Promoting and Supporting Good Governance in the European Football

Agents Industry

The Regulation of Football Agents

University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Rijeka-Croatia
Hahlić 6, HR-51000 Rijeka
Monday, 10th June 2019

9:30 - 10:00 Registration and Refreshments

10:00 – 10:20 Welcome

Vesna Crnić-Grotić, Dean (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law)
Snježana Prijić-Samaržija, Rector (University of Rijeka)
Vojko Obersnel, Mayor (City of Rijeka)

10:20 – 10:40 Richard Parrish (Edge Hill University, UK) – Project Head
Presentation of the Project and its Report with thematic conclusions

10:40 – 11:00 Key-note speaker

FIFA TBC
Julien Zylberstein - Chief Policy & Stakeholder Affairs Advisor - President's and
Executive Office at UEFA (FIFA Task Force Member) TBC

11:00 – 12:00 Round table: Arbitration

(Chair Andrea Cattaneo, Edge Hill University, UK )
Jacopo Tognon (University of Padova, CAS)
Fabio Iudica (University of Milano, CAS)
Petra Pocrnić-Perica (NOC of Croatia, CAS)
Georgios Elmalis (BAT)
Tomislav Kasalo (FIFA DRC)

12:00 – 12:20 Discussion

12:20 – 12:45 Coffee Break

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12:45 – 13:45 Round Table: The Future of Football Agents Regulations
(Chair Vanja Smokvina, University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Croatia)
Fabio Pesce (Italian FA) TBC
Vladimir Iveta&Tanja Peraković (Croatian FA)
Mladen Čičmir (Slovenian FA)
Martin Riha (Czech FA) TBC
+ Stakeholders: FIFPro: Alexandra Goméz-Bruinewoud
ECA+members: Daan de Jong TBC; ECA members
EFAA: Roberto Branco Martins
EL - TBC

13:45 – 14:00 Discussion and Conclusions

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To Register for the Conference please use the link to the Registration Form:
https://forms.gle/FXakbTYJvFv6mrvM8

Conference Organisation and Program Committee:

Assist. Professor Vanja Smokvina (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Croatia)
Professor Vesna Crni-Grotić (University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law, Croatia)
Professor Richard Parrish (Edge Hill University, UK)
Dr Andrea Cattaneo (Edge Hill University, UK)
Professor Carmen Perez-Gonzalez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain)
Professor Johan Lindholm (University of Umeå, Sweden)
Professor Jürgen Mittag (German Sport University, Germany)

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Language: Croatian and English (with simultaneous translation)

Venue: University of Rijeka, Faculty of Law: https://www.pravri.uniri.hr/en/

Contacts: vanja.smokvina@gmail.com

More about the project:

• https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/law/research/centre-for-sports-law-research/?tab=eu-
football-agents-project
• https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-
details/#project/fafc111f-ae4a-4660-9c74-47be482c43b2
• https://twitter.com/eusportslaw
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Accommodation: We suggest to choose hotels in Opatija (10 km from the Faculty of Law)
See more about Opatija: https://www.visitopatija.com/en
Please contact vanja.smokvina@gmail.com in case You need suggestions about hotels

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Travel: We suggest to use the Rijeka Airport (20 km from the city of Rijeka or 30 km from
Opatija)

See the Rijeka airport webpage: http://rijeka-airport.hr/en/destinations and see the picture
with destinations

In alternative:
Trieste Airport (75 km from Rijeka): https://triesteairport.it/en/
Venice Airport (200 km from Rijeka): https://www.veniceairport.it/en/
For travel to Rijeka (and Opatija): You may use FLIXBus: https://www.flixbus.co.uk/
Zagreb Airport (170 km from Rijeka): http://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en
Ljubljana Airport (120 km from Rijeka): https://www.fraport-slovenija.si/en/Main/
For travel to Rijeka (and Opatija): You may use FLIXBus: https://www.flixbus.co.uk/