CTN Sport Summit
Gender Equality in Sport: Game Changers in Leadership
May 16, 2023
Our inaugural CTN summit was created out of a desire to bring everyone into the conversation when discussing how we can make positive change towards a more diverse sport leadership team. Our event focused on:
✔️ The biases we see in the sport industry, with a reference to women in leadership;
✔️ The internal and external barriers women face when aiming for leadership positions in sport and;
✔️ The importance of male allies and inclusive conversations when working to a more diverse leadership team.
Keynote Speaker
Sabrina Ibáñez
Secretary General, Fédération Equestre Internationale President, Association of Paralympic Sport Organisations
FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez is a passionate supporter of gender equality and diversity and has spoken extensively on these topics. She is also the President of the Association of Paralympic Sport Organisations (APSO), a position which she was elected to in September 2017, and then re-elected for a further four-year term in December 2021.
She was also a member of the IOC Gender Equality Working Group, and in October 2020 was appointed Chair of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) Diversity and Gender Equality Consultative Group (ADGEG), having been a member of ADGEG since its inception in May 2019.
PANEL
Striving for Equality:
Driving Change for Equality in Sport Leadership
Meet the Speakers:
Head of Operations, 2025 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
Andrea Marcellini Sauser
Research Director, Global Observatory, Post-Doctoral Researcher, UNIL
Dr Lombé Mwambwa
Sergey Lyhzin
Project coordinator, ASOIF & Honorary Secretary General, APSO
Head of Summer Sports & IF Relations, IOC
Bram Schellekens
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Laureus Sport for Good
Proceeds from the 2023 CTN Sport Summit were donated to Laureus Sport for Good.
Founded under the Patronage of Nelson Mandela, Laureus Sport for Good uses sport as a powerful and cost-effective tool to help children and young people overcome violence, discrimination and disadvantage in their lives.
Laureus Sport for Good currently supports more than 300 programmes in over 40 countries and territories that use the power of sport to transform lives.
OUR 2023 PARTNERS
CTN is a not-for-profit organisation, and our aim is to ensure all our events are accessible by keeping entry prices low. This would not be possible without our partners, so we wish to thank them for their ongoing support in making Changing the Narrative in Sport possible.
The mission of the International Academy of Sport Science and Technology (AISTS) is to bring a positive contribution to the management of sport through post-graduate and executive education, as well as applied research, consulting and services by developing, integrating and delivering multidisciplinary knowledge from human sciences, life sciences and engineering sciences.The AISTS is located on the campus of the University of Lausanne and EPFL in the new Synathlon building, a unique venue for sport, training and research opened in 2018.
The objectives of the AISTS Alumni Committee is to serve the alumni group by facilitating interaction between its members and strengthening the network by offering various services to its members.Through the partnership with the AISTS Alumni Committee, we were able to offer the alumni discounted tickets to attend the event. 
