Kari Seitz – Referee Webinar

Former top referee and FIFA’s current Senior Manager of Refereeing Kari Seitz talks about the opportunities and challenges for women referees.

Women Onside is pleased to bring another leading international figure to Australian audiences in our fourth public webinar.

For the first time ever a leading FIFA referees manager will talk directly to the Australian refereeing community on the opportunities and challenges for women referees.

Kari Seitz will tell the story of her personal journey, including what it is like to referee at major events. She will then discuss some of the bigger issues she deals with in her role of FIFA Senior Manager of Refereeing, including:

• the barriers for women referees and how to overcome them;
•  the professionalisation of women’s football and how that is impacting on refereeing; and 
• the advice she would give to developing referees.

Kari will provide her personal insight both as a referee and now in her role of leading referees.  Kari  has overcome many of the challenges which face women referees and will share her experience to inspire and advise other women and girls as referees.

Participants in this live webinar will have the chance to ask questions and respond to comments. 

The audiences for this webinar are:

• women and girls who are referees in Australia from community to elite;
• key decision makers in refereeing, including referee educators and coaches, referee branch officials;
• anyone interested in refereeing;
• anyone interested in understanding referees.

Event Details

Location: Online – via Zoom. Registration required.

Date: Monday 22 June 2020

Time:   7:30 pm to 8:45 pm (Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney)

            7:00 pm to 8:15 pm Adelaide, Darwin

            5.30pm to 6.45 pm Perth

9:30 pm to 10:45 pm New Zealand

Cost: Free

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear from a world leader in football refereeing who really understands the challenges and opportunities for women.

PS – if you know anyone who would be interested in this webinar we encourage you to send this invitation on to them.

About Kari

Kari was a referee for nearly 30 years, including 14 as a FIFA international referee, beginning in 1985 in her home town in Michigan. 

Her career highlights include officiating at four FIFA Women’s World Cups from 1999 to 2011 and three Olympic Games (2004, 2008, 2012). 

Kari is now FIFA’s Senior Manager of Refereeing and was responsible for the match officials at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in France 2019.