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GSSport24 Summer Workshop Recordings

Session 1 – Introduction to the GSSport24 Programme
Founder & CEO - Global Sustainable Sport

Mike Laflin
Founder & CEO - Global Sustainable Sport
Session 2 – The GSS Education Programme
Consultant & Educator - Responsible Sport

Daniel Cade
Consultant & Educator - Responsible Sport
Founder - The Sustainability Coach

Nico Decurtins
Founder - The Sustainability Coach
Session 3 – Sports for Nature – Canada 30×30
Co-founder -

Leanna Carriere
Co-founder - "Wings of Survival"
Co-founder -

Timm Döbert
Co-founder - "Wings of Survival"
Session 4 – Understanding and Capturing the True Sustainable Value of Sport
Founder & CEO - Global Sustainable Sport

Mike Laflin
Founder & CEO - Global Sustainable Sport
Session 1 – Protect Our Winters: Protect what we love!
Co-founder - Sustainable Mountain Alliance

Ingrid Beutler
Co-founder - Sustainable Mountain Alliance
Director - Protect Our Winters France  (Workshop)

Antoine Pin
Director - Protect Our Winters France (Workshop)
Grant Coordinator - Protect Our Winters Europe

Gillian Rosh
Grant Coordinator - Protect Our Winters Europe
Session 2 – How to develop sustainable sporting events
Senior Manager Legacy and Sustainability - Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games

Helen Gampper
Senior Manager Legacy and Sustainability - Rhine-Ruhr 2025 FISU World University Games
Championships Director - World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24

Stuart Campbell
Championships Director - World Athletics Indoor Championships Glasgow 24
Manager - ACT AGENCY GmbH

Birgit Ballhause
Manager - ACT AGENCY GmbH
Session 3 – Race for the Amazon: A New Paradigm in Sports Events Integrated with Socio-environmental Initiatives
Senior Scientist - Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM Amazonia)

Paulo Moutinho
Senior Scientist - Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM Amazonia)
Senior Researcher - Ecofiex Consultoria em Educação e Pesquisa

Roger de Moraes
Senior Researcher - Ecofiex Consultoria em Educação e Pesquisa
Session 1 – Grassroots sports: Driving Social Change and Inclusion.
Director - Carbonado Consultancy

Grace Moronfolu MBE
Director - Carbonado Consultancy
CEO - The Pythian Club

Ben Rosser
CEO - The Pythian Club
Chief Executive Officer - Athlete Foundry, Inc.

KC Chhipwadia
Chief Executive Officer - Athlete Foundry, Inc.
Women's Coach, Middlesex FA

Jawahir Roble MBE
Women's Coach, Middlesex FA
Founder, Moving in Faith

Zara Northover, OLY
Founder, Moving in Faith
Session 3 – The importance of strategic approach to sustainability in European football clubs.
Head of Sustainability - European Club Association (ECA)

Gaia Pretner
Head of Sustainability - European Club Association (ECA)
Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business - Club Atletico de Madrid

Rocío Torres Torres
Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business - Club Atletico de Madrid
Sustainability Manager - Brighton & Hove Albion

Tom Harris
Sustainability Manager - Brighton & Hove Albion
Session 1 – Developing a sustainable international sports federation.
Head of Sustainability - International Table Tennis Federation

Karine Teow
Head of Sustainability - International Table Tennis Federation
Health Impact Manager - ITTF Foundation

Ramón Ortega Montes
Health Impact Manager - ITTF Foundation
Session 2 – The power of the athlete’s voice. Athlete’s empowering sustainability through sport.
Double Olympic Champion, Founder and Chair - Fundacion Ecomar

Theresa Zabell, OLY
Double Olympic Champion, Founder and Chair - Fundacion Ecomar
Three-Time Olympic Champion, Managing Director - High Impact Athletes

Hugo Inglis, OLY
Three-Time Olympic Champion, Managing Director - High Impact Athletes
Olympian and Biathlete

Ukaleq Slettemark, OLY
Olympian and Biathlete
Session 3 – Merchandising and Sustainability – a conflict of interest or an opportunity for a circular future?
Director - 5THREAD

Joanna Czutkowna
Director - 5THREAD
Sport Ambassador, Products of Change - SGLP

Simon Gresswell
Sport Ambassador, Products of Change - SGLP
Session 1 – Why sustainability in sport is a top-down governance issue with huge potential commercial gains alongside downside risks that need to be understood at C suite level.
Special Counsel, Sports & Entertainment Brands - Stobbs, Intangible Asset Management

Stephen Townley
Special Counsel, Sports & Entertainment Brands - Stobbs, Intangible Asset Management
Athlete, Athlete Representative - Athletes Germany, Athletes' Commission - DOSB

Léa Krüger
Athlete, Athlete Representative - Athletes Germany, Athletes' Commission - DOSB
Senior Associate - Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein

Dr. David Stadtfeld
Senior Associate - Arnecke Sibeth Dabelstein
Global Head of Sustainable Investment - Redington

Anastasia Guha
Global Head of Sustainable Investment - Redington
Session 2 – Navigating opportunities and obstacles on the road to becoming Champions of Sustainabilty.
Co-Founder and Director - Podium

Amy Hill
Co-Founder and Director - Podium
Managing Director - FR Consulting

Frederique Reynertz
Managing Director - FR Consulting
Session 1 – Sport and Biodiversity.
Programme Officer, Sports for Nature - IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)

Emanuel Boscardin
Programme Officer, Sports for Nature - IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)
Partner - bloomUp

Anne-Cécile Turner
Partner - bloomUp
Session 2 – The power of imagination: How sport can inspire climate action.
Head of Sustainability - London Marathon Events Limited

Kate Chapman
Head of Sustainability - London Marathon Events Limited
Founder & CEO - Moral Imaginations

Phoebe Tickell
Founder & CEO - Moral Imaginations
Session 1 – Impactfully engaging fans on climate and sustainability: what it looks like in practise.
Head of Strategy, Sustainability & Governance - International Biathlon Union

Riikka Rakic
Head of Strategy, Sustainability & Governance - International Biathlon Union
Founder and CEO - Pledgeball

Katie Cross
Founder and CEO - Pledgeball
Session 2 – Fan Travel: The ‘Elephant in the Room’.
Founder & CEO - Lowr

Chloe Sweden
Founder & CEO - Lowr
Sustainability Consultant, You Smart Thing

Alex Townshend
Sustainability Consultant, You Smart Thing
Session 3 – Sport and Social Impact: Past – Present – Future.
Managing Director - Sports and Social Change

Howard Brodwin
Managing Director - Sports and Social Change
Graduate Programs Career Advisor & Adjunct Faculty - The University of Vermont

John Kim
Graduate Programs Career Advisor & Adjunct Faculty - The University of Vermont