Speakers Only: Sports Pundit Launches Inaugural Event 🎤
Saracens' StoneX Stadium is set to host the first major event from Sports Pundit, bringing together experience from across the sports industry with a new event format designed for the modern age
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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT
Sports Pundit is thrilled to unveil 'Speakers Only,' our innovative new event set to take place at Saracens’ StoneX Stadium in London on November 7-8, 2024.
Transitioning from our beginnings as a newsletter, Sports Pundit has launched a podcast, hosted happy hours in cities like London, New York, Manchester, and Los Angeles, and runs one of the most active sports industry communities on WhatsApp.
Through all of this, the focus has always been on quality over quantity, amplifying positive voices within the industry.
This ethos is at the heart of our newest addition to the Sports Pundit offering - Sports Pundit’s ‘Speakers Only’.
Let me explain…
Unlike typical conferences, 'Speakers Only' will not be a passive experience.
We’re redefining the format by ensuring every attendee plays an active role. Our inaugural, invite-only event will feature 50 handpicked participants, each bringing their unique insights and perspectives to the table.
Over two days, we will host 10 discussions, each featuring five individuals discussing themes of capital, culture, community, and content. Our attendees, or ‘pundits,’ will all have the opportunity to contribute to the conversations, making for a truly interactive and dynamic experience.
In order to try to promote a broad range of perspectives, we have been careful to try to select individuals with different experiences and specialisms. We’re also making the unique effort to bring together people at different stages of their career journey.
Our aim is not to focus solely on senior or junior executives, but to bridge the gap between generations and create a dynamic exchange of ideas.
As a result, we’ve reserved 20 places for ‘SP Mentors,’ as well as 20 places for the ‘SP Academy’ - executives under the age of 30.
Both the ‘Hosts’ and the ‘SP Mentors’ have been hand-selected by Sports Pundit to make for the most impactful two days of knowledge exchange.
Each a recognised thought leader, our mentor’s combined experiences span across top sports brands, including the Premier League, Juventus, International Olympic Committee, Formula 1, World Rugby, and Wimbledon.
They also bring expertise from roles in commercial, content, media, investment, gaming, advertising, education, and communications, as well as also having an athlete who represented Team GB at the London 2012 Olympics!
The exciting part?
The final 20 places for this event are still to be decided.
Today, we are opening the application process for the ‘SP Academy’. This will be open to young executives (born 1994 or later), who will be pivotal in shaping the future of the industry and the event.
To apply, fill out the application form, expressing which panel you would most like to be a speaker on and outline a few points on areas you would want to cover. The application should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
We’ll confirm successful applications by the 16th of August. Please feel free to also share with young colleagues in your teams.
Disappointed to have missed out? There’ll be other chances!
With over 2,500 subscribers to our weekly newsletter and only 50 spots available, 98% of you will unfortunately miss out on this first event due to the intimacy that we’re aiming to achieve.
So, if you’re born before 1994 and didn’t make this year as a Mentor, please don’t be too discouraged.
We’ll bring together a brand-new group of Mentors (and Academy members) together in 2025, 2026, 2027, and beyond. We’re hoping to create a sort of alumni model, rather than have the same attendees back year-after-year.
Furthermore, our free-to-attend Happy Hours taking place in London and New York will continue to run in parallel, offering incredible networking opportunities which are open to all.
SOCIAL CLUB
The Sports Pundit Social Club is a monthly series of industry Happy Hours happening in New York and London.
These free gatherings are designed to connect individuals who might not meet at conventional industry events. Our community includes senior and junior executives from rightsholders, founders of venture-backed startups, private equity investors, and even (a few) professional footballers, all bringing unique value to the table - and very rarely mixing in other settings.
With July events now behind us, make sure to RSVP now for August👇
New York 🗽 (Wednesday 28th August @ Maxwell Social)
London 🎡 (Wednesday 28th August @ Eight Club London, Moorgate)
Getting insights and news via email is great, but there's so much untapped knowledge in our community. We want to open up the floor and hear from everyone.
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