AFTER A SUCCESSFUL first year in 2014, the Sport Summit will once again run during the opening two days of the Web Summit when it returns to the RDS in November this year.
And headlining this year will be 2013 Tour De France winner Chris Froome and former Ajax, Juventus and Manchester United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar.
Froome is among the favourites to win Le Tour again this season and he is set to speak about his experience riding some of cycling’s most challenging races.
Winner of eight league titles, two Champions Leagues and a Uefa Cup, Van der Sar is now marketing manager of Ajax having retired from playing in 2011.
Among the other guests confirmed so far are Cindy Cone — winner of 158 caps for the USAWNT — who is now fights to solve sports’ concussion crisis.
There will also be appearances from former Minnesota Vikings running back Robert Smith, Elizabeth Parkinson, SVP of Marketing at the Detroit Lions, Dessie Farrell, CEO of the Gaelic Players Association and Nigel Eccles, CEO of fantasy sports company Fanduel.
