On the occasion of the PDGA Professional Disc Golf World Championships, PDGA is  setting up a series of open forums about different topics of maximum interest for the disc golf community under the name "PDGA Talks".

They will be held in the VIP tent on the 18th hole, with  relevant speakers that can contribute value in their areas of expertise and an audience area with about 40 seated seats for visitors (free admission until full capacity is reached). Please express your interest with this pre-registration form.

Talks will be filmed and broadcast to maximize its scope and relevance.

TOPICS & SCHEDULE

TUESDAY JULY 29TH 

10:00 - 11:00. Disc Golf Media: Live, post-production and future tendencies.

• Kimmo Turunen (Pulsea)
• Lauri Alasaukko-oja (Frisbeegolfmedia)
• Calixto García (PDGA Europe)
• Sam Gades / Juha Kytö (Disc Golf Network)
• Maxime Tanghe (MDG Media)
• Jonathan Gomez (JomezPro)

11:00 - 11:30. Networking lunch for Disc Golf Media and Press Conference attendees. 

11:30 - 12:15. PDGA Pro Worlds Press Conference. Registered media only.

• 11.30-11.35 Jussi Meresmaa (Organisation Head)
• 11.35-11.40 Doug Bjerkaas (PDGA)
• 11.40-11.42 Pulsea (Communication)
• 11.42-11.44 City of Nokia
• 11.44-11.46 City of Tampere
• 11.46-12.15 Questions for players and speakers: Niklas Anttila, Eveliina Salonen, Kristin Lätt, Gannon Buhr, Isaac Robinson

12:30 - 14:00. Women’s Summit: How to grow female disc golf.

• Kristin Lätt
• Anniken Steen 
• Ida Uddbäk (Talk Birdie 2 Me female podcast)
• Caroline Selnes (Nordic Female Open)
• Terhi Kyto (PDGA Women)
• Sofía Pereira (PDGA Europe Women)

14:00 - 15:30. Disc Golf courses as tourism destinations: Resorts, course design and public support.

• UDisc course directory: Josh Lichti (UDisc)
• Course design: Pasi Koivu (Disc Golf Park) + John Houck (Houck Design)
• World’s Top 100 courses: Jere Pohjankoski (Kippis) + Vincent Schaffler (Ale)
• Public support: Mats Adamczak (Åland Island) + Robert Abel (Cyprus).
• DG + hotel + activities: Amaral Carvalho (Valle d’Encanto, Portugal) + Stian Johnsen (Lille Leland) + Calixto García (Irrisarri Land, Spain)
   

WEDNESDAY JULY 30TH:

18:00 - 20:00. PDGA Country Coordinators meeting.

• Doug Bjerkaas (PDGA Executive Director)
• Brian Hoeniger (PDGA International Director)
• Juuso Nieminen (PDGA Europe General Manager)
• Christer Christiansson (PDGA Europe Board of Directors President)
• PDGA Country Coordinators or their representatives. Specific registration form.