Conference Speakers

Larry Olmstead

Keynote Speaker: Wrote the book on "Fans"
Journalist, Best-Selling Author

Russ Simons

Chief Listening Officer and Managing Partner, Venue Solutions Group

Lee Zeidman

President of Crypto.com Arena (Staples Center), Microsoft Theater, and LA Live

Mario Coutinho

President, Stadium Managers Association - Vice President of Stadium Operations and Security, Toronto Blue Jays

Jason Gastwirth

President, Entertainment, Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Julie Giese

President at Phoenix Raceway, NASCAR

Scott McCartney

Director of Team Security, San Antonio Spurs

Paul Turner

Vice President, Venue Management & Entertainment Operations, Caesars Entertainment

John Petrone

Senior Managing Director, Petrone Risk

Charles Steedman

Executive Vice President, Strategy and Development for ASM Global

David Fowler

President and Founder of Personal Safety Training, Inc.

Jeff Keas

Senior Principal and Event Group Leader for Populous

Shawn Trell

Executive Vice President, COO, General Counsel for AEG Presents

Dan Donovan

Founder & Managing Partner of Stratoscope

Brian Herbert

Vice President of Security, Chase Center - Golden State Warriors

Ryan McConnell

Executive Vice President - Head of Kantar Sports MONITOR insights service

Dr. Todd Harple

Global Innovation, Intel Corporation

Michael Harnett

Vice President, Venue Security, Ilitch Sports and Entertainment Inc.

Nick Spampanato

Senior Vice President, Venue Operations, AEG Presents

Rick Fenton

Vice President, Corporate Security, Illitch Holdings, Inc.

Matt Payne

Founder, Inner Circle Solutions, LLC

Pat Christenson

President, Las Vegas Events

Laura Edell

Chief Data Scientist, Microsoft

Darcy Leutzinger

Director, AVERT

Daniel Heal

Partner, Control Risks, Head of Sports, Entertainment, and Major Events

Eric Golebiewski

Vice President of Corporate Security, Caesars Entertainment

Kendall Bell

Lieutenant, Events Planning Section, Las Vegas Metro Police Department

Charles Burns

Vice President of Security, ASM Global

Lisa Furfine

CEO at Furfine Network, LLC, - CEO Bogotash, LLC - Co-Founder Linkroomâ„¢

Nick Treder

Director, Sports + Entertainment, and Real Estate, Johnson Controls

Dr. Tilman Jolly

Chief Medical Officer, Aveshka, Inc.

Matt Kenny

Executive Vice President, Arrowhead Stadium Operations and Events

Chris Granger

CEO, Oakview Group G360

Philippe Bourdarias

Senior Sport Consultant, One Plan Major Events Director

Crystal Collier

Customer Experience Executive

Mario DiAntonio

Senior Director, Sports & Entertainment, Tomorrow.io

Lori Guzzard

Director of Guest Services, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas

Bill Corder

VP of Public Safety and Fan Experience, Las Vegas Ballpark

Hayle Krigel

Director of Guest Services, Allegiant Stadium

Chris Yigit

Technology Partnership Manager, AutoVu, Genetec

Jae Requiro

Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, AEG Worldwide

Matt Pasco

Vice President, Information Technology for Las Vegas Raiders

Glenn Borgmann

Executive Vice President, Wicket

Nate Evans

Program Lead, Cybersecurity Research, Argonne National Lab

Kasia Hanson

Global IOT Video Sales Director, Safety & Security, Safe Cities & Venues, Intel Corporation

Lance Pelton

Vice President & Area General Manager at Johnson Controls

Chelsea Pashnick

National Sales Director as Levy Restaurants

Jack Hogan

Vice President of Partnerships at Mashgin

John Bertsch

Executive Director of Global Safety & Security, IRONMAN Group

Dr. Lindsay Gietzen

Program Director at Oakland University Physician Assistant

David Broughton

Research Director and Journalist, Sports Business Journal

Brian Lyle

Sales Manager - Complex Fire/Security - Western Operations at Johnson Controls

John Baier

Vice President - Sports, Evolv Technology

Amanjyot S. Johar

Startup Ecosystem Builder | NFTs, Digital Assets, and Bitcoin | Connected Devices, Fintech, Media and Entertainment

…and many more!

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