DILI (23 July 2014) – Shaikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa, President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), is set to speak at the Leaders Sport Business Summit at Stamford Bridge, which will be held from 8 to 9 October 2014.
The AFC President joins other dignitaries who will be speaking at the event including Jeffrey Webb, President, CONCACAF; Christian Seifert, CEO, German Bundesliga and Erick Thohir, Owner and President, FC Internazionale Milano.
Committed to reinvigorate the solidarity of the Asian football community whilst safeguarding and promoting the game, Shaikh Salman will talk about the future of football in Asia, including the forthcoming AFC Asian Cup in Australia, the continued development of the AFC Champions League and other AFC tournaments, the importance of strengthening the foundation of football development including social responsibility as well as the challenges and opportunities of governing the world’s most populous football region.
Shaikh Salman commented: “The AFC is now more determined than ever to oversee the growth of Asian football through the many initiatives and development programmes that we have designed for the long term. Attending the Leaders Sport Business Summit gives us a great opportunity to interact and share ideas on our plans for the future of Asian football with leading figures and decision makers in the game and the wider world of sports”.
The 7th edition of the Leaders Sport Business Summit will see 1500 of sport’s leading executives come together for two days of knowledge exchange and networking.
