Against this background, the social networking phenomenon will be discussed at Sport and Technology: The Conference 2007, to be held at Inmarsat’s headquarters in London on Friday 29 June (www.sportandtechnologyconference.com).
‘Protecting Digital Assets in Sport and the Rise of Social Networking Sites’ will address which digital assets are actually owned by sports rights owners. The panel of experts will discuss why sports organisations need to be protected, what the main types of security breach are, who the innovators in digital security are, which online security systems are best, why P2P is potentially such a threat, how anti-piracy measures are affecting digital production and how rights owners are protecting themselves against social networking sites.
Ze'ev Rozov, CEO, of social networking site Sportingo and Umberto Righetti,Commercial Director of grassroots online sports network SportingPulse, will be joined on the panel by Christopher Stokes, CEO of digital policing company NetResult, Andy Nobbs, President and Managing Director, of digital tracking service Teletrax and Ciaran Quinn, Vice President, General Manager Europe of DRM solutions company Entriq.
As well as also including panel discussions on the areas of ‘Convergence’, ‘Venues as Television Studios’ and ‘Technology versus Referees’, Sport and Technology: The Conference 2007 will feature an afternoon Opening Address by Mickey Charles, President and CEO of realtime sports wire service The Sports Network and a Closing Address by Doug Gardner, Managing Director of Avaya’s FIFA World Cup Programmes 2001-06. Delegates will also enjoy an evening cocktail party and a charity raffle, both of which have been popular at the event since its inaugural edition in 2005.
Tottenham Hotspur legend, Steve Perryman MBE, now Director of Football at recent Wembley visitors Exeter City FC, will be the drawmaster at the charity raffle which will include prizes such as a FIFA World Cup football signed by Pele and donated by Avaya and an Ashes Tour signed Australian bat donated by the ECB. Perryman holds the Spurs record for most appearances in the league, FA Cup, League Cup and Europe. In a long, successful career Perryman also won more medals than any other player at Spurs with two League Cups, two UEFA Cups and two FA Cups alongside the honour of the Football Writers' Player of the Year in 1982. In 1986, Perryman was awarded the MBE for services to football.
Other speakers at Sport and Technology: The Conference 2007 include representatives from a wide range of companies and rights owners including: Arsenal Football Club, Arsenal Football Club, Arqiva, Croke Park Stadium, England and Wales Cricket Board, Horrow Sports Ventures, Input Media, Loughborough University, ProZone Sports, PVI, Racing UK, Philips Lighting, Rugby Football League, Setanta Sports, Westminster (UK government) and Virgin Media.
Register now at www.sportandtechnologyconference.com and join an extensive list of senior industry executives at the must-attend event of 2007 while seats last!
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