Business programme

Media leagues for football, basketball, and hockey have become a successful trend. These sports projects are evolving as a popular commercial product without any budget funding. The media league’s audience is rapidly increasing, particularly among young people. Their success is based on the athletes’ openness and active work on social media, a creative approach to organizing competitions, and detailed work on storylines. This all needs to be intensified in classical sports. Are media leagues a trendy phenomenon or long-term projects? How is their economy structured? What are some existing examples of effective interaction between media and classical sports, and which ones are on the way? How can we make media exposure a regular thing for the leaders of Russian national teams? What kind of international media sports projects is Russia preparing?

Moderator
Evgeny Evnevich, Anchor, Match TV

Evgeny Evnevich

Anchor, Match TV

Panellists
Nikolay Valuev, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Ecology and Environmental Protection
Mikhail Degtyarev, Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation
Alexander Karelin, Member of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Foreign Affairs; Three-time Olympic Gold Medallist in Greco-Roman wrestling
Yury Krasovsky, President, Liga Stavok Bookmaker Company
Alexander Medvedev, Chairman of the Board, Football Club Zenit
Nikolay Osipov, Founder, President, Winline Media League
Roman Rotenberg, First Vice-President, Russian Ice Hockey Federation; Head Coach, SKA Hockey Club; Head Coach of the Russia 25 Ice Hockey Team

Nikolay Valuev

First Deputy Chairman of the Committee of the State Duma of the Russian Federation on Ecology and Environmental Protection

Mikhail Degtyarev

Minister of Sport of the Russian Federation

Alexander Karelin

Member of the Committee of the Council of the Federation of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on Foreign Affairs; Three-time Olympic Gold Medallist in Greco-Roman wrestling

Born September 19, 1967 in Novosibirsk.
Married with three children.
Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation (third, fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh convocations)
Doctor of pedagogical sciences
Three-time Olympic gold medallist
Merited Master of Sport of the USSR and Russia
1991 Teacher of physical education and sport, Omsk Pedagogical Institute
1998 Associate professor, P. F. Lesgaft St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Education
2001 St. Petersburg University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. Jurisprudence.
2002 Became a doctor of pedagogical sciences at the P. F. Lesgaft St. Petersburg State Academy of Physical Culture
Awards:1988 Seoul – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling
1992 Barcelona – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling
1996 Atlanta – Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling
Flagbearer – 1988 for the USSR at the Seoul Olympic Games
1992 in Barcelona for the Unified Team and
1996 in Atlanta for Russia
1989 Order of Friendship of Peoples
1997 Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation
1998 Honorary citizen of Novosibirsk
2000 Sydney – Olympic silver medal in Greco-Roman wrestling
2001 Order of Honour
2008 Order for Merit to the Fatherland, 4th Class
Nine-time World Champion
Twelve-time European Champion
Four-time Champion of the USSR
Thirteen-time Russian Champion
Four-time recipient of the Golden Belt for the Best Fighter on the Planet
Awarded the Golden Boot in wrestling
Gold Olympic Order
FILA Gold Necklace

Yury Krasovsky

President, Liga Stavok Bookmaker Company

Alexander Medvedev

Chairman of the Board, Football Club Zenit

Alexander Medvedev was born on August 14, 1955 in Shakhtersk, Sakhalin Oblast.
Education
Alexander Medvedev graduated from Moscow Physics and Technology Institute majoring in Automated Control Systems.
He has a PhD in Economics.
Alexander Medvedev is a full-fledged member of the International Academy of Investment and Construction Economics.
Professional experience
1978–1989 Employee of the International Economic Relations Department of the Global Economy and International Relations Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences; later on – Senior Researcher, Acting Head of Sector, Academic Secretary of the Comprehensive Program for Sci-Tech Development of the USSR under the USSR Academy of Sciences and the State Committee for Science and Technology.
1989–1991 Director of Donau-Bank AG, Managing Director of Inter Trade Consult GmbH (Austria) branch.
1991–1996 Director of IMAG Investment Management & Advisory Group GmbH (Austria).
1997–1998 Vice President of Vostochnaya Neftyanaya Kompaniya (Eastern Oil Company).
1998–2002 Director of IMAG Investment Management & Advisory Group GmbH (Austria).
2002–2005 Member of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Director General of Gazexport.
2005–2008 Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom; Director General of Gazexport (since November 1, 2006 – Gazprom export).
2008–2014 Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom; Director General of Gazprom export; President – Chairman of the Kontinental Hockey League Executive Board.
2014 Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom; President – Chairman of the Kontinental Hockey League Executive Board.
Since 2014 Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee, Gazprom.

Nikolay Osipov

Founder, President, Winline Media League

Roman Rotenberg

First Vice-President, Russian Ice Hockey Federation; Head Coach, SKA Hockey Club; Head Coach of the Russia 25 Ice Hockey Team

Roman Rotenberg was born on April 7, 1981 in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg), USSR. He graduated from the European Business School (London) - Master of Business Administration. He got PhD in Economics at the St. Petersburg State University.
First Vice-President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation. Deputy Chairman of the Continental Hockey League (the KHL), member of the Board of Directors of the KHL. Marketing Advisor to the KHL Chairman of the Board of Directors. Vice-President, member of the HC SKA Board of Directors. Chairman of the Board of Directors of the «Arena Events» Company. OJSC "Gazprombank" Vice- President. Best KHL clubs’ Managers Prize named after Valentin Sych winner in the 2014/2015 season.
Roman Rotenberg started playing hockey at 11 years old wishing to become a professional player. However, choosing between professional sport and education he decided on latter. In spare time Roman takes part in charity hockey games. In 2011 he was invited to the post of Vice-President of the hockey club SKA. Roman Rotenberg is the First Vice-President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation since 2014 and a member of the KHL and HC SKA Board of Directors. Since 2015 – the KHL Deputy Chairman of the Board.
Founder of the company:
Arena Events Oy (Arena management).

Front row participants
Sevak Hakobyan, Co-organizer, Media Basket Betting League
Georgy Bryusov, Director, Centre for Athletic Training of Russian National Teams (CAT)
Dmitry Ryzhkov, First Deputy General Producer, Match TV

Georgy Bryusov

Director, Centre for Athletic Training of Russian National Teams (CAT)