Authorities
Governments and institutions
Leaders from more than 50 countries, an official opening and VIP visits to embassies and development institutions.
For authorities, stakeholders and business leaders
WESCO Summit
Where esports, business and diplomacy meet
Two days of forums, debates, roundtables and business meetings, inside a five-day programme that shows the host city’s culture and economy to leaders from more than 50 countries.
2main forum days
5days of programme
50+countries represented
Who sits at the table
Stakeholders
The people who decide
Roundtables and debates that put the parties with a stake in digital sports in the same room.
Business
Investment and deals
Business meetings, access to investors from many sectors and foreign investment in the creative economy.
Projects
What gets built
Public policy, education and high-performance esports projects from WESCO, brought to the host country.
Empowerment
People and communities
Digital education, connected youth and social inclusion through esports.
On stage
The opening and the forums
The Summit opens in a full hall, with the official opening and the forum panels that follow. Speakers and executives take the same stage, in front of the guests who came to listen and to act.
- The official opening of the Summit
- Forums and panels across eight themes
- Leaders from more than 50 countries in one room
In the room
Listening is where deals begin
Delegations, institutions and companies sit through the same sessions, then meet afterwards at the tables, in the corridors and at the receptions.
The business round
From the panel to the table
Behind the forum sits the working part of the Summit: executive roundtables and business meetings, where authorities, stakeholders and investors turn what was said on stage into projects.
- Business meetings between companies, institutions and governments
- Executive roundtables and business meetings across the two main days
- Projects, investment and cooperation as the outcome
Five days
Two main days of forums, followed by a programme that shows the host city to its guests.
- Two main days
Forums and business roundtables
The official opening, continued panels and the business roundtables.
- Three days of programme
The VIP programme
A welcome cocktail, a gala dinner and VIP visits to museums, embassies, development institutions and chambers of commerce.
Forum themes
- 01Digital geopolitics and global regulation
- 02High performance, the Olympic movement and standards
- 03Technological defence and cybersecurity
- 04Digital education and connected youth
- 05Esports education and social inclusion
- 06Foreign investment in the creative economy
- 07Sports diplomacy and impact tourism
- 08AI, blockchain and Web3 applied to digital sports
Why take part
What each side takes from the Summit, drawn from the programme itself.
Strategic purpose
Cooperation and investment
Bilateral and international cooperation, and private and institutional investment.
The host city
Business tourism, local soft power and a global position in innovation, culture and digital diplomacy.
What the host country receives
- Global institutional exposure and access to investors from many sectors
- Business tourism and local culture
- Public policy, education and high-performance esports projects from WESCO
- Changing the People, Changing the World, Ambassadors and the Inclusion and Training Centers
- A place on the strategic agenda of WESCO and CECC
Host the Summit
Cities and governments that want to host the WESCO Summit can write to WESCO.
Talk to WESCOReady to dive in?
Tell us what your country, federation or company wants to build. We will tell you how WESCO can help.
