Celia Šašić (b. 1988) is one of the stars of women’s football. She played in the Women’s Bundesliga for SC 07 Bad Neuenahr (2004-2013) and 1. FFC Frankfurt (2013-2015). Her international career began in 2005 and she played for Germany in 111 matches before retiring from football in 2015. She won the UEFA Women’s EURO twice and the Algarve Cup three times with the national squad, and the UEFA Women’s Champions League and DFB Cup with FFC Frankfurt. She was awarded the Fritz Walter medal in 2005, and was UEFA Best Women's Player in Europe in 2012 and 2015. 

In 2020 she was elected to the UEFA Control, Ethics and Disciplinary Body. 

Celia Šašić is an ambassador for UEFA EURO 2024 and has been DFB Vice President for Equality and Diversity since March 2022. Celia stands for equal opportunities, the inclusive power of soccer and the conviction to succeed in soccer with fair play, discipline and sovereignty. 

André Seabra is a Director of the Portugal Football School – Portugal Football Federation. He is also Auxiliar Professor with Aggregation at Faculty of Sport - University of Porto. His qualifications include a Ph.D. in Sports Science and two masters, the first in Public Health and the second in High-Performance Training. Authored and co-authored of more than 150 scientific papers published in national and international peer reviewed journals and invited speaker in more than 200 lectures in Portugal and in different countries. 

James Sennett is an Associate Director at Ecorys where his research has a strong focus on sport and physical activity policy. James has recently directed a study for the European Commission on athletes’ rights in and around large sport events and another on trends affecting the European Sport Model. James has also directed EU-wide reviews of good practices in sport diplomacy, sport and disability actions, and safeguarding children in sport. James has led numerous sport research studies for government organisations in the UK focused mainly on sport participation and governance issues in the sector.