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2015 CONFERENCE CONCEPT A NEW FORMAT FOR 2015 WILL PROVIDE AN ENHANCED NETWORKING & LEARNING EXPERIENCE, ALLOWING FOR MORE SENIOR CLUB REPRESENTATIVES, BRAND DIRECTORS AND INDUSTRY SPECIALISTS TO DELIVER INSIGHT AND BEST PRACTICE EXPERTISE INTO THE KEY SECTORS OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS. LEADING INDUSTRY FIGURES

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• FOOTBALL LAWS & REGULATIONS • SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • OFFICIAL FIFA TOURNAMENT UPDATES • CONTINENTAL PROJECTS • EQUALITY IN FOOTBALL • GLOBAL FOOTBALL ISSUES

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Joseph. S Blatter, President, HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, ExCo Member, Jeffrey Webb, President, FIFA AFC CONCACAF

Gianni Infantino, General Secretary, Hicham El Amrani, General Secretary, UEFA CAF SPONSORSHIP & COMMERCIAL GROWTH

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS • MARKET ENTRANT STRATEGY • PLAYER v TEAM SPONSORSHIP • MAJOR EVENT SPONSORSHIP • BRAND MASTER CLASSES • MAXIMISING ROI

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Ricardo Fort, SVP Global Ian Ayre, CEO, Claus-Peter Mayer - VP Global Sports Lorenzo Perales, Sponsorship Director, Sponsorship Marketing, Visa Liverpool FC Marketing Football - adidas Real Madrid C.F. LEAGUE DEVELOPMENT

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• LEAGUE CREATION & DEVELOPMENT • INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION • REGULATION & GOVERNANCE • FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY • BROADCASTING RIGHTS • PLAYER DEVELOPMENT

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Christian Seifert, Chief Executive Officer, Javier Tebas, President, Don Garber, Commissioner, Deutschen Fußball Liga Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional COMMERCIAL CLUB STRATEGIES

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• INTERNATIONAL SPONSORSHIP • DIGITAL MEDIA • GLOBAL IMAGE RIGHTS • MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURES • CLUB MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES • PRE- TOURS

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Andreas Kufner - International Miguel Bertran - Head of Miguel Bento - Commercial & Giuliano Giorgetti - Head of Web & Relations - FC Bayern Munich Partnerships - FC Barcelona Marketing Director - S.L Benfica New Media - AC Milan MAJOR EVENTS TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• BIDDING FOR MAJOR EVENTS • DELIVERING MAJOR EVENTS • STADIA & INFRASTRUCTURE • FAN ENGAGEMENT • LEGACY DEVELOPMENT • PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMMES

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Nasser Al-Khater, Executive Director, Communications & Marketing Alexey Sorokin, CEO, 2018 FIFA World Cup Lord Sebastian Coe, Chairman, 2012 , Qatar 2022 Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy Russia Local Organising Committee Organising Committee for the Olympic Games FINANCE, GOVERNANCE & REGULATION

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY • INVESTMENT STRATEGIES • THIRD PARTY OWNERSHIP • WEALTH MANAGEMENT • LICENSING & MERCHANDISING • TRANSFER MARKET

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Louis Saha launches his new consultancy The Football League & Pinsent Masons lead a discussion on Pini Zahavi - Football Agent business with PwC & ING Management the latest issues affecting the beautiful game. STADIA

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• REVENUE GENERATION

• ATTENDANCE & TICKETING Markus A. Wischy, Major Projects Dr. Paul Hawkins, Founder, • STADIA Wi-Fi & COMMUNICATIONS Developer, Siemens Hawk-Eye

• LIGHTING & SOUND

• GOAL LINE TECHNOLOGY

• SAFETY AND VENUE MANAGEMENT Jean-Sébastien Gosuin - CEO & Danny Wilson, Director of Sales, Co-Founder - Seaters Service & Operations, City MEDICAL & PERFORMANCE TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• ELITE TRAINING METHODS • INJURY PREVENTION & TREATMENT • DATA ANALYSIS • MEDICAL REGULATION • BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION • SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Val Nasedkin, VP Business Development, Omegawave & Daniel Bernand, Four-time Olympic gold medallist Eamonn Salmon, CEO, Football CEO, Sports Matrix deliver a workshop on performance analysis. Michael Johnson addresses Soccerex Medical Assoication DIGITAL & NEW MEDIA

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• MONETISING SOCIAL MEDIA • GROWTH OF STREAMING • FAN ENGAGEMENT • 2ND & 3RD SCREEN VIEWING • IP RIGHTS INFRINGEMENT • INTERNATIONAL CONSUMPTION

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Lewis Wiltshire, Director of Media Partnerships, A packed studio listens to AS Roma, AC Milan and Robert Bridge, VP International Marketing, Eurosport on ‘How to Monetise Social Media’. Yahoo! PLAYER DEVELOPMENT & COACHING

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• ACADEMY CREATION & DELIVERY

• COACHING PHILOSOPHIES Gérard Houllier, Head of Global , Manager, • TRIALS & LOANS Soccer, Red Bull England National

• PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY

• SCOUTING

• DOMESTIC v FOREIGN TALENT , Head of Elite Ginés Meléndez, National Youth Teams Development, Manchester City FC Director, Spanish Football Association GOVERNMENT & SPORT

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• GRASS ROOTS DELIVERY • BRAND DEVELOPMENT • PUBLIC v PRIVATE INVESTMENT • LOCAL & NATIONAL ECONOMIES • GROWTH FRAMEWORKS • VENUE CONSTRUCTION & MANAGEMENT

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Sir Howard Bernstein, Chief Executive, Aldo Rebelo, Minister of Sport, Ministers of Sport from Nigeria, Ghana and Zambia Manchester City Council Brazil discuss the relationship between politics and sport EMERGING MARKETS TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES • DEVELOPMENT ROADMAPS • LEAGUE CREATION & DEVELOPMENT • TOURNAMENT CONTRACTS • CORPORATE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES • INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

AZERBAIJAN INDIA NIGERIA CORPORATE SOCIAL OPPORTUNITY

TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

• COMMUNITY INVESTMENT • FOOTBALL EDUCATION • SUSTAINABLE COACHING • EXPLOITATION PREVENTION • FOOTBALLER’S CHARITIES • INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

EXAMPLE SPEAKERS:

Terre des Hommes deliver the opening session of the Kashif Siddiqi, Player, Northampton Town & Jeremy Weeks, International Sports Development CSO Zone to a packed audience. Founder, Football for Peace & Operations Consultant, & FA HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED?

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