The Business of Football – Philippines Conference to be held this May

The football activities in the Philippines are growing and the business it generates are increasing. Understanding the careers, opportunities, and business potentials football can offer is a must for sports enthusiasts, companies, football fans, and football stakeholders.

With the increased awareness of football in the country, Dubai-based sports marketing firm MMC Sportz, in cooperation with the Philippine Football Federation, will host The Business of Football – Philippines on Friday, 18 May 2018 at the New World Hotel in Makati City.

The conference is a one-day event that will bring together representatives of key football stakeholders in the Philippines from rights-holders, agencies, brands, media, retail, real estate, professional clubs, to fans and regulators.

Several topics will feature speakers specializing on their respective fields, such as:

Ivan Codina: Managing Director SEA | La Liga
Frank Saez: Managing Director | SMG Insight
Eric Gottschalk: Chief Executive Officer | MMC Sportz Marketing LLC
Domeka Garamendi: Head of Member Association Services | Asian Football Confederation
Atty. Edwin Gastanes: General-Secretary | Philippine Football Federation
Lazarus Jansen Xavier: Chief Executive Officer | Liga Futbol Inc.
Dan Palami: Team Manager | Philippine Men’s National Team
Phil Younghusband: Team Captain | Philippine Men’s National Team

The conference is supported by Dentsu X, La Liga, Globe, AFC, and PFF as Official Lead Partners and Rsportz, SMG Insight, and PFL as Official Partners.

“Football is continuously evolving in the Philippines. It is growing. Recent successes and increasing football activities provide good reasons to hear the thoughts of key subject matter experts on the various aspects of sport for better understanding of the game and its business or commercial potentials,” said Gastanes. “We invite all interested companies that support sports, football fans and other stakeholders to attend The Business of Football – Philippines to learn and understand the current state and the potential of football in the country.”

Interested participants can visit https://bit.ly/2Hd83Hj for more information.

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