DLD Sports
September 5, 2026 • Valencia, Spain
DLD Sports Valencia brings together the minds shaping the future of health & human performance, AI in sports, and sports as an asset class.
Join us to meet founders, athletes, scientists, investors, creatives, and cultural operators shaping the frontier of sports innovation.
New terrain. New players. Unexpected conversations.
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Alessia Sinzger
Alessia Sinzger is Co-CEO of DLD, the global platform for technology, business and society. Her focus lies on expanding national and international business partnerships, developing new formats and business models, and growing DLD as the premier community of anyone driving radical innovation worldwide.
Speaker ProfileAlexander Thiel
Alexander Thiel is a Senior Advisor to Altor Equity Partners. He has spent the better part of two decades where sports, business and innovation meet: as an investor and advisor to some of the world’s most recognizable brands. Formerly, as a Partner at McKinsey & Company, he served as Global Head of the firm’s Sporting Goods Practice.
Speaker ProfileChristian Teichmann
As Executive Board member at Hubert Burda Media, Christian Teichmann oversees DLD and Burda Principal Investments (BPI), which he grew into a leading international growth capital investor. Teichmann is a former Partner at Solon Management Consulting and worked for investment banks Lazard and Greenhill.
Speaker ProfileDominik Schreyer
Dominik Schreyer is Professor of Sports Economics at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Düsseldorf and Director of its Center for Sports and Management (CSM). In his award-winning empirical research, he studies how social and psychological factors shape economic behavior and decision-making in professional sport.
Speaker ProfileFlorian Kurz
Florian Kurz is a seasoned executive in the brand, media, sports and event industries. He is also the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors at ESB Marketing Netzwerk AG – the leading business platform for the sports, entertainment and marketing industries in the German-speaking markets, comprising a network with over 650 partners.
Speaker ProfileIris Córdoba Mondéjar
Iris Córdoba serves as Managing Director of the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC). A widely recognized industry leader in sports innovation and entrepreneurship, she has built and connected global sport-tech ecosystems across Europe, Latin America, and APAC.
Speaker ProfileJuan Fuentes Fernández
Juan Fuentes Fernández is the Director of the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC) in Valencia. He works with clubs, leagues, federations, and startups to drive open innovation, technology adoption, and international business development across sport, entertainment, and health.
Speaker ProfileLea-Sophie Cramer
Lea-Sophie Cramer is a prominent German entrepreneur, investor, and podcaster. As founder of Epix Sports, her fourth company, she is now building the leading European holding for the next generation of community-driven sport and movement experiences. With “Fast & Curious”, she also hosts one of the top 5 business podcasts in Germany.
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Saturday, September 5
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