The third edition of World Football Summit’s event for the Americas will be the biggest to date, with over 150 leaders taking the stage and more than 2,000 industry professionals attending.
WFS Mexico City 2026 is on track to be the most ambitious edition of the event in the Americas. More than 2,000 professionals from over 50 countries will gather at Camino Real Polanco on 3 and 4 June to debate the future of football as a global industry. The same month that Mexico hosts the world’s best players for the FIFA World Cup, WFS Mexico City will bring together the best professionals working off the pitch.
Across two days and two stages, the programme will address the conversations that define the business of football today: how the industry is governed and financed at a time of deep transformation in club and league ownership; how technology and data are reshaping operational and commercial management; how football builds relationships with its audiences in the streaming and social media era; and what role the world’s most popular sport plays in the communities it serves.
The speaker list reflects the breadth and cross-sector nature of those conversations. Federation commissioners, club presidents, content platform executives, investors, technologists and social impact leaders will share a stage at what is set to be the most internationally represented edition in the event’s history in the Americas. Among the 150+ confirmed:
- Grace Ahrens — Executive Director, Women in Soccer
- Mikel Arriola — Commissioner, FMF
- Michel Bauer — CEO, Host City Mexico City
- Omar Carrión — Sr. Integrated Marketing Director, Mars Snacking
- Mary Connor — CEO, Common Goal
- Corinne Counsell — Sr. Manager Community & Social Impact, Gotham FC
- David Faitelson — Journalist and Analyst, TelevisaUnivision
- Héctor González-Iñarritu — Chief Operating President, Club América
- Miguel Herrera — Host and Commentator, TelevisaUnivision
- Vanessa Huppenkothen — Host, TelevisaUnivision
- Wera Kuri — CEO, Blue Women Pink Men
- Alejandro Lesende — Chief Administration Officer, Concacaf
- Olek Loewenstein — Global President of Sports, TelevisaUnivision
- Kely Nascimento — CEO, The Impact Game
- Melissa Pardi — VP Soccer Forward Partnerships, U.S. Soccer Federation
- Quentin Paquelier — CMO, Club América
- Stefano Petruzzo — CEO, Olympique de Marseille Féminines
- Kelly Shouldice — VP Brand and Content, Northern Super League
- Francisco Suinaga — President, Deportivo Toluca FC
- Javier Tebas — President, LALIGA
The support of organisations as diverse as Host City Mexico City, LaLiga, Meltwater, Sportian, TelevisaUnivision, TikTok, Uber and Volvo is a reflection of something WFS has long argued: football has moved well beyond clubs and federations to become a sector that cuts across mobility, media, technology, sustainability and the digital economy.
The Female Leader Gathering will bring together women executives from across the industry in a closed-door session, reflecting WFS’s conviction that accelerating female leadership in football is not a matter of symbolic representation but a strategic priority for the industry as a whole.
WFS Mexico City 2026 arrives in the city with a commitment that extends beyond the programme. Before the doors open, former professional footballer and activist Paola “Wera” Kuri, founder of Blue Women Pink Men, will have led the renovation of a football pitch in the Tizapán San Ángel neighbourhood alongside Comex, Zucaritas and WFS — reclaiming a public community space through sport, art and civic participation.
“This edition of WFS Mexico City coincides with a moment that will not come around again for decades: a World Cup on Mexican soil, an industry in full transformation and a region with the potential and ambition to lead the next chapter of global football. Our mission is to bring together the people who will drive that chapter and give them the space to do so.” — Jan Alessie, Co-Founder and Managing Director, World Football Summit