AIMS: Recognition Process is Now Open
Driving innovation and supporting the sports community: Meet the IF Forum 2024 partners
SportAccord will welcome both established and new partners to this year’s IF Forum, taking place from 21-23 October 2024 under the theme “Ensuring Your IF is Match Fit and Future Ready.” Marsh, Explore Edmonton, Sport Event Denmark and ISTAA, long-standing partners at SportAccord events, including multiple IF Forum editions and SportAccord Summits, will continue their involvement. They are joined by Dawson […]
SportAccord 2024 – sneak ‘Peaky’ at Summit’s social events
LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND – Birmingham and West Midlands – the famously friendly city and region, with world class sport and major events expertise and a spectacular cultural and industrial reputation – is set to make a lasting impression on over 1,500 delegates and exhibitors at SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit on 7-11 April. SportAccord – the […]
HealthAccord Spotlights Mental Health and Female Athlete Well-being
Supporting elite athlete mental health and maximising female athlete well-being to improve performance will be the focus at HealthAccord, one of the four specialist streams at this year’s SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit. Sport’s most influential industry gathering will take place from 7 to 11 April in Birmingham -West Midlands and bring together around 1,500 leaders and […]
Discover the SportAccord Summit sessions!
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham – West Midlands on 7-11 April will feature an exciting central conference programme with four specialist streams – CityAccord, HealthAccord, LawAccord and MediaAccord – united under the theme “The Power of Sport”. Today – less than 70 days to go to sport’s most influential industry gathering for over 1,500 delegates at […]
SportAccord scores Summit touchdown with NFL
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – SportAccord announces legendary NFL (National Football League) expert speakers at World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham – West Midlands on 7-11 April 2024. The Kansas City Chiefs’ Vice President of Content and Production, Rob Alberino, has been in the National Football League for over 25 years. In that time, he has been […]
SportAccord announces first speakers – World Sport & Business Summit 2024
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit 2024 in Birmingham, West Midlands, announces its first wave of high-profile speakers for sport’s most influential industry gathering. A total of seven leading experts, unveiled today, will address some of the biggest challenges and opportunities in global sport with over 1,500 delegates at Birmingham’s award-winning International […]
Uğur Erdener appointed as new SportAccord President
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Prof Dr Uğur Erdener, the President of World Archery, has been appointed unanimously by the Executive Committee as the new President of SportAccord, the global sports event organisation that is governed by stakeholders representing Olympic and non-Olympic International Federations (IFs). Prof Dr Uğur Erdener has served as President of World Archery since 2005 and has been an IOC Member since […]
Stellar speaker line-up to kick off IF Forum 2023 as global sports leaders gather in Lausanne
LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Gender equity and equality in sport will be among the hot topics tackled today as the IF (International Federation) Forum 2023 opens in Lausanne with hundreds of influential decision-makers from the global sports movement in attendance. Under the theme of ‘Sport (R)evolution’, the three-day event will get underway at the Olympic Museum, with expert speakers lined […]
AIMS Praises World Combat Games 2023
5 AIMS sports were involved in the 2023 World Combat Games, namely, Aikido, Arm Wrestling, Ju Jitsu, Kendo and Savate. All of them have extended their highest praises to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the organization of the World Combat Games 2023. The first and second AIMS Vice Presidents, Mr. Panagiotis Theodoropoulos who is […]