Ten years ago, World Football Summit started with a conviction: that the football industry needed a space of its own. A place where the people running the game could meet, exchange ideas and build the relationships that move the business forward. Today, with 32 events across 11 countries and a global community of more than 153,000 professionals, that conviction has proven right.
But building a platform of this scale also means continuously asking the same question: how do we make the experience better for everyone who walks through the door? And in particular, for the organisations at the very centre of the football ecosystem — the clubs, leagues and federations that own the rights, the competitions and the relationships that the entire industry revolves around.
The WFS Properties Programme is our answer to that question.
A dedicated experience within WFS
Launching at WFS Mexico City and WFS Madrid, the WFS Properties Programme is open to any representative of a club, league or federation attending the event. It offers a dedicated layer of content, networking and visibility built specifically around the needs and interests of rights holders.
The programme includes five core elements:
- Properties Lounge: A space reserved exclusively for clubs, leagues and federations — a place to meet peers, hold working sessions and connect away from the main flow of the event.
- Properties Workshop: Invitation-only sessions, curated by profile, focused on the practical challenges that matter most to rights holders today: how to measure and maximise media value, and how to structure and activate commercial partnerships more effectively.
- Properties Pitch at Speaker Corner: A platform for participating organisations to present their projects, initiatives and case studies to the broader WFS community.
- Clubs, Leagues and Federations Cocktail: An informal gathering that brings the entire properties community together at midday, within the event venue — a space to step back from the programme and continue the conversations that started on the main floor.
- Year-Round Connections: Beyond the event, the programme opens the door to curated introductions and editorial opportunities that keep the conversation — and the community — active throughout the year.
Why now
Rights holders have never been more central to the conversations that define the future of football. The decisions being made today by clubs, leagues and federations — on media rights, commercial strategy, technology, sustainability, fan engagement — are the decisions that will determine what the business of football looks like over the next decade. WFS has always been the platform where those conversations happen. The Properties Programme ensures they happen at the depth they deserve.
If you represent a club, league or federation, the programme is yours. Request your Property Pass, and we will take it from there.