SVG Summit 2024: SVGW Highlights the Rise of Women's Sports Across Industries

SVG Summit 2024: SVGW Highlights the Rise of Women's Sports Across Industries By SVG Staff

Tuesday, November 26, 2024 - 1:57 pm

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The SVG Summit (December 16-17, New York City) is just five weeks away and the event's agenda is shaping up to be an exciting one. Women's sports are not just having a moment - it has become a movement. Join us for a morning of sessions focused on the growth of women's sports, why women's sports programming will continue to become more popular and more of a marketing force, and how the gap between coverage of men's and women's sports is closing fast.

The annual SVG Summit kicks off with networking and inspiration for women in the sports production community. Join us for coffee as well as a panel discussion featuring leading women in the industry discussing the future of technology and production. SVGW is a networking group that aims to enhance the role of women in the creation, production, and distribution of sports content. SVGW members are integral to the overall Sports Video Group community, and work for sports leagues, teams, television networks, technology companies, and start-ups where their focus is the business and technology behind sports production.

Stick around after for a morning full of engaging panels, as follows:

Deloitte Women's Sports Media Research Presentation Join us for a presentation from Deloitte that will dive into the explosion in interest in women's sports and what it means to the sports rights and media landscape.

Panelists include:

Caiti Donovan, WNBA, Growth Strategy Lead

Li-Shen Lee, Deloitte Digital, Principal

Erica Smith, WNBA, Partnership Director

SVGW One-on-One with Amanda Vandervort, President of the United Soccer League's Super League Join us for a conversation with Amanda Vandervort, who oversees the entire USL women's pathway, including the W league and Academy for Girls. We'll discuss what it takes to launch a new league, growing a brand in a new world filled with social media channels and influencers, Amanda's own career, and much more.

This interview features:

Sybil Wilkes, YoSy Media, Co-Founder & Amanda Vandervort, United Soccer League (USL) Super League, President

HBCU and the Growth of Women's Sports HBCUs and HBCUGo are working together to raise the profile of women's athletics both on campus and via TV and streaming exposure. We'll dive into the latest efforts, plans for 2025 and beyond, and how your organization can help HBCUs make a difference with women's sports.

Panelists include:

Sybil Wilkes, YoSy Media, Co-Founder

Nia Simone, HBCU Go, On-Air Talent

Karrington Symonds, HBCU Go, Vice President, Content and Business Development

Women's Sports is Here to Stay: Now What? It finally appears that women's sports has collectively captured the attention of marketers, programming executives, social media, and fans. So where does women's sports go from here? How can women's sports continue to rise, increasing its value as a media property, it's ability to pay athletes more money, and it's attractiveness to brands and marketing companies? How does the industry raise the levels of production, give women's sports better time slots, and help it grow?

Panelists include:

Amy DeLouise, #GALSNGEAR, Founder, and DeLouise Enterprises, Chief Creative Officer

Meg Aronowitz, ESPN, SVP, Production

Amy Rosenfeld, NBC Sports, SVP, Olympics & Paralympics Production

Dana Rubin, USL, VP of Media

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