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With some of the world's best digital sport marketers travelling to Australia to address the 'Getting the most out of digital' sport marketing conference, conference organiser, Simon Arkwright is anticipating record delegate numbers for the conference.

Following on from the 2011 Sport is Fantastic Conference, the conference agenda for the 2011 event will cover a large range of topics related to social media and digital, and has a speaker line-up including senior executives from Liverpool FC, Wigan, Boston Celtics, Major League Baseball, New York Jets, New York Times, WWE, Toronto Maple Leafs, San Francisco Giants and Nike.

Up to 300 delegates are expected to attend the event which is being held at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 12th and 13th July 2011.

Speakers at the event include:

• John McCauley, New Media Director, Maple Leaf Sports Enterprises, owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Toronto Raptors & Toronto FC;
• Andy Pawlowski, Global Digital Lead, Nike Basketball;
• Lewis Howes, Author - Founder of the Sports Executives Association, Publisher of The Sports Networker blogsite
• Matt Owen - Manager, Online Communities, Liverpool FC
• Peter Stringer, Director - Interactive Media, Boston Celtics
• Jason Yeh, Director - New Media, MLB Advanced Media
• Shane Harmon, General Manager, Marketing and Communications, Rugby NZ 2011 Ltd
• Russ Stanley, Managing VP, Ticket Sales & Services, San Francisco Giants
• Matt Higgins - Executive VP Business Operations, New York Jets
• Tom Jolly, Managing Editor, Night News & former Sports Editor - New York Times
• Simon Collinson, Marketing Director, Wigan Warriors

The event also includes a pre-conference Afternoon Masterclass on Monday 11th July.

Numbers for the Masterclass will be capped and all those attending will have the opportunity to have in-depth conversations with some of the conference's international speakers.

For more information contact Simon Arkwright of the Sport Research Group on + 64 4 567 0908, E: simon@sportresearchgroup.com, www.sportisfantastic.com/page/registration.aspx

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