Bürgenstock 2006 > Conference Program > Friday, September 8, 2006

04:30 pm ‘Sports trading revisited - coming of age?’

Sports Exchanges have been consistently the fastest growing sector in the exchange marketplace and are shaping the future of popular markets. Event markets based on everything from ‘Big Brother’ to ECB interest rate decisions are growing too. How are established markets dealing with the threat and what obstacles remain to global growth for event and prediction markets?


Moderator: Prof. Michael Mainelli, Director, Z/Yen Limited, London
Panelists: Mr. Mark Davies, Managing Director of Corporate Affairs, Betfair Ltd, London
Prof. Dr. Jörg Franke, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Berliner Effektengesellschaft AG, Frankfurt am Main
Mr. Chris Shillington, Head of Sports PR, Cantor Spreadfair, London
Mr. Sean Park, Independent expert and sports exchange investor, London