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2,000+Attendees
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800+Companies
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175+Speakers
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75+Sessions
June 26–29, 2017
Times Square, NYC
Hashtag Sports® is an innovation festival and next-gen thought leadership platform
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Hashtag Sports® is a thought leadership platform and week-long innovation festival in NYC that explores how digital media and emerging technologies are redefining sports, while celebrating the industry’s unrivaled cultural influence and power to affect social good.
Hashtag Sports is expected to grow to 2,000 attendees in 2017 after attracting more than 1,000 people in its inaugural year. The event plays a critical role in helping the industry move away from today’s fragmented conversations that fail to comprehensively address the rapidly changing needs of fans and athletes from the Connected Generation.
Hashtag Sports also provides fun and meaningful networking opportunities with target constituencies among the media, tech, fashion, entertainment, and advertising industries with special events all week.
Hashtag Sports offers a global platform for athletes, influencers, executives, and entrepreneurs to deliver inspirational thought leadership and actionable insights to the entire sports ecosystem. Over 90% of speakers are VP level or higher with over 50% CEOs and Founders.
Scarlett Sieber
SVP of Open Innovation
Andre Iguodala
NBA Athlete & Investor
Brittany Howard
Team USA Athlete
Derek Belch
Co-Founder & CEO
Jaymee Messler
Co-Founder & President
Anthony Morgante
Dir. of Sports Biz Dev
Jennifer van Dijk
VP of Team Marketing
Rashad Jennings
NFL Running Back
Melissa Proctor
CMO
Paul Rabil
Pro Lacrosse & Investor
Lauri Saft
VP of IBM Watson
Devon Still
NFL Athlete & Activist
Mary Spio
Founder & CEO
Jason George
CEO
Priscilla Valls
VP of East
Tom Masterman
Chief Revenue Officer
Elisa Padilla
CMO
John West
Co-Founder & CEO
Sarah Davis
Sr. Dir. of Partnerships
Dan Porter
Head of Digital
Will Yoder
Sports Community
Apply to be a speaker at Hashtag Sports 2017.
Hashtag Sports attracts the world’s leading lifestyle, media, and technology brands to the sports ecosystem for unmatched collaboration, education, networking, and celebration.
Hashtag Sports offers a week of educational and inspirational thought leadership by and for innovators across the sports ecosystem. Programming will consist of nine multi-day content tracks, special partner-led sessions, and our original showcase for leading sports digital publishers—Sports Fronts.
Jam-packed with game-changing announcements, cutting-edge case studies, and unique takes on hot-button industry topics, track programming will include keynote addresses, expert panels, and insightful workshops featuring the industry’s best and brightest.
Explore 9 multi-day tracks of inspirational thought leadership
Sports Fronts is an exciting new platform for the leading sports digital content providers and publishers to rise above the noise and educate marketers looking to authentically engage the multi-platform sports fan.
The inaugural Sports Fronts were held as a main stage attraction at last year’s event—encompassing original announcements, first-look previews, on-stage interviews, and lively discussions from six leading digital publishers.
The 2017 event will feature more than 15 participants across 3 days with special networking opportunities. This is your chance to meet and learn from the hottest and most disruptive sports digital media brands through a series of entertaining and educational presentations.
Publisher or brand? Contact us about presenting at Sports Fronts.
The Hashtag Sports thought leadership platform attracts journalists, anchors, and bloggers from leading media publishers such as the Washington Post, Vox Media, LA Times, and CBS Sports among many others.
Hashtag Sports extends credentials to members of the media who are looking to tell the stories of the influencers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and executives who are redefining the future of sports for the Connected Generation.
Hashtag Sports works closely with partners to best utilize our week-long festival platform to engage thousands of influencers from sports brands, agencies, leagues, properties, and publishers through a variety of custom sponsorship, exhibiting, and activation opportunities.
Whether a global brand or emerging startup, we can help achieve your company’s unique marketing and thought leadership goals. Inventory is limited so reach out today to set up a call with our team.
