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Attendance Update

#TDS24 Who will you meet?

(Updated 18 November)

Less than three weeks to go! With #TDS24 Design & Development Summit fast approaching (Manchester, 2-3-4 Dec), registrations continue to flow in.

Latest sign-ups include Addleshaw Goddard, Buro Happold, ZOLB EV, Journey, Sky Business, Solotech, Sound Technology, City Football Club, Kappture, Langan International, Novum Structures UK, Oxford United FC … and more.

We are also hyped to welcome industry leaders AECOM, BDP Pattern and Signify as headline partners to this edition.

Covering the world’s leading sports and entertainment design firms, engineering and consultants, specialist contractors, AV integrators and designers – plus over 400+ delegates from 160+ organisations and 75+ stadium and arena projects from across the globe – this year’s attendance list is unrivalled. Here’s a sample:

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  • Corporate Communications Manager , City Football Group
  • Executive Venue Director, RFU Twickenham Stadium
  • Account Manager, Pixmob
  • Senior Consultant, EY Japan (Ernst & Young)
  • Hostess, Alpha Agency
  • Commercial Partnerships Executive, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Manager, Christy Floodlighting Ltd
  • Head of Sales & Marketing, TEAMcard
  • Principal, Vickery Hyett Architects
  • General Manager, Crusaders FC
  • Global Sports & Social Infrastructure Lead, AECOM
  • Projects Director, Star Group Live
  • Operations Director , F.C. København
  • Director of Facilities & Infrastructure, ECB – England and Wales Cricket Board
  • Solutions Architect – EMEA, Ross Video
  • Head of Facilities, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Commercial & Marketing Director, Real Zaragoza S.A.D.
  • Partner, Walker Morris LLP
  • Business Development Executive, Merson Digital
  • Global Marketing and Communications Lead, AECOM
  • Sports & Events Architecture Director, IDOM
  • Head of Communications, Populous (Europe)
  • Director, Two Circles
  • Board Advisor , Surrey CCC (The Kia Oval)
  • Project Manager – Solutions, Sports & Live Events , Ross Video
  • Commercial Director, Luton Town FC
  • Consultant, Chester Race Company
  • Director, Lucrumholdings Co
  • Project Director, ABBA Voyage
  • Director, ME Engineers
  • Director of International Sales, Axess AG
  • Head of Marketing, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Design Director / Architect, SISA
  • Partner, Gardiner & Theobald LLP
  • Founder, Brandpointe
  • Senior Principal, Populous (Europe)
  • SVP, Director of Global Sports Design, AECOM
  • Associate Partner, Core Five
  • Managing Consultant, Movement Strategies (a GHD company)
  • Business Development Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Design Director, Thornton Tomasetti
  • Chief Executive, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Project Director – Entertainment Venues, Turner & Townsend Alinea
  • Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP
  • Director of Precinct Development, Melbourne & Olympic Parks Trust
  • Engineering Manager Metro Security (GB) PLC
  • CEO, ARX – Kinetic Solutions Group / SCX Special Projects
  • Environmental Health Director, Invito Design
  • Managing Director – Manchester City Operations, Manchester City FC
  • Architectural Sales Manager, Q-Railing
  • Head of Design (UK & Europe), PMY Group
  • EMEA Head of Sustainability, Populous (Europe)
  • Sales Manager, Arena Stadia Seating
  • Sports Business Development Manager, Europe, Samsung Electronics
  • Financial Controller, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Senior Project Manager, RWDI
  • Security Consultant, Metro Security (GB) PLC
  • Managing Director, EMERGENCY NGO

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  • Regional Manager, Teufelberger Redaelli
  • Operations Director, YTL Arena Bristol
  • Group Sales & Marketing Manager, Dawnvale
  • Hotel Manager, Heart of Midlothian FC
  • Founder/Principal, WilsonSEA Ltd
  • General Manager Europe, WSDG
  • Head of Fan Journey, City Football Group
  • Construction Partner, Conexus Law
  • Associate Director, KSS
  • Director of Infrastructure Development, Manchester City FC
  • Associate, Steer Group
  • Executive Vice President of Business Development, Europe, ASM Global
  • Managing Director, Musiikkitalo (Helsinki Music Centre)
  • Head of Stadia Design, Layrd Design
  • Senior Graphic Designer, AECOM
  • Sports & Entertainment and Project Development Attorney, Hogan Lovells International LLP
  • Founder and Managing Director, Faye Bennett Consultancy Services Ltd. (FBCS)
  • Business Development Manager, Kappture
  • Crowd Movement Consultant, Movement Strategies (a GHD company)
  • Venue Sales Manager, Burnley FC
  • Head of Facilities & IT , Chester Race Company
  • Sales Director, ARX – Kinetic Solutions Group / SCX Special Projects
  • CEO, Luton Town FC
  • Head of Guest Experience, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Marketing Executive , ARX – Kinetic Solutions Group / SCX Special Projects
  • Chief Commercial Officer , TAIT
  • Operations Director Bath Rugby Club
  • Regional Director UK & Western Europe, Limak International Limited
  • Director of Estates, Campus Strategy & Property Development, RDS Arena (Royal Dublin Society)
  • Head of Stadium Development, Wealdstone FC
  • Commercial Director, digiLED
  • Head of Sales, Architen Landrell
  • Director, EnTodo Project Management
  • Head of Infrastructure, Sustainability, and Safety and Security, Barclays Women’s Super League and Championship
  • Health & Safety Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Founder, Managing Director, HH Sportsbase + Venues
  • Business Development Associate., Squint/Opera
  • Associate, Arup
  • Project Director, Holmes Miller Architects
  • Director of Services, Coca-Cola Arena
  • Director, F3 Architects
  • Founder, Xperiology
  • Managing Director, Charcoal Blue
  • Business Development Manager, Kappture
  • CEO, F.C. København
  • Marketing Manager UK, Q-Railing
  • Sales Manager, digiLED
  • Sales Director UK, Churchill China

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  • Hospitality Marketing Executive, Heart of Midlothian FC
  • Business Development Manager, TAIT
  • Head of Consulting, Russell Partnership Collection
  • Head of Communications, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Business Development Manager, Sports & Live Events EMEA, Ross Video
  • Founder, Vickery Hyett Architects
  • Associate Principal, GRIMSHAW
  • VP – Partnerships, PAM Wayfinding
  • Sports & Events Architecture Business Development, IDOM
  • Chief Executive Officer, JMTZ Sports & Entertainment
  • UK Senior Manager / Project Management Director, WJHW, a PMY Company
  • Strategic Partnership Manager, Electrosonic
  • Consulting Director, Mott MacDonald
  • Director, Vanguardia
  • Senior Architect, KSS
  • Tech Business Development, Just Walk Out Technology by Amazon
  • Senior Project Manager, Museum Studio UK
  • Account Executive , 24/7 Software
  • Sales Enablement Manager, SFL Group
  • Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
  • Managing Director, Dawnvale
  • Project Manager , Fenwick Iribarren Architects
  • Contracts Director, Portview Fit-Out
  • Managing Director, Dundee FC
  • Director, AFL Architects
  • Head of Community, Public Affairs and Projects, Surrey CCC (The Kia Oval)
  • Organisational Lead, Equitable Cost Group
  • Development Director, Oxford United FC
  • Director, Buildings + Places, AECOM
  • Creative Director, 20|20
  • Director, Steer Group
  • Associate, Walker Morris LLP
  • Associate Director of Technical Sales, William Hare Limited
  • Director, Programme, Project, Cost Management, AECOM
  • Senior Associate – Head of Sport, Rider Levett Bucknall
  • Founder, Chair & CEO, SEREGH Global Holdings
  • Managing Director, Thermagrip
  • Director, ZOLB EV
  • General Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Head of Ticketing Strategy, Data and Operations, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Director, BDP Pattern
  • Chief Digital Officer, Inurface Media
  • Manchester Metropolitan University/Sports Business Management, The Stadium Business
  • President, JG Ingenieros
  • Manager, Strategic Partnerships COSM
  • International Sales Manager, Daplast
  • Group Leader: Design Department, Takenaka Corporation (Nagasaki Stadium City)
  • Commercial Director, Chester Race Company
  • Global Business Development Manager, Charcoal Blue
  • Chief Executive, Petersham Group
  • Principal, CPEng, PEInt(AUS), Thornton Tomasetti
  • Managing Partner, GRIMSHAW
  • Principal Consultant, Digital, Turner & Townsend Alinea
  • Hospitality Sales Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Sales & Marketing Manager, Architen Landrell
  • Partner, Core Five
  • Project Operations Manager, Axess AG
  • Sales Manager, Architen Landrell
  • Owner & Co-Founder, The Aventive Group
  • Partnerships & Marketing Director, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Sales Operations Manager, 3D Digital Venue
  • Director, BDP Pattern
  • CEO / GM, FC Sion
  • Principal, Senior Architect, AECOM
  • Fitout Director, The Deluxe Group
  • Group Design Director, Robert Bird Group
  • Director of Cricket Performance, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • COO/CFO, International, Oak View Group (OVG)
  • Principal Partner, Fenwick Iribarren Architects
  • Chief Executive Officer, NOKIA Arena
  • Consulting Principal, AECOM
  • Director, Willis Hazell Engineers
  • Design Director, Hilson Moran
  • Senior National Account Manager, Churchill China
  • Associate / Architect, FWP Architecture
  • Assistant Director – Hotel & Conferencing Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Director, Thornton Tomasetti
  • AV Consultant, F.C. Lugano SA
  • General Manager – Strategy & Infrastructure, Hawthorn FC
  • Technical Manager, National Sport Base
  • Founder, Sport and Live Vision Finland
  • Senior Engineer, Momentum Structural Engineers
  • Ops and Sales Manager , The FA
  • Facilities Manager, The FA
  • Managing Director, OPS Structures
  • Technology Programme Manager, YTL Arena Bristol
  • Commercial Director, F.C. København
  • Stadium Development Director, THE STADIUM HUB
  • Senior Design Manager, Plan A Consultants
  • UK Embodied Carbon Lead for Structures, Buro Happold
  • “Chief Commercial Officer, Freemans Event Partners
  • Director, BTY Group
  • Head of Conference and Event Sales, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Associate Director, Architecture, AECOM
  • Associate Director, BDP Pattern
  • Co-Owner and Vice Chairman, Tranmere Rovers
  • Head of Business Development, Populous (Europe)
  • Lead Alpha , Alpha Agency
  • International Director Sports & Arenas, Signify
  • Territory Manager UK & Ireland, Bose Professional
  • Associate Director, Turley
  • Ticketing & Fan Coordinator (SLO), Viborg FF
  • Director, Vanguardia
  • Founder, Chybik + Kristof = Architects
  • Premium, Suite & Hospitality Executive, Croke Park Stadium
  • Project & Events Manager, Viborg FF
  • Ticketing & Stadium Manager, Viborg FF
  • Managing Director UK, Daktronics
  • Global Head of Business Development, NewSubstance
  • Commercial Director, Electrosonic
  • Chief Operating Officer, Portview Fit-Out
  • Regional Sales Manager, Brett Martin
  • Executive Vice President, Asia and MENA ASM Global
  • Business Development Manager, Chybik + Kristof = Architects
  • Client Services Director, Merson Digital
  • Project Director – Sports, Turner & Townsend Alinea
  • Managing Director, Rockvolt
  • Managing Director, Axess AG
  • Director, WOO Architects
  • Chief Technology Officer, Russell Partnership Collection
  • Head of Change and Sustainability, Bristol Sport / Ashton Gate Stadium
  • Project Designer, City of Tampere
  • Director – ARX, ARX – Kinetic Solutions Group / SCX Special Projects
  • VP of Sales & Marketing, COSM
  • Senior Director, 24/7 Software
  • Managing Director, Wrenbridge Sport
  • Partner – Dispute Resolution Group, Gowling WLG
  • Business Development Director, The Deluxe Group
  • Director, Keppie Design Ltd
  • Director of Marketing, Harrison Design
  • Senior Associate Architect O.A., AFL Architects
  • Head of Commercial, Port Vale FC
  • Partner- UK Sport & Entertainment Lead, Buro Happold
  • Director, Willis Hazell Engineers
  • Partner, Buro Happold
  • Venues Lead UK & Europe, Mott MacDonald
  • Director, Engineering, AECOM
  • Estates Director, Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s)
  • Principal Commercial Surveyor, Manchester City Council
  • Director – Stadiums/Arena Portfolio, Cumming Group
  • Marketing Manager, Churchill China
  • Application Project Mgr, Sport Facilities L-Acoustics
  • Group Catering Director, Chester Race Company
  • Partner, Rider Levett Bucknall
  • Technical Director Engineering Sciences, Mott MacDonald
  • Associate Design Manager, Plan A Consultants
  • Operations Manager, Automated Perimeter Security
  • Manager, EY Japan (Ernst & Young)
  • Director, Walker Morris LLP
  • Associate Partner, gmp Architects/gmp International GmbH
  • Associate Principal, GRIMSHAW
  • Founder (Independent Consultant), Orion Creative Services
  • Communications Manager, Populous (Europe)
  • Owner Representative, DD REAL s.r.o.
  • Area Sales Manager, Daplast
  • Export Area Manager, Daplast
  • Executive Director, Movement Strategies (a GHD company)
  • Managing Director, d&b audiotechnik
  • CEO, Kojo
  • Sales Director, William Hare Limited
  • Business Development Manager, Kappture
  • Chief Operating Officer, Chester Race Company
  • Stadium Safety Officer, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Executive Programme Director, Chelsea FC
  • Capital Projects Manager, The FA
  • Associate Director, Keppie Design Ltd
  • Project Director, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Head of Sports and Venues EMEA., Extreme Networks
  • Automation and Technology Manager, Luton Town FC
  • Sales Manager, Arena Stadia Seating
  • Regional Manager – Midlands, Sika
  • Director, Planning, Head of Expert Witness, Turley
  • CEO, Oxford United FC

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  • Global Consultant, Sustainable Construction, Sika
  • Director, BTY Group
  • Architectural Sales Consultant, Q-Railing
  • Tech Business Development & Alliances, Just Walk Out Technology by Amazon
  • Commercial Partnerships Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
  • Sales Manager – UK & Ireland, L-Acoustics
  • Head of Technical, digiLED
  • Director, Buro Happold
  • Projects Director, Lendlease Construction Europe
  • Sr Venue Sales Manager, Manchester City FC
  • Head of Dept – New Stadium, Hertha BSC Stadion GmbH
  • Owner, ZED Entertainment
  • Conference, Events & Accommodation Executive, Heart of Midlothian FC
  • Head of Premium Sales – New Stadium, Everton FC
  • Senior Project Manager, Lendlease Construction Europe
  • UK Architecture Director, IDOM
  • Managing Director, Momentum Transport Consultancy
  • Director, Head of Sports & Leisure, Turner & Townsend Alinea
  • CEO and Founder, Layrd Design Layrd Design
  • Director, Arup
  • Europe Business Development Manager, Navori Labs
  • Manager Business Development, GigaTera EU
  • Managing Director, Europe Pixmob
  • Group Leader – Design Administration, Toda Corporation (Nagasaki Stadium City)
  • Head of Facilities & Development, Surrey CCC (The Kia Oval)
  • Business Development Associate, Journey

and there’s more to come!

Get to know everyone worth knowing in stadium and arena developments ONLY at #TDS24

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