By NFFC

Nottingham Forest, The Weatherhead Center at Harvard University and The Lilian Thuram Foundation are hosting a landmark conference at The City Ground aimed at tackling the issues of racism and gender inequality in European football.

The conference, which is being championed by Forest owner Evangelos Marinakis, is bringing together experts, academics, industry leaders, current and former players and football fans to explore the issues and drive positive change in the sport.

Here are a selection of images from day one of the conference, which focused on fighting racism and empowering players and fans....