Meet our 2026 speakers

Allison Katz-Mayfield

Senior Vice President of Games Delivery Revenue, LA28 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Harvey Goldsmith CBE

Promoter, Earth Aid Live

Amy Hopfinger

Chief Strategy & Business Officer, FIFA World Cup 2026

Jiri Kejval

Member, International Olympic Committee & President, Czech Olympic Committee

Katie Sadleir

Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth Sport

Paul Bush OBE

Managing Director, Tour de France Grand Depart 2027

Hugh Brasher

Chief Executive Officer, London Marathon Events

Marian Goodell

CEO & Founding Board Member, Burning Man

Sally Horrox

Chief of Women’s Rugby at World Rugby

Davi Kaur

CEO, European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)

Helen Marriage

CEO & Artistic Director, Artichoke

Kay Morrison

Chief Executive, Glasgow Life

Rob Dickson

Director of Industry and Events, VisitScotland

Leonz Eder

President, International University Sports Federation (FISU)

Louise Young

Chief Race Promotion Officer, Formula 1

Sergey Nifontov

General Secretary, World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)

Glen Killane

Executive Director of Sport, European Broadcasting Union (EBU)

Vikram Banerjee

Managing Director, The Hundred, England & Wales Cricket Board

Max Cobb

Secretary General, International Biathlon Union

Jana Posth

Director Festivals, PRK DreamHaus & Festival Director ROCK AM RING

Anurag Dahiya

Chief Commercial Officer, International Cricket Council (ICC

Jaspal Singh

Senior Director – Membership & Global Operations, International Association of Public Transport (UITP)

Dr Alexandre França

Events Operations Director, Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM)

Joanne Deponio

Director of Host Relations, UEFA EURO 2028 UK & Ireland

Bev Ward

Chief Executive Officer, UKEL

Jens Holm

CEO, World Masters Sport

Rebecca Edser

Head of Events, VisitScotland

Consuelo Sanchez

Tourism Deputy Director, Florida’s Sports Coast

Bernie Shaw-Binns

Creative & Strategic Director, Brand Oath

David McCrae

Vice-President & General Manager, TMS Global

Dale Ballentine

Chief Operating Officer for Global Events, CTS EVENTIM

Sam Burkinshaw

Head of Global Business Development at Ampetronic | Listen Technologies

Chris Thompson

CEO, You. Smart. Thing