#TDS26 Attendance Update: Who’s at our 15th Birthday Party?

The countdown for the landmark 15th annual edition of TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Summit (#TDS26) is well underway, and the momentum for our anniversary celebration has been phenomenal. Celebrating 15 years of gathering the global venue ecosystem, #TDS26 remains the premier opportunity to connect with the leading professionals involved in the finance, design, delivery, refurbishment, and operation of sports and entertainment venues.

With over 400 attendees already registered and more than 200 organisations confirmed, the room in Manchester is filling up fast with C-level, international project delegations from stadiums, arenas, and entertainment destinations – along with the leading architects, engineers, consultants, advisors, and the full supply chain to the sector in attendance.

Here is a breakdown of the global delegations you will meet, networking to get a better project outcome:

(correct at 28 October 2026)

• CEO, Royal Highland Centre / Royal Highland Show
• Chief Strategy Officer, Wrexham AFC
• CEO, Luton Town FC
• CFO, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Managing Director, Luton Town FC
• Managing Director, The Stadium Consultancy
• Belles Chief Executive, Club Doncaster/Eco-Power Stadium
• Chief Economist, TSC Impact
• Chief Executive, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• CEO, Kinetic Solutions Group / ARX
• CEO & Founder, Prime Arena Holdings
• CEO, Stadium Structures
• CEO / GM, FC Sion
• Chief Executive Officer, DHL Stadium Cape Town
• Chief Executive Officer, Hakro Merlins Basketball Club
• Executive Director, FC Banik Ostrava
• Managing Director, Royal Highland Centre / Royal Highland Show
• Managing Director, OPS Structures
• Managing Director, Architen Landrell
• Owner’s Rep/PM, AC Sparta Prague
• CEO, Planit
• CEO, GKAD GmbH
• Chief Non-Sport & CEO, BSC Young Boys (Stade de Suisse)
• Managing Director, Rockvolt
• CEO, Bath Rugby Club
• CEO, Uppsala Arenor och fastigheter AB
• CCO, Tromsø IL
• Managing Director, Momentum Transport Consultancy
• President, JG Ingenieros
• Founder, Vickery Hyett Architects
• Founder, Brandpointe
• Founder & Engineering Lead, DSK Engineering
• Founder, Managing Director, HH Sportsbase + Venues
• Founder / CEO, WOO Architects
• Founder & Director, QA Venue Solutions
• Founding Director & Virtual Planit Director, Planit
• Head of Client & Visitor Experience Innovation, ATS
• EVP, Venue Development & Operations, Oak View Group (OVG)
• Director Innovation & Advisory, Johan Cruijff Arena
• CFO, FC Nuremberg
• Euro28 Project Manager, Aston Villa FC

Shouldn’t you be networking with these decision-makers? Can you afford not to be there?

• Vice President, HKS Architects
• Vice President of Sales, CTI
• Vice President, Project Delivery, TAIT
• VP of Operations, Moody Center
• Vice President, Cast Connex
• Vice President Strategic Sales Support, Henny Penny Corp.
• Vice President of Sales, Series Seating
• Commercial Director, Warwickshire CCC / Edgbaston Stadium
• Director, Holmes Miller Architects
• Principal, Adamson Associates Int
• Partner, Gardiner & Theobald
• Development Manager, EP Group / AC Sparta Prague
• Director, Robert Bird Group
• Director, ArcAero
• Director, Deloitte
• Director, tp bennett
• Senior Commercial Director, Arcadis Consulting
• Commercial Director, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Partner, Cundall
• Commercial & Marketing Director, Real Zaragoza
• Technical Director Building Services, WSP
• Constructions Director, Integral Group (Turkey)
• Associate Director, Charcoalblue
• Director, Hoopers Architects
• Communications Director, Irish FA
• Engineering Director, JG Ingenieros
• Operations Director, Aviva Arena (YTL Live)
• Sustainability and Impact Lead, Marylebone Cricket Club (Lord’s)
• Director of Landscape Architecture, Land Use Consultants (LUC)
• Director, Turley
• Executive Development Director, BRC Imagination Arts
• Partner, BeachStadium
• Project Director, Stadium Structures
• Project Director, Artelia UK Ltd.
• Director of Culture and New Business, WOO Architects
• Director of Sports, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group
• Director, Planit
• Regional Director UK & Western Europe, Limak International Limited
• Partner, Stace LLP
• Planning Director, Lichfields
• Chief of Technical & Design, Integral Group (Turkey)
• Director, Business Region Development, Business Lahti
• Business Development Director, TAIT
• Midlands Regional Director, Gleeds LLP
• Principal, Grimshaw Architects
• Technical Director, IDOM
• Marketing and PR Director, FC Banik Ostrava
• Director, Zaha Hadid Architects
• Business Development Director, Fenwick Iribarren Architects
• Innovation & Strategy, Johan Cruijff Arena
• Design Principal, Director of Sports, Recreation and Entertainment, HOK International
• Director, AFL Architects
• Director of Operations, Yorkshire County Cricket Club
• Director of New Business, RSHP
• Associate Director, Steer Group
• COO, Southampton FC
• Director, Stadium Support Services
• Senior Principal, Thornton Tomasetti
• Partner, Grimshaw Architects
• Principal Director, tp bennett
• Director, Business Development, Mycotoo Europe
• Director – ISX, Kinetic Solutions Group / ARX
• Assistant Director, Deloitte
• Partnerships Director, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Director of Cricket Performance, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Director, Willis Hazell Engineers
• Design & Development Director, Unibox
• Director, Thornton Tomasetti
• Associate Director – Fire Engineering, WSP
• Director, Fundamental
• Sales Director, Astra Group
• Director, Tricon Foodservice Consultants
• Director, Venue Architects
• Planning Consultant (Director), DP9 Ltd
• Client Services Director, Merson Digital
• Planning Director, Savills
• Pre Construction Director, Sir Robert McAlpine
• Managing Director, Stuart Forbes Associates
• Director – ARX, Kinetic Solutions Group / ARX
• Design Director, AKT II
• Director – Sports & Leisure, Gleeds LLP
• Director of Business, G&A Strategy and Design
• Associate Director, WSP
• Director, Costudio Consulting
• Director International Business Development, Hussey Seating
• Associate Director, Plan A Consultants
• Associate, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
• Director of Estate Operations, Ascot
• Partner, Boodle Hatfield LLP
• Director, Steer Group
• Director, Business Development, The·Team
• Director, HKS Architects
• Principal, Machete Group
• Commercial Director, Uppsala Arenor och fastigheter AB
• Director, Chybik + Kristof = Architects
• Strategy & PMO Director, Sporting Clube de Portugal
• Design & Delivery Director, Astra Group
• Operations Director, Bath Rugby Club
• Director, New Business, Sir Robert McAlpine
• Group Sales Director, DT Sports
• Stadium and Facilities Manager, Gibraltar FA
• Managing Owner, Hardball Capital
• Director of BDM Europe, Navori Labs
• Director of Facilities and Acting Director of Projects, Bahrain General Sports Authority

Ready to engage with the industry’s leading venue and stadium project directors?

• Sales & Business Development MENA, Series / Forum
• Business Development Manager, Pure Vista
• Consulting Principal, Russell Partnership Collection
• Fundraising Manager, EMERGENCY NGO
• Specification Manager, Serge Ferrari Group
• Head of Global Planning Europe, Legends Global
• Head of Network Engineering Sports and Venues – EMEA, Extreme Networks
• Head of Wireless Built Environment, Real Wireless
• Head of Capital Works, Brighton & Hove Albion FC
• Head : Engineering Planning Unit, City of Cape Town
• Event Director, Tennis Events, MARI Group
• Head of Supporter Experience, Stoke City FC
• Cricket Marketing Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Commercial Partnerships, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Facilities, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Client Services Manager, Merson Digital
• Partner, Watson Farley & Williams LLP
• Project Development Manager, Integral Group (Turkey)
• Project Director, Ashton Gate Sporting Quarter
• Senior Project Manager, Limak International Limited
• Head of Sports Development, Savills
• Head of Architecture, Uppsala Arenor och fastigheter AB
• Marketing & Comms Assistant Director, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Venue, Stoke City FC
• Project Delivery Manager UK, RWDI
• Head of Stadium Development, FC Nuremberg
• Regional Manager, Teufelberger Redaelli
• Senior Stadium Operations Manager, Bath Rugby Club
• Special Projects, Temme Obermeier GmbH
• Account Manager, Unibox
• Sales Executive, Musco Lighting Europe
• Sports & Partnerships Director, Unilumin
• Business Development Manager EMEA, Powersoft
• Director, Eidos Engineering
• Director, Spencer Technologies Global
• GM – Hospitality & Events, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• General Manager Sports & Entertainment, Moment Factory
• Head of Facilities & Capital Projects, York Racecourse
• Head of Guest Experience & Membership Secretary, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Brand & Venue Marketing Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Lead Consultant – Venues, Live Nation Middle East
• Global Business Development Lead, Sports, L-Acoustics
• Business Development Consultant Europe, CPP Wind Engineering
• Stadium Events Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Marketing & Communications, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Business Development, Sport & Wellbeing, Business Lahti
• Senior Project Manager, ClarkeCM Limited
• Head of Marketing & Sales, RB Leipzig
• Business Development Manager, Meyer Sound
• Hotel Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Ticketing Strategy, Data and Operations, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Senior Fan Engagement Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Sales & Marketing Manager, Stadium Structures
• Stadium & Arena Development Manager, Ecoglo International
• Global Head, Experience and Strategic Innovation, Meyer Sound
• Business Development Manager, tp bennett
• Director Project Programme, City of Cape Town
• Head of Hospitality, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Key Account Manager – New Business, JDE Peet’s
• General Manager, Flint Town United
• Global Business Manager, Teufelberger Redaelli
• Assistant Director – Hotel & Conferencing, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Business Development Manager, Unibox
• Senior Business Development Manager, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Business Development Manager, Charcoalblue
• Executive Manager, Strategy and Insights, Melbourne Cricket Club
• Marketing Manager, Unibox
• Project Manager – Vitality Stadium, AFC Bournemouth
• International Sales & Project Development, Temme Obermeier GmbH
• General Secretary, Gibraltar FA
• Head of Interiors, F3 Architects
• Health & Safety and Resilience, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Head of Industrial Rope Access, Denholm Industrial Services
• Market Development Manager, Shure
• Serge Ferrari Architecture Manager, Serge Ferrari Group
• Head of Sports & Venues EMEA, Extreme Networks
• Automation & Technology Manager, Luton Town FC
• Head of People, Lancs Cricket / Emirates Old Trafford
• Senior Business Development Manager Sports & Area, Ledvance
• Regional Strategy Lead – UK & Ireland, GigaTera Lighting
• Regional Leader – Sports, Recreation & Entertainment, HOK International

Don’t miss the chance to meet the project leaders executing tomorrow’s iconic venues.

• Senior Associate, F3 Architects
• Associate, HKS Architects
• Architectural Sales Manager (Central&IRL), Q-Railing
• Crowd Movement & Operations Advisor, Ashton Flow
• Consultant, Kronman Associates
• Architect/Owner, WilsonSEA
• Architect, Christian Constantin SA
• People Movement Consultant, Ashton Flow
• Senior Associate Architect, Hoopers Architects
• Design Consultant, CTI
• Associate, Walker Morris LLP
• Assistant Coach, FC Banik Ostrava
• Senior Sustainability & Wellness Strategist, Gensler
• Senior Business Development Associate, NewSubstance
• Associate, Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson
• Associate Cost Consultant, Arcadis Consulting
• Engineer, Technical Sales, Cast Connex
• Engineer, Studio Monotti – Engineering
• General Manager, Musco Lighting Europe
• Director, Cavendish Consulting
• Finance Director, Gibraltar FA
• CFO, City of Cape Town
• Associate, Momentum Structural Engineering
• UK & Ireland Sales Manager, Uniguest
• Associate Vice President, Venue Logistics & Execution Lead, NBA – National Basketball Association
• EU Resilience Lead | Sports Sustainability Specialist, Gensler
• Head of Stadiums, Ligue Nationale de Rugby (LNR)
• Senior Architectural Engineer, Bahrain General Sports Authority
• Territory Manager UK & Ireland, Bose Professional
• Director of Global Marketing, G&A Strategy and Design
• Senior Technical Director, Langan International
• Founder & CEO, Knowix

… and many, many more connections to be made.

If you are involved in venue design, development, operations and technology, then TheStadiumBusiness Design & Development Summit 2026 is where you need to be this December.

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N.B. The Earlybird discount – saving £100 on the delegate fee – ends Friday 23 October