The Australian & New Zealand Sports Law Association
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2024 ANZSLA Conference
23 to 25 October - Sydney, New South Wales |
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Dear @{aspediacrm-person-firstname},
Exciting times ahead with the Sydney ANZSLA Conference just 5 weeks away! Don’t miss out on this chance to dive into the latest in sports law. Make sure to secure your spot and if you haven't already done so, REGISTER now!
The full conference and social programme is available via the following LINK. Kind regards, ANZSLA |
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Conference Panel Session: The Federated Model For Sport: Does it ‘Guarantee Obstruction and Oblivion’,
or Can Best Governance Practice Thrive Within?
The federated model remains the dominant governance structure for national and state sporting organisations in Australia and New Zealand. The structure provides leverage for sport to implement regulation and control of its members, while enabling the members representation and voice on its regulating body. However, modern sporting administration is plagued by deep complexities in its operations. With declining participation bases in many organised sports, an ageing volunteer base, the drive for high performance success and the constant search for commercial opportunity, administrators need to be flexible, adaptable and strategic.
This panel will explore these complexities in the context of both the federated model and the unitary model in Australian sport, as well as potential alternate models that could help to solve for these challenges. Join us for a lively debate with representation from government, sport and the private sector to take a deep dive into the governance structures that sit behind the greatest industry in Australia.
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Facilitator: Hannah Barnes (Chief Governance & Integrity Officer, Cricket NSW)
Hannah is a sports lawyer, mum of two boys and cycling enthusiast based in Sydney, Australia. Hannah is the Company Secretary and Chief Governance and Integrity Officer at Cricket NSW and has responsibility for a broad portfolio including governance, risk, compliance, policy, legal and integrity. With a broad litigation background, Hannah’s interests lie in integrity and dispute processes, governance improvement, process efficiencies and strategic decision-making to improve the sporting experience. Hannah has experience working as a grassroots volunteer and for state sporting organisations, working alongside the national body. Hannah is passionate about inclusion and diversity strategies in sport and the power that sport has in creating a sense of belonging and community. She has expertise in strategies to maximise safeguarding of children and young people and is involved in this space across the sector in sport in New South Wales, being committed to ensuring that sport remains safe for all vulnerable sections of the population.
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Kieren Perkins OAM (CEO, Australian Sports Commission)
Kieren Perkins OAM is regarded as one of the world’s greatest distance swimmers having won four Olympic medals. Following his retirement from swimming in 2000, Mr Perkins transferred his knowledge and experience to build a successful career across the consulting and banking sectors, including 10 years at NAB before taking on the Chief Executive Officer role at Australia’s Unity’s retail banking unit in 2021. Having seen sport from all angles over four decades, Mr Perkins is passionate about the whole sports sector, from grassroots to high performance. Mr Perkins was President of Swimming Australia until he took on the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Sports Commission in March 2022. His focus in this role is to ensure sport has a place for everyone and delivers results that make Australia proud.
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| Maria Clarke (Principal, Maria Clarke Lawyers)
Long standing ANZSLA member, Maria Clarke is an experienced sports lawyer based in New Zealand advising sports organisations nationally and internationally. She has particular expertise in sports governance and sports integrity. Maria has advised on significant governance reforms for many national and international federations including World Athletics, World Sailing and the International Paralympic Committee. She led the design of a whole new governance structure for World Athletics in 2016 in her capacity as Chair of the World Athletics Working Group for Governance and Integrity Reform.
Maria sits on the good governance Taskforce of the International Partnership Against Corruption in Sport (IPACS) which has developed 50 benchmarks for good governance in sport. She is a member of the UCI Integrity Commission and the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s Integrity Committee. Maria was a member of the Working Group on the Review of the WADA Governance Reforms and was also chair of the World Athletics Humans Rights Working Group. Her current Board role is with Paralympics New Zealand.
Maria played a key part in recommending the recent reforms to the Incorporated Societies Act (NZ) under which most sports organisations in New Zealand are constituted. Maria has written articles and chapters on best practice in sports governance including in ‘Sport: Law and Practice’ (4th Ed) edited by Jonathan Taylor KC and Adam Lewis KC. |
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| Marne Fechner (CEO, Cycling Australia)
Marne Fechner is a senior executive who has driven major growth and change in two of Australia’s biggest sports; Netball and Cycling.
In 2020, she was appointed to lead one of the most significant reform programs in Australian sport – the unification of 19 entities across BMX, Mountain Bike, Road and Track into a single body. As Chief Executive of AusCycling, Marne has driven major administrative, cultural, and strategic change aimed at delivering a vibrant and sustainable sport from grassroots all the way to the Olympic podium.
Formerly the CEO of Netball Australia and Netball World Cup Sydney 2015, Marne was responsible for delivering significant commercial growth, enhanced media rights and oversaw the introduction of Suncorp Super Netball. |
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| Karla Della Pietra (CEO, Volleyball South Australia)
Karla Della Pietra is Volleyball SA's CEO, and she is the youngest CEO of a state sporting organisation in South Australia. Her leadership style is defined by her commitment to challenging the status quo and bringing about positive change. With a decade of experience in sports administration, Karla has held various roles in Events, Marketing, and Partnerships. She is a devoted advocate of women's sports, which is evident not only in her executive position but also in her active involvement on multiple sporting boards like Baseball SA and Paddle SA. In addition to her professional accomplishments, Karla has played basketball at the Premier League level and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Laws.
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The 2024 ANZSLA Conference is generously supported by: |
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