Agenda

9 October 2026

08:00

Registration & Networking Breakfast

08:55
Opening Presentation

Where the Next Dollar in Asia Pacific Sport Comes From

  1. Vivek Couto — CEO & Executive Director — Media Partners Asia (MPA)
09:10
Opening Keynote Conversation

From Distributing Sport to Owning It

  1. Derek Chang — President & CEO — Liberty Media
09:30
In Conversation

LALIGA: A Global League's Playbook for Asia

  1. Javier Tebas — President — LALIGA
09:50
In Conversation

Prime Video Sport: A Global Playbook, Read from Asia Pacific

  1. Alex Green — Managing Director, Prime Video Sport International — Amazon
  2. Gaurav Gandhi — Vice President, APAC and ANZ — Prime Video
10:10
In Conversation

JioStar: Scale at Home, the Road Abroad

  1. Ishan Chatterjee — CEO - Sports — JioStar
10:30
In Conversation

The Franchise View: Rajasthan Royals in the Ownership Wave (TBC)

  1. Gaurav Mehta — CEO — Rajasthan Royals
10:45
In Conversation

YouTube & Sport: Where Fans Find the Game Now

  1. Ajay Vidyasagar — Regional Director — YouTube
11:05
In Conversation

Bundesliga in Asia: Beyond the Rights Fee

  1. Peer Naubert — Chief Commercial Officer — Bundesliga Media
11:25
In Conversation

The Australian Open in Asia: A Grand Slam's International Business

  1. Roddy Campbell — Director of Partnerships & International Business — Tennis Australia
11:45
In Conversation

The Fight for Value: Piracy and the Price of Live Sport

  1. Shane McCarthy — CEO — Friend MTS
  2. Dr. Soraj Asavaprapha — CEO & Chairman — Jasmine International PCL
12:05
In Conversation

Astro: Sport and the Malaysian Household

  1. Henry Tan — Group CEO — Astro
12:25
In Conversation

AIS: The Telco as Sports Platform

  1. Surin Krittayaphongphun — Executive Director — Advanced Info Service
12:45
In Conversation

Cricket's Global Model

  1. Sanjog Gupta — CEO — International Cricket Council
13:00

Lunch

14:00
Case Study

Netflix and the World Baseball Classic

  1. Vishal Sarin — Chief Financial Officer, Asia Pacific — Netflix
14:20
Panel

Sports as an Asset Class: Institutional Capital, Global Lessons and What It Means for Asia

  1. Raj Natarajan — Managing Director & Global Head of Growth — ICONIQ
  2. Markus Gloël — Co-Founder — IKON Capital
  3. Hua Fung Teh — Co-Founder and Group President — Group ONE Holdings (ONE)
  4. Jose Ramón Capdevila — Founder & CEO — Arragari Group
14:45
Presentation

U-NEXT: Building Japan's Streaming Home for Sport

  1. Toshi Honda — COO — U-Next
15:05
Presentation

J.League: Growth, Distribution and the Next Decade

  1. Junya Higuchi — Corporate Executive Officer — J.League
15:25
Panel

Japan Spotlight: Stadiums, Athletes and the Post-WBC Commercial Model

  1. Ken Maezawa — President — Fighters Sports & Entertainment (FSE)
  2. Junji Sakata — President & CEO — Amuse Sports Agency, Inc.
  3. Andy Hata — CEO — ANDY Corporation
15:45
In Conversation

Korea Spotlight: TVING, Streaming and the Korean Fan

  1. Julie Choi — CEO — TVING
16:00
In Conversation

Now TV, Pay TV and the Price of Live Sport

  1. Derek Choi — Managing Director, Consumer Marketing & Pay TV — HKT (Now TV)
16:15

Coffee & Networking

16:30
Presentation

MPA Fan Research: What Actually Creates Fandom

  1. Dhivya T — Head of Insights — ampd & Media Partners Asia
16:45
Panel

The Next Generation Fan: Fandom Beyond the Live Window

  1. Finn Bradshaw — Head of Digital — International Cricket Council
  2. Barney Francis — Chief Business Officer — IMG
  3. Tom Thirlwall — Co-founder & CEO — COPA90
  4. Siddharth Raman — CEO — Sportz Interactive
17:10
Panel

The Technology Stack: AI Production, Localisation and Protection

  1. Guy Port — Head of Asia — WSC Sports
  2. Guy Piekarz — CEO & Co-Founder — Panjaya
17:30
Panel

India's Sports Economy: The Athlete Pipeline, Capital and the Next Growth Curve

  1. Saugato Banerjee — CEO — GoSports Foundation
  2. Mustafa Ghouse — General Partner — Centre Court Capital
17:50
In Conversation

Growth Capital and the Long Game in Sport

  1. Kevin Mayer — Co-Founder & Executive Chairman, Smash Capital; Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Candle Media — Smash Capital & Candle Media
18:10
Closing Remarks

Close of Forum

  1. Vivek Couto — CEO & Executive Director — Media Partners Asia (MPA)
18:15

Evening Reception

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