Former professional cyclist Lance Armstrong is due to speak at a sports conference in Dublin in October it has been announced. The Texan is set to appear at the new One Zero Event in Dublin in October for his only European speaking engagement of 2016.

Armstrong will conduct a 90 minute interview which the organisers describe as being ‘no-holds barred’ live on stage at the conference at the RDS on Friday, October 21st.

“This is an event which has attracted global interest from the people who are shaping the future of sport,” said One Zero co-founder Rob Hartnett. “One Zero is about bringing compelling and world class sporting stories to life in a way that has never been done before.”

Other leading figures looking at the future of sport in a global context on the day will include:
◾ Leading advocate for ethics in sport and one time candidate for the Presidency of FIFA, Jaimie Fuller of Skins;
◾ Head of Innovation and Technology with the all conquering Team USA from the Olympics and Paralympic Games, Mounir Zok;
◾ Twitter Head of Sport, Alex Trickett
◾ Vice President, Content at Eurosport, Arnaud Simon
◾ Vice President, Digital Brand Strategy at Phoenix Suns, Jeramie McPeek

“Lance Armstrong has been the most jaw dropping story in sport in 20 years,” said co-founder Richard Barrett. “Everyone has an opinion but very few have heard his story at first hand with all the cards on the table.”

“Having him speak openly and with candour about his past, with a world class interviewer who we will be revealing shortly, is a signal of the intent of One Zero to tackle the major issues in sport from money and fans to technology and drugs.”

“The complete speaker line up we will be revealing in the coming weeks is like nothing Dublin has seen before,” concluded co-founder Ross O’Dwyer.

36 COMMENTS

  1. Nigel it’s common knowledge! With the Qatar world cup committee I hear??!! Who else? Russian athletics confederation and Donald Trump? How much appearance fee they getting?

  2. a bunch of nobodies moralising about man who has more sporting ability than any of you even without the drugs. you should all organise a talk and see how many people turn up 😉

  3. They all Doped, get over it for ready fuck sake . Im sure we all did something bad in our lives, no one is perfect . You can’t get that drive and passion on EPO alone .

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