SportAccord is a not-for profit global sport business event organisation focused on driving positive change internationally and dedicated to engaging and connecting; international sport federations, rights holders, organising committees, cities, press and media, businesses and other organisations involved in the development and business of sport.

Each year, SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit brings together international sports federations and organisations involved in the business of sport over 6-days and is attended by leaders of the global sports community. It engages international sports federations, athletes, industry, rights holders, organising committees, cities, government, agencies, media, technology, legal teams, medical professionals, inventors, and subject matter experts – represented at the highest levels.

The SportAccord World Sport & Business Summit annually brings together representatives from more than 125+ International Sports Federations affiliated with the following umbrella organisations that host their Annual General Assemblies at SportAccord. Our event is an international sport convention hosted over a week, combining an exhibition area, a themed conference programme (SportAccord Summit, CityAccord, LawAccord, InvestAccord, HealthAccord, MediaAccord, MinisterAccord, and ArtAccord) and a multitude of networking events.

The Regional SportAccord brings together international sports federations and organisations involved in the business of sport for their region. The 3-day event is attended by international sports federations and regional leaders of the sports community. Regional SportAccord is aimed at international sports federations, cities/regions and ministries, rights holders, subject matter experts, media and industry – represented at the highest levels.

The event allows delegates to freely interact with key decision-makers in sport from all over the world. This will be facilitated by the intimate, exclusive, and interactive design of the Regional SportAccord exhibition, featured areas, conference/workshops, social, cultural and networking activities. With this, the Regional SportAccord conference programme is designed to meet the needs of the Pan American audience and will tackle some of the most relevant topics in sport event hosting.

The International Federation (IF) Forum offers three days of targeted thematic sessions designed to be of specific value to the International Sport Federations’ in attendance. In addition, we have a limited amount of commercial partners for this exclusive event.

IF Forum is not open to the public or press/media, IF Forum is an invite-only event consisting of International Sport Federations, Speakers and exclusive Official IF Forum Partners.

Our Stakeholders

SportAccord events annually bring together representatives from more than 125 International Sport Federations affiliated with the following umbrella organisations.

SportAccord’s stakeholders include: ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations), AIOWF (Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations), ARISF (Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations), AIMS (Alliance of Independent Recognised Members of Sport) and Associate Members.

In addition, SportAccord receives the full support of the IOC (International Olympic Committee).