CTN Sport Summit

Gender Equality in Sport: Game Changers
in Leadership

May 16, 2023

Brontë Goodwin, Andrea Marcellini Sausaer, Sergey Lyzhin, Sabrina Ibanez, Bram Schellekens, Lombe Mwambwa, Ruben Cohen

About this summit

Our inaugural CTN summit was created out of a desire to bring everyone into the conversation when discussing how we can make positive change towards a more diverse sport leadership team. Our event focused on:

  • The biases we see in the sport industry, with a reference to women in leadership;

  • The internal and external barriers women face when aiming for leadership positions in sport and;

  • The importance of male allies and inclusive conversations when working to a more diverse leadership team.

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Keynote Speaker

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Sabrina Ibáñez

Secretary General, Fédération Equestre Internationale President, Association of Paralympic Sport Organisations

FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez is a passionate supporter of gender equality and diversity and has spoken extensively on these topics. She is also the President of the Association of Paralympic Sport Organisations (APSO), a position which she was elected to in September 2017, and then re-elected for a further four-year term in December 2021.

She was also a member of the IOC Gender Equality Working Group, and in October 2020 was appointed Chair of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Diversity and Gender Equality Consultative Group (ADGEG), having been a member of ADGEG since its inception in May 2019.

PANEL

Striving for Equality:
Driving Change for Equality in Sport Leadership

Meet the Speakers:

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Head of Operations,
2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships

Andrea Marcellini Sauser

Research Director,
Global Observatory,
Post-Doctoral Researcher, UNIL

Dr Lombé Mwambwa

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Sergey Lyhzin

Project Coordinator,
ASOIF & Honorary Secretary General, APSO

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Head of Summer Sports
& IF Relations,
IOC

Bram Schellekens

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT

Laureus Sport for Good

Proceeds from the 2023 CTN Sport Summit were donated to Laureus Sport for Good.

Founded under the Patronage of Nelson Mandela, Laureus Sport for Good uses sport as a powerful and cost-effective tool to help children and young people overcome violence, discrimination and disadvantage in their lives.

Laureus Sport for Good currently supports more than 300 programmes in over 40 countries and territories that use the power of sport to transform lives.

OUR 2023 PARTNERS

CTN is a not-for-profit organisation, and our aim is to ensure all our events are accessible by keeping entry prices low. This would not be possible without our partners, so we wish to thank them for their ongoing support in making Changing the Narrative in Sport possible.

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CTN EDUCATION PARTNER

The mission of the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) is to bring a positive contribution to the management of sport through post-graduate and executive education, as well as applied research, consulting and services by developing, integrating and delivering multidisciplinary knowledge from human sciences, life sciences and engineering sciences.

The AISTS is located on the campus of the University of Lausanne and EPFL in the new Synathlon building, a unique venue for sport, training and research opened in 2018.
AISTS is the official CTN Education Partner for our Summits hosted in Switzerland.
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The objectives of the AISTS Alumni Committee is to serve the alumni group by facilitating interaction between its members and strengthening the network by offering various services to its members.
Through the partnership with the AISTS Alumni Committee, we were able to offer the alumni discounted tickets to attend the event.
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  • A woman in a blue blazer giving a presentation in a conference room with an audience. Large screen behind her displays a woman's face with a quote: 'If she can do it... then so can I!' a smaller screen on the side shows a profile picture and name, Sabrina Ibañez, Secretary General FEI, President APSO.
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  • A woman giving a presentation in front of a large screen displaying her photo and name, Andrea Marcellini Sauser, at a professional event in a room with large windows and a view of trees outside.
  • A woman with curly black hair and glasses standing behind a podium with the FISU logo, speaking into a microphone, with a laptop on the podium and a large window with trees in the background.
  • Group of eight professionals standing together in a conference room, smiling, with a presentation slide behind them titled 'Changing the Narrative' related to gender equality in sport summit.