Welcome to Lausanne, the Olympic Capital. Here, we support international sport federations and organisations and help them grow by providing them with exclusive benefits.
Specialised resources
Access a highly specialised service industry
As a business and academic hub, the Canton de Vaud and City of Lausanne offers the ideal setting for IFs to access highly-specialised industries that can advance their work.
A Business Hub
A large number of corporations, associations, Fortune 500 companies and leading business strategists are based in Lausanne and across the country, many with a shared connection to, or interest in, sport.
Academic Institutions
In addition, IFs can benefit from a wealth of academic expertise just footsteps away. With the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne has the largest university campus in Switzerland. Both universities produce a raft of successful start-ups and innovative outputs. Lausanne and the surrounding region also host several public and private research institutions, many of which have a specific focus on sport management, research and technology.
ThinkSport helps you navigate
In order to facilitate access to and collaboration between these sports stakeholders, the Olympic Capital, together with the Canton of Vaud, the Swiss Confederation and the International Olympic Committee founded ThinkSport, a unique network that enhances the variety of sports-related expertise across all sectors in Lausanne and beyond. ThinkSport’s aim is to facilitate new partnerships, knowledge sharing, creative thinking and innovative projects, and in doing so, drive progress in sport.
Whilst this progress is initiated in Switzerland due to the many influential sports organisations in the country, the network also extends to players across the globe and has an impact at international level.
ThinkSport offers services and tools that add value to professionals working in or with sport, including an information office with customised support; a directory of companies and organisations working with sport; a database of innovative sports-related projects, educational programmes and job opportunities; and a calendar of business conferences, meetings and events taking place in Switzerland.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
ThinkSport Maison du Sport International
Building B - 2nd Floor
Avenue de Rhodanie 54
1007 Lausanne
+41 21 601 15 80
Info@ThinkSport.org www.thinksport.org
The Olympic Capital is the host of Smart Cities & Sport, an initiative of the World Union of Olympic Cities.
Smart Cities & Sport aims at connecting the sports world with more than 500 cities from all around the world. In addition to organising a yearly conference, held every two years in the City of Lausanne, Smart Cities and Sport also runs a website that allows International Federations based in the Canton de Vaud to contact cities from across the world in an efficient and effective manner.
It's always great to hear from our IF Seminar participants!
Special thanks to Ashley Arthingal from the International Skating Union for sharing his experience during our first IF Seminar of the year on the topic of Education.
#LausanneOlympicCapital #IFseminars#educationhttps://t.co/5sRQawm0BX
21.03.2023
Thank you to everyone who joined us today on the first IF seminar of the year. Thanks as well to our excellent line-up of speakers @kavussanu , Nikki Hamblin OLY, Chantal Buchser Kelley and Silvia Verdolini for sharing great case studies and insights about education for athletes! https://t.co/P3yz8e598E
Looking forward to our next IF Seminar on the 21st of March, where Silvia Verdolini, Research & Development Director at the @ifsclimbing, will share about the IFSC’s education offer available for athletes throughout their career and beyond.
#SportClimbing #LausanneOlympicCapitalhttps://t.co/68CAUByGq7
14.03.2023
The 17th edition of the @wada_ama Annual Symposium has started today in Lausanne!
@EmilieMoeschler opened the Symposium by stating: "the fight against doping must involve all stakeholders, athletes, coaches, federations, but also the political, economic and media world." https://t.co/HhDRzOflZp
