On the occasion of the Professional Disc Golf Association Disc Golf Pro Worlds 2025, 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpmRGQ3iUnL7a-go6B1b3lkG0MIPr…
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 Disc Golf Academy)
Lauri Alasaukko-oja (Frisbeegolfmedia)
Calixto García (PDGA Europe)
Sam Gades / Juha Kytö (Disc Golf Pro Tour DGN)
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 https://open.spotify.com/show/2ySMfz3oRjR4aURqouO7Wo?si=c5edfa1030454c06 )
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 (DiscGolfPark) + John Houck, Houck Design
World’s Top 100 courses: Jere Pohjankoski (Kippis.org - Heinola Discgolfpark world) + Vincent Schaffler (Ale Disc Golf Center )
Public support: Mats Adamczak (Åland Disc Golf Island) + Robert Abel (Disc Golf Cyprus https://www.facebook.com/groups/696014184435111 ).
DG + hotel + activities: Amaral Carvalho (Valle d’Encanto https://valledencanto.pt , Portugal) + Stian Johnsen ( Lille Leland Disc golf) + 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: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSg7siR-xyNftlSqXU5aK98KgvYS6…
