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7th AIAF Congress
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Programme
7th AIAF Congress – Cairo 2019
DAY 01
> 23 october 2019
9:00 - 9:30
Welcome
Speeches
Nasr Eldin Azzam, Lawyer, Sport Makers (Cairo – Egypt)
Ismail Selim, Director of the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration
Ashraf Sobhy, Youth and Sports Minister of Egypt
9:30 - 10:45
Round-table 1
Football 2.0: Growing the Game
Moderator: Patricia Moyersoen, AIAF President, Lawyer (Paris – France)
Speakers:
Mario Gallavotti, Lawyer, FIFA Director of Independent Committees
Anthony Baffoe, CAF Deputy Secretary General
Moustapha Abdullah, CAF Chief Compliance Officer
10:45 - 11:15
Coffee break
11:15 - 12:45
Round-table 2
First Outcomes After the 2018 Amendments
on the “Narrow Issues”
Moderator: Horacio González Mullin, Lawyer (Uruguay)
Speakers :
Erika Montemor Ferreira, Head of Players’ Status at FIFA
Alexandra Gómez Bruinewoud, Senior Legal Counsel at FIFPro
Daan de Jong, Head of Sports Legal at ECA
Mario Flores Chemor, Lawyer (Switzerland) and ex Legal Counsel and Group Leader at FIFA Players’ Status Department
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:00 - 15:15
Round-table 3
The new FIFA Clearing House and the First Reform Package of the Transfer System
Moderator : Melanie Schärer, Lawyer (Switzerland)
Speakers:
Omar Ongaro, Football Regulatory Director at FIFA
Abdallah Shehata, Lawyer (Egypt)
Paolo Torchetti, Lawyer (Spain)
Achta Mahamat Saleh, Director of Legal Affairs at CAF
15:15 - 16:30
Round-table 4
Selling and Protecting Broadcasting Rights: European and International Dimensions
Moderator : Gianluca Cambareri, Lawyer (Italy)
Speakers :
Alexandre Miguel Mestre, Lawyer (Portugal)
Stefano La Porta, Lawyer (Italy)
Bichara Abidão Neto, Lawyer (Brazil)
16:30 - 17:00
Coffee break
17:00 - 18:15
Round-table 5
Broadcasting Rights: Focus on Regional Challenges in MENA and Africa
Moderator: Saleh Al Obeidli, Lawyer (UAE)
Speakers :
Abdallah El Shehaby, Lawyer (Egypt)
Nasr Eldin Azzam, Lawyer (Italy)
Abdel Bah, CAF Marketing and TV Director
Bandar Alhaminadi, Lawyer (Saudi Arabia)
20:00
Gala Diner
DAY 02
> 24 October 2019
9:00 - 10:00
Round-table 6
New Digital Technologies in the Sports Rights Market = New Legal Challenge
Moderator: Marcos Motta, Lawyer (Brazil)
Speakers :
Alfonso León, Lawyer (Spain)
Juan Fuentes Fernandez, LaLiga Delegate to Egypt
Joëlle Monlouis, Lawyer (France)
Tamer Yousry, Managing Director at Mediapro Egypt
10:00 - 10:30
Coffee break
10:30 - 11:45
Round-table 7
Being a Football Agent in 2019: Legal Insights
Moderator: Marcos Motta, Lawyer (Brazil)
Speakers:
Badou Sambague, Lawyer (France)
Rodrigo García Lucas, Lawyer (Spain)
Omar Ongaro, Football Regulatory Director at FIFA
Ahmed Hossam Mido, former Football Player, Football Manager
11:45 - 12:45
Round-table 8
FIFA Regulatory Reforms: What’s Next?
Moderator: Juan de Dios Crespo, Lawyer (Spain)
Speakers:
Erika Montemor Ferreira, Head of Players’ Status at FIFA
Alexandra Gómez Bruinewoud, Senior Legal Counsel at FIFPro
Martín Auletta, Lawyer (Argentina)
Daan de Jong, Head of Sports Legal at ECA
12:45 - 13:00
Closing Remarks
12:45 - 14:00
Lunch
14:15 - 16:00
General Assembly (AIAF members only)
Information
AIAF Members, counsels and lawyers, representatives of associations or federations, Clubs’ officials, Players’ Agents and Sport State Authorities and companies in the “sport business”, sport channels representatives, media Specialists.
Venue:
The conference will take place at Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino, “Gezirah Palace”.
Languages:
The Congress will be held in English with simultaneous translation to French and Arabic.
Registration:
You can register online Here. You can also pay by bank transfer, by sending an email to ronan@football-legal.com
Registration rates include attendance to the Conference, two lunches, coffee breaks and a Gala dinner at Cairo Marriott Hotel & Omar Khayyam Casino.
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