International sports agents conference to be held at Loughborough University
Loughborough University is positioning itself as a global leader in the professional development of sports agents with the launch of a new international conference.
It has attracted hundreds of aspiring and practising sports agents.
Now, course leaders are launching the Loughborough Sports Agents Conference, which will be held on the main campus on September 24 and 25, 2020.
Programme director Dr Serhat Yilmaz, Lecturer in Sports Law in Loughborough’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS), said: “With the ongoing success of our professional certificate programme, we hope this conference will be a great addition to our educational framework for agents in sport.
“The objective is to establish and develop a platform where agents, experts and sport industry representatives can come together to engage in constructive dialogue and learn from each other.
“The conference will play an integral part in the programme and will welcome some of the industry’s leading names for a unique learning event.”
The event will feature round table discussions, expert panels and mini workshops on specific aspects of the agent work.
Keynote speeches by prominent figures from the world of sport will also be on the agenda.
Topics covered will be wide-ranging but strictly relevant to the agent industry and include:
Player transfers
Player/athlete representation
Welfare and safeguarding
Payer/athlete valuation
Talent ID and development
Performance analytics
Brand management of players/athletes
The event will be CPD-certified and will offer delegates an event-based learning experience.
Registration, with early bird offers, will be open in due course.
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Notes for editors
Press release reference number: 19/225
Loughborough University is equipped with a live in-house broadcast unit via the Globelynx network. To arrange an interview with one of our experts please contact the press office on 01509 223491. Bookings can be made online via www.globelynx.com
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2019 QS World University Rankings, University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019 and top in the country for its student experience in the 2018 THE Student Experience Survey.
Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2020, 5th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and 8th in The UK Complete University Guide 2020.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
Loughborough staff, students and alumni make a real difference. They challenge convention, think creatively and find solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society today and in the future.
Meet the #LboroGameChangers at lboro.ac.uk/lborogamechangers
Loughborough University is positioning itself as a global leader in the professional development of sports agents with the launch of a new international conference.
It has attracted hundreds of aspiring and practising sports agents.
Now, course leaders are launching the Loughborough Sports Agents Conference, which will be held on the main campus on September 24 and 25, 2020.
Programme director Dr Serhat Yilmaz, Lecturer in Sports Law in Loughborough’s School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences (SSEHS), said: “With the ongoing success of our professional certificate programme, we hope this conference will be a great addition to our educational framework for agents in sport.
“The objective is to establish and develop a platform where agents, experts and sport industry representatives can come together to engage in constructive dialogue and learn from each other.
“The conference will play an integral part in the programme and will welcome some of the industry’s leading names for a unique learning event.”
The event will feature round table discussions, expert panels and mini workshops on specific aspects of the agent work.
Keynote speeches by prominent figures from the world of sport will also be on the agenda.
Topics covered will be wide-ranging but strictly relevant to the agent industry and include:
Player transfers
Player/athlete representation
Welfare and safeguarding
Payer/athlete valuation
Talent ID and development
Performance analytics
Brand management of players/athletes
The event will be CPD-certified and will offer delegates an event-based learning experience.
Registration, with early bird offers, will be open in due course.
ENDS
Notes for editors
Press release reference number: 19/225
Loughborough University is equipped with a live in-house broadcast unit via the Globelynx network. To arrange an interview with one of our experts please contact the press office on 01509 223491. Bookings can be made online via www.globelynx.com
Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.
It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2019 QS World University Rankings, University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019 and top in the country for its student experience in the 2018 THE Student Experience Survey.
Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2020, 5th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and 8th in The UK Complete University Guide 2020.
Loughborough is consistently ranked in the top twenty of UK universities in the Times Higher Education’s ‘table of tables’ and is in the top 10 in England for research intensity. In recognition of its contribution to the sector, Loughborough has been awarded seven Queen's Anniversary Prizes.
The Loughborough University London campus is based on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and offers postgraduate and executive-level education, as well as research and enterprise opportunities. It is home to influential thought leaders, pioneering researchers and creative innovators who provide students with the highest quality of teaching and the very latest in modern thinking.
Loughborough staff, students and alumni make a real difference. They challenge convention, think creatively and find solutions to some of the biggest challenges facing society today and in the future.
Meet the #LboroGameChangers at lboro.ac.uk/lborogamechangers
