurig
• Jamie Andrew, Senior Associate, Clifford Chance & Former Senior Legal Counsel (Secondee) Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Formula One Team

17:40 - 18:30 - TECHNOLOGY - How will AI and new technology help sport, on and off the pitch

• Steven Flynn, Barrister, 2 Temple Gardens (moderator)
• Damian Smith, Chief Technology Officer, Podium Analytics
  
• Laura Jeffords Greenberg, AI and Legal Tech Consultant, formerly in-house at Unity, Red Bull, and the NFL
• Leo Davidson, Barrister, 11KBW

18:30 - 21:00 - Drinks reception

Day 2 

08:30 - 09:45 - Registration & welcome reception

09:45 - 10:00 - Conference welcome address

10:00 - 10:45 - GOVERNANCE - Who is really governing sport?


• Prof. Jeremi Duru, Professor and Director of the Sport & Society Initiative, American University Washington College of Law
• Tsubasa Shinohara, Human Rights Officer, Swiss Esports Federation
  
• Jonathan Brown, Senior Managing Director - Risk, Forensics & Compliance, Ankura
• Eniola Aluko MBE, Football Executive, Author and Broadcast, Mercury 13, former Aston Villa and Angel City Sporting Director, and former International Footballer

10:45 - 11:30 - REGULATION - What is the future of sports regulation?


• Andrew Nixon, Partner & Head of Sport, Sheridans
• Nick De Marco KC, Barrister, Blackstone Chambers
• Héctor Navarro Real, Senior Legal Counsel, FIFA 
• Hannah Kent, Senior Associate, Onside Law 

11:30 - 11:45 - Refreshments & networking

11:45- 12:15 - STADIA, INFRASTRUCTURE & MAJOR EVENTS - What are the challenges facing stadia, infrastructure & major events

• Péter Rippel-Szabó, Attorney at Law, Bird & Bird
• Ewen Macgregor, Partner, TLT

12:15 - 14:30 - Lunch & networking

14:30 - 15:15  - INVESTMENT - Global trends and developments in investment in sport


• Steve Argeris, Counsel, Hogan Lovells and former General Counsel, Carolina Panthers 
• Keir Gordon, Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys 
  
• Pedro Henrique Mendonça, Of Counsel, CSMV Advogados
• Eniola Aluko MBE, Football Executive, Author and Broadcast, Mercury 13, former Aston Villa and Angel City Sporting Director, and former International Footballer 

15:25 - 16:20  - IN-HOUSE COUNSEL FORUM - In-house counsel forum - developments and best practice across sport & how is the role of lawyers working in sport evolving

• Jeff Gewirtz, Executive Vice President - Business Affairs and Chief Legal Officer, BSE Global
• Sam Roby, Senior Manager - Legal Counsel, adidas
• Kim Vande Velde, Senior Legal Counsel, beIN MEDIA GROUP 
• Christopher Flanagan, Sole Regional Legal Counsel (UK) & Data Protection Officer, TEG Pty Ltd
  
• Mel Mallam, General Counsel, Football Australia

16:20 - 16:50  - Refreshment & networking

16:50 - 17:40 - EXECUTIVE FORUM - What are the issues facing executives in sport? 

• Sarah Lewis OBE OLY - Olympian, Strategic Advisor - Loughborough University London Institute for Sport Business Advisory Board - Vice President Sustainable Mountain Alliance (SMA) and Former Secretary General, International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS)
• Piara Powar, Social Entrepreneur, Executive Director, FARE Network and Former Director, Kick It Out
• Jules Karangwa, Acting General Secretary & Legal Officer, Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association (FERWAFA)
• Polly Handford, Director of Legal & Governance, The Football Association
• Karen Moorhouse, CEO of International Tennis Integrity Agency, and former Director Rugby Football League

18:00 - 20:00 - Drinks reception & networking

Price

Standard Members - £275

Plus/Corporate Members - £175

Students - £50

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