The Laws of Sports: fast and furious or stable and reliable? - 13-14 Sept, Doha

Sessions will include:

The Economics of Sports Contracts
- The contract of the athlete (and the coach): a specific employment contract?
- The image of the athlete: which exploitations and which revenues?
- The issue of live streaming apps and the piracy of live sports content
- Why is the sports industry rushing to cash in into NFTs?
- New actors enter the sport business: the case of private equity investment in sports
- Sponsorship agreements : when much is too much?

Sports Governing Bodies : Old Framework and Arising Issues
- Should states regulate sports sectors or should self-regulation prevail ?
- A governance crisis: should the industry reinvent itself ?
- Is corporation or democracy the best model for sports governance?
- What's next for European sports governance and how will it address its current challenges?
- Governing esports: public policy, regulation, and the law
- Avoiding conflicts of interests : the same old story ?

Dispute Resolution Mechanisms for Sports Conflicts
- The specificity of internal dispute resolution mechanisms of international sporting federations and its limits
- To what extend states courts have a judicial power over sports related disputes?
- Sport and arbitration: the ideal doubles pairing?
- The arbitrability of sports law disputes: the case of employment contracts

International Sporting Competitions and Politics
- Political protests in sports: athletes' rights and duties
- Equality between men and women in sports: is it the beginning and is there a limit?
- Soft power: is sport a political instrument?
- The effect of economic sanctions meted out by international sporting bodies against governments on third parties.