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Discover the most exciting products and solutions that the global sports world currently has to offer. Once again this year, the winners of the prestigious ISPO Awards will be officially presented at ISPO Munich.

Constant development and continuous innovation are the keys to success. For the past decade, ISPO Munich has presented the latest materials, technologies and designs in the sporting goods and textile industry at ISPO Textrends, which also serves as an innovation and information platform for every conceivable industry. ISPO Textrends has established itself as a leading global platform and is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year with an anniversary stage.

ISPO Munich completes this year’s speaker line-up with Thomas Tuchel, FC Bayern Munich’s coach, who excels at thinking beyond conventional limits and bringing fresh ideas to the world of sport.

ISPO Munich announces another top speaker: Gordon Herbert, coach of the German basketball world champions, will be a guest on the mainstage at this year’s trade fair.

Munich, 26 October 2023 – After the first announcement of the speaker program of ISPO Munich 2023 – including, among others, UNHCR Ambassador Yusra Mardini – the official headliner has now been confirmed: None other than Colin Kaepernick will be a guest in Munich. In his first ever stay in Germany, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and symbolic figure of resistance against racism in the USA leads this year’s speaker line-up. The Super Bowl participant and holder of the NFL record for most rushing yards will speak on the mainstage at ISPO Munich at 5:30 p.m. on November 28. Among other topics, he will talk about his life before and after his famous “taking a knee”.

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Professor Muhammad Yunus and UNHCR-Ambassador Yusra Mardini as first top speakers.

YKK, manufacturer of zip fasteners, has extended its sponsorship of ISPO Brandnew by three years until 2025. The Japanese company will continue to support and mentor dozens of innovative start-ups from the world of sports that will present themselves to the sports industry at ISPO Brandnew and especially at ISPO Munich.

OutDoor by ISPO 2023 has once again written a success story from June, 04 to 06. After last year's brilliant restart as a live trade show at the MOC, Event Center Messe München, this year's trade show once again presented itself as THE global platform for the outdoor industry and community. Compared to the last edition, OutDoor by ISPO has grown enormously. With 35,000 square meters, the space at the MOC including the outdoor area is completely sold out. Most of the growth came from overseas, especially from the USA and China. As a result, the share of international exhibitors grew by 15 percentage points to a total of 83% – making OutDoor by ISPO one of the most international trade shows in Messe München's portfolio.