SPORTEL Talks New York will take place on Monday 16 December, at the New York Hilton Midtown, Avenue of the Americas. Co-located with SVG Summit, SPORTEL Talks New York promises to be a gathering for the SPORTEL and wider sports business and tech communities in the heart of Manhattan. This new and original short SPORTEL format, will connect key industry players through an intense afternoon of high-impact executive discussions, thought leadership and engaging networking opportunities.
Laurent Puons, Managing Director, SPORTEL referred to he quality of the event's activities."We are excited to be heading for the first time to New York to host this afternoon of high-level talks and impactful networking and to co-locate with the SVG Summit at the heart of North America’s sports media region. SPORTEL Talks New York is the perfect complement to our next up springtime SPORTEL America two-day event returning to Miami on 1 & 2 April 2025, confirming SPORTEL’S strong presence and continued growth strategy in the Americas market," commented.
Opening with a midday networking reception, the afternoon will kick off with a welcome from Michael Davies, SVG Chairman and EVP Technical & Field Operations, Fox Sports alongside Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director, SVG. The first of the afternoon’s expert panels will talk about “US Sports Leagues and Major Event Executive Perspectives”,offering an enlightening discussion around how their legacies and brands resonate on a global level and set the tone for the sports business industry commercially concerning media rights, sponsorship, fandom, digital innovation and beyond. Panelists will include top US properties, Kirsten Corio, Chief Commercial Officer, USTA; Nilay Shah, SVP, Marketing & Brand Strategy, New York Giants and moderator Eric Fisher, Newsletter Writer, Front Office Sports.
Next up talks move to a case study featuring digital pay-per-view streaming platform PPV.COM powered by Gold Sponsor Kiswe, presented by Wim Sweldens, Co-Founder & CMO and Mark Boccardi, SVP Programming & Marketing iNDEMAND/PPV.COM who will detail how they collaborated to launch the platform across web, mobile, and smart TV, to attract key content to the platform and how they acquire, engage and maintain a constantly growing audience.
Changing gears, “It’s a Fan’s World” will talk about next generation fans using next generation tech such as AI and digital and social platforms to consume and engage with their favorite sports, transforming the sports industry while providing invaluable data and creating new revenue streams. George Bevir, Editorial Director, SVG Europe will lead expert panelists, Anmol Malhotra, Global Head of Sports Partnerships, Snap, Inc.; Esmeralda Negron, Co-CEO Women’s Sport DAZN; Andrew Reich, Sr Industry Specialist, Media & Entertainment, Games, Sports, AWS and Wim Sweldens, Co-Founder & CMO, Kiswe to share latest insights around fandom.
The next case study by Silver Sponsor Haivision and presented by Ghislain Colette, VP, Product Management, dives into, “Private 5G, Mobile & Ultra Low Latency: Lessons Learned from a Summer in Paris” and how to create innovative and immersive camera viewpoints to power live sports and innovation for major sports and live entertainment events and the benefits for producers and rights owners.
The panel talks round off with a spotlight on “Niche Sports on the Block” and how the rise in accessibility for niche and new sports and leagues in the US and internationally reach their legions of passionate fans and grow their brands, through OTT and the digital space using scalable solutions to drive international expansion, investment, sponsorship and greater monetization. Moderated by Jeff Jacobs, SVP and Head of Production, NEP Group and featuring Nic Benson, CEO, Major League Rugby, Lowell Conn, President, Protocol Sports Marketing, with more panelists to be announced.
The afternoon panel sessions round off with the popular “Pitch Perfect” session with presentations from Lingopal.AI, Hand (Human & Digital), Dynavisual and StoyCo and other select companies new to SPORTEL with an innovative or market ready business mode who will Pitch in front of a jury of experts. The session will run in parallel with a final round of tabletop networking, then all participants are invited to join SVG’s Opening Night Reception to continue the talks and networking.
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