The Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI) has announced the full list of high profile speakers that will address the FEI Sports Forum in Lausanne, Switzerland, in April.

The panel of speakers at the forum will include:

• FEI President HRH Princess Haya;
• International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board Member Claudia Bokel
• IOC Sports and Deputy Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi;
• Susanne Münstermann, DVM, PhD, chargée de mission at the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE); and
• Dr. Hischam El-Agamy, executive director and founder of the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).

Also making presentations at the forum will be:

• FEI 1st Vice President John McEwen;
• Alf-Eckbert Füssel, DVM, deputy head of unit of the European Commission Health and Consumers Directorate-General;
• Maury Peiperl, MBA, PhD, professor of leadership and strategic change at IMD;
• Thomas Batliner, investment consultant and former Olympian;
• Sergei Aschwanden, Olympic judo bronze medalist; and
• Members of the FEI management.

“The quality of the speakers at this year’s Sports Forum is of the highest order,” FEI Secretary General Ingmar De Vos commented. “We are looking forward to a really excellent event which will provide a perfect opportunity for the FEI and its stakeholder groups to evaluate opinions on issues affecting the equestrian community