Programme for Play the Game 2024

13.30: Plenary session

Words of welcome and opening keynotes

Room: Olav Tryggvason

Chair: Stanis Elsborg

• Words of welcome
  Stanis Elsborg, head of conference, Play the Game, Denmark
• Welcome to Trondheim
  Kent Ranum, mayor, Municipality of Trondheim, Norway
• Game on for good governance in sport
  Erlend Hanstveit, state secretary, The Norwegian Ministry of Culture and Equality, Norway
• Clearing sport, sparking change: Welcome to Play the Game 2024
  Jens Sejer Andersen, international director, Play the Game, Denmark
• Healing through compassion – My journey of navigating trauma
  Joanna Maranhão, network coordinator, Sport & Rights Alliance, Brazil
• 10 years of Russia's war against Ukraine: Appeasement of the aggressor and "sport out of politics" hypocrisy
  Andriy Chesnokov, deputy minister, Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, Ukraine

15.30: Plenary session

Illegal gambling in sport: The trillion‐dollar question that no one seems to grasp

Room: Olav Tryggvason

Chair: Nick Harris

• The catastrophic impact of normalising corruption in sport    
  Frédéric van Leeuw, federal prosecutor, Belgian Ministry of Public Affairs, Belgium
• The explosion of sports betting across Africa and the potential for risk to fans in lightly regulated markets
  Zoe Flood, independent journalist and filmmaker, United Kingdom
• Tackling Maestro: Unravelling a network of match‐fixers    
  Ann Lukowiak, federal prosecutor/vice chair, Federal Prosecution Office Belgium/MARS Network, Belgium
• Understanding organized crime tactics to improve the fight against sports competition manipulation
  Corentin Segalen, chair, Group of Copenhagen (Council of Europe’s network of national platforms), France
• How sports betting has made elite football complicit with criminal activity and human rights abuse
  Philippe Auclair, investigative reporter, Josimar, United Kingdom/France/Norway
• Panel debate, Q&A: All speakers                

17.40: Plenary session

 Abuse of minors in Mali: A model of system flaws in sport

Room: Olav Tryggvason

Chair: Allison Wagner

• Sexual abuse in Malian basketball: Sharing experiences and risks 
  Ahmar Abdoulaye Maiga, executive director, Young Players Protection in Africa, Mali
• FIBA’s Institutional Response to Child Sexual Abuse in Mali National Basketball: What Not To Do
  Minky Worden, director of Global Initiatives, Human Rights Watch, USA
• From Policy to Practice: Rallying Global Solidarity for Mali    
  Andrea Florence, director, Sport & Rights Alliance, Brazil
• Panel debate, Q&A: All speakers                

20.00: Plenary session

Women sparking change in sport

Room: Olav Tryggvason

Chair: Grit Hartmann

Inspiring personalities share their visions and efforts in sparking change within and through international sports.

Meet:

• Harnessing the Power of Sports for Activism
  Khalida Popal, founder and director, Girl Power Organisation, Afghanistan
• Challenging the field: Sparking changes in football leadership
  Lise Klaveness, president, The Norwegian Football Association, Norway