Football Summit 2025: BBC Sport, Sky Austria and the Danish League added to speaker line-up for Manchester event

Speakers from BBC Sport, Sky Austria, the Danish League, EBU Eurovision Sport and more have been added to the line-up for Football Summit 2025. The full-day event, sponsored by EVS, is taking place at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester on Thursday 20 March.

In ‘Access all areas: Where next for specialist cameras?’ speakers including Emil Drexler, Sky Austria, Head of Sports Operations; Jon Hurndall, Batcam, CEO; and Paul Munday, ACS (EMG/Gravity Media), Specialist Camera Technician, will discuss what works and what doesn’t when it comes to specialist cameras, where else they could be placed and how best to work with clubs, stadiums, leagues and federations to make it happen.

‘Fair Game: UEFA Women’s Euros 2025’, will see BBC Sport Executive Producer Phil Bigwood chat about how the corporation and its production partner will cover the tournament, while Stefan-Eric Wildemann, EBU Eurovision Sport, Head of Football, (pictured), will outline the role of Eurovision Sport, the new free-to-air streaming platform, which will be providing additional output of the tournament in Switzerland.

Also on the bill, two heads of business development, Esben Halding from the Danish League, and Max Andersen of DMC Production, will explore the origins and development of Matchday Production, the in-house host broadcaster launched in 2024-25 for the Danish Superliga.

The day will also feature a dedicated strand of Production Workshops covering Cost-Effective Production, Sustainable Production and Match Directing, with LaLiga lead director Òscar Lago Domínguez taking part in the latter.

They join previously announced speakers including:

• Oscar Sanchez, FIFA, Head of Host Broadcast Production
• Gavin Johnson, City Football Group, Media Director
• John De Caux, Manchester City, Head of First Team Content
• Kimberley Walker-Jones, Manchester City, Studio Manager
• Dominik Scholler, DFL, VP of Product Management & Innovation
• Tim Achberger, Sportcast, Director of Technology & Product Management

To find out more and to register go to: https://www.svgeurope.org/football-summit-2025/

The Football Summit dovetails with A City United, an SVG Europe Women event that takes place on the afternoon of Wednesday 19 March at the Hot House in MediaCity, Salford, in association with Dock10. Find out more: https://www.svgeurope.org/women/sessions/svg-europe-women-salford-2025-a-city-united/

Please note, that you will need to register separately for these events. Registration for one will not allow you access to the other.