New Speakers Announced for 20th Making Football Matter Conference in Athens!
In already less than one month we will kick off the 20th EFDN Conference (13-15 November) in Athens, Greece. The topic of this EFDN Conference will be “Making Football Matter”, which will take place at the OPAP Arena, the stadium of EFDN Member AEK Athens. The programme is already unveiled and we are happy to confirm the presence of the following speakers:
Klaas Kuperus, Founder of Eduwinkel
Klaas Kuperus is the founder of Eduwinkel in the Netherlands, supplier of Sphero Sports materials and market leader in STEAM-education. In 2012, he started the ‘Rekenwinkel’ (Arithmetic Shop). Initially as a supplier of calculators. In recent years, they focused more on providing educational technology for schools. That started with robots and soon drones, virtual reality glasses, 3D printers and much more items were added.
Sam Dainty, Head of Partnerships at City in the Community
Sam was previously an experienced educational senior leader, since transitioned into the football charity sector. As Head of Partnerships and Fundraising, he is responsible for forging strong and authentic partnerships with brands, public sector organisations and ultimately engaging them and supporters in generating income into the charity. This includes corporate partnerships, campaigns, events and various levels of stakeholder management.
Rachel Clarkson, Head of Communications at City in the Community
Rachel is an experienced communications professional with a history of working in the sports industry, primarly focused on CSR departments. As Head of Communications for Manchester City’s charity, she is now responsible for the communications team, including the development and delivery of strategy to successfully meet all KPIs, targets, objectives and budgets. Previous roles include Manchester City (Club), Everton Football Club and Rangers FC (Charity Foundation).
Maja Gasik, Junior Project Manager at the Legia Foundation
Maja is a freshly graduated master student from Faculty of management at the University of Warsaw. During her master degree she moved for a semester to Italy to broaden her knowledge and learn from different perspective. Since her early teens she had a goal of doing something for society by being active in several volunteerprograms and mentoring teams in project management competition. She gained experience in marketing agencies and in September 2022 she joined Legia Foundation as a junior project manager.
Legia Foundation is one of the shortlisted clubs for the More than Football Award 2023 with their project #ReadyToHelp Refugees from Ukraine.
Andy Snell, Director of Business Development at English Football League Trust
English Football League (EFL) Trust is the umbrella organisation for 72 club community organisations (CCOs). CCOs are at the heart of communities across the country, providing shared experiences for all and using the power of sport to improve lives. Andy has developed CSR partnerships with private sector for CCOs to deliver health, education, community safety initiatives. With 72 member clubs across three divisions, the EFL is the world’s original league football competition. It is the largest single body of professional clubs in European football. Prior to this Andy was a Director at Liverpool and Wirral Chambers of Commerce, and Head of International for the Mayor of Liverpool.
Take a look at the EFDN Conference website for the full programme and more information about the speakers.
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