SSI2024 Global Safe Sport Online Conference 2024

Our friends at SSI will be hosting their 5th Global Conference on 9th and 10th December. The theme for this year is “Parks + Podiums” with a focus on the lessons learned from 2024 for making sport safer for everyone, everywhere.

The SSI2024 Global Safe Sport Conference is designed for a diverse audience, including board members, CEOs, national governing body (NGB) and international federation (IF) leaders or managers, safeguarding officers, researchers, athletes, and affected persons.

Informing, empowering and challenging board members, executives and decision makers to lead safer sport cultures and systems.
Connecting and sharing experiences to support safeguarding practitioners to implement changes.

Presentations and panel discussions

Athlete and survivor calls for change: Are the voices of athletes, survivors, young people, and Global South and East being truly heard?
A new horizon in safeguarding and safe sport: Opportunities arising from the 2024 IOC Consensus Statement on Interpersonal Violence and Safeguarding in Sport.
The privilege of participation – part 1: athlete and survivor perspectives on the priorities when making decisions regarding representation at major sporting events.
The privilege of participation – part 2: managing the complexities of risks of interpersonal violence from individuals from grass roots to elite level sport.
Friend or foe – the role of media, social media and AI in making sport safer: Who has responsibility for leading innovation and implementing critical changes?
Refuse To Do Nothing: Creating a future where women athletes are free to inspire, compete, and shine without barriers.
Does safeguarding fit in a multi-integrity model: Can issues of independence, governance, and approach be resolved to offer person-centred and trauma-informed services?