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18-19 March 2015Emirates Stadium | London

TACKLING DOPINGIN SPORT 2015

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CONTENTS Introduction 3

Why attend TDS 2015? 4

Event programme 5

Speakers 7

Featured interview 14

Venue 18

How to get here 19

Organised by 20

Partners 21

Become a sponsor 22

Registration and booking 23

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Tackling Doping in Sport 2015

World Sports Law Report is proud to announce the Tackling Doping in Sport 2015 summit, which is set to

take place on 18 - 19 March in London. Every year, this exciting summit brings together national and

international sports federations, NADOs, NGBs, athletes and lawyers from over 50 different countries

around the globe.

Tackling Doping in Sport 2015 presents an opportunity to gain valuable insights from the experts on how

we can collectively protect the right to participate in clean sport. In 2015, our spotlight will be trained

firmly on the latest progress and practice from across the world in the fight for clean – and fair – sport. 

Interactive seminars and expert presentations will provide you with a deeper understanding of the critical

issues in the industry, along with  a comprehensive overview of the current anti-doping landscape in

professional sport, from legal, regulatory, scientific and commercial perspectives. Get first-hand advice

from experts, hear high-profile speakers and network with other professionals in the field.

Don't miss the chance to join speakers and delegates from leading international sports and anti-doping

organisations to discuss the most pressing issues in the anti-doping sector. Come play your part in the

fight for clean and fair sport at Tackling Doping in Sport 2015!

INTRODUCTION

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WHY ATTEND TDS 2015?

Previous attendees include:

• DISCUSS the 2015 WADA Code, supplements, UCI and CIRC, Paralympic anti-doping, the value of science in legal anti-doping proceedings, neurological doping and commercial agreements and sponsorship.

• TRACK the latest developments in anti-doping, the biological passport, school education programmes and result management processes.

• NETWORK with professionals from NADO’s, federations, governing bodies and leading professionals working within the sports and anti-doping industry.

• GAIN top tips for implementing the WADA 2015 Code.

• COLLECT 11 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) points.

• LEARN about the most critical and controversial issues from those that implement the rules, those who have to follow them and those who challenge them.

• ASK our panel of industry experts questions throughout the days Q&A’s

• HEAR from key speakers including representatives from WADA, the UCI, the IOC and the IPC among others.

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EVENT PROGRAMMEDAY 1 Wednesday, 18 March 2015Wednesday, 18 March 2015

08.30 - 09.30 Registration and breakfastRegistration and breakfast

Day One Chairperson: Sarah Winckless – Olympian, Director, Flint Performance PartnersDay One Chairperson: Sarah Winckless – Olympian, Director, Flint Performance Partners

09.30 - 09.45 Conference WelcomeWSLR and UK Anti-DopingConference WelcomeWSLR and UK Anti-Doping

09.45 - 10.15 Keynote AddressClaudia Bokel - Chair, IOC Athlete Commission and Member, IOC Executive BoardKeynote AddressClaudia Bokel - Chair, IOC Athlete Commission and Member, IOC Executive Board

10.15 - 11.00 WADA 2015 Code ImplementationTim Ricketts – Director, Standards & Harmonization, World Anti-Doping AgencyWADA 2015 Code ImplementationTim Ricketts – Director, Standards & Harmonization, World Anti-Doping Agency

11.00 - 11.30 Networking refreshmentsNetworking refreshments

11.30 - 12.15 Challenges of the Anti-Doping Programme at the Olympic Games: Putting the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code Into PracticeRichard Budgett – Medical and Scientific Director, International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

Challenges of the Anti-Doping Programme at the Olympic Games: Putting the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code Into PracticeRichard Budgett – Medical and Scientific Director, International Olympic Committee (IOC) 

12.15 - 13.00 Documentary Screening and Q&A - Doping in Russia - Royal OakHajo Seppelt – Journalist TV & Radio

Does 2 + 2015 = 4 years?...Doing the Math Under the New WADC Sanctioning Regime - Highbury SuiteMarjolaine Viret – Attorney-at-law, Researcher University of NeuchâtelEmily Wisnosky – Attorney-at-law, Researcher University of Neuchâtel

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and networkingLunch and networking

14.00 - 14.45 Supplements - Royal OakDr Kevin Currell – Head of Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport (EIS)

Terence O´Rorke – Director of Business Development, Informed Sport Pascal Gerard – Founder, Etixx Sports Nutrition Contre le Dopage Sport (SAIDS)

Results Management Processes - Highbury SuiteCyril Troussard – Head of Legal Services, Agence Française de Lutte Contre le Dopage

14.45 - 15.30 Anti-Doping School Education Programmes - Royal OakKhalid Gallant – CEO, South African Institute for

Drug Free Sport (SAIDS)

WADA Lab - Update on Detecting Human Growth Hormone Administration - Highbury SuiteDavid Cowan – Director, Drug Control Centre King´s

College London

15.30 - 16.00 Networking refreshmentsNetworking refreshments

16.00 - 16.45 Rugby and the World Cup 2015Ben Rutherford – Legal Counsel, World Rugby LtdDavid Ho – Anti-Doping Manager Compliance and Results, World Rugby Ltd

Rugby and the World Cup 2015Ben Rutherford – Legal Counsel, World Rugby LtdDavid Ho – Anti-Doping Manager Compliance and Results, World Rugby Ltd

16.45 - 17.30 Commercial Agreements and Sponsorship - Royal OakJonathan Vaughters – CEO, Slipstream Sports & Cannondale-Garmin Pro CyclingIan Lynam - Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Commercial Agreements and Sponsorship - Royal OakJonathan Vaughters – CEO, Slipstream Sports & Cannondale-Garmin Pro CyclingIan Lynam - Partner, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

17.30 - 19.00 Networking drinks Networking drinks

20.00 - 23.00 Evening food and fizz reception at The Vineyard IslingtonEvening food and fizz reception at The Vineyard Islington

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EVENT PROGRAMMEDAY 2 Thursday, 19 March 2015Thursday, 19 March 2015

07:00 - 07:45 Morning run from the Hilton Islington Led by Nick Wojek – Head of Science & Medicine, UK Anti-DopingMorning run from the Hilton Islington Led by Nick Wojek – Head of Science & Medicine, UK Anti-Doping

08.30 - 09.30 Registration and breakfastRegistration and breakfast

Day Two Chairperson: Henry Odili Nwume – Member, UK Anti-Doping Athlete Committee Day Two Chairperson: Henry Odili Nwume – Member, UK Anti-Doping Athlete Committee

09.30 - 09.35 Conference WelcomeConference Welcome

09.35 - 10.15 Athlete Perspective InterviewRebecca Adlington OBE – Double Olympic Goal Medallist SwimmerAthlete Perspective InterviewRebecca Adlington OBE – Double Olympic Goal Medallist Swimmer

10.15 - 11.00 Legal Developments in Anti-DopingA summary of UK cases from the past 12 monthsGraham Arthur – Director of Legal, UK Anti-Doping

A summary of CAS case law from the past 12 monthsJeffrey Benz – London and Los Angeles, 4 New Square and Agency for Dispute Resolution

Tackling doping in Eastern Africa Through Grassroots Education Awareness Campaign - Highbury SuiteValerie K. Onyango – Director of Sports, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University

11.00 - 11.30 Networking refreshmentsNetworking refreshments

11.30 - 12.15 Paralympic Anti-Doping - Royal OakVanessa Webb – Anti-Doping Senior Manager, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Victoria Aggar – Member, WADA Athlete Committee

Value of Science in Legal Anti-Doping Proceedings - Highbury SuiteMatt Fedoruk – Science Director, U.S. Anti-Doping

Agency

12.15 - 13.00 Proving the Biological Passport Case - Royal OakDelphine Saint Laurent – Project Manager, Biological Passport Unit, Agence Fraçaise de Lutte

Contre le Dopage (AFLD) Paul Greene – Founder, Global Sports Advocates

Neurological Doping - Highbury SuiteDr Nick Davis – Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University

13.00 - 14.00 Lunch and networkingLunch and networking

14.00 - 14.45 Intelligence and Investigation Case Study (Australia) - Royal OakBen McDevitt – CEO, Australian Sports Anti-Doping

Authority (ASADA)

Voluntariness of Arbitration Clauses Within Athlete Agreements - Highbury SuiteDr. Lars Mortsiefer – Head of Legal, Nationale Anti-

Doping Agentur Deutschland (NADA)

14.45 - 15.30 Anti-Doping Off The Beaten Path - Royal OakKate Mittelstadt – Anti-Doping Manager, Ironman Tom Cleary – Anti-Doping Manager, England and

Wales Cricket BoardSandra Silveira Camargo – Head of Medical and Anti-Doping Affairs, Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)

Substantial Assistance - Highbury SuiteMike Morgan – Founder, Morgan Sports Law LLP

15.30 - 16.00 Networking refreshmentsNetworking refreshments

16.00 - 16.45 Cycling, UCI and CIRCBrian Cookson – President, Union Cyclist InternationaleAntonio Rigozzi – Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Cycling, UCI and CIRCBrian Cookson – President, Union Cyclist InternationaleAntonio Rigozzi – Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

16.45 - 17.00 Conference Close * Please note this programme is subject to change

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Brian Cookson – President, Union Cyclist Internationale (UCI)

Brian Cookson was elected President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in September 2013. For over 40 years cycling has touched Brian’s life, both as a rider and administrator. After competing for 20 years he switched focus to organising and officiating. In 1996 Brian was elected President of British Cycling, a position he held unopposed until his election as UCI President. Between 1986 and 2009 Brian gained significant international cycling experience: he was a UCI International Commissaire at the 1992 Olympic Games, multiple World Championships and stage races. In 2009 he became a member of the UCI Management Committee, was President of the UCI Road Commission (2011-13) as well as the Cyclo-Cross Commission (2009-11).

Rebecca Adlington OBE – Double Olympic Goal Medallist Swimmer

Becky is Great Britain’s greatest ever swimmer and Olympic royalty. She became a household name following her two gold medal winning performances at the Beijing Games in August 2008, and has been the nation’s darling ever since. Becky's drive and thirst for success meant that she won a medal in each of the Olympic finals she swam. A four time Olympic medalist in the 400m and 800m Freestyle, she won two Gold medals in Beijing 2008 and two Bronze medals in London 2012. Becky retired from elite swimming in 2013 and announced a vision for her legacy: Becky Adlington's SwimStars - a swimming initiative with the goal that every child in Britain will be able to swim 25 metres by the time they leave primary school.

Richard Budgett – Medical and Scientific Director, International Olympic Committee (IOC)

Dr Richard Budgett has been Medical and Scientific Director of the IOC since November 2012. Before that he was Chief Medical Officer for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games from 2007 to 2012. He was Director of Medical Services for the British Olympic Association from 1994 to 2007 and has been Chief Medical Officer with Team GB at the summer and winter Olympic Games in Atlanta, Nagano, Sydney, Salt Lake City, Athens and Turin.. He was a member of the IOC Medical Commission at the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 and Winter Games in Vancouver in 2010. After completing a Diploma in Sports Medicine at the London Hospital he worked as a Medical Officer at the Olympic Medical Institute from 1989 to 2012.

Nicole Sapstead – Interim Chief Executive, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD)

Nicole is responsible for the delivery of UKAD´s testing programme, intelligence and investigations function, and science portfolio. Nicole has worked in anti-doping since 1998, as Assistant to the Director and Legal Advisor at the Drug Control Centre at King’s College, and in various roles at UK Sport, where she progressed to Head of Operations before joining UKAD in 2009.

SPEAKERS

Tim Ricketts – Director, Standards & Harmonization, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

Tim Ricketts joined the WADA team in July, 2013 after leaving his post as Anti-Doping Manager for the International Rugby Board (presently World Rugby), where he was based in Dublin, Ireland for ten years. Tim began working in Anti-Doping in 1992, his first role was as a Doping Control Officer and Testing Coordinator with the Australian Sports Drug Agency (ASDA). Tim went on to be the Anti-Doping Manager for the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, USA and again for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tim has participated in three WADA Independent Observer missions having been a member of the IO teams for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, 2010 Tour de France and the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

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Vanessa Webb – Anti-Doping Senior Manager, International Paralympic Committee (IPC)

Vanessa Webb joined the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in 2011 and is currently their Anti-Doping Senior Manager. Prior to joining the IPC, she spent 9 years working at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) in the anti-doping department. Three of those years were spent with the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) as a specialist in recruiting and training anti-doping volunteers for Games-time.

Vanessa has a passion for Paralympic sport and lives in Bonn, Germany.

Jonathan Vaughters – CEO, Slipstream Sports & Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling

In 2003, Jonathan Vaughters stepped away from a successful career as a  professional cyclist and  founded Slipstream Sports, which today runs Cannondale-Garmin Pro Cycling. In 2007, Vaughters created the most progressive anti-doping system in the professional sports word, submitting his riders to 20 times the amount of testing mandated by the sports’ governing bodies. Under Vaughter’s leadership, Slipstream has placed six riders in the top 10 of the Tour de France since its inception in 2008. Vaughters is a founding member of, and sits on the board of directors for, Velon - a business venture formed by pro-cycling teams to foster longer term stability for its members and the sport. He resides in Denver, Colorado with his wife, son and an assortment of family pets.

Dr. Matthew Fedoruk – Science Director, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA)

Dr. Fedoruk joined USADA in 2011 as Science Director and is responsible for providing scientific expertise to drive USADA’s science, testing, results management, and supplement areas. As a Canadian, he was responsible for science and medical issues during his tenure at the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES). As a staff member of the Organizing Committee for the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, he managed anti-doping testing, education, and laboratory analysis challenges before and during the Winter Games. He currently also serves as a WADA Expert Group Member and on the IPC Anti-Doping Committee. He holds a Ph.D. in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine from the University of British Columbia.

Graham Arthur – Director of Legal, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD)

Graham is responsible for managing both analytical and non-analytical results, consistent with the World Anti-Doping Code and UK National Anti-Doping Policy, and overseeing the legal and results management sides of the organisation. Graham brings a wealth of experience in anti-doping and has acted as an Advisor to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) for a number of years. He also has considerable experience working with Government and law enforcement agencies on counterfeiting and piracy matters. In May 2014, Graham was elected Chair of the Advisory Group on Legal Issues for the Monitoring Group of the Anti-Doping Convention (T-DO) of the Council of Europe.

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Dr. Lars Mortsiefer – Head of Legal, Nationale Anti-Doping Agentur Deutschland (NADA)

Dr. Lars Mortsiefer is in-house lawyer and head of the legal department of Germany’s National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA). He joined NADA in 2008. One of his first NADA projects was the implementation of the WADA-Code into a National Anti-Doping Code in Germany. In 2011 he was appointed to NADA's executive board, coordinating NADA’s entire business together with the chairperson Dr. Andrea Gotzmann. He is responsible for all legal issues, particularly results management and disciplinary proceedings. In 2013 Lars was appointed Head of Legal Expert Group of the Institutes of National Anti-Doping Organisations (INADO). Lars is member of the working group on sports law at the German bar council.

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Khalid Galant – CEO, South African Institute for Drug Free Sport (SAIDS)

Khalid Galant has been the Chief Executive Officer at South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (SAIDS), since April 2008. He is accountable for the policy development, fiscal administration, statutory compliance and overall management of the agency. The agency delivers all drug testing services at national and international sports events. Prior to joining SAIDS Khalid was Media and Public Affairs Officer of Washington State Dept of Ecology, and Marketing and Public Affairs Coordintator for Clackamas County: Parks and Recreation Agency. Khalid also managed and administered the start-up of Institute for Drug-Free Sport: South Africa, where he held the position of Managing Director from 1997-2000.

Victoria Aggar – Member, WADA Athlete Committee

Vicki Aggar is a retired Paralympic Rower having won a Paralympic Bronze medal in Beijing in 2008 and numerous World Championship titles during her career. Vicki has extensive experience in high performance sport having managed the sports performance department at Surrey University for five years and subsequently worked as the Athlete Services Manager for the British Paralympic Association. Vicki is also a national trainer for UKAD and sits on the WADA Athlete Committee as well as being a non Executive Director at the English Institute for Sport. Vicki is committed and passionate about promoting drug free sport and hopes to further influence and improve the education and anti-doping practices among the Paralympic committee particularly.   

Cyril Troussard – Head of Legal Services, Agence Fraçaise de Lutte Contre le Dopage (AFLD)

Cyril currently serves as the Head of the Legal Department at the French National Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD). He is in charge of the results management process and the prosecution of domestic doping violations including providing legal advice, drafting decisions and preparing written submissions in administrative disputes. Prior to joining the former AFLD in October 2005, Cyril worked in the field of criminal law as a legal assistant for the Ministry of Justice, and for the International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL). Cyril has a pre-doctoral research degree in private law from the University of Burgundy, a master’s degree in criminal law from the University of Montpellier and a certificate of sports law from the University of Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne.

David Cowan – Director, Drug Control Centre King’s College London

Professor David Cowan BPharm, PhD, FRPharmS, co-founded the Drug Control Centre in 1978, and became its Director in 1990. He has served on a number of national and international committees including the Council of Europe Working Party investigating Drug Abuse in Sport that led to the first World Anti-Doping Convention; the Laboratory Representative on the International Olympic Committee’s Medical Commission, and the World Anti-doping Agency’s Laboratory Accreditation sub-committee. He is a Member of the Crippen Club for Distinguished Toxicologists. In 1998 he was awarded the IOC Trophy for Sport Ethics by the British Olympic Association. He was a founding member of the World Association of Anti-Doping Scientists and became its first President.

SPEAKERSKate Mittelstadt – Anti-Doping Manager, Ironman

Kate Mittelstadt serves as the Director of Anti-Doping for the World Triathlon Corporation, the founder of IRONMAN®. Kate began her anti-doping career with USADA from its inception in 2000 through 2008; serving as its Director of Doping Control. Prior to joining Ironman in 2010 she was the Director of Doping Control for the Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations. She has been involved in major games in several capacities, including as the Manager of Out-of-Competition Testing at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games, as a member of WADA’s Athlete Outreach Teams at the 2002 Paralympic Games, as an Independent Observer at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games and as Chair of the Independent Observer program at the 2010 Winter Paralympic Games.

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Tom Cleary – Anti-Doping Manager, Wales and England Cricket Board (ECB)

Tom worked as a research scientist before fulfilling a lifelong ambition to work in sport by taking up a role working on the RFU Injury and Training Audit. He worked across a number of areas at RFU, such as club development, safeguarding and volunteering before becoming Anti-Doping Assistant in 2009. There TUE processes and NRTP whereabouts were two key accountabilities of this role. In 2009 he became the first Anti-Doping Officer (later Manager) at the ECB, taking responsibility for all aspects of the anti-doping programme. Tom works closely with organisations such as ICC, UKAD, PCA and other sports to ensure that cricket is not only compliant with anti-doping rules but to ensure the anti-doping programme at ECB continues to develop.

Ben Rutherford – Legal Counsel, World Rugby Ltd

Ben Rutherford is a barrister and solicitor qualified in Australia. Ben has held the role of Legal Counsel at World Rugby (formerly International Rugby Board) since January 2010.  He has responsibility for anti-doping matters, including case management, drafting of regulations and tournament rules, testing contracts and the provision of legal advice to internal stakeholders.  He also formed part of the International Teams Sports Federation working group in relation to the recent World Anti-Doping Code review.  In addition to anti-doping, Ben also has responsibility for integrity, discipline, governance and a range of contractual and other matters affecting World Rugby.

David Ho – Anti-Doping Manager - Compliance and Results, World Rugby Ltd

David holds a degree in Sport and Exercise Science from the University of Auckland and began his anti-doping career in 1999 as a chaperone before taking up a full time position with Drug Free Sport New Zealand in 2004.  After 4 years coordinating and managing the testing programme across New Zealand sport at both National and International level, he joined World Rugby in 2008 and moved to Dublin to accept the role of Anti-Doping Officer where developing Rugby specific Anti-Doping education was a key component.  He is currently the Anti-Doping Manger for Compliance and Results overseeing anti-doping regulatory and case management matters.

Jeffrey Benz – London and Los Angeles, 4 New Square and Agency for Dispute Resolution

An attorney, arbitrator and mediator, splitting time between Los Angeles and London, Jeff is a door tenant with London barristers chambers 4 New Square. Formerly a Coudert Brothers lawyer and in house general counsel at entertainment and sports companies (including at US Olympic Comm. and AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, and in pro boxing). He is a mediator with the AAA and CAS. He has been arbitrator in more than 225 cases, with over 90 in sports, covering a wide variety of issues and sports, including discipline, doping, and commercial disputes. He is on the Board of Directors of the Sports Lawyers Association (chairing its International Committee) and the National Sports Law Institute, a member of RexSport and the ABA Sections on Dispute Resolution and Business.

SPEAKERS

Antonio Rigozzi – Partner, Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler

Antonio is the partner in charge of the sports arbitration practice at Lévy Kaufmann-Kohler. As a recognized leader in the field, he has extensive experience across all the main areas of sports law, including anti-doping. Antonio regularly acts for athletes, teams and sports-governing bodies before the CAS, the BAT and the Swiss courts, including the Swiss Supreme Court, and serves as an arbitrator or mediator in sports-related disputes outside the CAS. He is also the chairman of the Arbitral Tribunal of Swiss Athletics. In addition, Antonio teaches international arbitration and sports law at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and regularly lectures for several LLM programmes, such as the FIFA Master in Management, Law and Humanities of Sport.

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Hajo Seppelt – Journalist, TV & Radio

Hajo Seppelt has been a freelance journalist for WDR (ARD- West German broadcasting station) in TV and DLF (German radio) since 2006; film author; features and reporting. He is a reporter and expert for the ARD network on TV and radio: on doping, politics in sport, coverage of the Olympic Games, summer and winter, as well as other major sporting events. Coverage covers all facets of problems associated with doping for ARD sports programs, news (ARD aktuell), as well as journals; he is also the author of TV documentaries on the topic of doping for ARD, and since 2007, an author for sport inside (WDR).

Paul J. Green – Attorney/Founder, Global Sports Advocates LLC

Paul J. Greene, the Founder of Global Sports Advocates, is recognized by Chambers USA and Super Lawyers as one of America’s leading sports lawyers. Paul handles sports law matters around the world, including before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. Representative doping matters: Asafa Powell and Sherone Simpson v. Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission; Nicklas Backstrom v. International Olympic Committee. Paul is on the list of lawyers for the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, the Sports Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada and the United States Olympic Committee. He is admitted to practice in Maine, Massachusetts, New York and the District of Colorado.

Delphine Saint Laurent – Project Manager, Biological Passport Unit, Agence Fraçaise de Lutte Contre le Dopage (AFLD)

Delphine Saint Laurent studied mathematics and physics then obtained a Master's degree specialized in quantum mechanics at the university Paris 7.She joined the French anti-doping Agency (AFLD) in 2005 on a post of person in charge of research (partnership with research bodies) before being manager of the new Athlete Passport Management Unit in 2014, date of the implementation of the biological passport in France.

Dr Kevin Currell – Head of Performance Nutrition, English Institute of Sport (IES)

Dr Kevin Currell is Head of Performance Nutrition at the English Institute of Sport. He leads a team of 15 practitioners across 20 Olympic, Paralympic and Professional sports whose job it is to “Unleash the Power of Food” for the athletes they work with. He is also the Lead Performance Nutritionist for British Athletics and GB Short Track. Prior to this he was the Lead Performance Nutritionist for British Triathlon and GB Canoeing into the London Olympic Games.

SPEAKERS

Pascal Gerard – Founder, Etixx Omega Pharma

Pascal Gerard is the founder of Etixx Sports Nutrition and has worked with a number of professional teams and athletes in the sporting world. With a long and successful background in developing, producing and distributing health food supplements, including the most prescribed natural medicine in Belgium, Pascal noticed a need for a sports nutrition range that met the demands of athletes. Etixx began its life after a study of 6,000 athletes and many years of development. Pascal studied Hotel Management and Advanced Management at the Vlerick Business School, followed by a Masters in Business. He then furthered his studies into health, including orthomolecular medicine, phytotherapy, pharmacology, nutrition and diet.

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Terence O’Rorke – Director of Business Development, Informed Sport (LGC)

Terence O’Rorke is Business Development Director for Sport Analytical Services at international science group LGC Ltd, and manages supplement testing programmes, Informed-Sport and Informed-Choice. After a career in sports media and marketing, Terence worked for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) in Montreal before joining LGC, which conducts its analysis for the sports nutrition industry at laboratories in the UK (Newmarket) and USA (Lexington, Kentucky) – formerly known as HFL Sport. Informed-Sport currently has more than 255 registered products and continues to develop as the world’s globally-recognised testing mark for sports supplements. It helps to protect athletes from inadvertent doping and helps to promote clean sport.

Ben McDevitt – CEO, Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority (ASADA)

Ben McDevitt AM, APM is the Chief Executive Officer of ASADA, the government body responsible for protecting Australia’s sporting integrity through the elimination of doping. Ben joined ASADA in May 2014, bringing with him 30 years of experience in various national and international law enforcement roles.

Nick Davis – Lecturer in Psychology, Swansea University

Nick Davis is a psychologist and neuroscientist, working at the Department of Psychology of Swansea University. His research involves the use of brain stimulation devices to probe cognitive and motor function, and using these technologies to improve function in people with neurological disorders. A recent direction of research has been to take these techniques and apply them to enhancing performance in otherwise healthy people, including sports performers.

Mike Morgan – Founder, Morgan Sports Law LLP

Mike Morgan founded Morgan Sports Law LLP after spending over eight years working within the Sports Law Group of a leading international law firm. He advises on regulatory and disciplinary issues and has particular experience advising on doping, corruption and selection disputes. Mike acted on behalf of National Olympic Committees at three of the last four Olympic Games and has represented other sports bodies, clubs and high profile athletes in proceedings before the High Court, the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the American Arbitration Association, the National Anti-Doping Panel (UK) and the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber.

SPEAKERS

Ines Geipel – Chairperson, Doping-Opfer-Hilfe (DOH)

Ines Geipel was born in Dresden, Germany and was involved in competitive sport from 1977. She held the world record for the 4 x 100 metres relay in 1984, but in 1985 her sport career ended for political reasons. After retiring from athletics Ines studied German literature and language at the University Jena. In 1989 she escaped to West Germany. There she studied philosophy and sociology at the University in Darmstadt. In 2005 she returned the relay world record to DLV [German track and field association]. In 2011 she received Germany’s Federal Cross of Merit for reappraisal of GDR state enforced doping. Since 2013 she has been Chairperson of Doping-Victim-Support, one of the most important and influential voices fighting doping in Germany.

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Marjolaine Viret – Attorney-at-law, Researcher University of Neuchâtel

Marjolaine Viret is an attorney-at-law admitted at the Geneva bar, specialising in sports and health law. She has gained significant experience in sports arbitration as a senior associate in Switzerland’s largest law firm, advising major sports federations on all aspects of doping law. She also acts as a member of different commissions in sports organisations and intervenes as a lecturer in sports law. She currently participates as a doctoral researcher in a Swiss National Science Foundation project, headed by Prof. Antonio Rigozzi, at the University of Neuchâtel, with the goal of producing the first comprehensive legal commentary of the 2015 WADA Code. She is currently completing a PhD on evidence issues in anti-doping as an interaction between science and law.

Emily Wisosky – Attorney-at-law, Researcher University of Neuchâtel

Emily is an attorney-at-law admitted to the California bar and a civil engineer. She currently participates as a doctoral researcher in a Swiss National Science Foundation project, headed by Prof. Antonio Rigozzi, to create the first comprehensive legal commentary of the 2015 World Anti-Doping Code. Alongside this project, she is completing a Ph.D. at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, also on the subject of anti-doping law, which she expects to finish in 2016. Emily holds an LL.M. from the University of Geneva in International Dispute Settlement, with a focus on sports arbitration, as well as a Juris Doctorate from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Henry Odili Nwume – Member, UK Anti-Doping Athlete Committee

Henry is a doctor, but was originally a rugby union player, gaining three Blues at Oxford University before being offered a contract at London Wasps, where he was part of the squad which won the Heineken Cup and Premiership final in 2004. He returned to Medicine and the Army in 2005 and was deployed to Afghanistan in 2007 and 2010. He became involved with bobsleigh after attending a talent ID day, and went on to compete in the next three World Cup seasons and World Championships for Great Britain, before being selected for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. In 2010 Henry was awarded a travel fellowship by the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to study the use of sport in the rehabilitation of severely injured service men and women in America.

SPEAKERS

Sarah Winckless – Olympian, Director, Flint Performance Partners

Sarah Winckless is a director of Flint Performance Partners, working with individuals and teams to create a sustainable competitive advantage for their organisations by enabling each individual in a team to deliver their full potential, whilst contributing to and supporting the overall direction of the group. An Olympic bronze medallist and double World Champion rower, Sarah has learned many lessons from her time as an elite athlete. This coupled with a fascination for neuroscience and her belief in human possibilities, has led her to her career as a leadership coach. Sarah has designed and facilitated team sessions with O2 over a two year period. Sarah has also designed, managed and delivered leadership development programmes for the British Olympic Association.

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FEATURED INTERVIEW

Upon taking the post of the UCIʼs President in September 2013, what were some of the immediate challenges you faced, in particular relating to doping in the sport?

 I think the obvious thing was the credibility of the whole organisation and, therefore, the sport of cycling. The ramifications of the ‘Lance Armstrong era’, if I can call it that, were very substantial and very damaging to our credibility. We were losing fans, sponsors and media coverage, and the UCI was constantly engaged in battles with people like WADA and ASO (the organisers of the Tour de France and other races) – the very people we should have been working closely together with at the UCI. So, one of the very first things that we had to do was try and put that right. The very first call that I made was, in fact, to the President of WADA at the time, where I said, “look, this has got to stop. We’ve got to get on better. We pledge ourselves within the new administration to work more prudently and proactively with you”. So that’s been perhaps the most immediate challenge. And we’ve done a lot of work around that, in terms of making our anti-doping activities and our sport genuinely independent. The Cycling Anti-Doping Foundation - the independent body mandated by the UCI to define and carry out the fight against doping in cycling - and the Legal Anti-Doping Services now work independently and completely free of any involvement from UCI leadership and seek advice and support from external legal counsel rather than any interference from

me or anybody else at the UCI. So, that’s been very worthwhile and effective, I think. We’ve also looked at all of our internal regulations regarding the handling of this kind of information; set up some clear procedures; and, of course, the big thing we’ve done is set up the Cycling Independent Reform Commission, which I think is probably the biggest and most forensic scrutiny of any sport’s doping problems today. We’re waiting for that commission to conclude its report, and hopefully that will be ready in time for the [TDS] Conference. Prior to your current role, you had served as President of British Cycling for some 15 years. You had acknowledged that they “have always taken a very strong anti-doping stance throughout all [their] structures”. What are some of the practices and lessons that you have taken from your time there and brought to the UCI? My time at British Cycling (16 years as President) and being involved in the sport most of my life (when I was a 16 year old kid, Tom Simpson died in the Tour de France on Mont Ventoux for reasons which we are all familiar with now, and that influenced my feelings about doping right the way through my involvement in sport) – the lessons that I’ve taken away from the work we did at British Cycling have been that this is not just a matter for individual athletes. This is a matter for everyone in the organisation to take seriously. We have to commit to supporting clean athletes. We have to make sure that people are educated and coached properly, right from the first day of them taking up the sport, so that they understand that there is zero tolerance and that they will

WSLR Interview with Brian Cookson

Ahead of next monthʼs Tackling Doping in Sport Conference (TDS) on 18-19 March 2015, Brian Cookson, current President of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), sat down with Editor of World Sports Law Report, Nick Rozenberg, to discuss a number of different topics including the campaign to rid the sport of doping, the state of the CIRCʼs investigation and big changes under the 2015 WADA Code.

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be able to compete to the best of their ability without having to go down that kind of road. Everything has got to be done the right way and there are no shortcuts. And you have to employ people throughout your organisation that are committed to that same ethos.  I think those are the principles that I’ve brought to the UCI. Have you found those to be effective in your time at the UCI so far? The lesson that I’m learning is that I think we have to ask everyone in the sport, and I think this goes for other sports too, to take their responsibilities seriously. Anti-doping is not just a matter for governing bodies. It is a matter for different teams, for sponsors, for the media and everyone else. If we are going to protect the ability of our young people to compete without having to take risks, without having to potentially damage their health, without having to spend the rest of their lives looking over their shoulders, then it’s incumbent upon all of us to take our responsibilities seriously. From your perspective, how have cyclingʼs stakeholders (i.e. federations, NADAs, teams, individuals) responded to the UCIʼs campaign to tackle doping in the sport? Very well.  I think we’ve entered a new era. A lot of things have changed in recent years. It’s probably fair to say that it began before I was President. We’ve got some better tools, like the biological passport, that have evolved in recent years. I pay credit to my predecessor, Pat McQuaid, for the work he did on that. We’ve also got a much more realistic and serious attitude in some of the teams, and hopefully most of the riders, in that even if you’re the most cynical and “couldn’t care less” kind of person and believe that everyone else is cheating, even if you don’t accept the moral and ethical arguments about doping, there’s a clear and economic driver here.  The sponsors, the fans and the media don’t want to be involved in a sport that is perceived as being riddled with doping and there are clear demonstrations of that. We had 3 top level World Tour teams in Germany. That

disappeared to zero. We had regular television coverage of the Tour de France in Germany. That disappeared to zero. That’s beginning to come back now – we now have another German team at the top level and I believe we have a commitment from the German television public broadcaster to show the Tour de France live. So, the clear and moral ethical case is backed up by the financial case. And when you’re talking about professional sport, that’s obviously an important element to everyone in the sport. The updated WADA Code came into effect on 1 January 2015 and the UCI has already incorporated the changes into its own revised code.  There are a number of interesting reforms, such as the establishment of a specialist first instance AD tribunal and team sanctions. Could you elaborate on some of the major changes and the resources that the UCI is planning to commit to implement them? The 2015 WADA Code is a really useful tool and a great step forward for us, and that’s why we wasted no time in incorporating it into our own anti-doping rules and sharpened them as much as we can. You can see much smarter testing with surprise tests - we can focus on investigation of supply chains. We’ve increased our staff in anti-doping activities and the legal side, and there’s the [Cycling] Anti-Doping Foundation to make sure that we comply with that. So, you’ve got things on the supply side and the delivery side.  For instance, we’ve now got 4 year bans for intentional anti-doping rule violations as opposed to 2 year bans previously (and that can apply to people who refuse to provide samples or evade or tamper with the process); there’s an obligation on riders and support personnel to report any circumstances that they believe may become an anti-doping rule violation; there’s prohibited association now (in other words, stopping people from continuing to use coaches and doctors who were sanctioned for doping activities) we can suspend teams if they have 2 or more anti-doping rule violations within 12 months; we’ve got a 10 year statute of limitations as opposed to 8 years – all of these things I think are really useful that will allow us to tighten

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the net or lower the radar, whichever of those analogies you prefer. As you have alluded to earlier, you were credited with establishing the CIRC (the Commission), who has been tasked with investigating a range of matters concerning the systematic doping practices which developed in professional cycling. You have already indicated that it is hoped that the report will be ready before the TDS Conference [on 18-19 March]. Has the Commission approached you seeking any extension of time? The original timeframe was set to expire on 31 January 2015. They came and asked us for a month extension and we’ve granted that. We expect the report to be received at the last week of February. We will then publish it as soon as we can – hopefully that’ll be very early in March – and we’ll be in a position to comment on it more publicly. But I’m committed to publishing the report. There will be no interference with the report from the UCI. We will publish exactly what they give us and if they feel that anything in their draft report is going to cause legal problems, then I’ve asked them to take legal advice themselves as to what can and can’t be put in the public domain. So, we will publish what they give us. It has been clear from the outset, and from your comments today, that the Commission has been set up as an entirely independent body. What interactions (if any) did you have with the Commission during their investigation? We’ve had the minimum of intervention in terms of occasional progress meetings of a general nature for them to tell us that they are operating within the budget o r repor t whe ther they have any prob lems administratively. I don’t know whom they have spoken to in terms of witnesses. All I know is that Lance Armstrong has spoken to them because Armstrong’s lawyer announced that fact. None of that information has come from the Commission or the UCI. If anyone has volunteered the fact that they have spoken to the

Commission, then it has come from them and not this side. But we gave them a budget – I mean we had to because no one else was going to pay for it. The guarantee that we gave them was that we would let them get on with their work and if they met major problems they could come back to us. And I’ve had only the briefest of engagements with them.  I’ve actually spoken to them myself and given some evidence, answered some questions they wanted to ask me.  And that’s essentially the way that it should be and it’s going to be. Given that the UCIʼs role in the issue is part of the scope of the investigation, what challenges have been faced, from a logistical view, by the UCI having the Commission so close to it while it does its investigation? Again, we made sure that people who took on the job realised and committed that they would be independent and, in turn, they wanted to be assured that we wouldn’t interfere with their work (and we’ve lived up to that). They have separate offices; they have separate administrative staff; and have hired a number of consultants to help them with their work who are separate and independent from the UCI. As I say, we’ve absolutely lived up to our commitment. We’ve given them access to all of the data and to the computers of the UCI. They’ve had all of that information and have been able to access it in whatever form they’ve wanted. Paper files, for instance – if they wanted them they could come in and get them. So, we’ve completely collaborated and supported them in any matter that they’ve asked from us and we’ve absolutely guaranteed their independence. The 3 commissioners are people of the highest integrity who wouldn’t have taken that job on if they felt that we were going to interfere with their work, and we haven’t. Part of the broad powers given to the Commission have included, among other things, reduced sanctions for offenders who assist the investigation. To your understanding, has this power been an important investigative tool?

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 Well I understand that they’ve used it, but I don’t know any more than that. I think we’ll have to wait and see what comes out in the report before we can judge whether that’s been an effective part of their armoury or not. Youʼve been quoted as saying, in the context of the Commissionʼs investigation, that “[t]here is potential for redemption for Lance Armstrong”, referring to his co-operation with the Commission. Do you think his co-operation is fuelled by a desire to help the sport tackle doping, as opposed to potential incentives available (i.e. reduced sanctions)? I think what I actually said when the journalist asked me, was that there’s potential for anyone to have redemption and any system of justice needs to have the possibility of redemption. But, of course, people naturally attach that to Lance Armstrong. Let’s see what’s in the report and what the recommendations are. Of course, with Lance Armst rong, i f reduct ions were to be recommended for him, that would have to be approved by USADA because they are the original sanctioning body. That principle would apply to anybody who had already been sanctioned. So, I’m interested to see what he’s had to say to them, and what their judgment is about how valuable it is, but I don’t have that information at this stage and I’ll have to wait until the report is published before I can comment any further. How useful do you feel events like TDS are in inviting all of the stakeholders in sport to one place to discuss these issues? I think these kinds of events are really useful, as I’ve said. I think we need a multi-faceted approach to tackling doping. It isn’t just a matter of testing naughty athletes who have been taking something dodgy behind the change rooms before an event or something. We’re in an era now of sophisticated quasi-medical procedures that perhaps require supply chains, expert professional assistance to athletes, and so all of those

issues need to be discussed and debated. We really need to have an understanding of how we can tackle this. Clearly testing is an effective deterrent, but perhaps not as effective as it might be and it could be improved by much better intelligence and cooperation with the civil authorities, the police authorities, governments and national organisations generally around the world. This isn’t something any longer that can be taken lightly – it has to be treated as a multi-agency problem.  Brian Cookson will be speaking at the TDS conference on 19 March. For more information on the conference, please visit www.tacklingdopinginsport.com  

 

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