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CONFERENCE BROCHURE SOCCEREX CONNECTED

Soccerex Connected is the world’s premier online business event.

In its 25th year, Soccerex hosted its 49th major event — Soccerex Connected — a truly global conference, virtually bringing together the very top football business leaders from around the world for one of 2020’s largest industry gatherings. Hosted entirely online, over 200,000 hours of content were consumed across 5 days, with panels, debate, and networking covering topics ranging from governance, media, commercial, performance, stadia, and social issues — in the age of COVID-19, and beyond.

2,000+ 5,000+ 70 12,000+ 9,000+ 250,000+ ATTENDEES CONTACTS MADE COUNTRIES MESSAGES SENT ATTENDEE VIEWS IMPRESSIONS

Soccerex Connected will return in February 2021, back by popular demand.

It will once again provide an unparalleled platform for the football family worldwide to reunite, forge new relationships, strengthen existing ones and gain additional understanding of how football is changing.

We will once again be dedicating an entire day to each main conference stream; Governance, Law and Finance; Stadium and Event Operations; Performance, Medical and Analytics; Commercial, Marketing and Broadcast. HIGHLIGHTED SPEAKERS

ADOLFO ROMERO ALEX MAMALYHA CRISTIANO EIRALE CHRISTIAN LAU CLARKE CARLISLE DAVID SCIAMA DEE KUNDRA SENIOR DIRECTOR, EVENT DIRECTOR OF MARKETING MEDICAL CO-ORDINATOR CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER MENTAL HEALTH & CEO HEAD OF MARKETING PROGRAMMING, SOFI STADIUM SHAKHTAR DONETSK SAINT-GERMAIN FC WELLBEING CONSULTANT THE COACHES’ VOICE FC BAYERN MUNICH US

DOMINIC CASCIATO EBRU KOKSAL EMMANUEL MEDEIROS HENRY WINTER JEANENE VALENTINE JONAS BAER HOFFMAN JURGEN MAINKA ASSISTANT COACH & HEAD OF CHAIR CEO CHIEF FOOTBALL WRITER DIRECTOR OF TICKET GENERAL SECRETARY FOUNDER & CEO SCOUTING, NY COSMOS WOMEN IN FOOTBALL SIGA THE TIMES OPERATIONS, INTER MIAMI FIFPRO PULSE & ENTERNAINMENT

KEITH WISEMAN KELLY SIMMONS LAURA GEORGES KEN SCOTT LAILA MINTAS HEAD OF SECURITY WOMEN’S PROFESSIONAL GAME SECRETARY GENERAL HEAD OF INSPECTORATE CEO ASTON VILLA DIRECTOR, THE FA FRENCH FOOTBALL FEDERATION SGSA PLAYUP

MOON JAVAID PANAGIOTIS ARONIADIS REBECCA EDWARD-SYMMONS SAMEER PABARI CSO NEW MEDIA DIRECTOR HEAD OF COMMERCIAL MANGING DIRECTOR - SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS PAOK FC SWANSEA CITY FC INTERNATIONAL MEDIA, NFL

CLAIRE BLOOMFIELD MICHAEL JACOBS TOM ROWELL TYLER WILSON HEAD OF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL GENERAL MANAGER HEAD OF MARKETING AND DIRECTOR STRATEGIC ECA NASHVILLE SC TICKETING, EVERTON FC PARTNERSHIPS & INNOVATION, VANCOUVER WHITECAPS CONFIRMED ATTENDEES DAY 1: GOVERNANCE, LAW & FINANCE

12:00-12:45 GMT 16:00-16:45 GMT THE VIEW FROM THE TOP CHANGING TO KEEP FANS ONSIDE 2020 has been the most turbulent and tumultuous year the The introduction of highly accurate technology such as VAR football world has ever seen. We will sit down with the very into the game has brought great advances and overall a top of the footballing ladder and discuss how they righted positive impact on correcting decisions, but has thrown the the ship and are steering the game through the choppiest of need to adapt the laws of the game to reflect a that waters before a huge year for major tournaments. now moves at breakneck speed when live, and super slow mo freeze frame in review. We will hear what changes governing bodies are instituting to deal with these issues.

13:00-13:45 GMT FOOTBALL IS BIG BUSINESS. ISN’T IT? 17:00-17:45 GMT Football is often referred to in the media as being a big QUOTAS? WHERE WE’RE GOING, WE DON’T NEED business, but how many facets of normal business does it QUOTAS exhibit? And how many of those facets should it really aim 2020 has been a standout year for social action, and has for? The question will also be raised of whether football thrust equality into the spotlight with the fight against should aim to be a big business, or service the needs of its discrimination of all forms being ever present. This panel community above commercial gain? will debate what equality actually looks like, how we’ll know when we’ve reached an equal state and how inclusion of new communities can avoid feeling like the exclusion of existing ones. 14:00-14:45 GMT THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Racism on the pitch and in the stands is readily addressed as 18:00-18:45 GMT wrong in the football community. But the colonial attitude is HISTORY OF WORLD CUPS FROM 1930 - THE still writ large in the setup of the global game. The players, ORIGINS & LEGACY OF “THE BEAUTIFUL GAME” raw materials, are taken from around the developing world at Reliving the celebrated past and origins of the FIFA World low cost, repackaged in and then sold back to their Cup 1930, and the twists and turns that’s made the World countrymen through merchandise and media rights. How Cup the most celebrated sporting event in the world. long can this continue?

15:00-15:45 GMT PLAYING BOTH SIDES: MULTI-CLUB OWNERSHIP The increase in organisations looking to own multiple clubs is a sensible business strategy for efficiency and knowledge sharing. Parallels in goals, financing and management can be found across sports. In this panel we will explore how top teams from the world’s biggest sports leagues have learnt and thrived from each other’s advice and expertise. DAY 2: STADIUM & EVENT OPERATIONS

12:00-12:45 GMT 16:00-16:45 GMT INCREASING CONSUMPTION WHILST REDUCING INCREASING CONSUMPTION WHILST REDUCING INTERACTION INTERACTION Surveillance has increased within stadiums to combat anti- social behaviour, and more recently has a medical safety As stadiums welcome back fans how do you drive sales of aspect. But it also provides data about traffic flow and can food, drink and merchandise whilst limiting human contact help shape the fan experience if used properly. points?

17:00-17:45 GMT 13:00-13:45 GMT SAVING THOSE TREES - THE MOVE TO DIGITAL AR, VR, AND GOOD OLD R TICKETING Everyone loves technology and we all spend hours looking at the world through our phones and so the world of VR and As the inexorable shift of life to smartphones continues, AR is only going to grow. We will look at the lastest efforts why is football lagging behind when it comes to ticketing? Is with these technologies to provide a replacement for the having your ticket in your hand that important? matchday experience, how they will enhance it when fans return and the importance of knowing when to use them, and when to highlight the real deal around you. 14:00-14:45 GMT ORGANISED FUN With several major tournaments intra and inter-continental tournaments upcoming - delayed EUROs, Copa America, 18:00-18:45 GMT Gold Cup, Olympic football and the 2022 World Cup, not to STADIA EVOLUTION FROM 1930 TO 2022 AND mention u17 Women’s World Cup, etc - this session will WHAT’S AROUND THE CORNER investigate what this looks like in the ‘new normal’ and the From Montevideo’s mythic FIFA landmark stadium, the steps which have been taken to mitigate risks, seeing which Estadio Centenario, to multipurpose hybrid, entertainment ones are likely to work and be rolled out elsewhere. stadiums and the ecologically innovative and sustainable Qatar 2022 stadiums. Treated within the stadium context is the importance and relevance of museums and the need 15:00-15:45 GMT to connect history with football’s future, along with fan MORE THAN MATCHDAY interactivity and interaction. Utilising a major asset such as a stadium to only make money on 50 gamedays a year will not be an option as the game looks to recover from a tough year. Given the restrictions in place in many countries, what options exist for stadium managers and operators? Meetings and events? Concerts? Club museums? Here we will see which of the many additional streams have been most stable and successful for clubs of all sizes. DAY 3: PERFORMANCE, MEDICAL & ANALYTICS

12:00-12:45 GMT 16:00-16:45 GMT DEVELOPING FOOTBALLERS IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD MIND OVER MATTER It is a common route for players from the developing world Having a ‘winning mentality’ and being a ‘born winner’ are to have to leave their homelands and families at a young apparently key facets that determine who gets to pick up age to travel to Europe to have a chance to join a top club. silverware at the end of a season. Here we investigate the But why? We will look at the best way to develop talent psychology behind winning, how much of an influence it has in different cultures, the issues with current club branded on the success rate of a team and whether it is always an academies and how the retention of skilled players within innate part of a player’s character or something which can be their country of origin can help the game overall. coached into someone.

13:00-13:45 GMT 17:00-17:45 GMT WHERE IS THE RED ZONE? OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND Team injury records weigh heavy on the final success a Football’s power to highlight the importance of mental health team can expect to achieve, with the importance of player in wider society, in particular for men, has been a focus of management now accepted, especially as they approach the the last few years. But is the game taking enough action to infamous ‘red zone’. How is this metric arrived at, and how help all of those who exit the playing footballing fraternity at certain are performance managers of the likelihood of injury, various stages of their careers? Do the actions match with the and how can new technology help reduce the margins for words and what more should be done to help lower profile error? footballers?

14:00-14:45 GMT 18:00-18:45 GMT WAITING FOR MONEYBALL A HISTORY OF SPORTS BRANDS: FROM BOOTS, TO It has been several years since we were promised that the KITS AND EVERYTHING A FAN NEEDS avalanche of data now available in our sport would produce At-length discussion of sports brands’ history related to our very own Moneyball style disruption, where the smaller World Cup competitions from the early Dassler brothers’ clubs use data to buy smart and beat the big guys, so why rivalry: Puma v Adidas; to complete kit and team outfitting. hasn’t it happened? Is football not as suited to dissection by Discussions around the evolution of products and today’s data? Is the wrong data being used? Or has it happened first needs. at the top of the game to maintain the existing order?

15:00-15:45 GMT WHO HAS THE LAST WORD? Manager, Doctor, Physio, Performance Manager, Nutritionist, Player. Nowadays, all are involved in the maintainance and tuning of a high performance athletic machine. But who has priority in decision making? And who should? Have decision making structures been updated to take account of the new realities of dealing with elite sportsmen and women in football? DAY 4: COMMERCIAL, MARKETING & BROADCAST

12:00-12:45 GMT 16:00-16:45 GMT FOOTBALL: THE BRAND WOMEN’S FOOTBALL: WHERE WE’RE AT, AND Football’s origins as 90 minutes of entertainment on a WHERE WE’RE GOING Saturday afternoon after work are long gone. Football is now The growth in participation in the women’s game is consistent everywhere - your computer, your phone, your wardrobe, and its position on the world stage secure, but here we will look collaborating with other interests you have. Where is left to at another aspect of the women’s game. Sponsors, broadcasters, go? teams and federations have a level of freedom to innovate not often seen on the men’s side of the game, and original, successful campaigns which involve multiple channels have the potential for huge returns. So - far from copying the trajectory of men’s football 13:00-13:45 GMT - the new paths being forged by the stakeholders in women’s HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU PEEK BEHIND THE football have lessons for all in the game. CURTAIN BEFORE YOU GET BORED? Another day, another documentary. This now ubiquitous format was a roaring success when it first came out but now how ‘real’ scenes are is questioned and how much genuine 17:00-17:45 GMT access is granted are questioned. So what is next for WILL THIS BE CONTROVERSIAL? YOU CAN BET ON IT... broadcasters as alternatives for matchday content? Football’s relationship with betting is uneasy. Some view it as providing vast amounts of sponsorship to teams looking to balance their books and adding tension for the spectators who have something riding on it, others view it as the source 14:00-14:45 GMT of match fixing and preying on the vulnerable. How can WHOSE RIGHTS ARE THEY ANYWAY? football best co-exist with one of humanities oldest pastimes? In the now fragmented world of TV rights, is there a need for a revamp of the system from the ground up? Policing is progressively more difficult, the stars of the show have no control over their own creations, fans are punished for 18:00-18:45 GMT sharing certain content but desperately courted to share THE HISTORY & CURRENT STATE OF EDUCATION, others. MANAGEMENT AND POST CAREER PLAYERS An in-depth look at what a player (at every stage of his/her career, youth, senior and post) affronts and the points of view from different levels of the game (player, club, media). 15:00-15:45 GMT THE BEST AND THE REST In a more rational financial reality what will happen to sports broadcast rights? Have they peaked? Which rights provide value for broadcasters now, which are overpriced and will changing consumption patterns make highlights packages more valuable than anything else? DAY 5: COMMERCIAL, MARKETING & BROADCAST

12:00-12:45 GMT 16:00-16:45 GMT NO ONE IS BIGGER THAN THE CLUB. EXCEPT THEM HUG A HOODIE For a new set of football superstars, the idea that the club Supporters groups, - that much maligned section they join is bigger than them does not equate. Ronaldo has of fans that push your team over the line in a tough game, more Instagram followers than Real Madrid, and arrive come rain or shine, but are unlikely to be buying the Man Utd combined. We look at how some players are now €15 keychain the club shop. Where do these fans fit in the brands and how this affects the sponsorship landscape as modern game, and how do you interact with them and well as the relationship between players and their employers. include them in your club strategy without a marketing strategy that contains the word ‘authentic’?

13:00-13:45 GMT LALIGA PANEL 17:00-17:45 GMT LaLiga will be joining the second edition of Soccerex PLAYER PRODUCTION PROFITS Connected to talk about how they handled the events of 2020 Every fan loves to see a player on the pitch for their team who and the switch to a mostly digital world, as well as looking has come out of the academy, a special pride that he’s made forward to how they plan to grow the league and their clubs the journey with your club to the end goal. But for every in 2021 with a vaccine not too far out of view. player that makes it, 100 don’t - they are released or sold on to other clubs. Here we look at the economics of modern club academies and how they have been turned into goldmines for those willing to have profit as an outcome. 14:00-14:45 GMT THE RAIN MAN FAN Most people find maths a chore, don’t closely study their own 18:00-18:45 GMT finances and wouldn’t choose to do either for fun. Except when it involves their club - or any seemingly any club. Where NEXT FIFA WORLD CUPS: QATAR 2022, did this start? What does it mean for owners and how should 2023, NORTH AMERICA 2026 & 2030 clubs interact with fans on this subject? And is dissecting club Reflecting on past World Cup competitions in relation to financial statements the route to mathematical and financial the next generation competitions, the lessons learned and literacy that educators have been searching for? arguments for ideal candidates leading up to the 100th anniversary in 2030.

15:00-15:45 GMT INVESTALETES In their post careers, athletes with healthy bank balances have started investing in what they know - sports. From the myriad of players who are owners of football clubs especially in the growing USL to LeBron James’ investment in Liverpool we will look at this important and growing source of reinvestment in the game, across sporting and entertainment lines and where it will take the game. PLATINUM PARTNERS

GACP SPORTS GLOBAL PARTNER LALIGA EVENT PARTNER 1930 WORLD CUP CONFERENCES & EVENTS EVENT PARTNER GACP Sports makes control and influential LaLiga is a sports association made up of the clubs minority investments in outstanding sports- and public limited sports companies that compete 1930 World Cup Conference & Events was related businesses that have strong brand equity. in the professional ranks of the Spanish football created in July 2018 along with Blue Hat Events The firm is comprised of experienced private league (Primera and Segunda Division). Since 2010, Management in , and MM&A Latin Sports equity professionals as well as sports industry the International Federation of Football History and & Project 1930 in . Historical executives who bring expertise in the acquisition Statistics has considered the top tier of the Spanish societies throughout the world are encouraged to and management of sports and sports-related game to be the best league in the world, in view of come together and share their knowledge about franchises. the record-breaking honours held by the competition’s their national team and the great stories and facts affiliated clubs and players. In its efforts to guarantee that come with it. The vision is to unite researchers, the sustainability of the professional game, LaLiga academics, authors, historians, journalists and all is firmly committed to the fight against piracy and who are passionate about the 1930 World Cup to promotes fair play in a competition which is free of celebrate the 90 anniversary of the inaugural FIFA match-fixing and completely rejects violence. Soccer Football World Championships.

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AGENCIA EFE MEDIA PARTNER ASSOCIATION OF LUXURY SUITE DIRECTORS MEDIA PARTNER Agencia EFE is the leading Spanish news provider in the world Agencia EFE is the leading Spanish news provider in the world and one of the top 5 international news agencies. Efe is a trusted and one of the top 5 international news agencies. Efe is a trusted news agency with more than 80 years’ experience covering world news agency with more than 80 years’ experience covering world news and events. Our complete coverage includes breaking news news and events. Our complete coverage includes breaking news and world exclusives, features, business, lifestyle, entertainment, and world exclusives, features, business, lifestyle, entertainment, and the environment. Efe is the leading news provider of and the environment. Efe is the leading news provider of sport news in Latin America and where their information sport news in Latin America and Spain where their information is published and consumed by news media, clubs and sport is published and consumed by news media, clubs and sport organizations along the Spanish world. organizations along the Spanish world.

ASIAN FOOTBALL CONFEDERATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER BUNDESLIGA INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of Bundesliga International is a full subsidiary of the Deutsche Asian football and one of the six Confederations making up FIFA. Fußball Liga (DFL) and responsible for connecting and inspiring Formed in 1954 in Manila on the sidelines of the second Asian football fans around the globe. Its main focus is to drive Games, the AFC was sanctioned by FIFA in Berne, Switzerland internationalisation by inspiring passion for the Bundesliga with on June 21 of that year. The AFC is now headquartered in Kuala contagious ‘Football As It’s Meant To Be’ content using the Lumpur, Malaysia and consists of 47 Member Associations. highest technical innovation standards. Bundesliga International is marketing the audiovisual, sponsorship (partnership) rights, brand and digital licenses through a global network of 80 partners. CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER GETTY IMAGES MEDIA PARTNER The Canadian Premier League is Canada’s professional men’s Getty Images partners with many of the most significant sports soccer league sanc-tioned by Canada Soccer that debuted on leagues and governing bodies in the world. Today, Getty Images April 27, 2019. Playing in world-class and unique venues, and is the official photographer or photographic partner to over 85 of partnering with strong community-led ownership groups, the CPL the world’s leading sports governing bodies, leagues, and clubs. is a league for Canadians by Canadians that brings professional Getty Images’ team of multi-award winning photographers and soccer to communi-ties coast-to-coast. The League embraces our digital content creators cover over 50,000 sports events a year. mantra - We Are Many, We Are One! Divided on the field, but united in our hearts, we celebrate our shared passion for soccer.

GOAL MEDIA PARTNER Goal is the world’s number one digital football destination. CONCACAF INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER Focusing on the biggest players, teams and competitions, Goal We are the Confederation of North, Central America and covers the global game in 18 languages, across 38 local editions Caribbean (Concacaf). Concacaf is one and is powered by more than 500 correspondents and journalists. of FIFA’s six continental confederations, servicing 41 Member Always where the fans are, more than 100m engage with Goal Associations, from Canada in the north to Guyana, Suriname content every month, whether that’s on YouTube, Facebook, and French Guiana in the south. Concacaf means football first. Twitter, Weibo, on Goal’s websites and mobile apps. Our members are united by a shared vision: Love for Our Game, as well as a unique mission, to develop, promote and manage football throughout the region with integrity, transparency and passion in order to inspire participation in the game. LIGA INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER Liga Portugal organizes three large competitions each season, all sustained by football of outstanding quality. with 36 professional DATAPOWA MARKETING PARTNER teams participating, it is a talent platform that projects and DataPOWA are a sports & entertainment sponsorship and exports some of the sport’s best players worldwide. Liga NOS digital marketing agency. Providing brands and rights holders represents the highest level of Portuguese professional football, with detailed measurement of actual and potential value of bringing together 18 teams who compete amongst themselves sponsorships alongside digital maximisation solutions for across 34 game weeks. marketing programmes. DataPOWA has the solutions to give you access and power from your own data and our own Marketing BigData assets. The core of our business, the mathematicians and data scientists, are continuously evolving our technology POWA platforms, and our vision is for the sports & entertainment MACCO ROBOTICS EVENT SPONSOR industry to adopt intelligent real time evaluation and marketing strategies in exchange for more return on their investment. Macco is a Spanish foodtech firm focused on the development and manufacture of products and processes based on robotics and Artificial Intelligence to work with food and beverages. The company was founded at the end of 2013 in Seville (Spain), after completing the design and manufacture of the first waiter robot, FCBUSINESS MEDIA PARTNER which gave the company its name; Macco, the waiter robot. We released the new version completely in 2019 with innovative Football has grown exponentially over the years to what is now a business applications for hospitality sector. multi-billion pound global industry. With huge investment in human capital, stadium infrastructure, sports science, social and digital media and broadcasting, football as a business is now world class in every sense. fcbusiness magazine has been at the forefront of the football industry since 2004, bringing you interviews from MAILMAN MEDIA PARTNER some of the game’s leading executives from the UK’s leading clubs Headquartered in Shanghai, , Mailman is a global sports and governing bodies, as well as across Europe and beyond. With digital consultancy and agency. Mailman helps the world’s the largest readership of decision makers in the football industry, leading sports organisations serve their audiences and build fcbusiness continues to make huge strides when linking buyers their businesses. With over 200 experts across the globe, and sellers as well as providing insight, discussion, research and Mailman specialises in digital strategy, transformation, social information on all topics that impact this great game. media, content production and eCommerce.

FIFA MASTER ALUMNI ACADEMIC SUPPORTER The FIFA Master Alumni (FMA) plays a crucial role in connecting the alumni and current students of the International Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport (a.k.a. FIFA Master) programme to the global sports community. Organised by the International Centre for Sport Studies (CIES) in partnership with three universities, the FIFA Master was created to promote management education within the sports world. The Master is currently in its 21st year and has graduated more than 550 professionals, from over 100 nationalities. INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER TEAMWORKS PRESENTING PARTNER Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer Teamworks is the global leader in athlete engagement, league in the and Canada and began play in 1996, empowering more than 3,000 sports organizations around the shortly after the U.S. hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Now in world to better connect and collaborate by simplifying their its 25th season in 2020, MLS continues to grow at an explosive internal processes. Establishing centralized communication and rate as the league features record-breaking attendance and logistics-coordinating through the Teamworks Player App, players consumption, an influx of dynamic players, and 20 soccer and staff benefit from instant, real-time updates, and centralized stadiums. MLS has doubled in size during the past decade and scheduling. Based in Durham, North Carolina, and established in now has 26 clubs throughout the United States and Canada, 2004, Teamworks was created for athletes, by athletes, to instill including the newest expansion teams in Miami, Nashville and a culture of communication and accountability for more than 100 Cincinnati. elite professional organizations.

MEXICAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER US SOCCER FEDERATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER Founded in 1927, at the FMF we promote the practice of Football As the governing body of soccer in all its forms in the United in , representing and inspiring Mexicans focused on 5 States, U.S. Soccer has played an integral part in charting the strategic pillars: Sports Success, Sports Justice, Institutional course for the sport in the USA for more than a century. Over the Relations, Social Responsibility and effective and comprehensive past thirty years, soccer in the US has evolved significantly under Innovation. the Federation’s guidance. The men’s team have become regular participants at the FIFA World Cup, reaching the quarter finals in 2002. US Soccer have become a world leader in women’s soccer at every level, and the U.S. WNT has won three FIFA Women’s World Cups and four Olympic Gold Medals. PORTUGUESE FOOTBALL FEDERATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER Portugal’s Football Federation is based in Cidade do Futebol, Portugal. With a recently opened ‘House of Athletes’ building, the first TV Channel of any F.A., a Football University and other UNITED SOCCER LEAGUE (USL) INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER impressive developments that have been made in recent years, The United Soccer League (USL) is the largest professional soccer allows FPF to be considered one of the most successful football organization in North America, possessing nearly a decade of federations in the world. Currently Portugal hold the European experience in bringing the world’s game to communities across titles for football, futsal, soccer, as well as nations league the United States and Canada. Overseeing The USL Championship, and ’s World Cup. USL League One, and USL League Two, the organization is built on a proven and recognized model in international football and counts more than 100 clubs in its membership.Based in Tampa, Fla., the USL has grown over the past decade into a model organization with strong corporate partnerships, stable SECUTIX SA SESSION SPONSOR organizational leadership, and a dedicated staff that provides SecuTix is a Global Technology Provider of a Ticketing outstanding support to member clubs and outside partners. Engagement Platform that helps organisations boost ticket sales and enhance audiences’ experience before, during and after live events. Our product, SecuTix 360°, is a cloud-based platform that combines ticketing and marketing functionality and is offered as a white-label SaaS service. WORLD ASSOCIATION INSTITUTIONAL PARTNER The World Freestyle Football Association (WFFA) is the world governing body for Freestyle Football. With a network spanning SOCCER HUB MEDIA PARTNER 114 countries, the organisation manages the official world Soccer HUB is the world’s leader in online education for soccer rankings, competitions and educational programmes that deliver experts. Expect the best con-tent, delivered by the best European life and academic skills through freestyle. The sport receives over experts in a convenient and attractive format. Dozens of courses 80 million video views every month of the year and is regularly with state-of-art subjects that will always be up-dated. Our team utilised by brands as a medium to engage consumers at live has dozens of years of experience in the promotion of high-level events and online. Follow all activities of the Association on social sports content. Join us and become a top soccer ex-pert yourself! media platforms @theWFFA. All you need is a ball!

SPORTS INTEGRITY GLOBAL ALLIANCE (SIGA) INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORTER SIGA is a worldwide, independent, neutral coalition, led by the sports industry and supported by key stakeholders. By promoting best practices, universal standards and credible global solutions, SIGA is ushering a new era in the governance and integrity of sport. The mission of SIGA is to provide global leadership and safeguard the integrity of sport through a set of universal standards on good governance, financial integrity, sports betting integrity and youth development and protection. THE WORLD INVITED, THE GAME REUNITED

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