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.

N.B. 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 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