WATCH LIVE TODAY! - FIFA Women's Football Convention

7 JUNE 2019 – CHANGEMAKING AND EMPOWERMENT THROUGH FOOTBALL

09:30-10:30

OPENING REMARKS by Gianni Infantino, FIFA President

WELCOME SPEECH by Roxana Mărăcineanu, French Sports Minister

Q&A with Mia Hamm, FIFA Legend
10:30-11:40


READY FOR KICK-OFF – CULTURAL AND SOCIAL BARRIERS

• Panel discussion: Overcoming cultural and social barriers
Moderator: David Sabir, General Secretary, Bermuda Football Association
o Noel Curran, Director-General, European Broadcasting Union
o The Honourable Olivia Babsy Grange, CD, MP, Minister of Culture, Gender,
Entertainment and Sport, Jamaica
o Nawal El Moutawakel, former Sports Minister of Morocco, former Olympian
o Machacha Shepande, Head of Sports Division, African Union
o Franck Castillo, General Secretary, Oceania Football Confederation

• Keynote address: Sahle-Work Zewde, President of Ethiopia
11:40-12:30

TACTICS – RESOURCING THE WOMEN’S GAME

• Keynote address: The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, QC, MP, Prime Minister of Barbados

• Panel discussion: Why the women‘s game should be viewed as an investment
Moderator: Carol Tshabalala, sports broadcaster
o Baroness Sue Campbell, CBE, Director of Women’s Football, The Football Association
o Vittorio Montagliani, FIFA Vice-President and Concacaf President
o Marta Lucía Ramírez, Vice-President of Colombia
o Joyce Cook, Chief Member Associations Officer, FIFA
12:30-13:20

THE WAY FORWARD – EDUCATE AND EMPOWER

• Keynote address: Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO

• Panel discussion: Women’s football as a tool for social development
Moderator: Karina LeBlanc, Head of Women’s Football, Concacaf, FIFA Legend
o Dr Natalia Kanem, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund
o Rémy Rioux, Chief Executive Officer, French Development Agency
o The Honourable Dr Mahali Phamotse, Minister of Gender and Youth, Sports and Recreation, Lesotho
o Snežana Samardžić-Marković, Director-General of Democracy at the Council of Europe
13:20-13:35 FIFA AND UN WOMEN – SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
Interview with Gianni Infantino, FIFA President, and Phumzile MIambo-Ngcuka,
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of UN Women

13:35-13:45 CLOSING REMARKS by Gianni Infantino, FIFA President

Convention