SVG Europe Women to hit BT Sport and Timeline TV on 30 January for winter networking event

The inaugural SVG Europe Women Award also announced

SVG Europe Women is back in 2020 at BT Sport in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park London for another evening of networking and insightful sessions.

Save the date for the SVG Europe Women winter networking event with BT Sport and Timeline TV on 30 January 2020, kicking off at 5.30pm with drinks and canapés.

With BT Sport presenters Abi Stephens and Sarra Elgan hosting and chairing sessions and one of the broadcaster’s women’s football experts, former Lionesses goalkeeper Rachel Brown-Finnis, also speaking, this is set to be an outstanding night.

SVG Europe Women is also pleased to announce the inaugural SVG Europe Women Award for recognition of significant achievement in encouraging the advancement of women working in sports broadcasting, which will be awarded on the evening.

Questions from the audience at SVG Europe Women’s winter networking event 2018 with BT Sport and Timeline TV

The programme will include a chat show-style session that will provide insight from guests exploring women and inclusion, influencing future females to come into sports broadcasting, and setting strong female role models.

Also, the big debate session will ask engineers and educators about what needs to be done to bring more women into both engineering careers within sports broadcasting and the educational tracts to get them there.

Jamie Hindhaugh, BT Sport chief operating officer, commented: “We are proud to be hosting the SVG Europe Women winter networking event for the second successive year. We’re looking forward to continuing to advance diversity and inclusion in 2020.”

Register for the SVG Europe Women event: https://sferainteractive.wufoo.com/forms/svg-europe-women-30th-january-2020/