January 13th, 2020

The 2020 GAA Games Development Conference in partnership with Sky Sports took place in Croke Park, on Friday and Saturday January 10th and 11th 2020.

The Conference theme was ‘Values, Behaviours & Culture – the Key to Sustaining Success’

The final programme of speakers has been finalised, and is available here. Confirmed speakers include:

  • Kris Van Der Hagen (Director of Coach Education, Belgian FA)
  • Des Ryan (Head of Sport Medicine and Athletic Development, Arsenal FC Academy)
  • John Meyler (Former Manager, Cork Senior Hurling Team)
  • Keith Ricken (Coach, Cork U. 20 Gaelic Football team, All Ireland Champions 2019)
  • Daragh Sheridan (Manager, High Performance Coaching, Sport New Zealand)
  • Christian Penny (Leader, Coach Accelerator Programme, Sport New Zealand)
  • Colm O’Rourke (Principal, St Patricks Classical School, Navan)
  • Prof Niall Moyna (School of Health and Human Performance, Dublin City University)
  • Niamh McElwain (Senior Learning Manager, Google)
  • Ebha Rutledge (Dublin Senior Footballer)
  • Paul Clarke (Director, Match-Fit)
  • Sean O’Donnell (Performance Analyst, Limerick Senior Hurling Team)
  • Johnny Greville (Coach, Westmeath Camogie Team, All Ireland Intermediate Champions 2019)