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INDUSTRY NEWS Tennis Europe has revealed the programme for the 2018 Top Executives’ Meeting, which is due to be hosted by the Czech Tennis Association in Prague from 28th to 30th November. A record 17 speakers will be taking to the stage during the event, which, while retaining a broad focus on tennis, has this year been upgraded to showcase real-life experiences and success stories from across the sports industry. The two-day meeting will examine three main topics - Fundraising & Sponsorship, Digitalisation and Event Manage- ment – and will see speakers sharing the knowledge and best practices from each field that are essential for the Executive Directors and General Managers from Tennis Europe’s constituent national tennis associations due to be in attendance. The complete speaker line-up is as follows: Benjamin Steen, Head of Digital Projects and CRM, FC Bayern München Mats Merkel, Independent Consultant, adidas Achim Ittner, Global Business Development Director Sports, SAP Herwig Straka, CEO & Founder, e|motion management gmbh Stéphane Gurov, Executive Managing Director, Top Five Management Christian Wilbers, Director of Advertising and Communications, HEAD Ben Gittus, Director of Standards, EOSE Attila Richter, General Secretary, Hungarian Tennis Association Kelly Fairweather, Chief Operating Officer, ITF Luca Santilli, Executive Director, Development, ITF Paul Lifton, ITF Rating Project Manager Stéphane Morel, Deputy CEO, Marketing & Business Development, FFT Magdalena Rejniak-Romer, Chief Executive Officer, Polish Tennis Association ENTDECKE DIE WELT DER WE MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE 15 Die Int. Plattform für alle Trainer und Coaches die professionell unterrichten INFO: PTR European Headquarters Leichtergasse 28 - 39012 MERAN Fon: [phone] - www.ptrtennis.de - [email protected] ERSA PRO STRINGER // ISSUE 8-2018