Forum Partners & Exhibitors

SportAccord Forum

Partners and Exhibitors

The partners and exhibitors shaping SportAccord Forum 2026, 5–7 October at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne.

2026 Partners & Exhibitors

Powering the Forum
Meet the organisations supporting SportAccord Forum 2026, 5–7 October at the Olympic Museum, Lausanne.

Sport Event Denmark

Partner
Sport Event Denmark is the national sports event organisation, established and supported by the Danish Government. We create value by uniting people through the hosting of world-class sporting events, including World and European Championships and major congresses across a variety of sports. Through our close collaboration with Danish host cities and national governing bodies, we ensure that each event builds on the success of the previous ones. With over 250 events hosted in the last decade, Denmark stands proud as one of the leading international sports event destinations in the world and as a valued partner to the global sports industry.

MARSH

Partner
Marsh is the world’s leading insurance broker and risk advisor. With over 45,000 colleagues operating in 130 countries, Marsh serves commercial and individual clients with data-driven risk solutions and advisory services. With sport industry-specific expertise and global experience, we can address all the risks an International Federation can face. Marsh is a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. Marsh McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman.

Explore Edmonton

Partner
As the Destination Management and Marketing Organization for Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Explore Edmonton’s mission is to share our city’s vibrant story with the world, enhance the visitor experience, and drive tourism to our remarkable destination. Edmonton is built for bold ideas and world-class events. Named one of Lonely Planet’s 2025 “Best in Travel” Top Cities and ranked 35th globally on Burson’s 2024 Ranking of Sports Cities, we create extraordinary experiences and lasting legacies for athletes, fans, and communities. Explore Edmonton’s Sport & Culture team doesn’t just host events, they create launch pads for change. From sold-out crowds at the Edmonton PWHL Takeover Tour stop and WNBA Canada Game to turning city streets into racetracks for the Red Bull Soapbox Race, our people don’t wait for permission to innovate, collaborate, and reimagine the future. Edmonton dares to do things differently. Here, sport isn’t just played, it’s celebrated, elevated, and remembered. Change the game. Create your legacy in Edmonton.

SportsPro

Partner
A leading international sports business media brand, covering the commercial side of sport through news, analysis, magazines, podcasts and its own portfolio of industry events.

Sports ETA

Partner
Sports ETA (Sports Events and Tourism Association) is the non-profit trade association representing the sports events and tourism industry in the United States. Founded in 1992, it brings together sports commissions, destination organisations, event owners and industry partners. Its network comprises more than 800 member organisations and 2,400 sports event professionals, providing a platform for industry connections, professional development, research and the exchange of expertise across the sports tourism sector. Through its events, research and industry programmes, Sports ETA supports destinations and rights holders in developing and hosting sports events and in understanding their wider economic and community impact.

Focus On Your Sport

Partner
Founded in Amsterdam, Focus On Your Sport (FOYS) is a vertically integrated, modular digital ecosystem built specifically for sports federations and clubs. It provides a white-label platform tailored to each sport's unique rules, competition formats, and scoring systems. Globally, FOYS supports over 25 federations, 5,000 clubs, and 2 million athletes across 18 sports.

Signify

Partner

Signify (Euronext: LIGHT) is the world leader in lighting for professionals and consumers. We unlock the extraordinary potential of light for brighter lives and a better world.
Our innovative products, connected systems and services create value and transform experiences in homes, buildings and public spaces.
Sport has been part of our story for more than 60 years. Across professional and recreational sports, Signify helps create the right conditions for athletes to perform, broadcasters to capture every moment and fans to experience the emotion of competition.

Our expertise extends beyond the field of play, using light to strengthen event identity, improve visibility and safety, support more sustainable operations and connect sports experiences across host cities, venues and people’s homes.  In 2025, Signify generated sales of EUR 5.8 billion, employed approximately 27,000 people and operated in more than 70 countries. Signify is included in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index, holds an EcoVadis Platinum rating and earned a CDP ‘A’ score for climate performance and transparency.

APSA

Partner
The Asia-Pacific Snowsports Association (APSA) is a regional development and networking platform dedicated to growing skiing and snowboarding across Asia-Pacific, a region home to more than half of the world's population. APSA complements international federations, national associations and local partners by strengthening participation, education, talent identification, regional networking and delivery. APSA brings together its own standards for recreational skills training and assessment, a multi-level commercial event structure from recreational championships to the APSA Asia-Pacific Snowsports Open, and a fast-growing network of leading universities, resorts, snowsports training centers, elite athletes and industry partners. Through them, APSA connects global expertise with local passion, turning first experiences on snow into lifelong participation and, for a few, elite performance.

Lausanne Olympic Capital

Host City

For more than 30 years, the City of Lausanne and the Canton of Vaud have proudly carried the title of Olympic Capital. Today, the region is home to nearly 60 international sports federations and organisations, as well as key institutions including the International Olympic Committee, the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the World Anti-Doping Agency. Together with leading universities, research centres, start-ups and specialist businesses, they form a unique ecosystem where the future of sport is shaped every day.

To strengthen and promote this unique ecosystem, the Lausanne Olympic Capital Foundation brings together the City of Lausanne and the Canton of Vaud in support of the international sports community. Working closely with the International Olympic Committee and regional partners, the Foundation supports the development of international sports organisations, facilitates major congresses and sporting events, advances sports diplomacy, and carries forward the legacy and values of the Lausanne 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games.

The Olympic Capital has also developed extensive expertise in hosting major international sporting events and industry gatherings. Having welcomed more than 30 world-class events in recent years, Lausanne continues to reinforce its position as a leading destination for international sport and will host the ISU Figure Skating European Championships 2027 and the 2028 World Judo Championships.

For any queries, please contact the Foundation:

Sébastien Griesmar, Director: [email protected]

Vaud Promotion

Host City

Vaud Promotion’s mission is to enhance these multiple assets and develop the reputation of the canton. Through a strong image, synergies and actions that generate spin-offs, we contribute to the canton’s economic development.

For the love of our region and out of pride for our successes, the VAUD brand, supported by Vaud Promotion, builds bridges between industries, companies, universities, Vaud inhabitants (at heart or by adoption), tourists, investors, and all partners. Above all, VAUD is a mindset with a view to cultivating excellence, ethics, innovation, and sustainability.

Ville de Lausanne

Host City
Switzerland's fourth-largest city, Lausanne stands out as an Olympic city, a sustainable city, and a hub for education and culture. A highly popular tourist destination, it is also home to many international companies, notably the headquarters of multinational corporations. Here, quality of life and economic appeal combine to offer a wealth of advantages!

Gloria Sports Arena

Exhibitor
A multi-sport training and competition complex on Türkiye's Mediterranean coast in Belek, Antalya. Gloria Sports Arena hosts national teams, federations and elite athletes across athletics, swimming, football, tennis and more, with accommodation and sports medicine on site.

Navek

Exhibitor
A Türkiye-based supplier of sports equipment, best known as the country's leading archery specialist. Navek works with federations, clubs and retailers across a wide range of disciplines, from archery and gymnastics to racket sports, athletics and para-sport.

Virtual Venue

Exhibitor
Virtual Venue is a collaborative, map-based platform that helps sports organizations plan, coordinate and deliver events. It brings teams, venues, operational data, reporting and assets into one shared environment, improving visibility and efficiency while reducing manual work, costs and environmental impact.

Onside Law

Exhibitor
Onside Law was founded 20 years ago to provide pragmatic, responsive and commercial legal advice to sports clients, based on genuine sports industry expertise. We are a true sports law boutique with a team of over 35 specialist lawyers operating out of London, Lausanne and Sydney.

Microplus Timing

Exhibitor
Microplus Timing is a sports company specialising in data processing, timing and digital services. Supporting over 50 sports summer and winter, it delivers integrated results systems, TV graphics and Games management services. With extensive international experience, Microplus combines technical innovation with tailor-made solutions to support federations and organisers at major sporting events worldwide.