Programme for Play the Game 2024

Qatar 2022: When the spotlight was turned on and off

14.15 
Room: Olav Tryggvason
Chair: James M. Dorsey

• Does sportswashing work? First insights from the 2022 World Cup in Qatar    
  Adam Scharpf, assistant professor, University of Copenhagen, Germany
• The 2022 Fifa World Cup as a catalyst for labor standards of sport professionals?    
  Marko Begović, associate professor, Molde University College, Norway
• How the plight of Gambian teenage workers explains the World Cup legacy    
  Samindra Kunti, reporter, Josimar, Belgium
• The imprisonment of a World Cup whistleblower    
  Håvard Melnæs, editor, Josimar, Norway
• Deaths of FIFA WC Qatar 2022: 10K people died. A new approach    
  Federico Dario Teijeiro, investigative and data journalist, Universidad de San Andrés y Clarín, Argentina
• Panel debate, Q&A                
  
  

Anti-doping: Raising education and research

14.15 
Room: Tavern
Chair: Martin Holmlund Lauesen

• The future of anti-doping    
  Michael Ask, international relations senior manager, International Testing Agency, Switzerland
• Clearing Sport by educating public prosecutors    
  Lars Mortsiefer, chairperson of the Executive Board, National Anti-Doping Agency Germany, Germany
• Demands for information and objects in sports integrity investigations: Athlete representative and integrity officer perspectives    
  Julia Cook, researcher, Swansea University, United Kingdom
• Partnership for Clean Competition Anti-Doping Research Funding    
  Ryan Murphy, executive director, Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC), USA
• Improving anti-doping through science and education – a national approach    
  Kim Højgaard Ravn, director, Anti Doping Denmark, Denmark
• Impact of Educational Programs and Anti-Doping Campaigns on Norwegian Cyclists Aged 18-25    
  Truls Oerneberg, PhD student, Northumbria University, United Kingdom
• Panel debate, Q&A               
  
  

Sexual violence, power and corruption: How to support survivors

14.15 
Room: Munkholmen/Kristiansten
Chair: Tine Vertommen

• The experience of Sport’Aide: towards a global, positive, sustainable and responsible approach to end violence in the world of sport    
  Sylvain Croteau, instigator and general manager, Sport’Aide, Canada
• Improving and optimizing multidisciplinary support to athletes victims of violence, France Victimes’ approach    
  Camille Clausse-Pujo, sport project manager, France Victimes, France
• Gender Inequality & Sexual Violence in Muay Thai: The Impacts of Othering and Victim Blaming    
  Emma Thomas, MAiSI student and journalist, Under the Ropes, UK/Thailand
• From Podium Finish to Footpath    
  Murali Krishnan, independent media professional, Deutsche Welle, India
• Sex, power & corruption: Unveiling the global challenge of sextortion in sport - empirical insights, worldwide survey findings and solutions    
  Whitney Bragagnolo, PhD researcher, MAiSI Alumni | Charles University, Netherlands
• Panel debate, Q&A                
  
  

Diversity and inclusion: A long lasting pursuit

14.15
Room: Sverreborg
Chair: Rikke Rønholt

• "It's like this one man's baby": Gender and power in sport for development and peace organisations    
  Lucy Piggott, Postdoc, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Norway
• Development of gender equality in Finnish sports policy 1995-2022    
  Kati Lehtonen, principal researcher, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Boots don't lie    
  Mariam Mpaata, founder/CEO, AfriKa Sports Foundation Center, Uganda
• Empowerment or hegemonic subservience? Female bodybuilding in the developing world    
  Airnel Abarra, PhD candidate, Hungarian University of Sport Science, Hungary
• Is Sport ready for Diversity & Inclusion? With special reference to athletes with sex variations & my own experience of heading a global organisation as a woman of colour    
  Payoshni Mitra, executive director, Humans of Sport, UK/India
• The re-think sport hub (Canada): Establishing a partnership for equitable, diverse and inclusive participation, access, and quality experiences in youth sport    
  Cheri Bradish & David Legg, professors, Toronto Met University/Mount Royal University, Canada
• Panel debate, Q&A               
  
  

Match-fixing: New tools for an old battle

14.15
Room: Austrått
Chair: Peter Forsberg

• Are national platforms appropriate vehicles to tackle match-fixing? A network governance perspective    
  Cleo Schyvinck, postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University, Belgium
• The phenomenon of sports competition manipulation and the principles of proper legal enforcement: A Belgian case study
  Frea De Keyzer, PhD student, KU Leuven, Belgium
• The role of data companies in banning players for match fixing
  Steve Menary, freelance journalist, United Kingdom
• Gambling: The intensifying capitalist exploitation of sport    
  Peter Donnelly, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada
• The Canadian campaign to ban ads for gambling    
  Bruce Kidd, professor emeritus, University of Toronto, Canada
• Match fixing in a criminal context    
  Arthur Whitehead, international liaison officer, Kingston University, United Kingdom
• Panel debate, Q&A      
           

Improving sports governance and leveling the playing field

14.15
Room: Brattøra
Chair: Alex Phillips

• Implementing good governance. European convergent code of good governance in sport    
  Grzegorz Botwina, president, Institute for Sport Governance, Poland
• Youth participation in national umbrella sport organisations in Europe    
  Ivana Pranjic, PhD candidate, German Sport University Cologne, Croatia
• Achieving Excellence in Sports Governance: “It’s all about People”    
  Gareth Parry, student, United Kingdom
• Mapping and Shaping Sport and Human Rights Education (SHRE)    
  Daniela Heerdt / Ryan Gauthier, researcher / associate professor, Asser Institute / Thompson Rivers University, Netherlands / Canada
• AI in sport, not all good news. The need for an ethical framework for AI governance in sport    
  Alberto Carrio, professor, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
• A sick skiing nation    
  John Rasmussen / Bernt Jakob Oksnes, journalists, Dagbladet, Norway
• Panel debate, Q&A