Coca Cola’s Olympic Marketing and Sponsorship Director, James Williams (above), is the latest international key note speaker to be added to the bill of the seventh Irish Sponsorship Summit taking place at Croke Park on Thursday, February 16th.
He will be sharing experiences from what one of the world’s largest backers of sport did to make their partnership work through London 2012 and Rio 2016.
We are looking forward to see how that all worked out.
Elly Cockcroft, Head of Marketing for the Marylebone Cricket Club and Lord’s Cricket Ground has also been announced to the line-up and will join Charlie Beall, Seven Leagues London, presenting on digital value; how to create, measure and protect it.
Lords Cricket Ground will host the Women’s World Cup Final later this year as well as the first meeting at the home of Cricket of England and Ireland in the Senior Men’s game.
In a third major coup for the Summit, of which Sport for Business is a proud partner, Stuart Ramsey, Southampton FC’s Head of Sponsorship, will bring learnings from the Premier League.
Learn about the sponsorship properties and trends for 2017, and the progress of Ireland’s bid to host the Rugby World Cup at ‘The Sporting Year Ahead’ this Friday, January 20th.
“This is the biggest sponsorship gathering in Europe this year and the international star quality of speakers will bring something new and exciting to the Irish scene,” said Rob Hartnett of Sport for Business.
The 2017 Summit is on target to attract over 300 of the industry’s most influential minds from across Ireland and Europe to learn, share insights and spark discussion that will shape the future of sponsorship in Ireland and further afield.
International key note speakers will be supported by chaired panel discussions debating the hottest topics and trends with insight and learnings from the 2016 Olympics, EURO16, The NBA, The Premier League, Universal Music and much more.
Headlining Speakers:
- Olympic Partnerships presented by James Williams, Olympic Marketing and Sponsorship Director, Coca Cola
- Global Sponsorship Trends presented by Lesa Ukman– Founder Les Ukman Partnerships & Former Founder & President of IEG, Chicago
- Music Partnerships presented by Marc Robinson – President, Globe – Universal Music’s UK Creative & Commercial division, London
- Building relationships Through Data presented by Phil Stephan – Director, Global Consulting at Two Circles, London
- The Power of Partnership presented by John Clarke – SVP, Fenway Sports Management, Boston
- Digital Value: Creating, Measuring, and Protecting It, Charlie Beall, Digital Media Consultant, Seven League & Elly Cockcroft, Head of Marketing, Brand and Digital, Marylebone Cricket Club, London
- Managing a sponsorship portfolio presented by Stuart Ramsey – Head of Sponsorship, Southampton FC, London
Further event details including workshop sessions will be released to the public over the coming weeks.
“We’ve identified the most critical issues and opportunities facing the sponsorship industry today,” said Irish Sponsorship Summit Co-Founder Bruce Mansour.
“We have assembled the leading minds from across Europe and North America to share learnings, tips and experience designed to make an immediate impact to the businesses and careers of attendees.”
Sport for Business Members can get an additional €50 discount on their early bird ticket by quoting reference S4B2017 if booking before 26th January. Tickets can be booked at www.irishsponsorshipsummit.ie
