The Project Play Summit is the nation’s premier gathering of youth, sport and health leaders. Select Summit sessions will be livestreamed on this page Sept. 17-18 from Detroit. The livestream schedule is listed below.

Tuesday, Sept. 17 Livestream Sessions

8:55-9:15 AM – Ask Kids What They Want: Meet the Unretired
Moderator: Cassidy Hubbarth
Panelists: Betsy Pringle, age 10, Birmingham, AL
Tanaya Mullen, age 12, Detroit, MI
Daniel Solomon, age 12,  Urbana, MD
Navonne Love, age 10, Los Angeles, CA

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9:55-10:25 AM – Sports as Social Fabric, with David Brooks and Tim Shriver
Moderator: Ranya Bautista, Project Coordinator, Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Panelists: David Brooks, Executive Director, Weave: The Social Fabric Project
Tim Shriver, Chairman, Special Olympics International

1:25-2:10 PM – Design for Development: Hoop Dreams at 25 – Is Youth Basketball Any Wiser Now?
Moderator: Jon Solomon, Editorial Director, Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Panelists: Peter Gilbert, Hoop Dreams Filmmaker, Wake Forest University
Chris Webber, Former NBA All-Star, Turner NBA Analyst

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2:10-2:40 PM – Emphasize Prevention: How to Truly Reform USA Gymnastics?
Moderator: Emily Stets, Program Associate, Project Play
Panelists: Valorie Kondos Field, former UCLA Gymnastics Coach
Wendy Hilliard, Wendy Hilliard Gymnastics Foundation

3:55-4:30 PM – What I Learned in Youth Sports, with C. J. Anderson
Moderator: Pat Forde, Yahoo! Sports
Panelist: C. J. Anderson, Detroit Lions Running Back

Wednesday, Sept. 18 Livestream Sessions

9:00-9:50 AM – Featured Conversation: Sport for Social Change
Introduced by: Lex Chalat, Beyond Sport
Moderator: Kyle Martino, NBC Sports
Panelists: Mariona Miret, FC Barcelona Foundation
David Egner, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

11:20 AM-12:00 PM – Think Small: Making It Happen in a Big Way
Moderator: J.J. Tighe, Director, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Panelists: Byron Brown, Mayor of Buffalo
Arn Tellem, Vice Chairman, Palace Sports & Entertainment/Detroit Pistons

3:20-3:50 PM – Call for Leadership: The Role of Government in Driving Systems-Level Change
Moderator: Tom Farrey, Executive Director, Aspen Institute Sports & Society Program
Panelists: Janet Fulton, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jocelyn Benson, Secretary of State, State of Michigan
Matt Wright, Task Force Member, State of Play Hawai’i

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