The Sport Business Summit

Abu Dhabi Sports Council (ADSC) was established in 2006 by His Highness Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.

ADSC is aligned to the emirate’s leadership vision to develop sport and youth activities. The Council promotes an effective, emirate-wide sports calendar that stimulates the desire to participate in quality sports among all Abu Dhabi residents and helps the talented and motivated reach their sporting potential.

The Council also hosts and supports the staging of international world-class sporting events, including the annual Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship, the Formula 1TM Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the ITU World Triathlon Series, the Abu Dhabi Invitational, the Gary Player Invitational, the FIBA 3×3 World Tour Final, the Red Bull Air Race, the hosting of the Volvo Ocean Race round-the-world sailing epic, the Abu Dhabi Cycling Tour and the 2015 Nomura Cup.

AWE Sport is an international sports marketing agency providing both investors and right holders with a wide range of services and a high level of expertise. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, AWE Sport is among the market leaders in the sponsorship activation and sport production arena. Great specialised know-how and unrivalled access to the key players in the industry make our international team capable of a fast understanding and a proficient delivery.

Catapult exists to build and improve the performance of athletes and teams. Delivering precision engineering at the intersection of sports science and analytics, Catapult products are designed to optimise performance, mitigate the risk of injury and support return to competition. Today, Catapult has over 300 staff based across 28 locations worldwide, working with over 1,800 elite teams from 37 different sports globally.

MEIS designs buildings, spaces and experiences to be symbolic and contextual to their particular location – creating a postcard or “billboard” for their clients and their users. Their process relies extensively on research and exploration. While sports venue design in the United States has trended to formulaic design over the past three decades, MEIS believe each project is uniquely grounded in the history and context of its specific location and event.

We’re a global engineering, management and development consultancy focused on guiding our clients through many of the planet’s most intricate challenges.

The needs of the world’s population are changing fast. Our network of experts, active in 150 countries, finds opportunities in complexity, turning obstacles into elegant, sustainable solutions. By looking at problems from a fresh angle, we aim to add value at every stage, for our clients – you – and the lives you touch every day.

Improvement is at the heart of what we offer: better economic development, better social and environmental outcomes, better businesses and a better return on your investment.

Socios.com is a turnkey solution for football clubs looking to adopt blockchain technology or monetize their fan bases through ICOs and is powered by the chiliZ fintech platform and $CHZ token. The Socios.com application is the first white label application of the chiliZ platform which offers the world’s first scalable, tokenized voting platform where fans can buy, trade and execute voting or ‘crowd managers’ rights in their favorite football teams.

The chiliZ project has raised more than $65 million from some of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges and leading crypto funds in Asia, including Binance, OK Blockchain Capital, and Ceyuan Ventures. Socios.com and chiliZ are subsidiaries of Malta-based Mediarex Group, a global sports, and entertainment organization, which was founded in 2006, and is a member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance (EEA).