The Squash Summit: Bringing together the best minds from the sport of squash
The Squash Summit - The first of its kind and accessible to all
This will be the first-ever global squash conference and is completely Australian-led and managed by Sportageous.
The purpose of The Squash Summit is to bring together the best minds in the game over the two days, to talk about the present and future of the game. This consists of a three-pronged approach:
- Squash is a legacy sport, with a rich history, that has lost a lot of its past flame, on a global scale. The Squash Summit will bring key experts from across the squash world to discuss the future of the game in the context of technology, accessibility, innovations and marketing.
- The Summit will provide squash professionals, administrators, coaches, players, fans, entrepreneurs and technologists, from across the world, to interact, engage and discuss new ideas and potential collaborations throughout the event to grow the game.
- The Squash Summit will include a diverse range of speakers to talk about topics that are focused on growing the game of Squash, and hopes to continue on an annual basis, as the go-to conference for all squash-related debate, opinion and discussion.
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A full two days of keynote speakers, virtual booths and creating global connections
The Squash Summit is split between 2 days, and roughly 3-4 hours each day, and includes one Opening Keynote speaker on each day, with virtual booths and branded tables supported by our sponsors, for attendees to engage and network, and also a virtual social lounge for attendees to network during breaks, hosted on the Airmeet platform. A full two-day program outline including specific times for multiple time zones (EST (Toronto/NewYork), GMT (UK) and AEDT (Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Australia). and session titles can be found here.
The lineup for the conference includes:
- Alex Gough (CEO of the Professional Squash Association),
- Zena Wooldridge (President of the World Squash Federation),
- Robert Donaghue (CEO of Squash Australia),
- Sarah-Jane Perry (England no. 1 and PSA Women's president),
- Alan Thatcher (World Squash Day and Squash 200)
- Carlos Schonenberg (Squash Para Todos)
- Paul Mellor (Racketware)
- Markos Kern (Founder of Multi-balls and interactiveSQUASH)
- Maya Mibenge (Simply Squash)
- Richard Bickers (Squash Levels)
- Maxim P Weithers (Squash Marketer and mental coach); and
- The emcee, Kanzy El Defrawy (Former world 24)
Sponsors for the Squash Summit include:
- Rankedin
- Melior Sports
- Magnus Sports
- Squash Players App
- Koup
- Squash Republic
- Racquet-ProZ App
- Shugah
- 305 Squash
- Pick Fleet
Support for the players who need it most
Organizers of the Squash Summit are working directly with the PSA Foundation, a UK-based charity, to raise funds for their We Are One Fund which was created to support squash players adversely affected by the pandemic. 50% of all proceeds from the conference's copper sponsorships will go directly to the We Are One Fund.
Plan to join more than 400 participants who have already chosen to register for this year's inaugural Squash Summit.
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