The annual Sport for Business Women in Sport Conference for 2024 will take place on Wednesday, November 27th, at the Wood Quay Venue in Dublin City Centre.
Our two keynote interviews will be with Sarah Keane and Hannah Dingley.
Sarah is the President of the Olympic Federation and CEO of Swim Ireland and is recognised as among the finest leaders we have.
She will shortly be stepping down from her role with the Olympic Federation, and this will be an opportunity to reflect on the journey from building a team to salvage the reputation of the body after Rio 2016 to the Triumph of Paris 2024
Our scheduled second keynote Queenie Porter, the Vice President of West Ham United in the Barclay’s Women’s Super League and a vibrant entrepreneur leading in sport and business, has had to postpone her trip but we will record an interview with her for those in attendance first and then our wider audience in the coming days.
She has been replaced with our great gratitude overnight with Hannah Dingley, appointed to the role of Head of Women’s and Girls Football at the FAI in May having become the first Manager of an English League Football Club at Forest Green Rovers in the summer of 2023.
We will be discussing all things Women’s Football two days out from one of our biggest ever games in the playoffs for the Euro 2025 Finals in Switzerland.
We have two great panels of speakers on storytelling and non-executive leadership as well as new research from Sport Ireland’s new Women in Sport Manager Bethany Carson.
It will be a morning of stories and connections, of inspiration and opportunity for you to meet with fellow attendees and spark ideas that could become the subject of our 2025 Conference.
Venue: Wood Quay Venue, Fishamble Street, Dublin DO8 RF3F
09:30: Arrival, Light Breakfast and Networking
10:00: Move into Auditorium
10:05: Welcome and Opening Comments
10:15: The Power of Storytelling with Heather Boyle of the Olympic Federation of Ireland, Golf Influencer Sharon Smurfit and Niamh Tallon, co-founder of Her Sport
10:45: The Power of Research with Bethany Carson, the new Women in Sport Lead at Sport Ireland
11:05: The Power of Leadership with Anne Kiely of Aer Lingus and Special Olympics Ireland, Clodagh Nic Canna of Volleyball Ireland and Austin O’Malley of Hexagon Performance.
11:30: Networking Break
12:00: Fireside Chat with Hannah Dingley, Head of Women’s and Girls Football at the FAI.
12:30: Fireside Chat with Sarah Keane, President of Olympic Federation of Ireland and CEO of Swim Ireland
13:00: Close followed by Networking and Light Lunch
Lidl Ireland and AIG have long supported our coverage of and support for Women in Sport, and we are delighted they will join us once again in 2024.
Among those who will be in the room are:
Core Sponsorship, Teneo, Ogier, Fifty Three Six, Gymnastics Ireland, Swim Ireland, Cricket Ireland, the FAI, the IRFU, Golf Ireland, Special Olympics Ireland, Aer Lingus, Lidl, Aldi, Titan Experience, 2 Into 3, TG4, Olympic Federation of Ireland, Lidl, AIG, Aldi, Wasserman, Badminton Ireland, Padel Federation of Ireland, Shelbourne FC, Tattersalls Ireland, Legacy Communications, Trinity College Dublin, Tennis Ireland, Travel Counsellors, Sport for Business, Dublin City Council, Sport Ireland, Volleyball Ireland, Tri Talking Sport, Mark Pollock Trust, Sports Direct, KPMG and many more…
All tickets for this event are now completely sold out. You can follow the conversation across Linked In, X, Instgram and BlueSky at #WomenAndSport
Take a look back at last year’s Conference here.
The Sport for Business Membership comprises nearly 300 organisations, including all the leading sports and sponsors, as well as commercial and state agencies.
