Schedule
March 29 Wednesday
The Historic Academy of Medicine
875 W Peachtree St NW, Atlanta, GA 30309
Opening Ceremony, Awards, Keynote Panel, RSVP required
Doors Open at 5:30 pm
Pre-Match: Hors d'oeuvres, mingling and research walkthroughs
-> 6:30pm: Program Begins
TIFO Presentation: Vera Zeigler
Opening Whistle: Jordan Artis, VIP Student and GT IAML Undergrad
Mayor Andre Dickens (video)
Argentine Consul Juan Manuel Navarro
Cultural Attaché David Ruffel, French Consulate
Halftime: Madison Kim, VIP Student and CM Undergrad
Special Honors for the Superheroes of the Pitch
Kirk Bowman, GT Faculty
Second Half: Panel on power of soccer with Greg Garza, Mbali Hlongwane, Matthew Lawrey, Sanjay Patel and Alexis Steinman
Possible Extra time> 8-8:15pm
Final Whistle: Anelise Laracuente, VIP student and GT INTA Undergrad
RSVP required
March 30 Thursday
9:00 am to 2:30 pm at the Clary Theater, Bill Moore Student Success Center, Georgia Tech (Attached to west side of Bobby Dodd Football Stadium) 225 North Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Room change at 2:30 pm.
2:30 to 5:15 at Suites C & D, Bill Moore Student Success Center, Georgia Tech (Attached to west side of Bobby Dodd Football Stadium) 225 North Avenue NW, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA.
Parking: Bobby Dodd Stadium and Bill Moore Student Success Center (west side of stadium).
Short walk from North Avenue Marta Station.
Paid visitor parking: 210 North Ave NW Georgia Tech Alumni Association. 3 minute walk via pedestrian bridge over North Ave. or 13 minute walk from Technology Square.
Panels and Workshops, No RSVP required
9:00 am - 5:15 pm
Clary Theater • Bill Moore Student Success Center • Georgia Tech
9:00 to 10:15 Innovations and Access to the Game
Declan Abernathy, PhD Candidate in History and Sociology of Technology and Science, Georgia Tech: Grass Ceiling: The United States Women’s National Soccer Team and the Growth of Women’s Soccer in America.
Gilda Doria: Former Captain Duke Women’s Soccer Team, Former Professional Soccer Player Boston Breakers, CEO and Co-Founder Soccerhead: SoccerHead: Making the Game More Accessible and Affordable.
Francisco Stenger, MS Student, Global Media and Cultures, Georgia Tech. Ein Spiel, Ein Ziel (one game, one goal): Sustainable Developments in German Football.
Declan Abernathy, Moderator
10:20 to 11:35 Innovations in Atlanta: How did Atlanta go from Soccer Desert to Leader in Soccer and Soccer for Good
Jill Robbins: Soccer in the Streets: An Insider’s Look at Soccer for Good in Atlanta.
Patrick Sullivan, Soccer Historian, New South Associates: The Roots and Impact of Professional Soccer in Atlanta.
Vera Zeigler, Atlanta United Resurgence and Tifo creator: We Are the A.
Trevor Williams, Editor and Publisher of Global Atlanta: Moderator
12:00-12:45 Brown Bag presentation: Alexis Steinman, McCourt Global Impact Advisor and OM Foundation Board Member: What can teams do for communities? Olympique de Marseille: Impact and Responsibility in a One-Team City.
12:45:-2:00: Innovation? Social? National Culture? and The Game
Felipe Arocena, Universidad de la República, Montevideo: Uruguay: Who Decides? AI and Soccer.
Kirk Bowman, Georgia Tech: Critical Junctures, Path Dependency, and the European Super League.
Dan Breznitz, University of Toronto, Canada. Future Research on Innovation and Culture: What, Why, and How.
Alexis Steinman, McCourt Global Impact Advisor and OM Foundation Board Member.
Dan Breznitz: Moderator
2:00-2:30 Break
Suites C & D, Bill Moore Student Success Center
2:30-3:45 Innovation in Soccer for Good
Mbali Hlongwane, founder Pink Codrs, South Africa. Partnerships with Civil Society and Soccer Clubs: PinkCodrs and Kaizer Chiefs
Jasmin Jalali-Yazdi, Eastside Program Manager at Soccer in the Streets: Challenges and Opportunities for Youth in Soccer for Good.
Cas Mudde, host of podcast Radikaal, Stanley Wade Shelton Professor, University of Georgia. Soccer as Civil Society.
Alberto Fuentes, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of City and Regional Planning, Georgia Tech: Moderator
4:00-5:15 pm Innovation in Fandom
John Boyd, PhD student in Anthropology, Michigan State University. From the Street to the Stadium: Society, Politics, and Morocco’s Ultras.
Luísa Turbino Torres, Florida Atlantic University: The politics of being a soccer fan: torcedoras as political actors in Brazil.
Dilara Hekimci-Adak, Phd Bahçeşehir University and PhD student Florida International University: Ultras, Identity, and Soccer in Contemporary Turkey.
Miguel Rosas Buendia, School of Modern Languages, Georgia Tech. Moderator