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2026 Agenda

Planning for the Sport Performance Summit, New York is in full swing. We’ve outline some timings below to give you an idea, but keep an eye out for more details coming soon.

Working Agenda

Tuesday 16 June 2026
12:00 – 13:30
Welcome

Arrival, Networking & Lunch

The Practice Facility
12:00 – 13:30
Welcome

Arrival, Networking & Lunch

The Practice Facility
13:30 – 13:45

Welcome & Setting the Scene

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Holly Ransom

Host

The Practice Facility
13:30 – 13:45

Welcome & Setting the Scene

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  • Is your performance environment keeping pace with the demands placed on it? This 15-minute roundtable explores how leaders need to rethink systems, culture, and support to better meet the needs of the modern performer.
  • In this session you will:
    • Share your perspective on whether current environments are enabling or limiting performance.
    • Hear from peers on how they are adapting their approach to better support modern athletes.

Holly Ransom

Host

The Practice Facility
13:45 – 14:15
Presentation

Built to Last, Not Just to Win: The Leadership Challenge of the Next Generation

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Linda Hill

Genuis at Scale

The Practice Facility
13:45 – 14:15
Presentation

Built to Last, Not Just to Win: The Leadership Challenge of the Next Generation

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  • How you must adapt to support the next generation of performers: In this opening session, you will explore why future advantage depends less on star individuals and more on the systems you design and how research reframes leadership as creating the conditions where collective intelligence can thrive.
  • What this means for you when designing high‑performance environments: Through the lens of the leader as ‘Architect, Bridger and Catalyst,’ you’ll examine how trust, productive tension and shared ownership either unlock or limit performance in complex, multidisciplinary teams.
  • How you can apply these ideas to build what lasts
    Setting the tone for the two days, this session challenges you to reflect on which leadership behaviours, structures and assumptions will future‑proof your next era of performance.

Linda Hill

Genuis at Scale

The Practice Facility
14:15 – 14:45
Roundtable

Roundtable: Architect, Bridger or Catalyst

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Linda Hill

Genuis at Scale

The Practice Facility
14:15 – 14:45
Roundtable

Roundtable: Architect, Bridger or Catalyst

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In this roundtable, you will explore:

  • Identifying where your current systems, behaviours and structures support or constrain the next generation of performers and staff.
  • How your role needs to shift as a leader: Reflecting on when you act as Architect, Bridger or Catalyst and where you may need to adapt your leadership approach to unlock greater collective ownership and contribution.
  • One priority action you can take now: Clarifying a tangible change (structural, cultural or behavioural) that will help your environment move from winning in the moment to building what lasts.

Linda Hill

Genuis at Scale

The Practice Facility
14:45 – 15:15

Break

The Practice Facility
14:45 – 15:15

Break

The Practice Facility
15:15 – 15:45
Panel

The Road Beyond the Olympic Rings: Future Proofing Across the Next Olympic Cycle at USOPC

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Jen Bryant

USOPC

The Practice Facility
15:15 – 15:45
Panel

The Road Beyond the Olympic Rings: Future Proofing Across the Next Olympic Cycle at USOPC

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  • Fresh from a historic, record-breaking performance at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Games, Jen Bryant, High Performance Director of Winter and Summer Olympic and Paralympic Sport at the USOPC, uncovers lessons from their most successful Winter Games to date.
  • A result driven by a relentless strategy, Jen will debrief and decode the details of Team USA’s performance, particularly the intentional technical and cultural strategy that led to a historic medal haul.

Jen Bryant

USOPC

The Practice Facility
15:45 – 16:35
Panel

Building Brooklyn’s Identity: Leadership, Influence and Alignment

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Sean Marks

Brooklyn Nets

The Practice Facility
15:45 – 16:35
Panel

Building Brooklyn’s Identity: Leadership, Influence and Alignment

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In this session, you will explore your role in setting a clear and credible organisational identity, from defining values and standards to modelling the behaviours that signal what truly matters.

  • How you shape identity, values and direction as a leader. You’ll examine how leaders create alignment across teams, functions and personalities, and how openness, trust and clarity plays its part.
  • Applying these lessons in your own context, you’ll gain practical insight into the decisions, trade‑offs and leadership choices involved in building and sustaining culture over time and how you can apply similar thinking to strengthen identity, influence and execution.

Sean Marks

Brooklyn Nets

The Practice Facility
16:35 – 16:45
Close

Thank you & Close

The Practice Facility
16:35 – 16:45
Close

Thank you & Close

The Practice Facility
16:30 – 18:00
Drinks

Drinks on the Rooftop

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The Practice Facility
16:30 – 18:00
Drinks

Drinks on the Rooftop

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As we close up Day 1 of the Summit, we’ll enjoy a few drinks on the rooftop and take in the panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline.

The Practice Facility
Wednesday 17 June 2026
8:30 – 9:45
Breakfast

Arrival, Networking & Breakfast

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Barclays Center
8:30 – 9:45
Breakfast

Arrival, Networking & Breakfast

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Barclays Center
08:45 – 09:30
Breakfast

Women’s High Performance Community Breakfast

Coming Soon

Vanja Cernivec

Portland Fire

08:45 – 09:30
Breakfast

Women’s High Performance Community Breakfast

Coming Soon

Vanja Cernivec

Portland Fire

08:30 – 09:30
Masterclass

Masterclass: When the World Is Watching: Making Athlete Health Research Matter on the Global Stage

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Celeste Geertsema

Match Doctor – 2026 FIFA World Cup

08:30 – 09:30
Masterclass

Masterclass: When the World Is Watching: Making Athlete Health Research Matter on the Global Stage

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  • Drawing on two global sporting moments, Milano Cortina Winter Olympics and the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Dr. Celeste Geertsema examines how global moments:
    • Impact athlete health and medical systems performing under extreme pressure (climate, travel, condensed schedules, media pressures)
    • Examine how global research can be better translated into decisions, systems and behaviours that protect athletes long‑term
    • Position athlete health research as a responsibility, not just an output, in future‑proofing performance for the next generation

Invite Only

Celeste Geertsema

Match Doctor – 2026 FIFA World Cup

9:45 – 10:00
Welcome

Welcome Back & Set the Scene

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Barclays Center
9:45 – 10:00
Welcome

Welcome Back & Set the Scene

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Barclays Center
10:00 – 10:45
Panel

The Art of Sustaining Performance: Lessons from the Late Night

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Seth Meyers

NBC Universal

Barclays Center
10:00 – 10:45
Panel

The Art of Sustaining Performance: Lessons from the Late Night

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This session explores how high-performance environments maintain clarity, adaptability, and creativity under constant pressure – drawing lessons from the fast-paced world of television and broadcasting, where performance expectations are relentless.

  • Explore how pressure reveals strengths and gaps in culture, and how leading organisations sustain creativity and performance in unpredictable environments.
  • Learn how teams adapt at speed, with practical insights on maintaining clarity, making decisions, and evolving performance over time.

Seth Meyers

NBC Universal

Barclays Center
10:45 – 11:15
Panel

The Juilliard Blueprint: The Strategy Behind the Arts Most Prestigious Talent Pipeline

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Evan Yionoulis

The Juilliard School

Barclays Center
10:45 – 11:15
Panel

The Juilliard Blueprint: The Strategy Behind the Arts Most Prestigious Talent Pipeline

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  • What does it take to consistently cultivate the top 0.1% of global talent? For decades, The Juilliard School has stood as the undisputed world leader in performing arts education, operating a high-performance system unmatched.
  • In this session, Evan pulls back the curtain on the conservatory’s elite blueprint for talent development. This includes deconstructing the pedagogical, cultural and strategic frameworks that make Juilliard the global gold standard for talent pipeline design.

Evan Yionoulis

The Juilliard School

Barclays Center
11:15 – 11:40

Break

Barclays Center
11:15 – 11:40

Break

Barclays Center
11:40 – 12:30
Panel

Performance Innovation for the Future Athlete

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Barclays Center
11:40 – 12:30
Panel

Performance Innovation for the Future Athlete

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This session explores how the modern athlete is evolving – and what that means for how you design, deliver, and adapt your performance environments. You’ll examine how changing athlete needs, new knowledge, and emerging innovations are reshaping development programmes.

  • Reflect on how you currently design athlete development, and how evolving athlete needs may require you to rethink your approach.
  • Explore what the future athlete demands, and identify how you can adapt your environments, systems, and programmes to stay ahead.

Barclays Center
12:30 – 13:50

Lunch

Barclays Center
12:30 – 13:50

Lunch

Barclays Center
* Lunch Break *
13:50 – 14:00

Welcome Back

Barclays Center
13:50 – 14:00

Welcome Back

Barclays Center
14:00 – 14:30
Presentation

Learning as a Competitive Edge: Designing Systems That Deliver

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Wendy Walsh

US Air Force

Barclays Center
14:00 – 14:30
Presentation

Learning as a Competitive Edge: Designing Systems That Deliver

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This session explores how performance at scale requires intentional design – and how organisational learning sits at the core of aligning strategy, culture, and execution in complex environments. Drawing on a case study from the US Air Force, you’ll examine how high-performing organisations build learning systems that drive consistency, adaptability, and sustained success.

  • Understand how leading organisations design learning systems that align strategy, culture, and execution across large, complex environments.
  • Explore how learning drives adaptability and performance at scale, with practical principles you can apply to build more effective, future-ready systems.

Wendy Walsh

US Air Force

Barclays Center
14:30 – 14:55
Roundtable

Roundtable: Mission Ready

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Barclays Center
14:30 – 14:55
Roundtable

Roundtable: Mission Ready

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Coming Soon

Barclays Center
14:55 – 15:05

Afternoon Break

Barclays Center
14:55 – 15:05

Afternoon Break

Barclays Center
15:05 – 15:50
Presentation

The New Clique and the Next Gen Performer

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Barclays Center
15:05 – 15:50
Presentation

The New Clique and the Next Gen Performer

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The expectations placed on athletes are evolving and so are their needs. This session explores how organisations must adapt to support the next generation.

  • How athlete motivations, behaviours and pressures are changing
  • What this means for those designing high-performance environments
  • How to use environment, not instruction, to drive motivation and development

Barclays Center
15:50 – 16:00
Close

Thank You & Close

Barclays Center
15:50 – 16:00
Close

Thank You & Close

Barclays Center

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