Casper Stylsvig is currently AC Milan Chief Revenue Officer. Born in Denmark on November 8, 1972, Casper earned his degree in London before beginning his professional career in the FMCG industry with Cadbury Schweppes. Following this he graduated from ESADE Business School in Barcelona with a Master in Business Administration. He then joined FC Barcelona serving as Regional Manager and Business Development Manager from 2006 to 2008. Following his time at Barcelona, Casper moved to London and was appointed Global Sponsorship Director and Head of Sales at Manchester United where he worked from 2008 to 2016. Prior to coming to Italy, he was appointed Chief Revenue Officer at Fulham Football Club, responsible for Sponsorships, Corporate Hospitality, Ticketing, Retail & Marketing. In 2019, Casper joined AC Milan, in charge of the Club’s commercial divisions.

Pierre-Olivier Bouché is the current Media Director at Tottenham Hotspur. He’s a digital media executive with expertise of building products and telling compelling stories. With experience of engaging fans and driving global content plans, for direct to consumer and OTT platforms. Pierre-Olivier has an in-depth knowledge in the area of programming strategy and subscription with the ability to lead international teams, developing an environment of trust and inclusion.

Alba Sánchez, is a professional Spanish rally co-driver. In the past 8 years she has competed in more than 100 rallies and with more than 35 drivers across the globe including competing in Oman in the Middle East Championship alongside Nasser Al Attiyah, the current Dakar champion. Alba is sponsored by OnlyFans and has been using the platform to share behind the scenes content of her life at the right side of a racing car and grow her global fan base.

Christof Haslauer, CEO of NativeWaves, is the inventor of the multiview technology that NativeWaves offers broadcasters. This solution that delivers the perfect Live event viewing experience. With a Masters’ degree in Information Technology from the Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Christof has spent more than 7 years in software development and has a strong background in media technology, including audio/video encoding, streaming, and processing as well as microservice development in the cloud. Christof leads a team of international professionals who have built a solution that enables broadcasters, and streaming services to deliver immersive, and personalised media experiences.

Michele assumed his current role as Head of Sales, Sports & Events at SES in May 2022 where he oversees the global strategy for sales. With two decades of experience in the media industry, Michele has a clear understanding of the market and a proven track record in maximising revenue.

In 2017, Michele joined the Broadcasting operating arm of the EBU, subsequently Eurovision Services, as Head of Sales and Marketing before taking his current role with SES. He has also spent 16 years in executive positions at Globecast where he successfully developed new revenue streams and put in place global sales strategies that helped grow the company’s core business.

Michele’s international experience includes previously working across Europe, Asia and North America, including Paris, Rome, Geneva, Singapore, and New York.

He holds a B.A. in Economics and Finance from Science Po in Strasbourg, France.

Jenny Mitton is a Director and Women’s Sport Lead at M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment.

Over her 15+ year career Jenny has worked on some of the UK’s biggest sport sponsorships including O2 and England Rugby, NatWest and England Cricket, BMW and the Olympics and Virgin Media for the Paralympics.

This summer she worked with the FA and UEFA to deliver the PR and Comms for the Women’s EUROs and is working with O2 on their long-term women’s rugby strategy.

Outside M&C Jenny sits on the RFU Sub Growth Committee and is an Independent Advisor for the Sport and Recreation Alliance.

Jenny is a Steering Group member of the SportsPro New Era programme, championing female leaders in the sports industry.

Chris is an experienced sales and business development executive with over 20 years’ in the media and entertainment technology sector. He has held various commercial and engineering roles in Dolby, Twickenham Film Studios and MediaKind. Currently, Chris heads up the sports segment at MediaKind, specifically focused on the areas of streaming and direct-to-consumer platforms. It’s an engaging and innovative industry to operate in and Chris is passionate about the technology, what it can achieve for an audience and also helping MediaKind’s customers build the foundation for future streaming services.

Chris has a BSc(Hons) in Media Technology which he received from Solent University.

James leads GeoComply’s Media and Entertainment division where his responsibilities include GeoGuard; the world’s most accurate anonymous IP detection solution. He is responsible for identifying opportunities with customers, establishing strategic partnerships, and communicating GeoComply’s products and services to the market. James has been involved with the ever-evolving challenge of secure video delivery throughout his career in the digital TV sector. He combines a technical understanding of security technologies with extensive experience of working closely with businesses to fight video piracy and fraud. Approved by rights owners, GeoGuard is designed to block fraud, increase legitimate viewership and optimise infrastructure usage through the detection and blocking of VPNs, proxies and other location spoofing techniques.

Andi is a senior marketing, sales and business development executive with more than 30 years’ experience from leading roles in media, sports & merchandise at major sports clubs, agencies and companies in Switzerland.

As the honorary president and with 18 years in the Kloten-Dietlikon Jets (one of the world´s leading women’s floorball clubs), Andi has had a key role in growing and developing the sport of floorball in Switzerland.

In his current roles for Swiss Unihockey (the Switzerland Floorball Federation) and the Lidl Unihockey Prime League, Andi is the driver for the new OTT & media hub and responsible for sponsor sales & activations.

Previously Andi was the COO for Ringier Sports AG, a Switzerland based sport agency who focuses on marketing and activations for clubs, associations and organizations as well as national and international events, and he has also held positions in the football club FC Basel, the digital marketing agency Racerfish, as well as being the owner and CEO of the promotional product and merchandising company Pandinavia.

Passionate for content and consumer obsessed, Ana Izquierdo Lowry has dedicated her career to delivering high-quality entertaining and informative content to consumers and making a profit out of it. She started her career as a writer in Politics in a Spanish national newspaper and writing and producing live talk-shows in A3 Media spanish private media group. She has been Head of Communications at Endemol Spain and Director of Acquisitions and Co-productions for EMEA at The Walt Disney Company. After Disney, Ana led the launch of an AVOD platform for Hello! Media Group and, currently, is Head of Business Development at Samsung TV Plus Spain, bringing the best content to owners of Samsung devices.

Gareth Capon is CEO at Grabyo, the leading cloud video platform based in London, UK. Grabyo partners with leading broadcasters and rights holders including the Premier League, La Liga, ITV, BT Sport, Univision, Tennis Australia, and Eurosport to bring live production to the cloud, maximise reach, engagement and video monetisation across OTT, mobile and social platforms.

Prior to joining Grabyo, Gareth was a Product Director at Sky
where he managed Sky’s mobile app portfolio and led
investments in tech startups in Europe and the U.S. Gareth
began his career as a Strategy Consultant at Accenture and
has a Masters, First-Class in Geography from the University
of Oxford.

Teresa Lopez is co-founder and CEO of Love TV Channels, a start up based in Barcelona that produces and distributes FAST thematic channels.
Teresa has a long experience in the audiovisual industry, starting her career at Viacom group, and specifically MTV Networks, the division in charge of TV channels.
Then she joined Rakuten TV in 2012 where she was Head of Content, leading the content strategy for the different business of the company and pioneering the launch of FAST channels in Europe in 2020.

Simon Miller is Managing Director, Gracenote International at Nielsen, responsible for helping leading video distribution platforms in EMEA, LATAM and APAC overcome content search, discovery and personalization challenges in order to deliver highly engaging entertainment experiences spanning TV, movies, sports and music.

Prior to joining Nielsen, Simon was an Executive Producer at Bloomberg Sports where he successfully launched a weekly TV show titled “Football Dynamics” which provided fans a unique combination of data-driven insights and expert opinions on the game.

Earlier, Simon served as CEO of Betfair TV where he oversaw development of the world’s first gaming app to sit alongside live sports broadcasts on Samsung Connected TV. During his time at Betfair, he won two industry awards recognizing innovation. Throughout a more than 20 year career in the media, advertising and sports industries, Simon has also held roles at BskyB’s Sky Bet, J. Walter Thompson and Publicis.

Remi Beaudouin, Chief Strategy Officer at Ateme, leads the corporate global strategic and marketing initiatives, ensuring Ateme delivers innovative solutions and engagement models. Leveraging the company’s recognized core expertise in video processing and delivery, he develops key strategic partnerships, expands Ateme’s portfolio of video-delivery solutions, and disrupts the video-delivery market with new concepts based on cloud, on-premise, and hybrid technologies.

Prior to joining Ateme, Remi worked at Envivio and Thales Airborne Systems. He holds a master’s degree in signal processing from ENSEIRB, Bordeaux, and a LEAD Corporate Innovation Certificate from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Baptiste Drapeaud, Media Encoding Engineer at Canal+ Group, is responsible for improving the user experience and reducing the bitrate and latency of Canal+ live channels, both in France and internationally. Besides benchmarking new OTT/broadcast delivery technologies, he has recently been testing new workflows including cloud OTT delivery for short-term events, multicast ABR, and encoding using artificial intelligence. In addition, Baptiste holds a master’s degree in Image and Sound Systems Engineering from France’s Ecole Polytechnique Hauts-de-France.

Sebastian Amengual is the Co-founder and CTO of YBVR, the company that is defining the landscape of Virtual Reality Sports Broadcasting.

A native of Madrid, but based out of Silicon Valley, he holds a master´s degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Technical University of Madrid (UPM). With 15+ years of experience working in the intersection of software development and video streaming across multiple technical roles, Sebastian co-founded YBVR with the goal of creating a new generation of live streaming experiences that bring fans closer to the action they know
and love, but in a much more engaging and exiting way.

Elke Hungenaert is VP of Product Management for Synamedia’s Video Network business. She is responsible for strategy, planning, partnering, and marketing of the firm’s video processing products and architectures, leveraging cloud, media workflow automation, ABR technology and microservices to deliver reliable, premium quality video to any screen. With over 20 years’ experience in the video industry, Elke spent the previous 12 years at Cisco. Before that she worked at Scientific-Atlanta, joining Cisco after the acquisition of Scientific Atlanta in 2005. Elke held various roles earlier in her career – including engineering team lead and software architect – before moving into product management. Prior to focusing on video technology, Elke worked as a researcher at the department of information technology (INTEC) at the University of Ghent. She holds a masters in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Ghent, Belgium.

Martha Tian is the Content Verticals Lead for the Metaverse Media Content team at Meta. In this role, Martha advises on content and investment strategy and focuses on advancing the company’s efforts in key verticals (Sports, Space, Music & Entertainment).

Prior to joining Meta, Martha led video content strategy and planning at Verizon for two years and worked at a number of YouTube startups ZEFRand DanceOn prior to that. She earned her MBA from Stanford and worked at Citibank Global Markets in Hong Kong and Dodge & Cox in San Francisco previously.

Mark leads the strategic direction, global delivery and management of Cyber Services for sports rights owners, broadcasters/operators, games publishers and other verticals. Mark manages a global team of analysts, investigators and product management experts.

Mark was previously the Fraud & Operational Security Manager at Foxtel and also served 16 years in New South Wales Police Service including special assignments in the Drug Enforcement Agency, the National Crime Authority and 3 years as a Prosecutor.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wollongong and was admitted as a Solicitor to the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2004. He is currently Vice President for the leading pan European industry association – AAPA

As Regional Vice President, EMEA, Simon is responsible for driving EMEA sales and business development for Friend MTS, a leading global provider of content protection technology services. With more than two decades of experience working with major video entertainment operators and primary vendors in the worldwide Pay-TV industry across cable, satellite and telco customers, Simon is a specialist in video delivery platforms for Pay-TV and OTT operators. Previously, Simon served as Solutions Management for V-Nova. Prior, he held a Product management position for the Ericsson MediaFirst TV platform. Simon is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Fred Santarpia is a digital media and business transformation expert. He currently serves as president of Endeavor Streaming, where he spearheads the company’s global expansion strategy. Before joining Endeavor Streaming, Fred was chief operating officer at Moda Operandi and, previously, chief digital officer at Condé Nast, where he founded and launched the digital arm of Condé Nast’s entertainment division. Fred was also a founding member of the leadership team at VEVO and served as EVP & general manager. Prior to VEVO, Fred worked at Universal Music Group in a variety of senior leadership roles. Fred is a graduate of Villanova University and holds an M.S. in finance from Boston University. He currently resides in New Jersey.

Over 25 years experience in the Content and Media Business, with a strong background in the Content Production & Rights Acquisition, Marketing, Product Design, … and the ability to execute and manage the business on the Spanish Media Market and the International One for Telefonica in the last 10 years. Over this time, he has been a responsible for Director of Contents in Telefónica S.A., Development of New Business within the Telefónica Group, launching the IPTV (Pay TV Service), launching several OTT Services (Music, Games, eBooks, …), etc. in connection to the core telecommunications business (fix & mobile voice, broadband).

Kjetil Horneland is the founder and CEO of SaaS platform Ease Live, which was recently acquired by Evertz in 2020. Ease Live enables sports leagues, broadcasters and OTT services to engage their fans and create new revenue streams by adding interactive overlays with live stats, polls, quizzes and more on top of their video streaming services. The next generation viewing experience is all about the fan and how they engage with content tailored to their needs. Ease Live is deployed worldwide with some of the largest leagues and broadcasters in the world and handles millions of real time connections in the cloud. In addition to providing state of the art tools for creating and distributing interactive overlays that are synced to the broadcast, the platform also offers deep insights into user behavior, enabling customers to gather first party data and to deliver better experiences into the market, faster. Now part of Evertz, Ease Live delivers synchronized OTT experiences with the broadcast, all powered by remote cloud operations and state of the art sports production technology.

Karen Lyttle is the Head of Digital Development at The R&A, leading the team to deliver the Technology Strategy across the organisation, including the management of all digital, software, systems and technology development projects across The R&A, The Open, the AIG Women’s Open and World Amateur Golf Ranking. Karen is currently leading the Technology Team through a change and transformation programme.

Peter Bellamy is SVP, Global Head of Sport and International Media & Entertainment at Endeavor Streaming. In his role, Peter works closely with prospects and partners to drive new OTT initiatives. He is also responsible for managing the company’s existing portfolio of clients to define and deliver their go-to-market and in-life strategy. Peter joined Endeavor Streaming as part of the acquisition of NeuLion in 2018. Prior to NeuLion, Peter was Commercial Director at Saffron Digital, an OTT start-up which he helped develop into a market leader in Movie and TV focused OTT. This lead to the successful sale of Saffron Digital into NeuLion. Peter also held commercial positions at BSkyB working on Sports and Entertainment media rights deals. He is a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University in South Yorkshire, England.

Chris has been a Trustee of the Women’s Sport Trust (WST) since 2017 and leads on the WST’s visibility of women’s sport research. In a career spanning two decades in sport, he has worked in communications and digital roles at the Premier League, ICC, BBC Sport and Nielsen Sports and was also a Non-Executive Director of the Rugby Football League between 2018-2022. He is currently a sports consultant, working with leading UK and international organisations.

Emma is a Manager at Futures Sport + Entertainment, and has been with the company since 2018. Futures is a sports business consulting company focusing primarily on television viewership, consumer research, and sponsorship valuation for various international clients, from rights-holders to brands. Recent research from the company for the Women’s Sport Trust, co-led by Emma, details the growth in media coverage and exposure of women’s sport in the United Kingdom.

Fabio Gallo is the head of product at LaLiga Tech, where he is leading the global development of new solutions, partnerships and monetisation strategies across the organisation and their implementation with a global client base.

Over a 20-year career in the sports technology industry he has held senior roles at Deltatre, StreamAMG, as well as leading major digital transformation projects for FC Barcelona and Dorna Sports (MotoGP). Most recently, he was the VP of Sales for EMEA, APAC and LATAM for ViewLift, leading the company’s expansion into the global OTT industry.

Michael Riceman is Vice President, Original and Social Content at the PGA TOUR, working alongside a talented PGA TOUR Media and Content team. His responsibilities include maximizing player content and TOUR storytelling across all digital and linear platforms. Michael oversees all ancillary programming for CBS, NBC, Golf Channel and ESPN as well as all TOUR social content, which includes 42 channels across Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok and YouTube. He also leads all PGA TOUR branded content, field and post-production as well as business and content operations.

Laurence is the VP of Sports Technology at NTT DATA. He has held various roles across the company since 2013 including lead enterprise architect and VP of technology consulting. Laurence has further experience across the Telco sector having worked with T-Mobile International for more than 10 years.

Rhiannon is a bilingual broadcast journalist with over fifteen years experience covering news and sport. Currently working at GB News as a presenter, Rhiannon’s previous broadcasting work includes CNN, TalkSPORT, Real Madrid TV, FOX Sports, Euronews and ITN.

Finn recently moved to Dubai to join the International Cricket Council in the newly established head of digital role. Previously, he led the digital strategy for the Australian Open at Tennis Australia and established Cricket Australia’s digital program. Way before that he worked across magazines and digital for News Corp.

George is a Content Manager at SportsPro leading in the curation of their online and in-person event agendas. He also hosts the weekly SportsPro Podcast exploring the trending news and themes across the world of sports business.

George has a strong background in B2B professional services having worked with KPMG in their marketing, sales and ESG teams before moving to Sports Marketing Agency WePlay in 2020 to oversee their marketing and communications team.

Since moving to SportsPro, George has been passionate about using their position as the largest B2B platform in sports to drive positive change in the industry by providing opportunities to a diverse range of voices and perspectives.

Carolina Santos is the ATP Media’s Head of Broadcast Operations & Engineering. Her role is to work on the broadcast production and distribution arm of the ATP Tour to help automate, optimise and manage the delivery of live match feeds via the cloud.

Marion currently runs The Local Act Consultancy, empowering streaming video services to launch and grow in Western Europe. With 17 years of experience in the industry, and as a film and TV lover, she advises SVOD, AVOD and FAST services on how to launch and grow in Europe through her deep knowledge of the varying markets, and with a strong content offering and distribution network in place.

Meghna Krishna is the Chief Revenue Officer at Videoverse. As part of her job she is responsible for revenue maximization along with facilitating strategic partnerships and innovative marketing solutions for the overall growth of the company. Her unique leadership shines through her ability to build passionate teams focused on delivering the best quality services to their clients.

Online competition platform and tournament organizer FACEIT hired Giulia Zecchini as its new commercial strategy lead in 2021. Zecchini will leverage her background in data analytics to better showcase the potential value of FACEIT’s platform to brand partners.

Martin is a former professional football player who have also worked more than 20 years in the tech industry and started building mobile apps already in 1999. After ending his player career, he has been coaching teams on both adult and youth levels and served as the vice chairman of a professional club responsible for marketing, digital and communications.

After 10 years at Capgemini in various tech and biz dev roles in Sweden and the United States, he worked 3 years a business coach for tech startups prior to founding the Swedish sportstech company Sportswik in 2012.

As the founder and CEO of Sportswik, Martin has spent the last 10 years trying to achieve his mission of democratizing sports media coverage. This by developing an app & media platform that is white labeled to federations and leagues, enabling user generated content, massive fan engagement and new digital revenue streams from sponsors and partners for all levels of the competition pyramid of a sport.

Simon Brydon has worked as a senior executive in the sports industry for 20 years. He joined Synamedia in 2020 from Pitch International, a leading global sports marketing agency. From 2008 to 2014, Simon ran the media and digital business of Racing UK where he was responsible for managing and distributing the media rights for the UK’s top 34 racecourses. Simon led the way with several ground-breaking digital media innovations including the first launch of a live subscription service on iPhone. In 2003 he created Cycling Television, the live OTT sports TV channel broadcasting the best professional cycling globally. With over 220 days of racing, Cycling TV was a pioneering business and became a world leader in this emerging sector.  In 2007 Simon sold the business to a Canadian media company.

Matt Drew is Senior Vice President at WWE, a publicly traded (NYSE: WWE) global media company. As Head of International, Drew oversees WWE’s global media partners, including BT Sport, Sony, Discovery, Disney and Foxtel. He is also responsible for the company’s international operations including global strategy for WWE’s live events, digital, consumer products and new revenue opportunities outside the United States. Drew previously served as Executive Vice President, Rights Acquisition at DAZN. In this role, he was responsible for the streaming platform’s rights portfolio and partnerships across the Americas, Europe and Asia, managing relationships with the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, LaLiga, Bundesliga and F1, among others. Prior to that, Drew was EVP of Business Development at Stats Perform and Head of Corporate Development at Opta.

Anne Detlefsen is the Senior Director of Digital Content at the PGA TOUR. She leads a team of content creators who engage with golf fans across our owned and operated platforms. A storyteller at heart, she’s been elevating the stories of the athletes and the PGA TOUR since 2010, focusing on driving audience growth globally and bringing innovative and engaging programming to our fans. Working in various roles, she’s established strategies around emerging social platforms, betting and produced award-winning multimedia stories.

Paola Marinone is the Co-Founder and CEO of BuzzMyVideos, a next-generation tech media company that drives hyper-growth & new revenue from and on YouTube. Paola is an ex Google/YouTube manager turned tech entrepreneur. She is currently based in London, with an international career in technology, and has lived all over the globe, counting 8 countries so far. Having worked for Google in its early days, and then founded BuzzMyVideos, she has lived first hand the transformation of entire industries and built a cutting edge knowledge on anything related to online video.

Steve is the Technology Editor at SportsPro having covered the intersection of sport and technology for more than a decade, observing how new innovations are changing how sport is governed, played and consumed.

As news editor, Tom Bassam oversees SportsPro’s daily output and keeps his finger on the pulse of the industry.

As a regular co-host of the weekly SportsPro Podcast, he provides regular commentary on the latest trends and developments within the world of sports, with a keen interest in the media landscape behind it.

An experienced journalist, Tom lives in London but regularly makes the short trip home to watch his beloved Brighton and Hove Albion.

Minal leads the development of the consumer solution at Ampere, working on consulting projects and has written a number of analytical reports including a detailed piece on attitudes to the Women’s World Cup in the UK. Her previous roles have primarily been in sport and entertainment agencies and she has worked with leading rights holders such as The Premier League, UEFA, The FA, Sky and AEG to strengthen their relationships with current partner brands and support their sales strategy through primary consumer data. Prior to Ampere, Minal worked at Eleven Sports, heading up their global research function. This included helping to develop content strategy, creating an in-house brand tracker to aid marketing decisions and establishing key drivers and barriers for subscription through research.

Jason Thibeault is the Executive Director of the Streaming Video Technology Alliance (SVTA), a global technical association of companies collaborating to solve critical challenges in delivering a high-quality streaming video experience at scale. He is a recognized expert voice in the streaming industry and is a contributing editor to Streaming Media Magazine.

Jason is also the co-founder of Datazoom, a startup focused on homogenizing streaming video data collecting and increasing the speed of data acquisition. Prior to his current role, Jason spent eight years at Limelight Networks, a leading CDN, where he held several roles including product manager and marketing strategist. He is also an inventor of multiple technical patents in streaming and cloud technologies and the co-author of one marketing book, Recommend This!

Nick is the CEO of SportsPro Media, the leading publisher and conference business covering the business of sports. Nick joined SportsPro in 2010, and helped develop it into a diversified media company producing more than 11 million views across it’s media channels, and delivering events in 5 countries annually.

Nick is also the host of the StreamTime Podcast, the weekly show interviewing the worlds leading figures in streaming and digital in sports. Nick also serves as the Senior Independent Director for British Volleyball, the governing body responsible for the development of elite pathways for all disciplines of the sport.

Bex Smith is an internationally successful footballer who’s transitioned to a global executive in sports and business.

She founded Crux Sports which consults with some of the world’s leading stakeholders in football including global brands, federations & confederations, international media platforms, AI technology, esports, agencies and some of the world’s top players, using its collective experience of years in football to identify, make, and capitalise on mutually valuable connections across its network.

Enrique Lafuente Hernandez is VP Sales for EMEA at Dalet. In his role, Enrique works closely with customers and partners of the region to ensure Dalet provides the required solutions to their existing and future challenges regarding content production, management, and distribution. He joined Dalet in 2010 where has performed multiple roles as sales manager, presales, architect, and project management in 7 different locations around the globe, providing a unique understanding of the region-based customer needs. He has a double degree in Telecommunications at INSA and Master M2 in Information Technology from the UCL University of Lyon.

Aisling McCabe is Head of OTT Sports Streaming at RTÉ and Head of URC TV (a partnership between URC and RTÉ). She is responsible for collaborating with external partners and industry to develop new business opportunities. As Head of URC TV she leads the strategy, product, platform, marketing and sales activities.

She has held a number of senior leadership positions covering Strategy, Business Development, Strategic Relationships, Stakeholder Management, Product Management and Innovation in the areas of media, sport and entertainment. Previously Aisling was Head of Platforms and Partnerships in RTÉ where she was responsible for RTÉ’s distribution and DTC strategy on TV platforms, digital, social and voice platforms. She was involved in the launch, and sat on the board, of GAAGO, a global OTT sports streaming service.

Gary Hughes has been Head of Football at Sky Sports for five years. His role consists of overseeing all football production across Sky platforms, as well as managing talent and working closely with rights owners. He started at Sky in 1995 as a producer on Sky News, before moving to Sky Sports News where he led a production team for 10 years. Gary produced Sky’s Champions League coverage for 5 seasons before moving into his current role.

A reformed coder and proud leader of the awe-inspiring team at Monterosa, Tom’s journey in tech began with a teenage stint as Lemmings tester and then a tea boy at a Liverpool animation outfit. Whilst at the BBC, he got lucky and met co-founders Simon and Igor; a trio of programmers who love mixing Games, Sports, TV and the internet – colliding worlds with new ideas flowing daily. An unhealthy amount of caffeine and Hobnobs later, and out popped Monterosa / Interaction Cloud – the leading real-time fan engagement platform. If you don’t know what Hobnobs are, DM Tom and he might send you a pack.

Andrew Hall is Digital Product Director at ATP Media, responsible for the company’s award-winning subscription OTT product, Tennis TV, which offers consumers around the world live HD tennis across mobile, web and streaming devices. The latest incarnation of Tennis TV was launched in time for the 2017 season, and offers subscribers up to 2,000 live matches from 64 ATP tournaments every year as well as on-demand replays, highlights, features and classic matches.