Conference
One plenary a day, built on the day's question.
Four days, four questions
The programme
Four days in the host city. One question a day. Sessions and speakers are published once they are confirmed in writing.
Day 1
Capital and Rules
Where does sport capital flow, and at what returns?
Investment, ownership, financing, media and commercial rights, regulation and governance. The opening conference, the closed Dealroom all day, the regulators' and institutions' roundtable.
- Investors
- Rights holders
- Regulators
- Banks and funds
You leave with: a term-sheet conversation opened.
Day 2
Production and the Show
What does a world event cost, and where does the discipline come from?
Major-event delivery, venue operations, broadcast, logistics, hospitality and the economics of staging sport. The masterclass floor, the expo hall, live production demonstrations.
- Event producers
- Host cities
- Broadcasters
- Venues
You leave with: a production brief you can act on.
Day 3
Technology, AI and Infrastructure
How is AI changing performance, broadcast, operations and fan data?
Artificial intelligence, connectivity, data, media technology, intelligent venues, engineering and infrastructure. Live demonstrations and the infrastructure financing track.
- Technology companies
- Engineers
- Telecoms
- Infrastructure funds
You leave with: a demonstration that held on a real feed.
Day 4
People and the Future
Who will run sport next, and what does sport owe the people who play it?
The whole Forum on its last day. Workforce and skills, women's sport, participation and health, esports and the next audience, the grassroots economy and the social return of sport. Executives, investors and officials share the floor with the next generation, and young people execute real briefs in front of employers on the hiring floor run with OSHIL FOUNDATION. The day closes with the Closing Gala and the edition's two published numbers.
- Executives
- Employers
- Institutions
- Federations
- Young professionals
You leave with: a hire, a partner for the next generation, or a verified record of the work.
Curated by question
The programme in detail
The themes below are in development with the programme committee. Final session titles are published with their speakers, once each speaker has confirmed in writing.
Day 1
Capital and Rules
- Opening plenary: the sport economy in one number, and what it hides
- Who owns sport now: private equity, family offices and sovereign capital in clubs and leagues
- Media rights after the long contracts
- Governance, integrity and the regulators' roundtable
- The Dealroom, behind closed doors
- Evening: the Founding Dinner
Day 2
Production and the Show
- What a world event really costs, line by line
- Host cities and the legacy question
- Venues as businesses, 365 days a year
- Broadcast and live production masterclass
- Logistics, security and accreditation at scale
- Evening: Expo Night on the floor
Day 3
Technology, AI and Infrastructure
- AI in performance, officiating and fan data
- Connectivity at the venue: networks, satellites and the edge
- Data rights and fan identity
- Financing stadiums, arenas and the energy transition
- Live demonstrations on real feeds
- Evening: the Tech Dinner, hosted tables
Day 4
People and the Future
- The workforce gap in sport, and who closes it
- Women's sport as an investment case
- Participation, health and the cost of inactivity
- Esports and the next audience
- The hiring floor, with OSHIL FOUNDATION
- Evening: the Closing Gala and the two numbers
Formats
Dealroom
Closed, Day 1, accredited investors and selected ventures.
Masterclasses
How a world event is really delivered, by the people who deliver it.
Live demonstrations
Technology shown working on real feeds.
Hiring floor
Day 4: real briefs, real employers, a verified record.
Four evenings
The Founding Dinner, Expo Night, the Tech Dinner, the Closing Gala.
Who goes where
- Conference, masterclasses, expo, demonstrations
- every pass and every invitation.
- The Dealroom
- accredited investors and selected ventures only.
- The dinners and the gala
- members, invited guests and the passes that include them.
- Press
- on Day 4.
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