
Lord Sebastian Coe, KBE
IOC Member and President, World Athletics

Etienne Thobois
CEO, Paris 2024 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Sir Craig Reedie GBE
Honorary Member, International Olympic Committee
Paul Bush OBE
Director of Events, VisitScotland

Dr Bridget McConnell CBE
Chief Executive, Glasgow Life

Ivo Ferriani
Executive Board Member, IOC and President of GAISF, IBSF and AIOWF

Mikaela Cojuangco Jaworski
Executive Board Member, International Olympic Committee

Sam Ramsamy
Vice President, FINA

Octavian Morariu
IOC Member, Chair, Future Host Commission for the Olympic Winter Games, International Olympic Committee and President, Rugby Europe

Katie Sadleir
Chief Executive, Commonwealth Games Federation

Anita L. DeFrantz
Member, International Olympic Committee and Board Member, LA28
Vincenzo Novari
CEO, Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Dagmawit Girmay Berhane
Member, International Olympic Committee

Bodour Al Meer
Sustainability Director at the Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy

Paul J. Foster
Chief Executive Officer, Global Esports Federation

Georgina Grenon
Director of Sustainability, Organising Committee for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Andrew Ryan
Executive Director, ASOIF

Martin Green CBE
Chief Creative Officer of UNBOXED and the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

Rita van Driel
Governing Board Member and Women in Sport Commission Chair, International Paralympic Committee
Laura Lopez
Director of Conference Affairs; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Trudy Lindblade
Chief Executive Officer, 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships

Jon Dutton
Chief Executive Rugby League World Cup 2021

Argyris Caridakis
Director of Games Services, Paris 2024

Thomas Lund
Secretary General, Badminton World Federation

Shiny Fang
Secretary General, UIPM

Beng Choo Low
Secretary General, World Baseball Softball Confederation

Peter Hutton
Director of Sports Partnerships, Facebook, Meta

Clare Briegal
CEO, World Netball

Michael Gunning
Jamaican swimming champion

Matthew Astill
CEO, Cavendish Group International

Joel Lavery
Strategic Lead Major Sporting Events, Birmingham and West Midlands Convention Bureau; West Midlands Growth Company

Jason Ferguson
Chairman, WPBSA; Non-Executive Director, World Snooker Limited

Johnnie Cole-Hamilton
Executive Director - Championships, R&A

Nadja Burkhardt
Event Supervisor, Eurovision Song Contest

Billy Garrett
Director of Sport and Events, Glasgow Life

Francesca Hegyi
Executive Director, Edinburgh International Festival

Brendan Williams
Chair of the Commonwealth Games Federation Athletes Advisory Commission

Densign White MBE
Chair, Sporting Equals; CEO, International Mixed Martial Arts Federation

Geoff Ellis
CEO, DF Concerts & Events

Jamie Hindhaugh
Chief Operating Officer, BT Sport

Shona McCarthy
Chief Executive, Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

Claire McColgan MBE
Director of Culture, Liverpool City Council and Vice Chair, UK City of Culture

Senthil Gopinath
CEO, ICCA – International Congress and Convention Association
Martin Boyle
CEO, International Association of Professional Congress Organisers (IAPCO)

Peter Duthie
CEO, Scottish Event Campus

Susan Sawbridge
Manager, New Zealand Major Events

François Croquette
Head of Climate Department & Chief Resilience Officer, City of Paris

Elise Smith
Senior Program Officer, Major Sport Event Coordination, Sport Canada

Sarah Lewis OBE OLY
Global Sports Leader

Kristian Gotsch
EMEA Director, Two Circles

Grant MacDonald
Chief Operating Officer, Sport Tourism Canada

Jennifer Arnold
Associate Vice President, Marketing & Communications, U.S. Soccer Foundation

Pedro Presa
Chief Direct to Consumer Officer, ELEVEN Group

Paul Bristow
Co-Founder and Managing Director, European Championships

Michael D’hulst
Co-founder and CEO, Super League Triathlon

Mark Chay
Director of Secretariat, Global Esports Federation and Executive Director, Singapore 2021 Global Esports Games

Kevin Li
Head of Sports Industry Department, Alibaba Cloud Intelligent International Business

David de Behr
Head of Sales Aggreko Event Services, Aggreko

Jeff Foulser
Chaiman, Sunset+Vine

Tim Briercliffe
Secretary General, AIPH, the International Association of Horticultural Producers

Dr. Marco Mazzi
Vice-President, International Sports Travel Agencies Association (ISTAA) and PhDc researcher in Sport Management, IOC Topics

Aileen Crawford
Head of Conventions, Glasgow Convention Bureau

Jonothan Neelands
Academic Director for Cultural Partnerships

Angus Farquhar
Creative Director, Dandelion

Sean Parry
Commercial Strategy Director, Zwift

Jenny Ennis
Congress and Events Manager, ESSKA

Robbie Clyde
Head of EventScotland, VisitScotland

David Grevemberg CBE
Chief Innovation and Partnerships Officer, Centre for Sport and Human Rights

Katie Traxton
Board Director, European Sponsorship Association

Daniel Cordey
Chairman, Association of Global Event Suppliers

Andrew Dixon
Chief Executive, Culture Creativity Place

Iain Edmondson
Founder, Legacy Delivery and Honorary Member, IAEH

Ishveen Anand
CEO & Founder, OpenSponsorship

Adam Nelson
Deputy Editor, SportBusiness Professional

Matthew Campelli
Editor and Founder, Sustainability Report

Robert Datnow
Co-Founder and Managing Director, The Sports Consultancy

Steven Small
Brand Director, Routes

Ben Avison
Editorial and Conference Director, Host City, Cavendish Group