8.30 - 9.00   Registration

9.00 - 9.10  Chairman's Welcome

FINANCIAL FAIR PLAY
9.10 - 9.40  Chris Alexander, Finance Director, Chelsea FC
9.40 - 10.00  Brian Kennelly, Blackstone Chambers
UEFA's financial fair play regulations are a pressing concern to football clubs in the UK and across Europe. With the transfer market showing no signs of slowing and an increasing investment in clubs by individual benefactors, some may find it difficult to comply with UEFA's financial provisions. This session will look at how these regulations will impact on the market for players including player salaries, transfer fees and other payments to players.

PAYMENTS TO PLAYERS ACROSS EUROPE
10.00 - 10.15  Aurélien Hammelle, Partner, Metzner Associés
10.15 - 10.30  Luca Ferrari, Partner, CBA Studio Legale e Tributario

The last few years has seen the HMRC and authorities in Europe become interested in how clubs make payments to players, whether through image rights structures or otherwise. We review the position in the UK and in other countries in Europe.

10.45 - 11.00  Panel Session

11.00 - 11.15  Coffee

INTEGRITY
11.15 - 11.35  David Douglas, Chairman, WPBSA Disciplinary Committee
11.35 - 11.55  Jim Sturman QC, 2 Bedford Row
Integrity is a major issue for sports governing bodies to address at present, as allegations of cheating and match-fixing continue to be levelled at sports stars. We examine how governing bodies and clubs can manage the risk and consider the difficulties in prosecuting these sorts of offences.

DOPING
Blood Profiling
11.55 - 12.15  Mike Stow, Head of Science and Medicine, UK Anti-Doping
Blood profiling is the latest method used by sporting bodies to ascertain whether an athlete has been involved in illegal doping, this session will explain how blood profiling works.

Contaminated Meat: A Threat to Athletes Subject to Doping Control
12.15 - 12.35  Mike Morgan, Associate, Hammonds LLP
Examines the risk to athletes of consuming meat that has originated from livestock treated with prohibited substances.

12.35 - 12.50  Panel Session

12.50 - 13.50  Lunch

REGULATION OF PLAYER AGENTS
13.50 - 14.10  Roberto Branco Martins, General Manager, European Association of Football Agents
14.10 - 14.30  Paolo Lombardi, CEO, SportsTeam (ex-Head of Disciplinary & Governance at FIFA)
Covering potential regulation at the European level and changes to the domestic regulations.


MEDIA & PRIVACY
14.30 - 14.50  Jacob Dean, Barrister, 5RB Media and Entertainment Law
A number of sporting stars have recently been implicated in 'scandals' reported by the media. We examine methods that can be used to prevent such articles being published and whether contracts can be terminated following the publication of such an article.

14.50 - 15.05  Panel Session

15.05 - 15.20  Coffee

FOOTBALL: INJURY ON INTERNATIONAL DUTY
15.20 - 15.40  Philip Hall, Managing Director, HCC Specialty Underwriters - London Operations
15.40 - 16.00  Peter Limbert, Associate, Hammonds LLP
Analysis of recent cases involving player injury whilst on club duty (such as Fenerbaçhe v Appiah) and international duty (Van Persie)); the problem of claiming compensation; advice on how clubs can protect themselves through insurance and other measures.

COMPENSATION IN DISPUTES BETWEEN CLUBS AND PLAYERS
16.00 - 16.20  Stephen Sampson, Partner, Hammonds LLP
16.20 - 16.40  Adam Lewis, QC, Blackstone Chambers
A review of Training Compensation in the light of the ECJ decision in Olivier Bernard and how compensation will be calculated under Article 17 of the FIFA Regulations following the CAS decisions in FC Sion and Appiah.

16.40 - 17.00  Panel Session


CPD

Player Issues: Regulations & Contracts is accredited for 6 CPD hours with the Law Society and the Bar Council.