The Italian football ecosystem is facing a critical phase of evolution, driven by an increasingly urgent need for management transparency, regulatory compliance, and a strong ethical commitment to safeguarding individuals. On Friday, September 18, 2026, the Nexthub Deloitte in Bari will host the SFS Snack, a national conference titled “Governance and Liability in Football: Law, Management, and Safeguarding,” organized by Social Football Summit in collaboration with Deloitte Legal.
The event serves as an executive platform for dialogue between political and sports institutions, members of the judiciary, academic experts, and key leaders from the football industry. The morning will open with institutional welcomes from Francesco Paolo Bello (Managing Partner of Deloitte Legal), Vito Roberto Tisci (President of the FIGC Youth and School Sector), and the leadership of the Bari and Lecce Associations Salvatore D’Alusio and Antonio Tommaso De Mauro.
The program will feature three specialized technical panels. The first session, “Special Administration and Governance in Football,” moderated by Andrea Bozza (Head of Football at Deloitte Legal), will analyze judicial oversight and the management of distressed clubs. Featured speakers include Roberto Rossi (Public Prosecutor at the Court of Bari), judicial administrator and university professor Alessandro Formisano, and Saverio Sticchi Damiani (President of US Lecce).
The discussion will then shift toward corporate criminal law with the panel “Criminal Liability of Entities and Sports Companies: Prosecution, Defense, and Prevention Pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 231/2001” moderated by Sky Sport journalist Marina Presello, the session will examine the adequacy of organizational models in preventing corporate offenses, featuring insights from Public Prosecutor at the Court of Bari Ciro Angelillis, Criminal Lawyer, Deloitte Legal Valeria Logrillo, and Preliminary Investigations Judge Antonella Cafagna.
The panel “CorporateLiability, Protection of the Individual, and Safeguarding” (moderated by Valeria Logrillo) will explore the frontiers of ethics in sports. Key experts such as Prof. Lawyer Domenico Costantino (Coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Sports Law and Sports Management, UniBA), Vito Di Gioia (Secretary of the FIGC Youth and School Sector), Paolo Mormando – FIGC Prosecutor’s Office and Daniela Simonetti (FIFA Guardian and ChangeTheGame) will discuss best practices for creating safe sporting environments and strategies for abuse prevention.
The day will officially conclude — first with scheduled presentations by Dr. Paolo Contaldo, Attorney Sacha D’Ecclesiis, Judge, FIGC Federal Court of Appeal Roberto Eustachio Sisto — and then with a strategic summary and closing remarks by Gianfilippo Valentini (Founder of Social Football Summit) and attorney Pierfilippo Capello (Head of Sports at Deloitte Legal), followed by an executive networking session.
Participation is subject to approval by the organization following registration through the dedicated online form.
📅 Friday, September 18, 2026
⏰ 09:00 AM – 01:00 PM
📍 Nexthub Deloitte – Bari, Italy
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The Italian football ecosystem is facing a critical phase of evolution, driven by an increasingly urgent need for management transparency, regulatory compliance, and a strong ethical commitment to safeguarding individuals. On Friday, September 18, 2026, the Nexthub Deloitte in Bari will host the SFS Snack, a national conference titled “Governance and Liability in Football: Law, Management, and Safeguarding,” organized by Social Football Summit in collaboration with Deloitte Legal. The event serves as an executive platform for dialogue between political and sports
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