WSFF confirm speaker line-up

Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics and Stephanie Ankrah, Marketing Manager for Women’s Training at Nike are to speak at the WSFF Annual Conference on Monday.

At the conference, ‘Creating a Nation of Active Women’, Tessa will introduce the event and share her thoughts on why the 2012 Games provide such a unique opportunity to champion women’s sport in Britain. Under the banner ‘The consumer decides’, Stephanie will share the experience of Nike to look at the lessons sport can learn on tailoring products and services towards the individual needs of women.

Building on last year’s ground-breaking event which, drew widespread national attention to the crisis in women’s physical activity, this year’s conference will set out the solutions, and explore how to unlock the potential in women’s sport. Delegates will learn how to treat women as customers, consider the creation of a society in which active women are attractive women, debate with Government the policies necessary to build the environment for success and network with peers from across the industry.

Full speaker line-up confirmed:

Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE, Paralympic Gold Medalist
Dame Kelly Holmes CBE, Double Gold Olympic Medalist
Tessa Jowell, Minister for the Olympics
Gerry Sutcliffe, Minister for Sport
Stephanie Ankrah, Marketing Manager, Women’s Training, Nike
Mercedes Coghen, CEO, Madrid 2016 Olympic Bid
Sue Tibballs, CEO, Women’s Sport and Fitness Foundation
Margot Raggett, CEO, Lexis PR - Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty
Kate Spicer, Freelance Journalist & Broadcaster, and Writer of Cycle Girl column, Sunday Times
Donna de Varona, Olympic Gold Medalist, First President & Chairman, Women’s Sports Foundation USA
Heather Frederiksen, Paralympic Gold Medalist
Katharine Merry, Olympic Bronze Medalist.
Karen Rothery, Chief Executive, British Universities & Colleges Sport
Scott McCarthy, CEO, British Judo
Jessica Lindohf, Women, Girls & Sport Officer, sportscotland
Phil Smith, Director of Sport, Sport England

Creating a Nation of Active Women will be held on Monday 24 November 2008 at the Emirates Stadium in London.