07 May 2026

Annual Conference

Sport Resolutions Annual Conference 2026 in association with Winston & Strawn LLP

The must-attend event for law and sport professionals

Sport Resolutions’ 11th Annual Conference - marking over a decade of insightful and influential gatherings - will take place on Thursday, 7 May 2026, at the five-star Leonardo Royal London St Paul’s Hotel.

As in previous years, the conference will bring together a distinguished panel of leading sports professionals and industry experts. Through engaging discussions and debates, speakers will explore the latest developments and emerging ideas across key areas including anti-doping, athlete welfare, good governance, and integrity in sport.

Event Presenter

We’re excited to announce that the 2026 conference will be moderated by renowned sports broadcaster and journalist Manish Bhasin. Read his full biography here.

2026 Session Topics

The conference will feature five sessions:

  • Three sessions in the morning
  • A buffet lunch break
  • Two sessions in the afternoon

A provisional agenda can be viewed by clicking on the Agenda section at the top of this page or by scrolling down.

CPD members will earn 4.5 CPD points for attending the 2026 Annual Conference.

Announced Topics

  • The Risk of Suicide in Professional Sport: Risk, Responsibility & Hope. For more information please click here.

Further conference topics and session speakers will be announced over the coming weeks.

Networking Opportunities

Each year, the conference attracts around 300 legal and sport professionals, offering exceptional opportunities to connect with peers across the sector.

  • Registration will be accompanied by breakfast, including hot drinks and pastries
  • Further networking will take place during two coffee breaks and the open buffet lunch
  • The day will conclude with a networking drinks reception, providing a relaxed setting to continue conversations and build new connections

Tickets

Early Bird tickets will be available from Monday, 5 January 2026.

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  • Early Bird tickets: £330.00 (excl. VAT)
    Available until 23:59 on Monday, 23 March 2026
  • Standard tickets: £395.00 (excl. VAT)

For information on other ticket types, please visit the Tickets section at the top of this page.

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Agenda

Programme/Agenda
Start End Description
08:00 09:00

WISLaw Networking Breakfast
08:45 09:15

Registration/Breakfast
09:15 09:25

Welcome by Richard Harry, Chief Executive, Sport Resolutions
09:25 09:30

Welcome by Peter Crowther, International Managing Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP
09:30 10:30

1st Session
10:30 11:15

2nd Session
11:15 11:45

Coffee Break
11:45 13:00

3rd Session
13:00 14:30

Lunch & Networking
14:30 15:30

4th Session
15:30 16:15

5th Session
16:15 16:30

Closing remarks by Audley Sheppard, Chair, Sport Resolutions 
16:30 18:30

Post conference drinks sponsored by Winston & Strawn LLP 

Tickets

We are very pleased to be able to keep the ticket prices the same as last year, despite rising costs and high inflation rates that have been well documented.

Early Bird tickets will be available from Monday, 5 January 2026.

To receive a reminder when tickets go on sale, as well as updates on speakers and session topics, please sign up to our newsletter.

Ticket prices

  • Early Bird tickets: £330.00 (excl. VAT)
    Available until 23:59 on Monday, 23 March 2026
  • Standard tickets: £395.00 (excl. VAT)
  • Students in full-time education may attend the conference at the discounted rate of £99.00 (excl. VAT) with our Academic Ticket (student ID or academic email address required). Please note that a limited number of tickets are available at this rate.
  • Our Group Ticket allows three tickets to be purchased for the price of two standard tickets (equivalent to £263.33 per ticket, excl. VAT). This offer applies only to standard tickets, and all three attendees must be from the same organisation. Further discounts are available for organisations wishing to purchase more than three tickets. To find out more about group bookings, please email resolve@sportresolutions.com.
  • We also offer a limited number of Athlete Tickets to individuals on the World Class Programme (WCP), priced at £145.00 + VAT. To apply, please contact the Sport Resolutions team at resolve@sportresolutions.com, providing a copy of your licence and/or documentation confirming your athlete status. You will then be issued with a promotional code to access the discounted ticket.

Further discounts are also available should an organisation wish to purchase tickets for 5 people or more. To find out more about our group bookings please email us at: resolve@sportresolutions.com

Speakers

Manish Bhasin

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Manish Bhasin

Manish BhasinConference Host

Manish Bhasin is a distinguished sports journalist and broadcaster, widely recognised for his work with the BBC and as a leading global presenter for the Premier League.

With a career spanning more than two decades, Manish is best known for his nine-year tenure at Premier League Productions, hosting official global matchday coverage to an estimated weekly audience of 700 million across over 180 countries.

In 2004, he made history as the youngest-ever regular host of BBC One’s Football Focus at just 27. He later spent six years as lead presenter of The Football League Show and has frequently fronted Match of the Day 2 and the BBC’s FA Cup highlights coverage.

Beyond football, Manish has served as the BBC’s primary cricket presenter, covering the Ashes and multiple ICC Cricket World Cups. He was also part of the BBC presenting team for the 2012 London Olympics and the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. His versatility sees him currently hosting for Sky News.

Manish also presents at major corporate and sporting events, including the PFA Awards. Named one of the most influential Asians in sport by The Daily Telegraph, he holds an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Anglia Ruskin University. A lifelong Leicester City supporter, he is an ambassador for The British Asian Trust and Show Racism The Red Card.

Paul Pook

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Paul Pook is a former professional rugby player and internationally respected high-performance coach and consultant. He served as National Fitness Coach with Ireland during their Grand Slam winning campaign and later worked across Olympic sports, including coaching athletes who became double Olympic gold medallists, giving him rare experience at the highest levels of both team and Olympic performance.

Paul is the author of Complete Conditioning for Rugby, a widely respected guide to physical preparation in rugby used by coaches and players around the world.

Drawing on his own lived experience of depression, suicidality, and a sport-related brain injury sustained through rugby, Paul is now the founder and CEO of Tackle Suicide CIC, a rugby-led wellbeing and suicide prevention initiative dedicated to protecting the mental health of current and former contact-sport athletes. In media interviews, including with the BBC and The Guardian, he has described himself as a “functioning suicidalist,” using his story to challenge stigma and encourage more open conversations about suicide. Through Tackle Suicide CIC, he advocates for earlier support, cultural change in sport, and greater recognition that brain health, mental health, and player welfare are inseparable.

Lauren Vickery

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Lauren Vickery

Lauren VickerySpeaker - The Risk of Suicide in Professional Sport

Lauren Vickery is a psychotherapist working in private practice and with professional athletes across a range of sports. She is trained in Gestalt and sensorimotor (somatic) approaches and brings an integrative, evidence-informed perspective to her work. 

She is Co-Lead and Lead Psychotherapist at Tackle Suicide CIC, where she develops evidence-based interventions, leads research initiatives, and supports organisational delivery. Lauren also delivers professional training across sporting, education, and health settings. 

She specialises in trauma, eating disorders and addiction, alongside a wide range of other mental health presentations. With a keen interest in neuroscience, she believes in working with both mind and body, and her practice is grounded in client empowerment and resilience-building. She has expertise in supporting individuals affected by neurological conditions, chronic illness, and performance-related stress. 

Through her clinical work, Lauren has developed a strong interest in the psychological risks faced by athletes in contact sports, including injury, concussion, cultural expectations of toughness, and transitions out of sport. She is passionate about challenging harmful narratives around “mental strength” and promoting healthier approaches to wellbeing. 

Her work focuses on reducing stigma around suicide and encouraging open conversations. Guided by her ethos of being “human first, therapist second,” her goal is to protect players and protect the game.