Meet the speakers

Across every session, you’ll hear from visionary leaders at the intersection of sports and technology as they explore how AI and emerging innovations are pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Prasanna Kumar Ballepalli

Global Chief Technology & Information Officer
LALIGA

Teodora Ivanova-Limon

Chief Business Officer
WTA Ventures

Jonathan Conn

Director, Digital Technology
England Rugby

Bill Jinks

Technology Director
Wimbledon

Bastian Zuber

Chief Technology & Product Officer
Bundesliga

Ryan Kirk

Head of Cloud & DevOps
Formula One

Mario Dughi

Digital, Design & Media Director
Unilever Homecare

Alejandro Merino-Madrid

Head of AI
International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Karen Lyttle

Director of Technology
The R&A

Bhavesh Vaghela

Chief Product & Technology Officer
London Marathon Events

Ed Hornby

AI & Digital Transformation Executive & Former Head of Digital Transformation
(ex Premier League)

Stuart Fenton

Head of AI
Reading FC

Thomas Ehemann

Head of Digital & Innovation
FC Bayern München

Alex Butler

Director of Digital, Data & Technology
Sport England

Niko Gross

Director of IT & Digital
FC Schalke 04

Rich Bowman

Director, AI
NASCAR

Matt Roberts

Director of Insight
Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team

Maria Ingold

CTO, Strategy & Innovation
mireality

Christina Jones

Founder & Managing Director
Blacktype Digital

Lucy Mills

Founder & Chief Catalyst
READY

Melanie Moeller

Founder & Chief AI Officer
GenFutures Lab

Chris Stone

Community Lead
SportsPro