Meta's Kike Levy: "Football clubs should focus on digital development, monetisation and innovation"

12/05/2022

Meta's Kike Levy lays out three key pillars football clubs need to adopt in the face of new monetisation opportunities.

26/05/2022

Football, Innovation and Sustainability: The 3 levers to win the game of the future

Football, Innovation and Sustainability: The 3 levers to win the game of the future https://worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/52084787301_a0c299f63e_o-scaled.jpg 2560 1708 World Football Summit World Football Summit //worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wfs-europe-normal.png 26/05/2022 26/05/2022

12/05/2022

Content generation and how football can compete with the entertainment industry

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12/05/2022

Meta’s Kike Levy: “Football clubs should focus on digital development, monetisation and innovation”

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28/04/2022

Football business weekly reads: The best industry news and stories

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WFS Europe will take place at the Wanda Matropolitano

Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano the new home of WFS Europe https://worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IG-wanda-revealed-1.jpg 1920 1080 World Football Summit World Football Summit //worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wfs-europe-normal.png 03/06/2021 26/08/2021

03/06/2021

Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano the new home of WFS Europe

World Football Summit is proud to announce that WFS Europe has found a new home at LaLiga champions Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano.

Wilfried Zaha has taken a stand against taking the knee.

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05/05/2021

Racism in football: Analysing the impact of player protests and social media

Darryl Rigby looks at rising racism in football, the role played by social media and whether players taking the knee has had an impact.

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25/03/2021

WFS Europe returning to Madrid with first ever hybrid event

#WFS21 will deliver the first hybrid event in the company’s history from 22-23 September this year.

Football has already seen an impact on transfers due to new post-Brexit rules.

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18/03/2021

The impact of Brexit on football transfers in the UK, Europe and beyond

Darryl Rigby from the UK’s Immigration Advice service outlines the impact Brexit is having on football transfers.

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10/03/2021

Gender equality series kicks-off with calls for greater parity in sport

#WFSTalksEquality got underway on International Women’s Day with industry leaders joining our challenge for greater gender equality in sport.

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25/02/2021

New series to challenge football’s commitment to equality

To coincide with International Women’s Day, we are launching a new series of webinars, titled; Equality at stake – Adding talent to the game.

WFS and Common Goal are long-term partners

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11/02/2021

“The football industry has the opportunity to change the world for the better”

WFS Live funds are fighting coronavirus through Common Goal with the aim of empowering the football industry to “change the world for the better”.

Player Lens co-founder on how football’s LinkedIn is disrupting the transfer market https://worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/lanzamiento-Ep1-WFS-Talks-NL2.jpg 1200 600 World Football Summit World Football Summit //worldfootballsummit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/wfs-europe-normal.png 10/12/2020 24/02/2021

10/12/2020

Player Lens co-founder on how football’s LinkedIn is disrupting the transfer market

In the first of our WFS Talks series, Player Lens founder Lee Hemmings discusses how ‘football’s LinkedIn’ is disrupting the transfer market.

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10/12/2020

WFS Talks: The new interview series sharing football industry insider insight

WFS launches WFS Talks, an interview series that will see the brightest minds in the business share insider insight on the industry.

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23/09/2020

An open letter to the WFS community and entire football industry

World Football Summit co-founder and director Jan Alessie pens an open letter to the WFS community and football industry as a whole.

The 2020 WFS industry Awards are now open to applications.

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17/09/2020

WFS Industry Awards now open to applications until 18 October

This year’s WFS Industry Awards are now open to applications and will take place virtually at WFS Live on Friday, 27 November.

WFS Live returns to build football's roadmap for the future.

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10/09/2020

Second edition of WFS Live set for November, aiming to change football for good

After the success of its inaugural edition, WFS Live returns from November 23-27.

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03/09/2020

And the 8 finalists of the 2020 WFS StartCup by GSIC are…

After pitching during WFS Live, the 8 finalist of the StartCup by GSIC have been selected and will take the stage once more in the next edition of the event (Q4 of 2020).

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03/09/2020

Welcome to Box to Box, all-round communications for the football industry

Through its new Communications Agency, WFS will make its knowledge, experience and network available for brands aiming to excel in the football industry.

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27/08/2020

Common Goal and Fundação Fenômenos receive WFS Live proceeds to aid COVID-19 fight

World Football Summit and Octagon Brasil have contributed to their respective ongoing efforts fighting coronavirus around the world.

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06/08/2020

Covid-19 challenges will remain in play until 2024, but new revenue streams will arise

These are two of the main takeaways of ‘Covid-19: Implications on the football industry’, the latest report by World Football Summit.

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28/05/2020

Julen Lopetegui: “It’s going to be tougher than starting a normal season”

LaLiga is resuming this week, three months after being suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The match chosen for this longly awaited restart will be…

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07/05/2020

World Football Summit, Ronaldo and Octagon Brasil join forces to kick off football’s new beginning

From 6-9 july, WFS Live powered by Octagon will gather football’s global leaders to address challenges and opportunities in the aftermath of COVID-19.

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30/04/2020

#WFSatHome: COVID-19, a turning-point for Sports Broadcasting

Eleven Sport’s MD for Portugal discusses how broadcasters are reshaping strategies to face COVID-19 challenges and the opportunities that they are finding.

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23/04/2020

#WFSatHome: Spartan CEO predicts bounce-back effect after COVID-19

We Zoom into Joe de Sena’s farm, from where he is leading Spartan’s remarkable shift to digital, to see how he envisions the aftermath of Covid-19.

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16/04/2020

#WFSatHome: Can blockchain be the solution for the post-coronavirus era?

In Episode 6 of #WFSatHome we discuss how this technology can help football clubs and sponsors with the CEO of Fan Token platform Socios.com.

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08/04/2020

#WFSatHome: A look into how coronavirus is disrupting fan engagement in sports

We discuss what sport entities and athletes are doing to keep their fans engaged during the lockdown with fan engagement expert Michael Broughton.

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02/04/2020

#WFSatHome: David Garrido has a 3-word message for the football indusry

In the second episode of #WFSatHome we talk with Sky Sports presenter and WFS host David Garrido about producing engaging sports content eithout live games.

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01/04/2020

WFS suspends all on-site events for the next four months due to the coronavirus pandemic

At the moment nobody is able to predict when it will be safe for people to travel normally and gather in large events.

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30/03/2020

The Football Industry Podcast: Inside the AZ Alkmaar unique data-driven Academy

In the third episode of The Football Industry Podcast we break down what it is that AZ Alkmaar do so well in their unique academy.

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25/03/2020

#WFSatHome: The coronavirus crisis could lead to stricter and sophisticated salary caps

Sports marketing expert Carlos Cantó discusses how the coronavirus outbreak will reshape the football industry in the first episode of our #WFSatHome video-interviews.

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19/03/2020

We’ll meet again very soon

We continue to work to host our upcoming events as planned, but before that we have to defeat the coronavirus. Let’s do it together!

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12/03/2020

URGENT: WFS Africa postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak

We thank you for your understanding and apologize for the inconvenience.

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11/03/2020

Lunga Sokhela: “Let’s challenge Africa to enhance the sport of football”

We talk to the CEO of AmaZulu ahead of his participation at WFS Africa.

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11/03/2020

The Football Industry Podcast: An Introduction to WFS Africa

In this episode we celebrate African football and prepare to welcome the decision-makers of the African football industry to Durban later in the month.