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Industry Experts Return for Sports Matters 2015

2015-09-07 14:43 3025

SINGAPORE, Sept. 7, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With massive sports rights acquisitions in China making daily headlines and a thriving calendar of global events around Asia Pacific in the pipeline, the region's leading industry experts return to Marina Bay Sands for Sports Matters 2015. The two-day conference kicks off on 16th September and will cover an array of topics that are currently shaping the Asian sporting industry.

Industry leaders will share their insights about how brands are engaging with fans in the digital era, how sports sponsorship is evolving to maximise brands investments and how football in Asia is changing to challenge the dominance of the Barclays Premier League.

Sports matters to:

  • Zubin Gandevia, President, Asia Pacific & Middle East, FOX International Channels
  • Cyril Abiteboul, Managing Director, Renault Sport F1
  • Graeme Lowdon, President & CEO, Manor F1
  • Paul Hembery, Motorsports Director, Pirelli
  • Andrew Georgiou, CEO, World Sport Group
  • Robert Klein, Head of Sports Rights, Red Bull Media House
  • Giles Morgan, Group Head of Sponsorship & Events, HSBC
  • Tony Pignata, CEO, Sydney FC
  • Peter Draper, Marketing Director Asia, Valencia C.F
  • Kevin Ramalingam, CEO, Football Malaysia
  • Paul Parker, Former England World Cup Player
  • Sam Xie, General Manager of Sports Business Development and Marketing, Tencent
  • Hang Yu, Vice President, Sports, LeTV Sports
  • Bulbul Khera, Senior Marketing Director South East Asia, Nike
  • Beatrice Lee, Managing Director, APAC, MP & Silva
  • Anthony Indaimo, Partner and Global Head of Corporate and Commercial, Withers LLP

Chief Executive Officer for Branded, the co-organisers of Sports Matters, Jasper Donat commented "2014 was a phenomenal success for Sports Matters; we had some of the very best industry leaders sharing their insights. This year we are proud to host another stellar line-up of speakers and returning once again to Singapore confirms that Sports Matters is the premier conference of its kind in the region."

Continuing to build and develop the foundations for a healthy, vibrant and sustainable Asian sports industry, Sports Matters will be hosted across two days and feature a mixture of panel discussions, keynote speakers and networking parties.

For the latest news and information on Sports Matters 2015 please visit: http://sportsmatters.asia/

For media enquiries, please contact:

Sammy Shirra-Moore


Anica Bussell

Branded Ltd (Singapore)


Fast Track

sammy@branded.asia


anica.bussell@fasttrackagency.com

+65 9298 5295


+65 9129 4652

About Sports Matters

Sports Matters is a co-production between Branded and Haymarket Media dedicated to building strong foundations for a healthy and sustainable Asian sports industry. This C-level dynamic event provides a global platform in Asia for debate, an opportunity to build commercial relationships and a unique brand involvement never before seen at a sports industry event.

Convening at the iconic Marina Bay Sands in Singapore on 16-17th September 2015, Sports Matters embraces the entire sports industry value chain from governing bodies, rights holders and sponsors, to broadcasters and agencies. A compelling and apposite programme will feature core interviews, expert panel analyses, thought leadership presentations and must-attend interactive forums.

Supported by the Singapore government and carefully selected trade and media partners, Sports Matters is a must attend for stakeholders the business of sport in Asia Pacific.

About Branded Ltd.

Branded designs, sells, markets and produces amazing B2B2C and B2B2F(an) events in Asia. Founded in 2002 and listed as a top 10 Event Marketing agency by Marketing magazine, our focus is to add value and grow the media, sports and entertainment industries in Asia.

We are experts in the organisation, programming and production of dynamic conferences, live music festivals, academies and youth fan events in Asia. Our properties include Digital Matters, Music Matters, Social Matters, Sponsorship Matters, Music Matters Live, the Music Matters Academy, YouTube FanFest and YouTube FanFest Academy (part of the All That Matters series), Sports Matters and MixRadio Music Connects.

Branded is an independent company staffed by passionate multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-talented individuals with offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.

About Campaign Asia-Pacific

Campaign Asia-Pacific is a brand dedicated to the business of communications in Asia-Pacific. Published by Haymarket Media Group, the UK's largest independently owned publishing group, it is part of a global marcoms portfolio that includes market-leading titles Campaign, Marketing and PRWeek. Campaign Asia-Pacific aims to deliver essential insights and intelligence for advertising, marketing, media and PR professionals. Across many platforms, the brand delivers deep and broad analysis of industry trends and developments. As well as a subscription-based magazine, it publishes up-to-the-minute news, research and data, as well as opinions and blogs on campaignasia.com and delivers daily e-newsletters for Asia-Pacific and China (in Chinese language). Campaign organises a number of conferences, awards and training programmes, as well as festivals, such as Spikes Asia, which are part of a joint-venture with Cannes Lions. www.campaignasia.com/top1000

Source: Branded
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