Sportcal’s 20 Years of Sport Unveils Sports, Entertainment and Social Media Panellists
20YS Partners
Sportcal is delighted to announce that Simon Bazalgette, Group Chief Executive of the Jockey Club, Sarah Jayne-Gratton, actor, author and now producer of the channel SocialMediaSuperstar.tv, and Jeff Bullas, social media speaker, blogger, and strategist from Australia will join consultant and former IOC official Michael Payne (previously announced) to form a fascinating new panel to discuss how entertainment and social media are changing the face of sport, at 20 Years of Sport at Clifford Chance in London on May 11.
20 Years of Sport, or 20YS for short, is a unique global gathering of the sports industry where senior executives from all sectors of the industry will come together to reflect on the last 20 years of sport and discuss and debate what the next 20 years might hold for the sports industry.
The timetable for the day has now been changed with the Sports Entertainment and Social Media session starting the afternoon session and the Media, Internet and Technology session moving to the later part of the afternoon.
Delegates will be offered the opportunity to provide their own input as to how they see entertainment and social media developing in the next 20 years with the session moderated by Richard Brinkman, Head of Sport at KantarSport.
The day promises to be one of the key events of 2011 and many senior executives have already booked their place to be part of 20YS and to share their views on the future of sport.
The Live Lounge area of the event will feature an ‘Interviews’ area where senior executives will be asked for their opinions and comments on the latest trends in the sports industry and the interviews will then be posted on the event website.
Book your place today to be part of a unique day for sport
Simon Bazalgette – Group Chief Executive, The Jockey Club
Simon Bazalgette is responsible for the strategic direction and running of The Jockey Club as the leading commercial group in British racing – a role he has held since September 2008.
As Group Chief Executive, Simon is responsible for delivering the maximum commercial return from the group’s assets, for reinvestment back into the sport. He leads The Jockey Club’s involvement in all major industry matters, from the funding to the marketing of British racing, while developing relationships with key figures inside and outside the sport.
In 2004, Simon became the launch Executive Chairman of Racing UK (now Racecourse Media Group), the rights-management and TV channel business launched by 30 of the UK’s leading racecourses. Its joint venture Turf TV operation broke up the previous SIS monopoly for providing TV services to bookmakers.
In 2011, Simon featured as racing’s highest ranked executive in The Times Sport Power 100 list.
Richard Brinkman, Head of KantarSport
In January 2009 Richard joined TNS Sport, subsequently rebranded as KantarSport, the world’s leading specialist sports and entertainment research and insight provider. KantarSport work with sports bodies such as the English Cricket Board, RFU and F1 Management; venues such as Lords, Wembley, Millennium Stadium and Royal Ascot; teams such as British Lions and Munster RFC; and sponsors including Guinness, Ballantines, Vodafone, Bacardi, Jumeirah and Aviva.
Richard runs the UK KantarSport office as well as driving international development and co-ordination in the sponsorship area. He has also recently led KantarSport’s integration into WPP’s wider Kantar research group and the expansion of services into other areas of group expertise such as hospitality experience and social media/reputation management.
It is in football, though, that KantarSport dominate; working with federations like FIFA, the Football League, the FA, and French Ligue 1; teams such as Man Utd and Chelsea; agencies like IMG and Octagon and sponsors including Barclays, E.on and Coca-Cola.
Jeff Bullas – Consultant
Jeff is a social media speaker, blogger, and strategist and works with companies and executives to optimize their online personal and company presence and brand through social media channels and other web technologies.
His blog, JeffBullas.com, is about all things to do with Social Media and Online Marketing, including Twitter, Blogging, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO).
The blog’s focus is to assist business in “Getting Found Online” in a digital world.
Jeff has a degree in Commerce and Economics and has spent most of his career involved with Information Technologies, Telecommunications and the Web Industry.
Sarah-Jayne Gratton – Consultant
Sarah-Jayne Gratton (@grattongirl) is the producer of the channel SocialMediaSuperstar.tv to be launched later this year. She is a well-loved social media persona with a large global following and is regarded as a key influencer, as well as being listed as one of the Top ‘Badass Ladies of Twitter’ (BitRebels). Sarah-Jayne is a former President of the Women in Business Society for the UK and Europe and has been consistently featured in the British media. Her latest book ‘Zero to 100,000’, Pearson, will be available Autumn 2011.
Sarah-Jayne started her career as a former theatre and television performer from where she moved into writing and production. She has written numerous critically acclaimed theatre plays, including Different Corners, Womb With A View and Stuck in the Seventies. She has performed at Caesar’s Palace, the London Palladium, the Princess Theatre London and was featured on a BBC ‘Future Stars’ documentary.
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