An annual international forum
Once a year, the leaders who finance, govern, produce, equip and staff world sport meet in one room. They decide what comes next, and leave with results.
Find your place
The closed Dealroom on Day 1: vetted opportunities in sport, accredited investors, deals counted only when signed.
Enter the Dealroom
A year with the Forum: the four days, the members' roundtable, the Founding Dinner and the Closing Gala.
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Attend as a guest of the Forum, with protocol for official delegations, or propose your city to host an edition.
Request an invitation
One partner per category, a defined role in the four days, and a written report on what it produced.
Partner with the Forum
Production, broadcast, venues, connectivity, data and AI: the programme of Day 2 and Day 3.
Read the programme
Sourced facts, a method for every number, and the Journal of the sport economy.
Read the JournalWhy the Forum exists
2.3 trillionUS dollars a year: the revenue of the sport economy
Professional sport is about 140 billion of it. Travel, sporting goods, the people who play, the people who build events and the capital coming into sport make most of the rest. No meeting brings that whole economy into one room, and almost none can say what it produced.
Source: World Economic Forum with Oliver Wyman, Sports for People and Planet, 2026. Revenue, not GDP.
Capital, rights, production, technology, infrastructure, institutions and talent. Not one sport, the economy of all of them.
Deals signed and people placed, with the rule for each, published after every edition.
One identity, a host city chosen for each edition, on any continent.
The programme
Each day takes one question that decides where the business of sport goes next. Everyone leaves with something concrete.
Day 1Where does sport capital flow, and at what returns?
You leave with: a term-sheet conversation opened.
Day 2What does a world event cost, and where does the discipline come from?
You leave with: a production brief you can act on.
Day 3How is AI changing performance, broadcast, operations and fan data?
You leave with: a demonstration that held on a real feed.
Day 4Who will run sport next, and what does sport owe the people who play it?
You leave with: a hire, a partner for the next generation, or a verified record of the work.
Who you will meet
Names are published only when each person has confirmed in writing. These are the worlds the Forum is built to bring together.
Day 1, behind closed doors
Vetted opportunities in sport meet accredited investors. Clubs, leagues, events, venues, media and technology companies raising capital present to a committee first. Nothing said in the room is published. Only the deals signed are counted, with the consent of both parties.
Membership
Three annual memberships for professionals, leaders and founding organisations. Each one includes the passes, the rooms and the people that matter to you, all year.
€4,800 a year, excluding VAT
For professionals in the business of sport who want the four days and the year around them.
Recommended for leaders
€12,500 a year, excluding VAT
For chief executives, senior officials, investors and leaders of rights holders.
€35,000 a year, excluding VAT
For the organisations that found the Forum with us. Ten places in the first year. Renewed each year, three months' notice.
Most events count who came. The Forum counts what happened, and publishes how it counts.
Published after Edition 1
Agreements signed during the four days and confirmed in writing by both parties within thirty days.
Published after Edition 1
People hired through the fourth day and confirmed by the employer within sixty days.
The Journal
Global Sport Economy
About 2.3 trillion US dollars a year in revenue. What the figure covers, what it leaves out, and what it means for anyone building a business in sport.
Read the articleCapital and Governance
From 13 deals in 2014 to 71 deals worth 18.45 billion dollars by the end of 2025: what changed in the rules, who is buying, and what it means for owners.
Global Sport Economy
Deloitte expects women's elite sport to earn at least 3 billion dollars in 2026, up 25 % in a year. Where the money comes from, and why commercial partners lead it.
Capital and Governance
Eleven years in basketball, four in English football, five for a motorsport series moving to streaming. What the new contracts say about where audiences and money are going.
Editions and host cities
The Forum has one identity and travels. Each edition is held in a host city chosen for it, on any continent, with its government, its institutions and its own sport economy in the room.
Illustrative cities. No edition is confirmed in any of them.
Questions
An annual international forum for the people who finance, govern, produce, equip and staff world sport. Four days, one question a day, and a host city chosen for each edition.
Executives, investors, ministers and officials, leaders of clubs, leagues and federations, event producers, broadcasters, technology companies, and the young professionals of Day 4. Some rooms are by invitation.
The host city and dates are announced when they are confirmed. Leave your email below to be told first.
With a pass, a membership or an invitation. Investors and ventures apply to the Dealroom. Every route is on the Participate page.
Membership starts at €4,800 a year, excluding VAT. Pass prices are published when passes open, with the refund rules set out in the terms of sale.
Organised and produced by OSHIL GROUP. The hiring floor of Day 4 is run with OSHIL FOUNDATION, a non-profit association. Details are in the legal notice.
Yes. Cities, regions and venues can propose themselves on the Editions page and receive the host city brief.
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One email when it matters, and only about the Forum.
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A pass, a membership, an invitation, the Dealroom, a partnership, a host city. Choose the way in that fits you.
