2013 Sports Management Conference

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Confirmed Speakers for 2013 Included:

Kevin Abrams – Assistant General Manager, New York Giants

Dave Andrews – President & Chief Executive Officer, American Hockey League

Steven Angel – Senior Vice President, League Operations & Officiating, National Basketball Association

Tom Anselmi – Former Chief Operating Officer, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Chris Armstrong – Senior Vice President, Wasserman Media Group, LLC

Chaka Bainbridge – President, Bainbridge Sports

Gary Bettman – Commissioner, National Hockey League

Doug Boles – President, Indianapolis Motor Speedway

David Branch – President, Canadian Hockey League and Commissioner, Ontario Hockey League

Richard Brand – Chair of the Sports Industry Practice – Arent Fox LLP

Brian Burke – President of Hockey Operations, Calgary Flames

Dr. Chris Chard – Sports Management Professor, Brock University

Kevin Cheveldayoff – Executive Vice President & General Manager, Winnipeg Jets

Brian Cooper – President & Chief Executive Officer, S & E Sponsorship Group

Michael Copeland – President & Chief Operating Officer, Canadian Football League

Sam Cosentino – Host of Baseball Central & Junior Hockey Analyst, Sportsnet

George Daniel – Commissioner, National Lacrosse League

Rene Fasel – President, International Ice Hockey Federation

Rob Faulds – Broadcaster, Sportsnet

Don Fehr – Executive Director, National Hockey League Players’ Association

Steven Fehr – Special Counsel, Major League Baseball Players Association & National Hockey League Players’ Association

Tim Fleiszer – Certified Player Agent – Gil Scott Sports Management

Mark Francis – Sports Marketing Consultant, BaAM Productions & Professor, UCLA Business School

Elliotte Friedman – Sports Broadcaster, CBC Sports

Erik Galas – Intelligence Coordinator, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport

Clark Griffith – Sports Lawyer, CCG, P.A.

Paul Hardy – Events and Competitions Director, International Association of Athletics Federations

Katherine Henderson – Senior Vice President of Marketing and Revenue, Pan/Parapan American Games Toronto 2015

Dave Hopkinson – Chief Commercial Officer, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Robert Hunter – Chief Facilities & Live Entertainment Officer, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Stewart Johnston – President, The Sports Network

Phil King – President, CTV Programming and Sports, CTV Inc.

Nick Kypreos – Hockey Analyst, Sportsnet

Larry Landon – Executive Director, Professional Hockey Player’s Association

Dr. Lynn Lashbrook – President, Sports Management Worldwide

Tim Leiweke – President & Chief Executive Officer – Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Chris Lencheski – Former President, Front Row Marketing Services, a Comcast Spectacor Subsidiary

Matt Maychak – Vice President of Communications, Canadian Football League

John McCauley – Senior Director of Marketing, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Pat McEleney – Executive Director, 2015 & 2017 IIHF World Junior Championships, Hockey Canada

Brian McKenna – Commissioner, ECHL

Bob McKenzie – Hockey Analyst, The Sports Network

Don Meehan – President, Chief Executive Officer & Certified Player Agent – Newport Sports Management

Gord Miller – Play-By-Play Announcer, The Sports Network

James Mirtle – Hockey Writer, The Globe and Mail & Contributor, TSN 1050 Radio

Sara Moore – Vice President of Marketing, Canadian Football League

Scott Moore – President of Broadcasting, Rogers Media

Patrick Morris – Certified Player Agent, Newport Sports Management

Bob Nicholson – Former President & Chief Executive Officer, Hockey Canada

Dave Nonis – Senior Vice President & General Manager, Toronto Maple Leafs

Jeffrey Orridge – Executive Director of Sports Properties, CBC

Mike Ouellet – Chief of Business Affairs – National Hockey League Players’ Association

Dr. Natalie Petouhoff – Professor, UCLA

Tom Pistore – Vice President of Ticket Sales & Service, Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment

Bruce Popko – Senior Vice President of Business Development, Buffalo Bills

Dr. Richard Powers – Professor, Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto

Dr. James Riordan – Director of MBA in Sport Management, Florida Atlantic University

Annemarie Roe – President, BaAM Productions

Joe Ross – Vice President of Content, theScore Inc.

Alex Rucker – Senior Analytics Consultant, Toronto Raptors

Jacqueline Ryan – Vice President of Sponsorships and Partnership Programs, Scotiabank

John Shannon – Broadcaster, Sportsnet

Dr. Dana Sinclair – Partner & Sports Psychologist, Human Performance International

John Sinden – Manager, Digital Content and Social Media, Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors and Toronto FC

Patti-Anne Tarlton – Senior Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Ticketmaster Canada

Anton Thun – Co-Managing Director and Certified Player Agent, MFIVE Sports

Masai Ujiri – President and General Manager, Toronto Raptors

Trevor Whiffen – Partner, Dickinson Wright LLP and Governor, London Knights Hockey Club

Tom Wright – Director of Operations, UFC Canada