Pablo Longoria, CEO of Olympique de Marseille, Teodora Ivanova-Limon, an Artificial Intelligence expert, and Chris Kay, International President of 72andSunny, are confirmed attendees for the third edition of the Thinking Football Summit. This summit, which annually brings together some of the biggest names in the football industry in Portugal, will take place this year from September 12 to 14 at the Super Bock Arena in Porto.

Appointed Chairman of the Board of Olympique de Marseille (OM) by majority shareholder Frank McCourt on February 26, 2021, Pablo Longoria became the youngest president in OM's history. In 2022, he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), and in 2023, he became a member of the Board of the European Club Association (ECA).

Teodora Ivanova-Limon has over 15 years of experience in commercializing cutting-edge technologies in sports, media, and entertainment. She led the expansion into Europe for two sports-related technology startups - Infinite Athlete, where she served as General Manager for Europe, and Dapper Labs (creators of NBA TopShot), where she was Vice President of Global Football. Previously, she worked at Google for 12 years, developing scale organizations and vertical strategies for Google Search and Play, building business relationships with some of the world’s largest data and content providers, and also leading Sports and Media partnerships.

Chris Kay is the International President of 72andSunny, where he oversees all international offices and clients. Previously, Chris was the CEO of the advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, where he played a key role in modernizing the 150-year-old agency. In the football context, he was the Marketing Director of Manchester City FC, helping transform the club into both a sports brand and an entertainment brand.

These three individuals join an influential group that includes, among others, Deco, former Portuguese international and current sporting director of FC Barcelona; Ornella Desirée Bellia, Head of Professional Football Relations and Development at FIFA; Javier Tebas, President of LaLiga; Sol Campbell, former English professional football player and tech entrepreneur; Antero Henrique, Sporting Director of Qatar Stars League; Claire Bloomfield, Head of Women's Football at the European Club Association; Nicolás Burdisso, former Argentine international; Guy-Laurent Epstein, Marketing Director at UEFA; Francisco de Sá Fardilha, Women's Football Technical Director at FC Bayern Munich; and Stefano Braghin, Head of Women's Football at Juventus.

Tickets for the Thinking Football Summit 2024 are already available for purchase HERE.