Global Sports Week is a platform to SHAKE, SHAPE & SHARE A NEW FUTURE FOR SPORT between business and society. It centres on an annual forum gathering INTERNATIONAL LEADERS, CHANGE-MAKERS AND REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NEXT GENERATION in Paris - a city that will be at the heart of world sport in the next decade.
The context is one of GLOBAL REVOLUTION. Around the world, the SPEED OF DIGITISATION is matched only by the pace of SOCIETAL CHANGE. A new generation, with new expectations, is emerging to present a real challenge to sport and its whole economic model. DISRUPTION IS CREATING OPPORTUNITY too - for sport to play a bigger role in addressing the big social challenges of our age.
In 2020, the global coronavirus crisis has demonstrated SPORT'S FUNDAMENTAL VALUE, while accelerating underlying trends. The shock has also unlocked imaginations, creating a unique environment for BOLD IDEAS and RADICAL INNOVATION. If 2020 was a time to think big, 2021 is the year to PUT REINVENTION IN ACTION.
Success will depend on new kinds of partnerships, and on multilateral solutions. Global Sports Week offers a crucial platform to connect the key actors worldwide.
AN AGENDA-SETTING PLATFORM BUILT AROUND 6 KEY GLOBAL SHIFTS
The Global Sports Week agenda is built around six global business and societal shifts. These represent key areas of change and opportunity, and are presented in the programme as cross-cutting hashtags.
“Since the sports movement gathered in Paris at the inaugural Global Sports Week, it has experienced an enormous shock. At the same time, this crisis has unlocked our collective imagination.
"A new era is beginning and we are coming to match it with a bold new format for our event. It will be even more relevant, even more open and even more international.
"Right now, multilateral forums are crucial because multilateral action is needed. We want to be a platform to shape this new era in sport and society."
Lucien Boyer, Co-founder and President of Global Sports Week