UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin, Olympic Champion Erica Wiebe, Judo Legend Telma Monteiro, Portuguese former Minister Luís Marques Mendes, and many other high-level industry leaders join SIW2022
With less than one week to go until Sport Integrity Week 2022 (#SIW2022), SIGA continues to galvanise high-profile industry leaders to unite around one single mission: Sport Integrity. The Sport Integrity Global Alliance (SIGA) announces the Event Guide (click to download) and the latest set of speakers.
Ensuring a reformist and action-oriented vision, SIGA brings together 170+ Speakers, engages 150+ organisations and mobilises high-profile leaders from the world of sport, politics, media, sponsors, betting industry, rights holders, and civil society.
Over a dozen carefully prepared panels, as many keynotes and testimonials, fireside chats and round tables ensure knowledge sharing at the highest level.
SIW2022 will also be the stage for initiatives promoting SIGA’s close collaboration with key stakeholders. Significantly, a series of agreements will be signed with the United Nations, the Portuguese Professional Football League, the Danish Football League, Lisbon Holy House of Mercy, Lu:nex and Eurovision Sport.
Culminating an extensive consultation process involving leading experts and key organisations in the field, the SIGA Universal Standards on Youth Development and Protection in Sport will be launched on Tuesday, 13th September.
As part of the SIGA LATIN AMERICA, SIGA’s latest continental subsidiary, a Special Recognition Award will be conferred, at posthumous title, to João Paulo Diniz, Co-Founder and former chair of Pacto Pelo Esporte.
The Sport Integrity Week 2022 will also host a series of other significant thought leadership events, including, but not limited to, the SIGA GRID Awards launch, and the signing of a Sport Integrity Pact.
The new speakers SIGA is announcing are, in alphabetical order:
- Adriana Moscoso del Prado Hernández, Director of Cultural Industries, Intellectual Propeerty and Coordination, Ministry of Culture and Sport, Government of Spain
- Aldo Kafie, Senior Vice President, Octagon
- Aleksander Ceferin, President, UEFA
- Ana Barbara Costa Teixeira, Legal Counsel, Galera.bet
- Ana Celeste Carvalho, Judge President, Courts of Lisbon, Azores and Madeira | Co-President, Court of Arbitration for Sport, Portugal | President, Women’s Commission, National Olympic Committee of Portugal
- Carla di Pierro, Psychologist, Brazilian Olympic Committe
- Clementine Painter, Director, Strategic Planning – Purpose & Sustainability, Adidas
- Dan Mannix, Founder & Chairman, Underdog | Chairman, Advisory Board, SIGA AMERICA
- Daniel Friedlaender, EU Affairs Director Sky, head of Sky EU Office
- Diogo Guia, COO & Director of Sports Public Policies, ICSS Europe
- Diogo Nabais, Legal and Capacity Building Director, Portuguese National Olympic Committee (COP)
- Fernando Torrão, President, Instructors Committee, Liga Portugal | Director, Law Faculty Lusíada University
- Erica Wiebe, Olympic Champion, Wrestling, Canada
- Filipa Pereira, Journalist, SIC
- Grace Glaser, Education Coordinator, US Centre for SafeSport | Member, SIGA Youth Council
- Hudson Taylor, Founder & Executive Director, Athlete Ally
- Inês Franco Alexandre, Top 100 Women in Social Enterprise 2022, European Commission | Entrepreneur | Ideas Generator
- Jan Bernd Nordemann, IP attorney | Co-founder and Partner, NORDEMANN
- João Pedro Para Neto, President, Southern Cone, Mastercard
- Joaquim Evangelista, President, Portuguese Footballers’ Union | Vice President, FIFPRO EUROPE | Member, UEFA Professional Football Strategy Council
- José Carlos Oliveira, Director of the Legal Department, Sporting Clube de Portugal
- José Pereira, President, Portuguese National Association of Football Coaches (ANTF)
- Likhaya Ntlokonkuku, Co-Host, The Sports Show, Bush Radio, South Africa | Market Research & Data Analyst, Nielsen Sports South Africa | Member, SIGA Youth Council
- Luciano Gonçalves, President, Portuguese Association of Football Referees (APAF)
- Luís Filipe Simões, President, Portuguese Journalists’ Union
- Luís Marques Mendes, Member, State Council of Portugal | Lawyer & Political Commentator
- Luís Ribeiro, Coordinator, National Unit Against Corruption, Portuguese Judiciary Police
- Manuel Fernandes, President, Portuguese Basketball Federation
- Marco Giorello, Head, Copyright Unit, DG Connect, European Commission
- Miguel Laranjeiro, President, Portuguese Handball Federation
- Nadia Banks, Vice-President, Business Operation, Quintar
- Pedro Brinca, University Professor, Nova School of Business & Economics
- Pedro Machado, Board Management, European Union’s Single Resolution Board | Former Director, Legal Services & Chief Legal Counsel, Bank of Portugal | Chair, Audit & Compliance Committee, SIGA
- Pedro Pinto, Founder & CEO, Empower Sports
- Philippe Rasmussen, Head of Financial Integrity, UEFA
- Renato Ribeiro, Sports Content Director, Globo
- Ricardo Bianco Rosada, CMO, Galera.bet
- Ricardo Domingues, Head of International Markets & Member of the Management Committee, Betclic Group | President, Portuguese Association of Online Betting (APAJO)
- Rui Marote, President, Madeira Football Association
- Shanari Fearon, Sport Coordinator, University of West Indies | Producer SportsMax TV | Member, SIGA Youth Council
- Tarryn Horner, Programmes and Grants Manager, Laureus | Member, SIGA Youth Council
- Telma Monteiro, Judoka, 5x European Champion | 4x World Vice-Champion | Bronze Medalist, 2016 Olympic Games
- Tiago Madureira, Executive Director, Liga Portugal
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SIGA is the world´s leading organisation for Sports Integrity. Supported by more than 200 international multi-industry supporters, we are creating a whole new landscape for the global sports industry by promoting the implementation of the highest integrity standards and delivering independent global rating and certification for Sport.
Funded by its members, SIGA is the only organisation to bring together all key stakeholder groups – Sport, Government, International Organisations, Global Business and Civil Society – from every region in the world, around one critical, fundamental Cause: to foster greater Integrity throughout Sport.
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