About
| The IF Forum is a vital and productive arena in which IFs are able to come together for some frank discussion and interactive learning with each other. It is becoming an annual meeting point to enjoy the opportunity to meet new colleagues from other organisations and to have time to socialise with others who share many of our concerns and challenges. | |
The IF Forum is organised by Sportaccord Convention in conjunction with SportAccord/GAISF, ASOIF and AIOWF, and with the support of the City of Lausanne/Canton of Vaud. | |
The event is not open to the public, but is offered to an invitation-only list of IFs, Speakers and the IF Forum Official Partners.
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Objective
The IF Forum is an opportunity for IF members to meet new colleagues within the sporting movement, and to have time to exchange ideas, knowledge and experiences with others who share similar concerns and challenges. Subject matter and workshop content is developed in conjunction with an IF-led Steering Committee, as well as members of SportAccord, ASOIF and AIOWF.
Host City Partner:
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2009 Official Partners:
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Next edition
The IF Forum 2009 will be held in the Mövenpick, Lausanne, on November 16 - 18, 2009.
The two main themes will be:
IF Revenue Generation
The recent global financial crisis has focused attention on, and indeed accelerated, the debate begun by changes in sport consumption through advances in technology and new media. The central question in this debate is “Where and how will the International Federations generate revenue in the future?” Traditional models of sponsorship and rights distribution are challenged and it is asserted that existing methods and assumptions are no longer valid. Contracts in sports are often medium to long term, but as they come up for renewal, changes affecting the marketplace have already begun to impact rights holders. So sources of revenue for the International Federations and rights-holders in a post-credit crunch world may be very different. The Forum will explore the trends and attempt to give some of the answers which will shape the changed work of the IFs in the post-Beijing era.
Reaching Out to Young People Through Sport
Recently much has been written and spoken about the need to engage youth in sport, for health, social, educational and economic reasons. All of the Olympic IFs are engaged in the new Youth Olympic Games, but many IFs have been working with junior World Championships and similar major events for years. For the International Federations, many of whom are seeing audience ages rise and participation rates and numbers fall, fundamental questions are being asked about the attraction of competitive nationality-based sport in a global world and the relevance of IF-administered offerings to youth. The Forum will explore these issues and attempt to offer suggestions regarding policies, programmes, initiatives and projects IFs can initiate to address some of these challenges. | 
