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Premier League Football Forum to feature at Leaders Shanghai summit

The Premier League Football Forum will be the major highlight of the second day of the Leaders Sport Business Summit in Shanghai.

Held at The Kerry Hotel in Pudong from 18-19 July, the Leaders summit in the Chinese city will welcome 300 delegates and focus on innovation in sport, entertainment and media.

Leaders has partnered with the Premier League and the UK Department for International Trade to create the forum on 19 July. English football top-flight executives, clubs and partners will take to the stage.

Premier League in Asia

This year’s Premier League Asia Trophy will see Manchester City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Wolverhampton Wanderers play in Nanjing and Shanghai from 17-20 July.

The Leaders Premier League Football Forum will be held a day before the final of the Premier League Asia Trophy.

A growing sports market

Among the speakers confirmed for day one of the Leaders Shanghai summit include Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment CEO Scott O’Neil, NBA China CEO Derek Chang and Formula 1 global director of promoter and business relations Chloe Targett-Adams.

Topics that will feature at the summit include:

  • Building fan bases, forging new business relationships and developing players 
  • The future of Chinese football 
  • Inside a new era of sports broadcasting 
  • Challenges facing Premier League executives and owners 
  • Brand strategies and sponsorship activation tactics

For more information see leadersinsport.com

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