iSportConnect are thrilled to reveal that our annual Lausanne Summit in association with PwC will return next month, in virtual format for the second consecutive year.

The event will be taking place on Tuesday, September 21st 2021 between 2-5pm BST.

Our annual Lausanne Summit is for leading sporting executives from all across the world of sport, with the showcasing of the annual PwC Sports Survey a crucial tool for many within the industry to understand and gauge how sport as a business has adapted and changed over the past 12 months.

Stay up to date on the latest around the event on this page and across the iSportConnect social media channels on LinkedIn and Twitter, where you will find new speaker announcements and event details.

Thursday, September 16 – FIVE DAYS TO GO

Tuesday, September 14 – Tezos, ESL & Red Bull Racing & Red Bull Technology

Ralf Reichert

Reichert has grown up loving to compete, in video games, football or any other sport. While still going to university he joined forces with his brothers and friends and founded the now world renowned esports organization, SK Gaming. 

Making himself a name in the community he came across a group of young entrepreneurs from Cologne with whom he co-founded and grew ESL to the largest esports company in the world. Ralf believes that video games are the most exciting entertainment medium available today and that esports as its competitive sports arm is changing society. As co-founder, thought leader and public representative, Ralf plays a crucial role in inspiring the company vision and continuing to drive it further. He shapes the conception of ESL every day in order to create a world where everybody can be somebody, and to offer countless players worldwide an opportunity to go from Zero to Hero.

Arthur Breitman

Arthur Breitman is the Co-Founder and creator of Tezos, a public blockchain enabling decentralised governance through self-amendments.

Previously, Arthur was a research engineer for Google X and Waymo. In his early career, he worked as a quantitative analyst for Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Arthur graduated from the École Polytechnique and the Courant Institute of NYU where he studied applied mathematics.

Aneesha Patel

Aneesha specialises in engagement and Loyalty marketing. Previously managing various loyalty programmes at American Express including Amex Offers UK, Aneesha now runs the NFT Programme at Red Bull Racing. She and her team are looking to create ownable fan moments that enhance a Fan’s interaction with the team as well increasing loyalty and engagement with the team. Prior to American Express, Aneesha worked at PwC and Interbrand.

Mark Lichtenhein

Mark has an accomplished career in strategic leadership across a spectrum of organisations from start-up to multi-national companies in both Europe and the US. He has extensive experience navigating challenging opportunities and managing complex political environments and is able to communicate effectively to colleagues, partners and stakeholders at all levels.

Tuesday, September 7 – International Judo Federation And Choicely

It is fantastic to be able to welcome Vlad Marinescu, Director General of the International Judo Federation (IJF) and Kaius Meskanen, CEO of Choicely, onboard for our Virtual Lausanne Summit 2021.

Vlad Marinescu

Vlad Marinescu is Director General of the International Judo Federation (IJF), President of International Esports Federation (IESF), and President of United States Esports Federation (USEF). He has worked in International Sport for over 15 years, working through each level of sport. From athlete, to event organiser in all departments, to management of sporting organisations and sport business.

Kaius Meskanen

Kaius founded Choicely to help businesses better engage and monetise their fan bases using highly interactive digital tools. Choicely enables customers to tell their stories for the Instagram generation on their own platforms through fun, interactive storytelling tools.

Tuesday, August 31 – George Pyne Joins Speaker Lineup For Opening Panel

George Pyne is the Founder & CEO of Bruin Capital, the global sports and entertainment company launched in 2015. Bruin is the latest chapter of his widely respected career architecting business transformation in a range of industries that manifest in billions of revenue and shareholder value. 

Pyne designed Bruin to be a catalyst for developing best-in-class global companies with a formula of capital plus unmatched industry expertise and value-adding mission. This vision is backed by an extremely prestigious group of the largest private equity firms and family offices in the world. Today, Bruin’s portfolio of leading-edge companies operates on five continents with thousands of employees and relied upon by virtually every major sports league, governing body, brand, and rights holder, plus billions of consumers. 

Bruin follows Pyne’s stewardship of IMG Sports and Entertainment, where, as President and Board Member, he is credited with the record earnings that more than tripled the company’s value and achieved a $2.4b sale price in 2014. Before that, as COO and Board Member of NASCAR, he transformed the sports’ commercial businesses and grew it from regional, niche entity into an elite U.S. sports league that realised billions in revenue and earnings. 

George will be part of our opening panel discussing the 2021 PwC Sports Survey, alongside David Dellea, Julia Pallé and Charlie Marshall.

Wednesday, August 25th – Opening speakers announced

We’re delighted to announce that PwC’s David Dellea will once again be with us to take us through the findings of the 2021 PwC Sports Survey.

David will be joined by Charlie Marshall, Chief Executive Officer of the European Club Association, and Julia Pallé, Sustainability Director at Formula E, as well as one more special guest to be revealed shortly.

Event Agenda

2-3pm – Showcasing the 2021 PwC Sports Survey, plus a panel discussion reacting to the latest report.

3-3:10pm – Short break with the opportunity to network.

3:10-4:10pm – Second panel, powered by Tezos – Leveraging Blockchain And NFTs To Unlock The Future Of IP.

4:10-4:15pm – Short 5 minute break.

4:15-5:00pm – Third panel, powered by Choicely – Shaping Digital Transformation: Using Apps For Data & Fan Engagement

5-5:15 – Networking session

Register interest to attend the Virtual Lausanne Summit 2021 by clicking the button below or by emailing bethany@isportconnect-com

Notes on the event:

This event will follow Chatham House Rule, keeping discussions within the room and private for attendees in order to ensure a dynamic conversation.

While new distribution options have opened up opportunities for content providers, they have also created challenges to go with them. Reaching viewers and fans is easier than ever before but the proliferation of platforms means it can be harder too.

How can you “fish where your fans are” when those fans are pretty much all over the place and more slippery to connect with and hold on to than ever before? How do you deliver what they want to see when, where and how they want to see? And how can you monetize your rights most effectively?

iSportconnect’s eMasterclass on Content Distribution will bring together top thought leaders from technology, sports and media to provide practical and actionable ideas on how content providers can best navigate the world of broadcast, mobile and OTT to maximize the global value of their content.

Thursday, August 12th

Session 1: Emerging Trends in Content Distribution

Session 2: From Satellite to the Cloud: New Approaches to Delivering Content

Session 3: Exploring Diverse Monetisation Pathways

Thursday, August 5th

Andre Gromkovski – Vice President, Russia & CIS, UFC

Ivan Katanaev – Deputy CEO, Sportrecs

Wednesday, August 4th

Juliet Slot – Non-Executive Director, British Olympic Association

Damian Browarnik – Chief Innovation Officer & Managing Director, InfrontX

Sebastien Audoux – Head of Sports Digital Content, Canal+

Monday, July 26th

iSportConnect can now reveal the opening three speakers who will be joining us for our upcoming eMasterclass.

They will be:

Joe Pecchia, General Manager of Content & Marketing – World Rugby

Abhishek Ranade – Head of EMEA business, Media & Entertainment Sports Services – Tata Communications

Christian Mueller – CEO – Infront X

About our eMasterclasses

Our digital eMasterclasses take the same format as our physical events:

1. We have Chatham House Rule, allowing discussions to remain confidential.
2. It is invitation-only, open exclusively to top-level executives at brands, rights holders and broadcasters.
3. Capacity is capped at 300 delegates allowing intimate access to key decision-makers.
4. Unique Networking break-out sessions to create an intimate & relaxed environment for everyone in the room to connect & exchange ideas, no just the speakers.

With all the buzz around NFTs (non-fungible tokens), cryptocurrency and blockchain technology is looking like the NBT (next big thing) in the business of sports. It’s safe to say that there has never been such a wide gap between the huge economic potential offered by a fast-moving innovation and people’s knowledge of what it’s all about.

Closing that gap is the aim of iSportConnect’s first Blockchain & NFT eMasterclass, bringing together thought leaders who will help sports rights owners to better understand these exciting new developments and how they can be leveraged to innovate current operating models as well as generate new revenue streams.

Everything you’ve ever wanted to know but have been too afraid to ask: What is blockchain? How will NFTs impact the world of sport? How can cryptocurrencies and tokens play a role in sport’s revenue models?

All of this will be available to you, as you will be able to pose your questions live to our panellists during the sessions in order to help enhance your knowledge and gain a greater understanding of these burgeoning industries impacting the world of sport.

Tuesday, July 13th – Full Agenda & Speakers

Session 1: Blockchain 101 – The fundamentals of Blockchain Technology and Cryptos/Coins

How well do you understand blockchain and its implications? This session will bring it all into clearer focus with an expert overview for beginner’s of the technology that powers applications like cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens. Have your questions ready.

Moderator

Bethany Hushon – Head of Community iSportConnect

Speakers

Sam Volkering – Editor at Southbank Investment Research

John Palfreyman – Former Director – Blockchain at IBM

Session 2: Blockchain Applications for the Sports Industry

The opportunities for the world of sport offered by blockchain extend far beyond collectibles. Ticketing is just one area that will be transformed by the new technology. Top experts explore the many new applications and explain how they will change the game. The possibilities will surprise you.

Speakers

Emma McGuigan – Lead- Intelligent Platform Services; Accenture

Leo Matlock – VP Commercial BLAST

Session 3: NFTs – The New Trends in Sports

The market for collectible digital product has taken off overnight with sales already in the hundreds of millions of dollars. The NFT of a single LeBron James highlight sold for $200,000. How can you use NFTs to unlock the value of your organisation’s content assets? Learn about best-practice from pioneers already thriving in the new NFT market.

Moderator

Sandy Case – CEO iSportLearn

Speakers

Fred Antunes – CEO RealFevr

Nuno Lima da Luz – Principal Associate at Cuatrecasas

Diogo Caldas – Executive Board Member Sport Multimedia

Tuesday, July 6th

Fred Antunes – CEO of RealFevr

Fred, who graduated in Philosophy and has a PowerMBA degree, has participated in more than 300 conferences as speaker and lecturer. He currently serves as Board President of the Portuguese Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Association (APBC).

Nuno Lima da Luz – Principal Associate at Cuatrecasas

Nuno is a Principal Associate at Cuatrecasas and has been working in the area of technology for over ten years, advising clients on various topics ranging from intellectual property, privacy, cybersecurity and blockchain.

Nuno also assists both national and international clients in risk assessments and legal advice in several projects involving IT operations and architectures, as well as digital transformation projects within a “Legal by Design“ approach. He also organises and provides training sessions and workshops within his field of expertise.

Diogo Caldas – Executive Board Member Sport Multimedia

Diogo Caldas was born and lives in Lisboa, Portugal. He has a Management Degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa and concluded his Graduation in Turku School of Economics in Finland.

He has been the CEO for Sportmultimédia, a company with a key focus on exploring new digital opportunities for long established sports rights. Under his leadership the company developed a worldwide digital strategy and a set of digital platforms for the three main Portuguese professional competitions, all in production and in full usage at the present date. He has most recently been attracted for the Crypto-Area when he realised the high applicability of the blockchain technology on sports with a major focus on the NFT side.

Diego has worked very closely to RealFevr in developing what he believes to be one of the most innovative proposals for sports on the years to come.

Tuesday, June 29th

John Palfreyman – Former Director, Blockchain at IBM

John joined IBM in 1996, as part of the acquisition of Data Sciences where he was General Manager of the Aerospace Division.  John has worked at a European and Global level in IBM as leader of emerging technology businesses including Pervasive Computing, Linux Services, Grid Computing and Open Source Services and extensively in the Global Defence, Intelligence and Public Safety industry. 

John currently focuses on the business application of Blockchain, working directly with customers and through enablement of IBM practitioners and partners.  John has worked on several high profile Blockchain customer projects, illustrating the transformational value of this new technology.  John founded Palfreyman Ventures in July 2017 offering informed, objective advice for the application of new technologies for sustained business advantage.  John also works as Non-executive Director of Novus Property Solutions and as a Supervisor and Lecturer at Leeds University Business School and Lecturer / Associate at Salford University Professional Development.

Tuesday, June 22nd

Emma McGuigan – Intelligent Platform Services Lead, Accenture

Emma McGuigan leads Accenture Intelligent Platform Services, which helps clients achieve enterprise-wide transformation by bringing Accenture’s deep technology, functional and industry expertise across SAP, Microsoft, Oracle, Salesforce, Workday, Adobe and other leading platforms. For these IPS platforms, Emma oversees Accenture’s relationships, strategy and capabilities globally and across all industries. She is a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee. Emma is also the Chair of the Board of Avanade, the company’s joint venture with Microsoft.

During her tenure of more than 20 years at Accenture, Emma has held a variety of positions. Before leading the Intelligent Platform Services, she was  the global lead for the Accenture Microsoft Business Group, responsible for driving Accenture’s overall Microsoft business and Avanade, Accenture’s delivery capability for Microsoft solutions.  She has also held the position of group technology officer for Accenture’s Communications, Media & Technology operating group where she was responsible for the group’s technology strategy, overseeing current and future partnerships, and positioning around emerging technologies including machine learning, artificial intelligence and cognitive computing to help drive leading-edge technology consulting and innovation to clients.

Emma joined Accenture in 1994 and became a managing director in 2006. She earned her master’s degree in Electronics from the University of Edinburgh and in 2013, Emma was made a fellow of The Chartered Institute for IT.

Sam Volkering

Sam Volkering is Investment Director and Editor at Southbank Investment Research a London-based, independent financial publisher.

He began his crypto journey in late 2010 and early 2011 in online forums learning about this new, “magic internet money.”

Now, in the decade since, he has become an authority in this new field of cryptocurrencies, decentralised networks and digital assets appearing as an industry expert on TV, radio and in print. He also serves as an advisor to a number of emerging crypto projects.

In 2016 he wrote the first edition of his market leading book, Crypto Revolution: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrencies and The Future of Money. It has since been updated, translated into several languages and published in multiple countries to over 40,000 people.

He provides advice to everyday investors and business leaders on how to understand crypto, how to interact with it, how to transact with it, how to identify opportunities and how to get involved in what he considers to be the single biggest wealth creation event the world has ever seen.

About our eMasterclasses

Same Masterclass Format, New Platform!

Our digital eMasterclasses will take the same format as our physical events:

1. Chatham House Rule, allowing discussions to remain confidential
2. Invitation-only, open exclusively to top-level executives at brands, right holders and broadcasters.
3. Capacity capped at 300 delegates allowing intimate access to key decision-makers.
4. Unique Networking break out sessions to create an intimate & relaxed environment for everyone in the room to connect & exchange ideas, no just the speakers.

More than ever, brands are at the heart of the business of sport. iSportConnect’s Brands Masterclass will provide an exclusive opportunity to engage with thought leaders in a challenging and fast-changing global business.

Join the debate with thought leaders on the future of apps, smart storytelling and other key topics in learning how data can help separate the real digital opportunities from the hype – and the practical limits of data.

The event will be taking place on Thursday, 1st July between 2-5pm BST and you can click on the yellow button at the bottom right of you screen to register interest.

Stay tuned here for the latest speaker updates as and when they happen to keep you up to date.

Thursday 10th June – The Coca-Cola Company And Safaricom Join iSportConnect’s Brands Masterclass

Brad Ross VP of Global Sports and Entertainment Marketing & Partnerships at The Coca-Cola Company.

Originally from South Africa, Brad had early formative memories of how sport can unite and be a force for good. The 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa was an incredible memory, not just because the Springboks won, but what it meant to the country. As the brand manager for Coca-Cola in 2010, Brad had the unique privilege to work on the FIFA World Cup in his home country, and that is where his career in sports & entertainment marketing really began.

Over the years, Brad has had the opportunity to work on multiple global sports campaigns including the subsequent 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cups, 2012 & 2016 UEFA Euro, The FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour by Coca-Cola, Special Olympics, and the Olympics amongst others. Through this, Brad has also worked on global entertainment marketing assets in the gaming and music space working closely with artists, labels, influencers and publishers alike.

Brad also led the Marketing, Customer and Commercial functions for Coca-Cola’s West Africa Business Unit. Based out of Lagos, Nigeria – Brad and his team were accountable for 33 countries across Africa.

The majority of his career has been spent at The Coca-Cola Company, while also spending some time with Google. 

Zaheeda Suleman- Head of Brand Experience at Safaricom

Zaheeda Suleman is an accomplished communications, marketing, and PR professional with more than 15 years creating and executing impactful campaigns and events that have increased brand awareness and equity. She has worked for Safaricom for just over a decade and is Safaricom’s Head of Brand and Experience.

Tuesday, June 1st – Introducing Our Next Three Speakers

Scott Tilton – CEO, Hookit

A born entrepreneur, Scott invested everything as a child into his first passion…competing in sports. Shortly after college in 2001, his former life as an athlete interconnected with a natural business sense and SponsorHouse was born. The original mission was simple…support and connect athletes with sponsors through the ‘Internet’…the first concept of its kind.

That vision later evolved into Hookit, which pioneered the sponsorship technology and analytics space (Spontech). Today, Hookit aggregates billions of data points from social and digital platforms and leverages artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to provide real-time insights and valuations for brands to quantify and maximize sports sponsorships.

Christian Fizia – Sponsorship Insight and Operation Manager, Kindred

Christian is the Sponsorship Insight and Operations Manager for Kindred Group, a multinational online gambling company with nine brands. He supports Kindred’s key local markets with a data-driven approach to track, measure and evaluate sponsorships, from proposals through to renewals.

Kaitlin Sullivan – Sports Marketing Manager, New Balance

Kaitlin has spent the last 6 years at New Balance, starting as a Contract Coordinator then moving to the Sports Marketing team. She is responsible for instilling ‘Athlete & Partnership Experience’ as the heartbeat of Global Sports Marketing, while serving as the point of contact responsible for connecting cross-functional teams centered around athlete and partnership marketing requests and story-driven needs. Focused on maximizing success of athlete and partnership activation and initiatives from inception to final execution through a digitally-led and data-driven approach.

Thursday, May 27th – Mastercard And Unilever To Join iSportConnect’s Brands Masterclass

Michael Robichaud – SVP Global Sponsorships, Mastercard

As a senior-level strategic executive, Michael has an in-depth insight into today’s evolving sports and entertainment marketing programs in key areas such as creative development, media planning, and product integration. With a unique combination of executive management and operations leadership experience, He has earned a proven track record of developing, executing, and maximizing lucrative opportunities for major corporations such as Mastercard and Sprint Nextel.

At Mastercard, Michael built sponsorship platforms vital to supporting 5 business regions with key contributions to new card activation and usage by hundreds of millions of cardholders. He also developed new programs which rose above traditional sponsorships and drove improvement across all metrics, while lowering media spend. Additionally, Mastercard won Clio Awards for sports and entertainment programs worldwide.

Willem Dinger – Global Sponsorship Director, Unilever

A results driven marketing and sponsorship specialist with over 17 years of experience within the sports and entertainment industry.

Have worked within client, rights-holder and agency environments building strategic partnership portfolios and activation plans across a broad selection of sports, music, lifestyle and celebrity properties.

About our eMasterclasses

Same Masterclass Format, New Platform!

iSportConnect are glad to announce the return of our exclusive Masterclass events in a new format for 2021.

Our digital eMasterclasses will take the same format as our physical events:

1. Chatham House Rule, allowing discussions to remain confidential
2. Invitation-only, open exclusively to top-level executives at brands, right holders and broadcasters.
3. Capacity capped at 150 delegates allowing intimate access to key decision-makers.
4. Unique Networking break out sessions to create an intimate & relaxed environment for everyone in the room to connect & exchange ideas, no just the speakers.

If you are interested in joining us for our “Brands” eMasterclass, register your interest and a member of our team will get back to you.

For iSportConnect’s second eMasterclass of the year, taking place next month, we are going to be looking at the world of Digital & Data with some key industry figures.

Panel and Agenda Announcement

We can now reveal the full agenda for the event and share the topics that are going to be discussed throughout the afternoon on Thursday, May 20th between 2-5pm BST.

Session 1: Panel 1: Access to Data & The Fan

Sports businesses are facing a major challenge in making the most of their huge potential as digital dynamos. Rights owners depend largely on the big global digital platforms to reach the mass market, but these platforms, not the sports, own the direct access to their fans and the data. How can sports work with them to build a mutually beneficial data ecosystem, and how can they scale up their own independent capabilities?

Marissa Pace– Chief Marketing Officer – World Rugby

Chief Marketing Officer for World Rugby, Marissa is an internationally recognised sports marketing executive.  She worked at the highest levels of sports, content and broadcast including Head of Digital at Formula One and various content, marketing and broadcast roles working with the NFL, NASCAR and PGA. Through her career, Marissa has led global digital strategies, international campaigns, content teams and has retained laser focus on the changing audience needs.

With rugby experiencing rapid growth, she is responsible for World Rugby’s audience-engagement, digital, marketing, broadcast and content strategies.  Key achievements since her appointment include award-winning Rugby World Cup 2019 social and digital platforms, a complete overhaul of the broadcast strategy for the World Rugby HSBC Sevens Series and the team have recently won SVG Europe’s prestigious ‘Outstanding Production Achievement – Event’ award for the Rugby World Cup. Marissa, who originally hails from Canada, is a passionate sports fan, beekeeper, fly fisherman and played rugby at University.

Finn​ Bradshaw – Head of Digital – International Cricket Council

Finn recently moved to Dubai to join the International Cricket Council in the newly established head of digital role. Previously, he led the digital strategy for the Australian Open at Tennis Australia and established Cricket Australia’s digital program. Way before that he worked across magazines and digital for News Corp.

Alfredo Bermejo – Director Estrategia Digital / Digital Strategy Director – LaLiga

Born in Madrid, Alfredo is an executive with more 10+ years of experience in the Sports Industry, always working in international companies. Alfredo joined LaLiga as Digital Strategy Director in 2017 after spending 3 years leading Facebook Media Partnerships Team in Spain and Portugal, where he worked closely with the main sports and news publishers in both regions to help them achieve their business objectives and build broader audiences.  Before that he spent 7 years as Head of International Clients within the Sponsorship Team of Real Madrid.

Jesus Luzardo – Head of Growth – Vindicia

Passionate about business growth, in his current role he’s focused on driving Global initiatives to accelerate business growth at Vindicia, an Amdocs company, which brings enterprise-class innovation to consumer-facing intelligent subscription billing to help businesses acquire and retain more customers by making payments frictionless, secure and easy. Vindicia’s trusted SaaS-based platform increases recurring revenue and reduces customer churn.

Session 2: Presentation: Learning from Entertainment

In the digital market, sports content competes with entertainment for attention and loyalty. How can sports learn from entertainment in creating innovative interactive content that creates engagement as well as gather control over a valuable currency, data.

Kaius Meskanen – CEO- Choicely

Kaius is CEO of Choicely codeless app development platform. Before Choicely he was running an international architecture studio and a web portal called Real Estate Lawyers that was acquired by a major attorney firm. Choicely app platform is powering leading global sports & entertainment apps, including clients like Endeavor (Miss Universe global app), ITV Studios (Love Island apps in multiple countries), CBS Corporation, International Judo Federation and multiple sports team & event apps.

Andy Hoskings – Managing Director – Banijay Nordic Mobile

Andy is Managing Director of Banijay Nordic Mobile. He originally worked as a producer at Fremantle Media before joining Tellybug to help launch their TV app platform globally. This platform was acquired by Banijay Nordic in 2018 and has been responsible for powering some of the biggest live TV playalong apps across Europe. 

Session 3: Panel 2: Content: The Multi-Platform Challenge

For most sports the broadcast proposition remains central to strategy and financial stability. How can they unlock their potential as digital entertainment businesses while still enjoying the benefits of TV reach and rights fees? How can rights owners with OTT ambitions and broadcasters that have developed their own digital offerings work together to maximum audiences and value?

Scott Kegley – Executive Director, Digital Media And Innovation – Minnesota Vikings

Scott is in his seventh season with the Minnesota Vikings and 16 th in the NFL. As the Executive Director, Digital Media & Innovation, Scott oversees all aspects of digital media, social media, mobile strategy, online editorial content and international growth & engagement. Under Scott’s leadership, the team has created several innovative digital campaigns, winning three Shorty awards, two CLIO awards, one Webby award and an Emmy.

Alexandra Willis – Head of Communications, Content & Digital, AELTC

Ashok Karanth – Co-Founder and CEO, edisn.ai

Ashok is a serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of global experience in the sports, media and entertainment industry. His current venture, edisn.ai (based in the US and India) was voted as one of the 20 hottest sports tech startups in the world by SportsPro Magazine in 2021, and has won numerous other accolades in the US, Europe and Asia. edisn.ai is working with some of the world’s leading sports broadcasters, teams and leagues with it’s patent-pending AI platform. 

We look forward to hopefully welcoming for what should be a captivating event on arguably the key issue for many in the sports industry at this current moment in time!

Same Masterclass Format, New Platform!

iSportConnect are glad to announce the return of our exclusive Masterclass events in a new format for 2021.

Our digital eMasterclasses will take the same format as our physical events:

1. Chatham House Rule, allowing discussions to remain confidential
2. Invitation-only, open exclusively to top-level executives at brands, right holders, media owners and members of the iSportConnect Community
3. Capacity capped allowing intimate access to key decision-makers.
4. Unique Networking break out sessions to create an intimate & relaxed environment for everyone in the room to connect & exchange ideas, no just the speakers.

If you are interested in joining us for our “Digital & Data” eMasterclass, register your interest and a member of our team will get back to you.

The ITF’s Advantage All gender equality strategy was created to further tennis as an equal advantage sport where everyone is provided the same advantage and opportunity, both on and off the court. Tennis has been a pioneer in women’s equality and inclusion since the 1970s. Supported by the Foundation for Global Sports Development, Advantage All aims to empower women to take leadership positions in all areas of the sport, maintain balanced participation, raise the commercial appeal of the women’s game, grow awareness and manage the media image of women’s tennis and create a culture that includes and inspires all.

The event will bring together influential and inspirational individuals from sport and business to debate and advance gender equality through proactive, solution focused discussion.

Same Masterclass Format, New Platform!

iSportConnect are glad to announce the return of our exclusive Masterclass events in a new format for 2021.

Our digital eMasterclasses will take the same format as our physical events:

1. Chatham House Rule, allowing discussions to remain confidential
2. Invitation-only, open exclusively to top-level executives at brands, right holders and broadcasters.
3. Capacity capped at 150 delegates allowing intimate access to key decision-makers.
4. Unique Networking break out sessions to create an intimate & relaxed environment for everyone in the room to connect & exchange ideas, no just the speakers.

If you are interested in joining us for our “Media and Broadcasters” eMasterclass, register your interest and a member of our team will get back to you.

The average human now has an attention span of roughly 8 seconds, which is less than a goldfishes, at 9 seconds.

The effects of this can be seen across all aspects of life, but none moreso than in the broadcasting and digital space.

We will look at the importance of incorporating short form video into your content strategies, and highlights some key steps you can take to stay relevant in tomorrow’s world.