Speakers

Symposium speakers will:

Introduce delegates to the threats of match manipulation and gambling in sport;
Present many sophisticated responses to these issues that have developed internationally; and
Propose a model designed to protect the Canadian sport system.

Additional speakers to be confirmed.

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Professor Richard H. McLaren, O.C., LL.B., LL.M., C.Arb.

Richard McLaren is a commercial lawyer, arbitrator, mediator, and professor of law with an extraordinary global reputation in sport. He is a longstanding member of the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and has been a member of the ad Hoc Divisions of the CAS at five Olympic Games.

His positions include a seat on the Strauss Institute, Council of Distinguished Advisors (Pepperdine University), Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, Melbourne University, and Chair Emeritus of the Sports Law Institute at Marquette University. Mr. McLaren is President of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal in Geneva Switzerland and is an elected judge to the FIA International Court of Appeal. He is an Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer for the Uniform Tennis Anti-Corruption Program, Chair of the Anti-Doping Tribunal of the International Cricket Council, and Chair of the Doping Control Board for the Caribbean Cricket Council. Mr. McLaren also acts as the Chief Arbitrator for IRONMAN in respect to anti-doping violations under the IRONMAN Anti-Doping Policy as well as Chief Arbitrator for Anti-Doping Policy Violations for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC).

He served as the only non-American advisor to Senator Mitchell in the Major League Baseball Anti-Doping Drug Inquiry. In December, 2014, Mr. McLaren was appointed by WADA to a three person Independent Commission to investigate international doping issues in the sport of athletics (IAAF), and was subsequently appointed as the Independent Person who led the WADA Investigation of Sochi Allegations arising from the previous Independent Commission resulting in publication of the “McLaren Report”. In December, 2015, Mr. McLaren was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Declan Hill, investigative journalist

Declan Hill is an investigative journalist, documentary maker and academic. He specializes in the study of organized crime and international issues. He was the first journalist to break the story of Asian match-fixing gangs linked to the multi-billion dollar gambling markets destroying international football in his book ‘The Fix: Soccer & Organized Crime’. It has now become a best-seller in 21 languages. In 2013, he published the academic version ‘The Insider’s Guide to Match-Fixing’ which is now available in English and Japanese.

Before publishing ‘The Fix’ Hill completed documentaries on the killing of the head of the Canadian mafia, blood feuds in Kosovo and ethnic cleansing in Iraq. He has also filed articles or made documentaries in Kurdistan, Kenya, France, Belgium, Russia, Bolivia, India, Italy, Australia, South Africa, Germany, Northern Ireland, Brazil, Mexico, Philippines, Turkey and across North America.

His programs and articles have appeared around the world in outlets including the New York Times, Toronto Star, Guardian, BBC, CNN International, CBC and PBS Frontline.

Hill has also won a number of national and international awards from organizations such as Amnesty International, the Canadian Association of Journalists and Play the Game.

He has also been interviewed in over-800 media outlets in more than 60 countries including Al-Jazeera, Sky News, BBC, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, El Pais, De Morgen, Il Manifesto, Hürriyet, Le Matin and ABC (Australia).

He has also testified about the new wave of match-fixing linked to globalisation before committees at the Council of Europe, the European Parliament in Brussels, the UK Parliament in Westminster and the International Olympic Committee.

Hill was a Chevening Scholar at Green College, University of Oxford where he obtained his doctorate on the study of organized crime and informal governance, with a particular specialty in match-fixing in professional sports. He has published numerous academic articles and book sections about sports corruption and is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on the subject.
Paul Melia, President and CEO, Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES)

He originally joined the CCES in 1991 as Director of Education and Communications, and was with the Centre for eight years prior to leaving to pursue an opportunity in the high-tech industry as Regional Vice-President with In-Touch Survey Systems Inc. Paul’s passion for promoting sport in Canada that is positive, values-based and principle-driven resulted in his return to the CCES.

Paul plays a leadership role in managing the CCES’ operations, which includes the administration of the Canadian Anti-Doping Program, leading the growth of the True Sport Movement in Canada and working with the federal, provincial and territorial governments and other sport.

Paul is currently Chairperson of the True Sport Foundation and he also works extensively in the international arena promoting ethical and doping-free sport. He served as the first President of the internationally based Association of National Anti-Doping Organizations from 2002-2006.

Paul is a graduate of the University of Ottawa with a Masters degree in Health Administration. Prior to joining the CCES, Paul was Chief of the Tobacco Programs Unit at Health Canada where he was responsible for the direction and management of the Department’s tobacco use reduction strategies.

Over the course of his career, working on a variety of health and social issues, Paul has developed extensive knowledge and expertise in the development and implementation of public awareness, education and social change campaigns. His leadership skills have been characterized by a clear vision, results-oriented approach to the management of a wide range of public issues.
Jeffrey Mishkin, Partner at Skadden, Arps

Prior to joining Skadden, Arps, Jeffrey Mishkin served as Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of the National Basketball Association and continues to serve as its chief outside counsel. Since joining Skadden, his sports practice has expanded to include representation of many professional sport leagues and organizations, including the PGA Tour, National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball. The New York Times has described Mr. Mishkin as "one of the country's most prominent sports lawyers."
David Howman, CNZM, Chair of the Board of Directors at the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU)

David Howman is also currently Chair of the World Squash Ethics Commission, was a member of the Australian government’s Panel reporting on Sport Integrity, and holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Auckland University of Technology. Howman was Director General of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) from 2003 to 2016, and was instrumental in its shaping.

The CCES & MGSS Announce 2019 Symposium on Match Manipulation and Gambling in Sport

(Ottawa, Ontario – July 19, 2018) – The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) has partnered with McLaren Global Sport Solutions Inc. (MGSS), an international leader in sport and ethics, to present the 2019 Symposium on Match Manipulation and Gambling in Sport - the first Canadian symposium to...Read more