PtG
13.30: Plenary session
Words of welcome and opening keynotes
Room: Olav Tryggvason
Chair: Stanis Elsborg
- Words of welcome
Stanis Elsborg, head of conference, Play the Game, Denmark - Welcome to Trondheim
Kent Ranum, mayor, Municipality of Trondheim, Norway - Game on for good governance in sport
Erlend Hanstveit, state secretary, The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality, Norway - Clearing sport, sparking change: Welcome to Play the Game 2024
Jens Sejer Andersen, international director, Play the Game, Denmark - Healing through compassion – My journey of navigating trauma
Joanna Maranhão, network coordinator, Sport & Rights Alliance, Brazil - 10 years of Russia's war against Ukraine: Appeasement of the aggressor and "sport out of politics" hypocrisy
Andriy Chesnokov, deputy minister, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Ukraine
15.00: Coffee break
15.30: Plenary session
Illegal gambling in sport: The trillion‐dollar question that no one seems to grasp
Room: Olav Tryggvason
Chair: Nick Harris
- The catastrophic impact of normalising corruption in sport
Frédéric van Leeuw, federal prosecutor, Belgian Ministry of Public Affairs, Belgium - The explosion of sports betting across Africa and the potential for risk to fans in lightly regulated markets
Zoe Flood, independent journalist and filmmaker, United Kingdom - Tackling Maestro: Unravelling a network of match‐fixers
Ann Lukowiak, federal prosecutor/vice chair, Federal Prosecution Office Belgium/MARS Network, Belgium - Understanding organized crime tactics to improve the fight against sports competition manipulation
Corentin Segalen, chair, Group of Copenhagen (Council of Europe’s network of national platforms), France - How sports betting has made elite football complicit with criminal activity and human rights abuse
Philippe Auclair, investigative reporter, Josimar, United Kingdom/France/Norway - Panel debate, Q&A: All speakers
17.15: Coffee break
17.40: Plenary session
Abuse of minors in Mali: A model of system flaws in sport
Room: Olav Tryggvason
Chair: Allison Wagner
- Sexual abuse in Malian basketball: Sharing experiences and risks
Ahmar Abdoulaye Maiga, executive director, Young Players Protection in Africa, Mali - FIBA’s Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Mali National Basketball: What Not To Do
Minky Worden, director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch, USA - From Policy to Practice: Rallying Global Solidarity for Mali
Andrea Florence, director, Sport & Rights Alliance, Brazil - Panel debate, Q&A: All speakers
18.30: Welcome reception and dinner
20.00: Plenary session
Women sparking change in sport
Room: Olav Tryggvason
Chair: Grit Hartmann
Inspiring personalities share their visions and efforts in sparking change within and through international sports.
Meet:
- Harnessing the Power of Sports for Activism
Khalida Popal, founder and director, Girl Power Organisation, Afghanistan - Challenging the field: Sparking changes in football leadership
Lise Klaveness, president, The Norwegian Football Association, Norway
21.30: Book launch: Play the Game's 25th anniversary book
Reception and handout of the new book "When the silence of sport was broken ‐ sports politics in the times of Play the Game"
Play the Game 2024
