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Agenda

 

8:30am-9:00am

Check-In/Breakfast

Location: Faculty House

 

9:00am-9:50am

PANEL - Sports Business Leadership: Repositioning the Landscape

Moderated by Mary Wittenberg, President, Gotham FC
Caiti Donovan, Growth Strategy Lead, Women’s National Basketball Association
Jené Elzie, President, Seven Springs Global Advisors
Megan Griffith, Head Coach, Columbia University Women’s Basketball
Kelly Pracht, Co-Founder & CEO, nVenue, Inc.

Location: Faculty House - Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

9:55am-10:25am

KEYNOTE - Don Garber 

Commissioner, Major League Soccer

Moderated by Jillian Sakovits, Studio Host, Major League Soccer

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

10:30am-11:20am

PANEL - The Impact of New Technologies on Sports Media & Marketing

Moderated by Tom Richardson, SVP, Strategy and Business Development, Mercury Intermedia
Anmol Malhotra, Head of Sports Partnerships, Snap Inc.
Seth Rabinowitz, President, Rabinowitz Ventures
Alysse Soll, CEO Advisory, underdog venture team
Miheer Walavalkar, Co-Founder & CEO, LiveLike

Location: Faculty House - Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

11:25am-11:55am

KEYNOTE - Jon Miller

President, Acquisitions & Partnerships, NBC Sports
Moderated by Ray Katz, Co-Founder and COO, Collegiate Sports Management Group

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

11:55am-12:40pm

Networking/Lunch

Location: Faculty House, Skyline Room (4th Floor)

12:45pm-1:15pm

KEYNOTE - Otmar Szafnauer

F1 Team Principal
Moderated by Chris Lencheski, CEO Phoenicia Sport and Entertainment

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

1:20pm-2:10pm

PANEL - Dealmakers in Sports

Moderated by Chris Lencheski, CEO Phoenicia Sport and Entertainment
Charles Baker, Partner and Co-Chair, Sidley Entertainment, Sports and Media, M&A, Private Equity
Salvatore Galatioto, President, Galatioto Sports Partners
Michael Goldberg, Senior Vice President, Credit Ratings and Sports Financing, DBRS Morningstar
Larry Jones, Founder & President, LAJ Consulting; former Executive Vice President, Fox Sports Media Group

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

2:15pm-3:05pm

PANEL - Emerging, Niche and Challenger Properties

Moderated by Jabari Young, Senior Editor, ForbesBLK
Keith Dawkins, President, Harlem Globetrotters & Herschend Entertainment Studios
Farzeen Ghorashy, Chief Strategy & Financial Officer, Overtime
Melanie Wallner, Vice President, Marketing & PR, Drone Racing League

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

3:10pm-4:00pm

PANEL - Analytics in Context

Moderated by Joanna Levy, Senior Director, Sportsbook Analytics, DraftKings Inc.
Nick Barton, Director, Business Intelligence & Data Science, Madison Square Garden
Will Edmondson, Vice President Strategy & Insights, Major League Baseball
Kelly Foye, Director, CRM & Database Strategy, New York Giants
Ashley Goodin, Director, Analytics, New York Jets
Brian Krasik, Director of Solutions, Zoomph

Location: Faculty House, Presidential Room (3rd Floor)

Panels and panelists are subject to change.