December 10 – The World Football Forum conference will hold its 2016 event on July 7-8 in Paris, France. The past two years the event has been held in Moscow, Russia, with strong Russian themes.
The Paris event will maintain the Russia connections but will take place at the culmination of the Euro 2016 Championships in France. Insideworldfootball will once again be a principal media partner.
Organised by Eventica, this is the fourth time the World Football Forum has been held.
The Paris event will have as its central theme the ‘New geography of football’ – and will look specifically at the high-growth new marketsvfor the world game.
There will again be a strong Russian element as the country prepares to host the 2018 World Cup. Despite a difficult economic situation football is jumpstarting modernisation plans, with a dramatic overhaul of the country’s infrastructure.
The event will similarly look at Qatar’s preparations for 2022 and how perceptions are changing.
There will be similar seesions looking at China, the prospects for an emerging India as well as the African marketplace.
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