Golf is open to all
Speakers
We have assembled a powerful line up of more than 25 platform speakers to stimulate and lead debate. They bring a breadth and depth of experience on the issues that matter in golf today; modernising the Rules, promoting sustainability in the game and demonstrating that golf is truly a sport for all. The conference sessions will be highly interactive with delegates given the time and space to contribute using the latest push to talk delegate microphone technology and handheld audience response voting terminals.
Delegates will hear the latest update on the much talked about World Handicap System and where next for golf in the Olympic Games after the stunning success of the sports reintroduction to Olympic competition in Rio last year.
David Rickman
Executive Director - Governance and Chief of Staff, The R&A
David Rickman is The R&A's Executive Director - Governance, a post he has held under different titles since 1996. David is responsible for The R&A's governance functions (Rules of Golf, Amateur Status, Equipment Standards and Handicapping). He is also The R&A's newly appointed Chief of Staff, responsible for operational oversight of R&A strategy as well as HR, IT and Facilities. He is Chief Referee at The Open and will assume the same role at the Ricoh Women's British Open in 2017. David was born in St Andrews and has a degree in Business Studies and Accountancy from the University of Edinburgh.
David Rickman
Executive Director - Governance and Chief of Staff, The R&A
David Rickman is The R&A's Executive Director - Governance, a post he has held under different titles since 1996. David is responsible for The R&A's governance functions (Rules of Golf, Amateur Status, Equipment Standards and Handicapping). He is also The R&A's newly appointed Chief of Staff, responsible for operational oversight of R&A strategy as well as HR, IT and Facilities. He is Chief Referee at The Open and will assume the same role at the Ricoh Women's British Open in 2017. David was born in St Andrews and has a degree in Business Studies and Accountancy from the University of Edinburgh.