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4th SIGA Summit announces speakers for New York

Organizations such as NBA, NFL, PGA Tour, and the NY Yankees will discuss breaking the gender glass ceiling, inclusion and gender equity in sports.

4th SIGA Summit announces speakers for New York
Jeffrey May
A product of Cajun country in south Louisiana, Jeff played football through high school, and baseball through college and beyond. After getting a BFA from the Savannah College of Art & Design, he moved to London, where he worked for Sky Sports and coached the 2005 British Champion Croydon Pirates baseball team. He also cooks a mean jambalaya.
Update:

The fourth annual SIGA Summit will take place in New York on March 6, 2024 as the Director of AS USA, Sarah Castro, will moderate the session “The Changemakers: Leading the Sport Integrity Evolution.”

Spanish media giant Diario AS are media partners of the event and will be providing live coverage of the event.

Castro said, “AS is delighted to continue our work with SIGA, serving as a media partner for their annual Summit on Female Leadership in Sport. Leading the charge for integrity and gender equity in sports, SIGA’s efforts are crucial, and we are committed to ensuring their message reaches a broad audience. This Summit is a vital forum, offering a platform for diverse voices to address some of the most important topics facing global sport. We look forward to bringing these critical discussions directly to our readers.”

Over 50 organizations will be represented at the annual event, including the WNBA, NBA, NFL, PGA Tour, UEFA, CONCACAF, CANOC, USL, NY Yankees, DC United, Golden State Warriors WNBA Team, Liverpool FC, Arsenal FC, LA Rams, and the IMG Academy.

SIGA have announced the final list of confirmed speakers, of which 46 are women. The Director of Communication and Media at SIGA, Nuno Perestrelo, is excited to partner with Diario AS, saying, “Seeing a media giant such as Diario AS align with SIGA as Media Partner of the Annual Summit on Female Leadership in Sport is a testament to the work both SIGA and Diario AS are doing on a daily basis. From our first conversations back in 2021, it was evident that Diario AS was fully committed to helping sport achieve the highest levels of Good Governance and Integrity. Under the leadership of Vicente Jimenez and his team, Diario AS is a pioneer in the media landscape. I am sure many will follow, and start taking Integrity as an indispensable pillar of the sporting Industry.”

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This fourth edition of SIGA Summit is the biggest so far, as the event moves from strength to strength. Delegates will attend from all over the USA as well as from Brazil, Canada, France, Portugal, Qatar, and the UK.

SIGA is a non-profit organization headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and dedicated to delivering independent global rating and certification for world sports, bringing together sport, governments, academia, international organisations, sponsors, business, rights holders, NGOs and professional services companies to foster integrity in sport.

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