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Speakers

Play the Game conferences always present a long line of expert speakers from various areas of world sport. On this page you will find a list of speakers for Play the Game 2019.

Speakers, who have confirmed their invitation and/or have had their abstract accepted, and session chairpersons at Play the Game 2019 (in alphabetical order):

  • Alex Phillips, Head of Governance and Compliance, UEFA, Switzerland
  • Alex Wolf-Root, Doctoral candidate and activist, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
  • Amal Ganesha, Director, Ganesport Institute, Indonesia
  • Amelia Fouques, President, Canadian Sports Law Association, Canada
  • Ana Maria Arias, Professor, University of Applied and Environmental Science, Colombia
  • Anas Aremeyaw Anas, journalist, TigerEye Investigations, Ghana
  • Anatoli Korepanov, Founder, CEONGO 'Sport for Development - Georgia', Georgia
  • Andrea Florence, Child Athlete Wellbeing and Protection Officer, World Players Association - Project CARE, Brazil
  • Andrea Gotzmann, CEO, NADA Germany, Germany
  • Andreas Selliaas, Journalist, Academic Researcher, Freelance, Norway
  • Andrew Zimbalist, Robert A. Woods Professor of Economics, Smith College, USA
  • Andy Brown, Editor, Sports Integrity Initiative, UK
  • Annette Greenhow, Assistant Professor, Bond University, Australia
  • Antonio Saccone, Journalist, Radio Capodistria, Slovenia
  • Ashley LaBrie, Executive Director, AthletesCAN, Canada
  • Augustine Mukoka, Freelance Journalist, USA
  • Beckie Scott, Athlete, Chair of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Athlete Committee, former member of the IOC Athlete's Commission, Canada
  • Benjamin Bendrich, Scientist/blogger, Georg-August University/ www.derballluegtnicht.com, Germany
  • Betsy Grey, Jack E. Brown Chair of Law, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, USA
  • Bill Cuddihy, Member of Anti-Doping Committee, Sport Ireland, Ireland
  • Bonita Mersiades, Activist, whistleblower, author, Australia
  • Brad Horn, Professor of practise, Syracuse University, USA
  • Bradley David Ridpath, Associate professor, Department of Sports Administration, Ohio University, USA
  • Brendan Schwab, Executive Director, World Players Association, UNI Global Union, Switzerland
  • Bruce Kidd, Vice-President, Professor, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Bryan E Denham, Professor, Clemson University, USA
  • Bryan Fogel, Oscar-winning film director, Independent, USA
  • Carl Holst, Chairman of the Board, Play the Game / Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
  • Carolayne Henry, Senior Associate Commissioner, Governance & Legal Affairs. West Mountain Conference,
  • Ceal Barry, Deputy Athletic Director, CU Boulder, USA
  • Chris Knoester, Associate professor, Department of Sociology, Ohio State University, USA
  • Chris Snyder, Director, Coaching & Coach Education, USOPC, USA
  • Christian Tolstrup Jensen, PhD student, Department of Sports, Physical Education and Outdoor Studies, University of South-East Norway, Norway
  • Christina Friis Johansen, International Policy Adviser, Play the Game / Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
  • Christopher Gaffney, Clinical associate professor, New York University, USA
  • Damien Larin, Confidential Information Manager, WADA, Canada
  • Daniel Westmattelmann, Assistant professor Center for Management, University of Münster, Germany
  • Daryl Adair, Associate Professor, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
  • David Howman, Chairman, Athletics Integrity Unit, and former Director General of WADA, New Zealand
  • Declan Hill, PhD, author, University of New Haven, Canada
  • Doug DePeppe, Co-founder, Sports-ISAO
  • Edvinas Eimontas, Partner, Sports Policy Institute, and lecturer, Lithuanian Sports University, Lithuania
  • Edward Hanover, Former Chief Compliance Officer, FIFA, USA
  • Elizabeth Daniels, Associate Professor, University of Colorado, USA
  • Emma Terho, IOC Member, IOC's Athlete Commission, Finland
  • Erin Willson, Olympic Synchro Swimmer, Toronto Synchronized Swimming Club, Canada
  • Evan Norris, Lawyer, former director of the US Department of Justice’s Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Task Force, Cravath, USA
  • Faraz Shahlaei, JSD Candidate, Loyola Law School, USA
  • Federico Addiechi, Head of Sustainability & Diversity, FIFA, Switzerland
  • Federico Darío Teijeiro, Bachelor, lecturer Freelance, Argentina
  • Fernando Mezzadri, Professor, Federal University of Parana, Brazil
  • Geoff Parsons, Olympic athlete, By Design Group, United Kingdom
  • Gigi Alford, Director of Sport and Human Rights, World Players Association / Sport & Rights Alliance Coordinator, Switzerland
  • Gregory Ioannidis, Sports lawyer, anti-doping litigation expert, UK
  • Grzegorz Botwina, Head of Department, Institute of Sport - National Research Institute, Poland
  • Hajo Seppelt, Head of investigative team, ARD, Germany
  • Han Xiao, Chair of the Athletes’ Advisory Council, USOPC, USA
  • Harry-Arne Solberg, Professor, Trondheim Business School, Norway
  • Helen Staff, Postgraduate research fellow, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
  • Howard Jacobs, Attorney at Law, Offices of Howard L. Jacobs, USA
  • Ivan Miljkovic, Former volleyball champion, General Manager, ACPV
  • Jack Anderson, Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia
  • Jakob Færch, Board of Directors, Danish Surfing and Rafting Federation, Denmark
  • James Tomkins, IOC Member, IOC's Athlete Commission, Australia
  • Jan Jensen, Sports Columnist Ekstra Bladet, Denmark
  • Jay Coakley, Professor emeritus, University of Colorado, USA
  • Jenna Ortega, USA Field Hockey, USA
  • Jens Sejer Andersen, International director, Play the Game, Denmark
  • Jens Weinreich, Journalist, blogger and publisher, www.jensweinreich.de, Germany
  • Jeppe Laursen Brock, Journalist, Politiken, Denmark
  • Jesper Møller, UEFA ExCo member and president of the Danish FA, Denmark
  • Jill Yesko, Fellow, Mood College of Communications, University of Texas, USA
  • John Ryan, Editor, Team Handball News, USA
  • John Wolohan, Professor, Department of Sport Management, Syracuse University, USA
  • Jonny Coleman, Co-Founder, Nolympics LA, USA
  • Josh Fine, Senior Segment Producer, HBO, USA
  • Juha Kanerva, Sports writer, Sanoma Media Finland, Finland
  • Ju'Riese Colon, CEO, U.S. Center for SafeSport, USA
  • Karen Lynn Jones, Executive Director, Global and Graduate Programs University of Houston, USA
  • Karen Lynn Perry, Student-at-law, PwC Law LLP, Canada
  • Karissa Conrad, PhD Student, Purdue University, USA
  • Karl Benson, Former Commissioner, Sun Belt Conference, USA
  • Kelsey Erickson, SafeSport Director, USA Cycling, USA
  • Kimberly S. Dickman, Assistant professor, United States Air Force Academy, USA
  • Kristen Wright, USA Ice Hockey, USA
  • Laura Robinson, Freelance journalist, Canada
  • Laurie Patterson, Senior lecturer, Carnegie School of Sport, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
  • Linda Helleland, Vice-President of WADA, Member of Parliament, Norway
  • Lisa Kihl, Associate professor, University of Minnesota, USA
  • Lone Hansen, CEO, Team Danmark, the elite sport organisation of Denmark, Denmark
  • Luis Felipe Barros, Director, Sou do Esporte, Brazil
  • Luiz Gustavo Nascimento Haas, PhD Student, Faculty of Human Kinectics - University of Lisbon, Portugal
  • Madeleine Pape, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA
  • Manuela Gamba, Professor, Secondary School Olivieri Orazio, Italy
  • Marci A. Hamilton, Professor, founder, CEO, and Academic Director, CHILD USA, USA
  • Margaret MacNeill, Associate professor, Media & Motion Collaboratory, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Maria Perez Tello, Sport science student, UDCA University, Colombia
  • Marianne Dortants, Researcher, Utrecht University, Netherlands
  • Mary Harvey, CEO, Centre for Sport and Human Rights, USA/Switzerland
  • Mauricio Hernandez, Director, Transparency in Sport, Colombia
  • Maximilian Seltmann, PhD Student, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
  • Michael Ask, president, Institute of National Anti-Doping Organisations (iNADO), and CEO, Anti-Doping Denmark, Denmark
  • Michael Bahrs, Detective Chief Superintendent, member of an organised crime unit, Bochum Police, Germany
  • Michael Dias Correa, Doctoral candidate, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil
  • Michael Pearlmutter, Executive Director, Partnership for Clean Competition, USA
  • Miguel Poiares Maduro, Director, Professor, School of Transnational Governance at the European University Institute, Italy
  • Mike McNamee, Professor, Swansea University, United Kingdom
  • Minhyeok Tak, Lecturer, School of Sport, Exercise & Health Sciences, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
  • Mojca Doupona, Professor, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Moritz Geisreiter, Board Member, Athleten Deutschland, Germany
  • Mulemba Issiaka, Sports editor, Big Television Network Rwanda, Rwanda
  • Murali Krishnan, Journalist/International Broadcaster, Freelance, India
  • Nancy Hogshead-Makar, CEO, Champion Women, USA
  • Niels Nygaard, President, the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark
  • Nikki Dryden, Olympian and human rights lawyer, athlete activist, Australia
  • Nyza Faustine Munar Chan, Pharmacist, Lorma Colleges, Philippines
  • Patrick McHenry, Director of Strength and Conditioning, Castle View High School, USA
  • Paul Marsh, Board Member, Australian Athletes Alliance (AAA), Australia
  • Paul Melia, CEO, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport, Canada
  • Paulina Tomczyk, General secretary, EU Athletes - Brussels Office, Poland
  • Paulo Marcos Schmitt, Chairman of the Integrity Committee, author, Paulista Football Federation & Brazilian National Federations for Cycling and Gymnastics, Brazil
  • Per Nylykke, Sports Director, Danish Ministry of Culture, Denmark
  • Peter Donnelly, Professor, Centre for Sport Policy Studies, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Peter Mattsson, Director of sport, Swedish Sports Confereration, Sweden
  • Richard H. Mclaren, Professor, lawyer, McKenzie Lake Lawyers, Canada
  • Richard W. Pound, Member, Doyen, International Olympic Committee, Canada
  • Rob Koehler, Director General, Global Athlete, USA
  • Roger Pielke, Professor, CU Boulder, USA
  • Roxane Coche, Assistant professor, Department of Telecommunication, University of Florida, USA
  • Ryan Gauthier, Assistant professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University, Canada
  • Sabrina Razack, Educator, University of Toronto, Canada
  • Sabrina Furtado, PhD Student, Federal University of Parana, Brazil
  • Sada Reed, Assistant professor, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Arizona State University, USA
  • Sandy Adam, Researcher, Leipzig University, Germany
  • Sarah Lewis, Secretary general, International Ski Federation, United Kingdom
  • Severin Moritzer, CEO, Play Fair Code, Austria
  • Sheree Bekker, Research Fellow, University of Bath, United Kingdom
  • Siena Araceli Morgan, PhD Student, Loughborough University London, United Kingdom
  • Simon Gardiner, Professor, Law School, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
  • Simon Licen, Associate Professor and Sport Management program coordinator, Washington State University, USA
  • Spencer Harris, Assistant professor of Sport Management, UCCS, USA
  • Stacy Warner, Professor, Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, USA
  • Steve Maxwell, Editor, owner, The Outer Line/Velonews, USA
  • Steve Menary, Freelance journalist, United Kingdom
  • Takuya Yamazaki, Legal Counsel and Board member, Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association, Japan
  • Tariq Panja, Journalist, New York Times, USA
  • Thiago Santos, Postdoctoral researcher, Universidade Federal do Paraná | UFPR, Brazil
  • Thomas Aicher, Assistant Professor, University of Colorado, USA
  • Thomas Bach, Vice-president, NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark
  • Tim Walters, Professor, English Department, Okanagan College, Canada
  • Tine Rindum Teilmann, Board member, NOC and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark
  • Todd Fraley, Associate Dean, East Carolina University, USA
  • Tom Farrey, Journalist, Aspen Institute, USA
  • Tom Moffat, CEO, Federation of International Cricketers' Association, United Kingdom
  • Travis T. Tygart, CEO, United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), USA
  • Venkat Reddy, Chancellor, University of Colorado, USA
  • Vitaly Stepanov, Former anti-doping officer, Russia/USA
  • Whitney Bragagnolo, Sports ethics graduate, MAiSI - Swansea University, Netherlands
  • Yetsa Tuakli-Wosornu, Assistant Clinical Professor, Yale School of Public Health, USA
  • Yuliya Stepanova, Athlete, Russia/USA
  • Yuriy Ganus, Director General, RUSADA, Russia
  • Zehra Betul Ayranci, Legal Counsel, Fox Sports, USA
Play the Game 2019
Play the Game 2019