Programme committee
The board of Play the Game and the Danish Institute for Sports Studies appoints a Programme Committee for each conference.
The committee has two main tasks:
- to advise on themes and speakers for the conference
- to evaluate the conference
The members of the 2022 Programme Committee are (in alphabetical order, first name):
- Alex Phillips, freelance and consultant, FIFA, Switzerland
- Andreas Selliaas, journalist and academic researcher, freelance, Norway
- Anne Dyrehauge, CEO, Media City Odense, Denmark
- Annette Hofmann, professor and vice president, ICSSPE, Germany
- Annette Stubkjær, policy advisor, Amnesty Denmark, Denmark
- Antonia Hagemann, CEO, SD Europe, UK
- Evald Bundgaard, acting head, CISC at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
- Grit Hartmann, freelance journalist, Germany
- Harry Arne Solberg, professor, NTNU Business School, Norway
- Jens Weinreich, journalist, blogger and publisher, www.jensweinreich.de, Germany
- Mary Harvey, CEO, Centre for Sport and Human Rights, USA/Switzerland
- Miguel Maduro, professor, European University Institute, Italy
- Mike McNamee, professor, Swansea University and KU Leuven, UK
- Mogens Kirkeby, president, ISCA, Denmark
- Nancy Hogshead-Makar, founder and CEO, Champion Women, US
- Paulina Tomczyk, general secretary, EU Athletes - Brussels Office, Belgium
- Ralf Andersson, acting head, Center for Journalism at University of Southern Denmark
- Roger Pielke, professor, CU Boulder, US
- Spencer Harris, assistant professor of Sport Management, UCCS, US
- Steve Maxwell, editor, owner, The Outer Line/Velonews, US
- Thiago Santos, postdoctoral researcher, Universidade Federal do Paraná | UFPR, Brazil
- Thomas Bach, vice president, The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark
- Una May, director of participation and ethics, Irish Sports Council, Ireland