Photo: Thomas Søndergaard/Play the Game
Programme committee
The board of Play the Game and the Danish Institute for Sports Studies appoints a programme committee for each conference.
The committee has two main tasks:
- to advise on themes and speakers for the conference
- to evaluate the conference
The members of the 2025 programme committee are (in alphabetical order, first name):
Andrea Florence, director, Sport & Rights Alliance, Brazil
Andreas Selliaas, journalist, www.idrettspolitik.no, Norway
Antti Aine, professor of sports law, University of Helsinki and University of Turku, Finland
Brian Wesaala, founder & CEO, The Football Foundation for Africa, Kenya
Eze Alloysius, director, PLAYYA Nigeria, Nigeria
Hanne Marie Brevik, head of sport reporting, NRK Sport investigative group, Norway
Kalika Mehta, sports journalist, Deutsche Welle, UK
Kati Lehtonen, principal researcher, Jamk University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Laura Robinson, freelance journalist, Canada
Marko Kananen, research manager, Finnish Center for Integrity in Sports, Finland
Mogens Kirkeby, president, International Sport and Culture Association, Denmark
Nicholas McGeehan, co-director of FairSquare, UK
Niina Toroi, manager of international affairs, Finnish Olympic Committee, Finland
Panu Autio, executive director, Football Players' Association of Finland, Finland
Paulina Tomczyk, general secretary, European Athletes and Players Association, Poland
Philippe Auclair, investigative reporter, Josimar, France/UK
Rikke Rønholt Albertsen, board member, National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark, Denmark
Sabrina Furtado, researcher, Instituto Inteligência Esportiva & Loughborough University, Brazil
Shireen Ahmed, journalist/academic, CBC Sports, Canada/Pakistan
Sigmund Loland, professor, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Norway
Spencer Harris, associate professor, Colorado University Colorado Springs, USA
Sven Daniel Wolfe, assistant professor, ETH Zurich, USA
Tine Vertommen, researcher and director at Arch Safeguarding, Belgium