In an exclusive interview, Al-Thawadi will speak about the challenges of running a World Cup campaign as well as the opportunities for Qatar, which will stage the first ever World Cup in the Middle East. The conference, which is taking place at the home of Barclays Premier League club Chelsea, will attract 1,000 director-level stakeholders from 45 countries.
Al-Thawadi has joined an impressive list of speakers, including FIFA Executive Committee members HRH Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein, Dr Michel D'Hooghe and Jim Boyce, UEFA General Secretary Gianni Infantino, Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck and the independent chairman of the Football Association, David Bernstein. UEFA Financial Fair Play Panel chairman Jean-Luc Dehaene, Stoke City and Bet365 owner Peter Coates, Sunderland chairman Niall Quinn, Liverpool player Jamie Carragher, Football League chairman Greg Clarke and Pierluigi Collina of the UEFA Referees Committee will also speak at the event.
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