Studio 1 Preview

14 Nov 2009

The main auditorium will once again be housed in Studio 1 on level 2, and will be host to a selection of some of the industry’s biggest names:

FIFA President Joseph S. Blatter will discuss some of the most pertinent issues in world football

Danny Jordaan and Ricardo Teixeira will provide delegates with a FIFA World Cup Update respectively, and South African head coach Carlos Alberto Parreira will give an exclusive insight into his team’s preparations for 2010.

UEFA Marketing Director Philippe Le Floc’h will present the new UEFA Club Competition Strategy for both the UEFA Champions League and new Europa League.

Three visionaries of the game Sven-Goran Eriksson, David Dein and Gerard Houllier will discuss What’s next for the Football Industry?

Senior broadcasting figures Niclas Ericson (FIFA), Lawrence Atiase (AUB) and Luiz Fernando Lima (TV Globo) will share their global World Cup delivery strategy with delegates.

Franz Beckenbauer will discuss how he has achieved success at every level from player to manager and chairman of the 2006 FIFA World Cup organising committee.

Jeff Slack (IMG), Lucien Boyer (Havas Sports &Entertainment), Christophe Bouchet (Sportfive) and Tom Bender (DFL) will discuss Future trends in Sports Marketing.

Senior government officials from South Africa and Brazil including Marcia Lins (Rio de Janeiro), Fabio Simao (Brasilia) and Caio Carvalho (Sao Paulo) will discuss their city’s preparations to host a FIFA World Cup.