Top-level speakers lined up for inaugural Directors’ Summit

Just one month to go until the inaugural Directors’ Summit, which will be staged at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne on 27 September 2017 by iSportconnect, in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and ThinkSport.

The event will feature an impressive line-up of thought influencers from premier rights owners and brands to discuss and debate strategic issues impacting the future of the global sports business.

Confirmed guest speakers include:

• Ben Morel, Managing Director & Senior Vice President EMEA at NBA
• Patrick Baumann, FIBA Secretary-General, President of the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), and Chairman of the IOC Evaluation Commission for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Paul Barber, Chief Executive Officer at Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club
• Peter Hutton, Chief Executive Officer at Eurosport
• Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director at UEFA
• Jeff Haas, Chief International Officer at DraftKings
• Claude Ruibal, Executive Director at Infront Sports & Media AG
• David Dellea, Head of Sport Business Advisory at PwC
• Timo Lumme, TV & Marketing Director at IOC
• Lorenzo Stoll, Vice President at SWISS Executive Committee
• Ralf Reichert, CEO at Electronic Sports League (ESL)

The one-day Summit will feature a combination of panels and interviews with more than 100 senior executives in attendance. The topics of the panels are as follows:

Panel 1 The image of sport: irreparably damaged?

The connection between the image of sport and the brands associated with it is critically important. With the reputation of sport under pressure on various fronts, this relationship has become increasingly strained. Where do rights holders, brands and other stakeholders in the world of sport stand on this issue of huge strategic importance?

Panel 2 The challenge of hosting major events

In times of austerity, the competition between cities to host major events is no longer what it used to be. At the same time, the potential impact of hosting can be difficult to resist. Where does the balance lie? How can event organisers and cities find a better path to staging their events while serving the needs of cities?

Panel 3 Never-ending digital disruption: what’s next?

How do sports organisations plan and thrive in an environment where the old media models are fractured and it is close to impossible to predict the next big thing to engage consumers?

The Summit represents a breakthrough opportunity for top-tier executives in the Olympic Capital to experience and enjoy the unique learning and networking benefits of iSportconnect’s exclusive invitation-only event concept.

A few places are still available for this exclusive event so please email Dimitrios Syrmis (dimitrios.syrmis@isportconnect.com) to confirm your interest in attending.

Click here to read the full news release by iSportconnect.