Join us at the 5th Impulse Summit
03. – 04.11.2022, St. Gallen
The Impulse Summit is an interactive and independent conference with the purpose to fuel the sports business industry with new impulses.
We aim to create a platform for dialogue at the interface of sport, business, politics, culture, and science, representing relevant industry topics by reflecting the voice of the next generation and senior industry experts.
This year’s Impulse Summit will be no different and only further built on the learnings, hereby, ensuring a continuity of the knowledge exchange.
Contact us to joinJoin our other Industry Leaders
By participating as one of 200 industry leaders, you will access profound knowledge and expertise from peers, combined with the academic background and perspectives of selected student talents.
Our unique two-day conference allows you to openly discuss specific topics from your field of expertise, attend other industry professionals’ sessions and exchange ideas with the next generation.
The private atmosphere ensures an eye-level exchange between peers and students to gain insights and make connections within the sports business network.

Daretogether
Building on last years guiding topic, our Jubilee Summit dares everyone in the industry to now act on their lessons learned. Through the adaption of an athlete’s mentality of winning as a team, we don’t just ask for change implementation, we ask for change implementation together.

Be challenged
We invite 60 young innovative minds to critically question the status quo and challenge the experts. It is about collectively learning, reassessing and gaining new perspectives.

Collaborate
Join the Impulse Summit as an expert to collaborate with other leading personalities from in and around the sports business industry to set valuable impulses for change.
Start-Up Selection
The digital platform for sports, business & the next generation
Become part of this year’s Startup Selection and win exclusive access to the Impulse Summit 2022. Seize the opportunity to meet and engage with investors, business experts, and young leaders:
The Idea behind
The Impulse Start-Up competition was introduced to give upcoming sports industry entrepreneurs a platform to demonstrate their unique ideas and innovative thinking. The Impulse Network brings in the proficiency from one of the leading business schools in Europe that has produced successful start-ups like N26, wefox and VIU. The backbone and practical industry knowledge is provided by the #1 source for data and insights about SportsTech startups and the surrounding ecosystem – SportsTechX. In close collaboration we deliberately chose a jury composed of industry experts, topics that are based on prevailing industry developments and a suitable integration into the Summit. The competition aims to diversify the Summit participant pool and serve as an inspiration for the next generation.
FAQImpulse Summit 2022
The winning Start-Up receives an invitation to the Impulse Summit on November 3rd and 4th, 2022 in St. Gallen. In a predefined session their approach to setting new impulses for change in the sports industry is shared and discussed.
Program
The competition itself will be held online on October 5th, 2022. The detailed schedule for the day will be published closer to the event.
Applications closed
The Benefits

Pitch your vision
The start-up selection offers a unique opportunity to pitch your start-up in front of a selected jury of industry experts.

Content-based input
By addressing a pre-selected research question, the participating start-up’s present their solution-oriented approach.

Investor connects
With SportsTechX as a partner, we provide a platform for start-up’s to connect with investors and other industry professionals.
Collaboration
The start-up selection is hosted by the Impulse Network and SportsTechX

Fellowship Program
Create unique intergenerational connections on a global scale
For our student-led conference, we are offering the opportunity for universities and academic institutions to become a fellowship partner to our initiative. Fellowship partners get to select an agreed upon number of their students to travel to St. Gallen Switzerland to participate in our Global Talents Program. We hereby invite young promising leaders to a place where they can learn, connect, and get inspired by our well-established network. The highlight of our program being the two-day conference – the Impulse Summit 2022.

Access
Gain access to our exclusive platform and conference for your institution’s talents. This is an opportunity for students to engage in discussions with current sports industry leaders, to work on case studies, to host an impulse session, and more.

Exposure
Partners of our Fellowship program are included in our digital storytelling efforts. We provide exposure for both the students and the university.

Network
Selected, international talents who are motivated and show a significant interest into the sports business industry get to engage in lively discussions, show their expertise, and network with industry leaders. We bridge the gap between young talents and sports business professionals.
Contact us
Learn more about our fellowship program and schedule a meeting to discuss collaboration.
We always welcome any kind of questions about our partnerships, the Summit or the initiative. Do not hesitate to contact us anytime.
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