Arthur LE GALL is director at KEA and co-founder of the b.creative network, an international network of creative entrepreneurs. He holds a MA from Sciences Po Lille (FR) in European Affairs and obtained a BA in Politics & International Relations from Kent University (UK). His work focuses on the analysis and evaluation of culture and sport policies at European and local levels. He is also managing the development of several European projects in the field of culture, creative industries and sport (ERASMUS+, Creative Europe, Horizon 2020, COSME).

He is the main coordinator of the SHARE initiative since 2017, which analyses the contribution of sport to local and regional development and improve access to structural funds for the sport sector. He participated, amongst other projects, to research assignments in the field of sports, including sport statistics: studies for DG EAC on traditional sports and games and on specificity of sports (2016), on the economic and legal aspects of transfers of players in Europe (2013), and on innovative sport practices (DG EAC, 2021).

He previously worked for the legal department of OFI AM (France), where he was specialised in alternative investments and is a guest lecturer at Cergy-Pontoise University, University of Lille (France) on European cultural projects for regions and cities, and at the Audencia business school on European sport policies.

Mark is the Chairman of the Sports Rights Owners Coalition (SROC), representing the collective interests of over 50 international and national sports bodies around their Intellectual Property Rights. SROC seeks proper recognition of the value of sport from Governments across the world, and effective protection for their rights under law. Mark has worked in the sports and sports technology industry for some 25 years, from technology startups in the USA to the administration of European sports bodies. Working primarily in men and women’s golf, he has served both as Chief Executive of golf’s Ladies European Tour (LET) and as Managing Director of the European Tour’s television production and distribution company, European Tour Productions (ETP). A software engineer by education, Mark previously held a number of positions in the European software industry with Siemens, Groupe Bull and Cap Gemini, before becoming the first Director of Business Development for the industry-led European Software Institute in Bilbao, Spain, co-funded by the European Union

Brussels and Washington-based journalist, producer, broadcaster, and events moderator, Brian Maguire, hosts live radio and television debates with European Commissioners, Ambassadors, Members of the European Parliament, and independent experts, as well as United States politicians and business representatives. A EURONEWS and Irish television contributor, he also presents the EURACTIV digital technology series 'The Presidency' and the political interview series 'Over A Coffee'. He specialises in European politics and business, exploring Europe's competing policy dimensions, including the digital economy, the Green Deal, human rights, the rule of law and transatlantic relations. He has worked across a broad range of publications, especially within the business-to-business sector. A specialist in corporate and political communications, his clients include start-ups, SMEs, blue chip companies, European Union institutions, and NGOs with a human rights focus. Follow on Twitter: @BrianMaguireEU