The afternoon kicked off with a tremendous and open one-on-one conversation between: David Stern (Commissioner Emeritus, NBA) and John Kosner (President, Kosner Media & Former EVP/GM Digital, ESPN).
Next, we don’t think there could be a better collection of panelists to discuss The Progress and Potential of Sports Gambling and It's Impact On Brands. Thank you to DraftKings, who presented this panel, which featured: Brian Musburger (Chairman & Founder, VSiN), Ezra Kucharz (Chief Business Officer, DraftKings), Noah Szubski (CEO, The Action Network), Russell Sapienza (CEO, Black Diamond Global Advisors) and was moderated by Bonnie Bernstein (Sports Journalist, Entrepreneur, Public Speaker).
Our final session of the day, appropriately titled “The Explosion of Traditional and Non-traditional Sports Investing” featured investors who spend their days looking at investment opportunities across the entire sports, media, and technology landscape. Our panelists: Deepen Parikh (Partner, Courtside Ventures), Jay Kapoor (Partner, Launch Capital), Kimberly Frisch (Corporate Development, WWE), Michael Shapiro (Innovation & Venture Investments, MLB) and was moderated by Mandy Antoniacci (Tech Entrepreneur, Columnist, Public Speaker).
