Welcome and introduction from the Chair: Its all about Performance

Performance has been Mike Forde's raison d'etre throughout his career, analysing world-beating techniques from some of the best managers in the world - Allardyce, Mourinho, Ancelotti. As Director of Team Operations he needs to understand the best strategies and techniques in world sport and build a long term competitive advantage for Chelsea. He's one of the true gurus of sport performance and a leader of the profession.

Speaker:

* Mike Forde, Director of Team Operations, Chelsea FC

Winning against the odds. How Lance Armstrong redefined cycling

Johan is quite simply a legend in pro cycling. A former cyclist himself with 2 stage wins in the Tour de France, he connected on the roads of Europe with the young Texan named Lance Armstrong and, at the age of 34, became Sports Director for Lance's American team in 1998. In doing so he made Lance something he had never been, a prepared and efficient rider. He convinced him to spend winters training in the Alps and Pyrenees. He altered his pedalling cadence. They went into wind tunnels, seeking better positioning to save fractions of seconds. They experimented with new bike technologies. Together they redefined the approach to cycling. And he stayed with him as he created history with his seven Tour wins. To this day his team is still winning Grand Tours and races around the world and in this unique session Johan will explain his tactical intelligence, gift for preparation and his general approach to talent management, team structure and logistics to ensure the team functions as a high performing unit.

Speaker:

* Johan Bruyneel, Sporting Director, Team Radio Shack & Lance Armstrong's coach

Art or Science: Lessons from Milan

It started as an experiment and turned into a science that has travelled the world of football. But what scientific and medical techniques are used to prepare players? How can teams predict injuries to their most valuable assets? How do you ensure players are performing at the highest level for longer? 2 legends born out of AC Milan's famous performance laboratory, one as the scientist, the other as its proudest achievement, talk about their experiences at the top of the game.

Speakers:

* Bruno De Michellis, Assistant Manager, Chelsea FC

* Paolo Maldini, Former AC Milan legend (tbc)

The numbers never lie: How analysis leads to certainty in a changing world

The ability to analyse human performance across a range of different criteria be it mind, biomechanics, time motion ratios, speed or agility, is fundamental to understanding how to get the most out of players. The organisation and the environment are key to success as they control the most important business assets of any club- the players. In this session we find out what level of due diligence is necessary to successfully identify, develop and manage talent from 4 of the most experienced performance gurus in the world.

Speakers:

* Mark Taylor, Head of Sports Science, Fulham FC

* Dave Reddin, Consultant, British Olympic Association

* Peter Brukner, Medical & Sport Science Director, Liverpool

* Tony Strudwick, Head of Sports Science, Manchester United

The business of winning: lessons from management

Every successful team in sport, business or life follows a set of guiding principles, whether conscious or not, to create an advantage over the competition. Understanding these rules has been the obsession driving Kevin Roberts, Worldwide CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi and co-author of 'Peak Performance: Business Lessons from the World's Leading Sports Organisations'. His theories and practices have been adopted by some of the world's great coaches, not least Jose Mourinho, and some of the worlds biggest brands including Toyota, Visa, Proctor and Gamble, Sony Ericsson and Toshiba. The stakes are high. Winning is everything. Play by the rules.

* Kevin Roberts, World-wide CEO, Saatchi & Saatchi, co author, Peak Performance: Business lessons from the world's leading sports organisations

Money ball: How to recruit for success

The revolution that has swept through the academies and changing rooms in the Premier League can be put into 2 words. Arsene Wenger. He has brought a new approach to training, a new way of thinking, and a new style of play to one of the Premier leagues most respected teams. Players are younger, fitter and more tactically aware. Long term success and the pursuit of excellence are the driving forces. And culture is everything to Arsenal. The man at the helm, and one of, if not the, most gifted, articulate and intelligent Managers in the world tells his story and his ambition for the future of football.

Alongside Arsene is a Baseball legend who's approach to player recruitment was famously charted in the best selling book "Moneyball". Billy Beane moulded the Oakland A's into a perennial postseason contender whilst running the club as one of the most cost effective in the MLB. Spending at the wrong time, for the wrong reason on the wrong player is not part of his vocabulary. Thinking, modelling, measurement, benchmarking. Its what Billy does better than anyone in the world and in this session he will outline his strategy for identifying undervalued assets to create and sustain an edge in one of the most competitive sports in the US.

Speaker:

* Arsene Wenger, Manager, Arsenal FC

* Billy Beane, General Manager, Oakland 'A's

If you would like to learn more about Leaders in Performance, please contact one of the team on +44 (0) 208 545 1595 or email performance@leadersinfootball.com

Please note that Leaders in Performance is an invitation-only event and is limited to 300 senior executives in order to maintain the quality and relevance of attendees. An invitation to ‘Leaders in Performance’ is at the sole discretion of the organisers and the team of industry rights holders/advisers used to assess the credentials of delegates.