Pully, Switzerland – Following the announcement of the dates and hosts of the WBSC Premier12 in 2024, the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) is pleased to invite media to the unveiling of a WBSC eBASEBALL™ ground breaking project for international Baseball/Softball - at a press event on Thursday, 21 September at the Tokyo Game Show 2023 in Japan.
WBSC Executive Director Michael Schmidt and Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. (KONAMI) Corporate Officer Tatsuhiko Yamamoto will be special guests at the press event.
Event Details
Date & Schedule:
21 September (Thu) 2023
- 14:00- Press Event (MC will ask questions on behalf of you. If you have a question for WBSC and/or KONAMI representatives, please submit using the form below.)
- 14:40- Exhibition match
- 15:15- Closing
Location:
- KONAMI Booth at Tokyo Game Show 2023
- Makuhari Messe, 2 Chome-1 Nakase, Mihama Ward, Chiba, 261-0023, Japan
- https://events.nikkeibp.co.jp/tgs/2023/en/exhibitor/
WBSC Website:
Agenda
- Welcome and eBASEBALL™ Project Presentation -
The head of the Special Projects Valerio Cianfoni will provide you with an overview of the significance of the new project.
- Talk Session-
WBSC Executive Director Michael Schmidt and KONAMI Corporate Officer Tatsuhiko Yamamoto will share the vision and future of the new project from their perspective with looking back the cooperation of the WBSC and KONAMI’s partnership since 2018.
- Q & A Session-
MC will ask questions on behalf of you. If you have a question for WBSC and/or KONAMI representatives, please submit using the form below.
- Exhibition match-
eBASEBALL™ players and influencers will stage an exhibition match.
- Interviews-
*We accept only the registered media for the one-on-one interviews. Registration form is below.
- Digital opportunities:
The press event and the exhibition match are also streamed on KONAMI’s Official Pawapuro/Pawaspi channel
Spokespersons
- Michael Schmidt (World Baseball Softball Confederation Executive Director)
- Tatsuhiko Yamamoto (Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. Corporate Officer)
Players/Influencers
- Yuki Yoshida – “Taiji” eBASEBALL™ Player from Japan
- Li Zechao – “KOY” eBASEBALL™ Player from Chinese Taipei
- Lai KUAN-YUN – “Laiki” Influencer from Chinese Taipei
How to Attend the Event & Ask Questions to the Representatives
Please complete the below form by Wednesday 20 September to ensure your spot at the press event. For any further inquiries, please contact Misaki Kudo at misaki.kudo@wbsc.org
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About World Baseball Softball Confederation:
The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) has 205 National Federation and Associate Members in 136 countries and territories across Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe and Oceania, which represent a united baseball/softball sports movement that encompasses over 65 million athletes and attracts approximately 150 million fans to stadiums worldwide annually.
About WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS
WBSC eBASEBALL™: POWER PROS, released in February 2023 by Konami Digital Entertainment Inc. (KONAMI), is the official WBSC video game that is downloadable in over 60 countries.
The international baseball game was featured as one of the nine featured games in the Olympic Esports Series 2023, which was organised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The WBSC Executive Board approved eSport as a new discipline of baseball and softball in December 2020, a decision that was also ratified by the WBSC Congress in 2022.