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2015 Conference Concept 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 Major League Soccer COMMERCIAL CLUB STRATEGIES TOPICS TO BE COVERED: • INTERNATIONAL SPONSORSHIP • DIGITAL MEDIA • GLOBAL IMAGE RIGHTS • MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURES • CLUB MANAGEMENT STRUCTURES • PRE-SEASON 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 London , 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, Manchester 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, Twitter 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 Roy Hodgson, Manager, • TRIALS & LOANS Soccer, Red Bull England National • PRODUCTS & TECHNOLOGY • SCOUTING • DOMESTIC v FOREIGN TALENT Patrick Vieira, 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, Premier League & FA HOW CAN YOU GET INVOLVED? WITH FOUR DEDICATED CONFERENCE AREAS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUR COMPANY TO BE INVOLVED AT THE CONVENTION: • PANELLIST • SPONSOR • WORKSHOP SPEAKER • CASE STUDY PRESENTATION CONTACT US TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION W: WWW.SOCCEREX.COM E:[email protected] T:+44 208 987 5522 LEGENDS Rafael Benitez, Manager, Napoli and Phil Neville, Legend, Nicky Butt, Legend, Ryan Giggs, Legend, Rio Ferdinand, Player, QPR Manchester United Manchester United Manchester United Ronaldo, Legend, Gary Neville, Assistant Manager, Bryan Robson, Legend, Brazil England Manchester United & England Steven Gerrard, Legend, Michael Owen, Legend, Gianfranco Zola, Legend, Chelsea & Casey Stoney, Player, Liverpool & England Liverpool & England Ossie Ardiles, Legend, Argentina Arsenal Ladies & England Mario Zagallo & Lucas Moura, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Zico & Neymar, Legends, Brazil Legends, Brazil Sir Bobby Charlton, Legend, Juliano Belletti, Legend, Deco, Legend, Barcelona & Portugal & Ledley King, Legend, Manchester United & England Chelsea & Brazil Zico, Legend, Brazil Tottenham Hotspur FC CONNECT WITH US @SOCCEREX FACEBOOK.COM/SOCCEREX LINKEDIN.COM/COMPANY/SOCCEREX.
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