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 2015. The list will be updated regularly.
Speakers who have confirmed their invitation and/or have had their abstract accepted and session chairpersons at Play the Game 2015 (in alphabetical order):
Aderonke Bello, MBA - Journalist, www.Naij.com. Speaker, Sports & Sports for Devt Enthusiast, Advocacy, Nigeria
Alex Borrows, Director, Sports Intelligence,, 4 global London, United Kingdom
Alex Inglot, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Sportradar, United Kingdom
Aline van Bedaf, Analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Ana Mitric, Freelance researcher, Independent, USA
Andreas Selliaas, Independent researcher and blogger, Norway
Andrew Moger, Executive Director, News Media Coalition, United Kingdom
Andrew Zimbalist, professor, Smith College, US
Andy Stevens, Senior lecturer, University of East London, United Kingdom
Aníbal Chaim, PhD candidate, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Anne Brasseur, President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Luxembourg
Anne Pøhl, Head of Development, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark (DIF), Denmark
Arnout Geeraert, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Governance Advisor, KU Leuven/Play the Game, Belgium
B. Dave Ridpath, Associate Professor and Kahandas Nandola Professor of Sports Administration, Ohio University, USA
Benjamin Bendrich, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany
Bertel Haarder, Minister, Ministry of Culture, Denmark
Bob Munro, Founder/Chairman, MYSA/Mathare United FC, Kenya
Bonita Mersiades, Consultant, New FIFA Now, Australia
Brendan Schwab, Head of office, UNI World Athletes, UNI Global Union, Switzerland
Bruce Kidd, Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Health, University of Toronto, Canada
Carsten Kraushaar Martensen, Cand. sports science, Aarhus University, Denmark
Catherine Ordway, Professor of sports management, La Trobe University, Australia
Chadia Afkir, Associate Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Officer, UNODC, Austria
Christer Ahl, Journalist, former IHF official, teamhandballnews.com, Sweden/USA
Christian Ungruhe, M.A., Beyreuth University, Germany
Christina Friis Johansen, Senior consultant, Anti Doping Danmark, Denmark
Christopher Gaffney, Visiting professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil/USA
Claudia S. Sanen, Sociologist, Institute for Criminological Research, Department of Social Sciences, University of Hamburg, Germany
Damian Voltz, Senior Intelligence Analyst, National Integrity of Sport Unit, Australia
Daniel Westmattelmann, Research Assistant, University of Münster, Germany
David Bloss, Director, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Georgia
David Nahkid, Presidential candidate, former football player, FIFA, Trinidad & Tobago
Deborah Unger, Manager, Rapid Response Unit, Transparency International, United Kingdom
Declan Hill, PhD, Author, Freelance, Canada
Dennis Pauschinger, EU Erasmus+ Fellow in the Joint Doctorate in Cultural and Global Criminology (DCGC), University of Kent/University of Hamburg, Germany
Ditte Toft, journalist and analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Edoardo Rosso, PhD, Research Fellow: Sport and Development, University of South Australia, Australia
Elchin Safarov, Corporate Director, BECOG, Azerbaijan
Elizabeth Martin, President, Brazil Police Watch, USA
Elvira Baze, Head of Sport of Educational Institutions, Ministry of Education and Sport, Albania
Emanuel Macedo de Medeiros, CEO, ICSS Europe & Latin America, UK
Esben Danielsen, Director, The Danish Foundation for Culture and Sports Facilities (LOA), Denmark
Evangelos Alexandrakis, Sport Executive Secretary, European Lotteries, Switzerland
Ezequiel Fernández Moores, Columnist, journalist, La Nación, Argentina
Frédéric Donzé, Director of European Office and IF Relations, WADA, Switzerland
Frederik Munk, Event Manager, Sport Event Denmark, Denmark
Geoff Arbourne, Documentary producer, Duckin' & Divin' Films, United Kingdom
Georg Facius, Independent investigator, Freelance, Denmark
Gigi Alford, Special Advisor on Internet Freedom and Business and Human Rights. U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, USA
Greg Lagowski, Sponsorship coordinator/Student of management, Warsaw Marathon Foundation/University of Warsaw, Poland
Gulnara Akhundova, Programme Manager, International Media Support, Denmark
Guy de Grauwe, Vice-President, European Confederation for Company Sport, Belgium
Hajo Seppelt, Freelance journalist, ARD/WRD, Germany
Hande Öztürk, Attorney at Law, Çaga & Çaga Law Firm, Turkey
Hans Bruyninckx, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, Belgium
Harry Arne Solberg, Professor, Trondheim Business School, Norway
Henning Eichberg, Professor emeritus, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Henrik H. Brandt, Director, Danish Institute for Sports Studies/Play the Game, Denmark
Henrik Stampe, General manager, Aarhus Sports Council, Denmark
Herman Ram, Dopingautoriteit, The Netherlands
Jacob Bundsgaard, Mayor, City of Aarhus, Denmark
Jaimie Fuller, Chairman, SKINS International Trading, Switzerland
Jakob Færch, Development consultant, Danish Foundation for Sports and Culture Facilities, Denmark
James Ceely, Lead – Governance and Business Development, Australian Sports Commission, Australia
James Corbett, Journalist, Freelance, Ireland
James M. Dorsey, Academic, Journalist, Syndicated Columnist, Blogger, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies / Institute of Fan Culture / The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer, Singapore/Germany/Morocco
Jean-Claude Mbvoumin, Founder, Association Internationale Foot Solidaire, France
Jens Alm, Analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Jens Brinch, President, Arctic Winter Games, Denmark
Jens Evald, Professor, Dr. Jur., Juridisk Institut, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Jens Sejer Andersen, International Director, Play the Game, Denmark
Jens Weinreich, Journalist, www.jensweinreich.de, Germany
Jérôme Champagne, consultant, Freelance, Switzerland
Jesper Frigast Larsen, Legal Manager, Anti Doping Danmark, Denmark
Jesper Møller, Chairman, Dansk Boldspil-Union (Danish FA), Denmark
Jochen Leufgens, Coordinator Sport and politics, ARD German TV, Germany
Joe Harris, Co-Editor: The Outer Line - The External Perspective on Pro Cycling, US
Johan Ekberg, Master's student, Malmö University, Sweden
Johan Norberg, Associate professor, University of Malmö, Sweden
John Doyle, Dr., University of Roehampton, United Kingdom
Johs. Poulsen, Chairman of the board, Play the Game/Danish Institute foir Sports Studies, Denmark
Jonas Burgheim, CEO and Founder, Sport Cares, Consultants for Sport Policy
Jonathan Calvert, Insight Editor, The Sunday Times, United Kingdom
Juliana Barbassa, Journalist, author, Freelance, Switzerland
Jürgen Griesbeck, CEO and founder, streetfootbalworld, Germany
Katrina Karkazis, Senior Research Scientist, Stanford University, USA
Kelsey Erickson, PhD student, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Kimberly S. Schimmel, PhD, Professor, Kent State University, USA
Koen Breedveld, Director, Mulier Institute, The Netherlands
Lars Mortsiefer, Head of legal matters, National Anti Doping Agency Germany, Germany
Lars Werge, President, Danish Union of Journalists, Denmark
Laura Robinson, Journalist and author, Canada
Leandro Shara, CEO, MatchVision, Chile
Lin Olderøien, PhD, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Norway
Lisa Whitaker, Research Officer, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Louis Moustakas, Research Assistant, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Maja Pilgaard, Head of Research, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Marcus Hoy, Journalist, Freelance, UK/Denmark
Mark Hann, PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marko Begović, Advisor for international relations and high performance sport, Directorate for Youth and Sports, Serbia and Montenegro
Martin Holzweg, Scientific Adviser, European Physical Education Association, (EUPEA), Luxembourg
Martin Kainz, Mag.Mag., Vienna Institute for international Dialoge and Cooperation (VIDC), Austria
Marvin Radford, External Relations Manager, International Sport and Culture Association (ISCA), Denmark
Matthew Eames, Head of Practice, Sports Planning Consultantancy, 4 global London, United Kingdom
Matthias Fett, Master of Science. Independent, Germany
Mayumi Ya-Ya Yamamoto, Dr., Senior Manager, Japan Anti-Doping Agency, Japan
Michael Ask, CEO, Anti Doping Danmark, Danmark
Michael Filtenborg, Health Consultant, Danish Federation for Company Sport, Denmark
Mogens Kirkeby, President, ISCA, Denmark
Murali Krishnan, Journalist, Freelance, India
Myles Schrag, Senior Acquisitions Editor, Human Kinetics Publishers, USA
Naomi Westland, Co-worker, media team, Amnesty International UK, United Kingdom
Nicholas I. Cheviron, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, USA
Niko Besnier, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Nikolaos Theodorou, General Secretary, K.E.A. Fair Play Code - National Sport Integrity Platform, Greece
Nils Zurawski, Senior researcher, University of Hamburg, Institute for Criminological Social Research, Germany
Ove Korsgaard, Professor emeritus, DPU, Denmark
Pâquerette Girard Zappelli, Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, International Olympic Committee, Switzerland
Payoshni Mitra, Project Director, Research Project on Sport, Sexual Harassment etc., Jadavpur University, India
Peter Donnelly, Director of the Centre for Sport Policy Studies, University of Toronto, Kinesiology and Physical Education, Canada
Peter Forsberg, Analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Peter Nicholson, Ethics Officer, International Cricket Council, Australia
Philipp Müller-Wirth, Executive Officer, Sport and Youth Section, UNESCO, France
Poul Broberg, Director of Public Affairs, NOC of Denmark, Denmark
Rabih Azad-Ahmad, Cultural Mayor, Department of Culture and Citizens’ Services, City of Aarhus, Denmark
Rasim Adjalov, Former Head Supervisor for the 2015 European Games, Young Business Factory (CEO and Founder), Azerbaijan
Rasmus K. Storm, Senior Analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Rasmus Møller, Assistant professor, PhD, Aarhus Universitet, Denmark
Rebecca Vincent, Coordinator, Sport for Rights Campaign, United Kingdom
Richard Bailey, Consultant, ICSSPE, United Kingdom/Germany
Richard W. Pound, Member, Doyen, International Olympic Committee, Canada
Rob Steen, Senior Lecturer, journalist and author, University of Brighton, United Kingdom
Robert Kempe, Freelance journalist, ARD German TV, Germany
Roger Pielke Jr., Professor, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Rose-Marie Repond, Professor, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Sandro Donati, Investigator, Freelance, Italy
Sarah Lacarrière, Secretary General, Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), Switzerland
Sarah Lewis, Secretary General, International Ski Federation, United Kingdom/Switzerland
Scott Jedlicka, Clinical Assistant Professor, Washington State University, USA
Sergey Yurlov, Lawyer, sports law researcher, Russian National Union of Sport Lawyers, Russia
Severin Moritzer, CEO, Play Fair Code, Austria
Simon Gardiner, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom
Sine Agergaard, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark
Spencer Harris, Assistant Professor, Sport Management, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, USA
Stanislas Frossard, Head of the Sport Division, EPAS, Council of Europe, France
Stephen Willacy, City Architect, Municipality of Aarhus, Denmark
Steve Maxwell, Co-Editor: The Outer Line - The External Perspective on Pro Cycling, USA
Steve Menary, Freelance journalist & lecturer, World Soccer/Southampton Solent University, United Kingdom
Susan Dun, Dr., Northwestern university in Qatar, Qatar
Suzanne Dowse, Programme Director - Events Management BSc and Sport and Leisure Management BSc, Canterbury Christ Church University, United Kingdom
Szabolcs Horváth, Member of cabinet, Cabinet of Commisioner Tibor Navracsics, Belgium
Søren Bang, Editor, Danish Institute for Sports Studies/Play the Game, Denmark
Søs Bondo, project coordinator, Danish National Platform for Street Sport, Denamrk
Taisuke Matsumoto, Attorney-in-Law, Field-R Law Offices, Japan
Till Müller-Schoell, Dr., Research Assistant, German Sport University Cologne, Germany
Tim Walters, College professor, Okanagan College, Canada
Trygve Laub Asserhøj, Analyst, Danish Institute for Sports Studies, Denmark
Umaid Wasim, journalist, DAWN, Pakistan
Uroš Kovač, PhD candidate, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Urszula Starakiewicz, Lecturer, PhD, University of Warsaw, Poland
Wilhelm Rauch, Head of legal services, Federal Office for Sport, Switzerland
Wil van Megen, Legal Director, FIFPro, The Netherlands
Zenon Severis, Policy Officer, EU - Sports Unit, Belgium
Øyvind Mehus Sjursen, Senior Adviser, Norwegian Ministry of Culture, Norway