{"id":3149,"date":"2024-08-29T15:09:15","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportaccord.sport\/iff-2024\/?p=3149"},"modified":"2024-08-29T15:09:15","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T13:09:15","slug":"if-forum-2024-3-things-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportaccord.sport\/iff-2024\/if-forum-2024-3-things-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"IF Forum 2024 \u2013 3 things to know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re less than two months away from this year\u2019s IF (International Federation) Forum \u2013 SportAccord\u2019s annual in-person event \u2018for the IFs by the IFs\u2019, taking place 21 to 23 October in Lausanne, Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>With this year\u2019s focus on \u201censuring your IF is match fit and future-ready\u201d, here are the top three things to know about our 2024 edition:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key sessions and speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IF Forum 2024 will delve into key challenges IFs are currently facing as we move through 2024-2025:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AI&#8217;s Impact on IF operations<\/strong> will feature, amongst others, <strong>Ilario Corna<\/strong> (IOC Chief Technology and Information Officer), <strong>Mota Elb<\/strong> (N3xt Sports CIO), and <strong>Alain Zobrist<\/strong> (CEO of Swiss Timing).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pressures on IFs<\/strong>: Balancing increasingly complex stakeholder demands, such as safeguarding, sustainability, diversity, and inclusion, with the pressure of declining revenue security Panellists include <strong>Sabrina Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez\u00a0<\/strong>(FEI Secretary General), <strong>Antony Scanlon<\/strong> (Chair of ASOIF Commercial Advisory Group) and <strong>Beau Welling<\/strong> (World Curling President).<\/li>\n<li><strong>A robust anti-doping system in 2024 and beyond<\/strong>: with a presentation from <strong>Witold Ba\u0144ka<\/strong> (WADA President) and contributions by <strong>Emma Terho<\/strong> (IOC Athletes\u2019 Commission Chair and WADA Athlete Council Member) on the subsequent discussion panel.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Athlete health<\/strong>: A focus on mental, emotional, and physical well-being, with <strong>Margo Mountjoy<\/strong> (WADA Deputy Foundation Board Member) and <strong>Sarah Fussek<\/strong> (Integrity Director at FIS).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Martin Gibbs, Managing Director of SportAccord<\/strong>, said: &#8220;<em>We\u2019re excited to welcome everyone back to the Olympic Museum. We\u2019re working hard to build sessions that are relevant to our IFs, sharing best practices in the true spirit of &#8216;For the IFs, by the IFs\u2019. We will look at latest innovations impacting the sports ecosystem including valuable lessons learned from the Paris 2024 Games.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More speakers will be announced shortly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A spectacular venue<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IF Forum 2024, an invitation-only event, will be held at the iconic Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Olympic Capital, a venue that embodies the spirit of global sport. Set against the stunning backdrop of Lac L\u00e9man and the Alps, the museum provides a unique and inspiring environment for the event.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Strong partner support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The IF Forum enjoys the support of several long-standing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportaccord.sport\/iff-2024\/partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partners<\/a> including Explore Edmonton, Sport Event Denmark, Marsh, and our host city Lausanne Olympic Capital. All of these partners have been involved in the SportAccord World Sport &amp; Business Summit in different ways over several years.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re looking forward to meeting you at the IF Forum 2024 in Lausanne!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019re less than two months away from this year\u2019s IF (International Federation) Forum \u2013 SportAccord\u2019s annual in-person event \u2018for the IFs by the IFs\u2019, taking place 21 to 23 October in Lausanne, Switzerland. With this year\u2019s focus on \u201censuring your IF is match fit and future-ready\u201d, here are the top three things to know about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":5014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IF Forum 2024 \u2013 3 things to know - SportAccord International Federation (IF) Forum 2024.<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportaccord.sport\/iff-2024\/if-forum-2024-3-things-to-know\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IF Forum 2024 \u2013 3 things to know - SportAccord International Federation (IF) Forum 2024.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We\u2019re less than two months away from this year\u2019s IF (International Federation) Forum \u2013 SportAccord\u2019s annual in-person event \u2018for the IFs by the IFs\u2019, taking place 21 to 23 October in Lausanne, Switzerland. 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