On June 3rd 2025, in NYC, we’re bringing together top executives from across global and U.S. sports media and content to explore how data and AI are reshaping how fans are reached, stories are told, and revenue is grown.
With the men’s 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, we’ll spotlight how soccer’s momentum can serve as a launchpad – not just for the sport itself, but for how the entire U.S. sports ecosystem evolves its approach to fan engagement and storytelling.
If you’re a media, content, marketing, or commercial exec, and your goal is to tell better sports stories, engage fans for longer, and grow your viewers, subscribers, users, customers, and sponsors, register now to be on the list for our exclusive, invite-only full-day event.
The Opta Forum is the premier meeting place for the leading figures in sports storytelling. Since 2014, it has united the industry’s brightest minds to discuss and explore how innovations in sports data, AI and storytelling can grow sports fans, subscribers, viewers, customers and sponsors.
With the 2026 FIFA World Cup on the horizon, you’ll hear actionable takeaways for the U.S soccer ecosystem to grasp the unmissable opportunity to take the sport into the prime-time ahead of the tournament, and far beyond.
You’ll also benefit from outstanding networking opportunities with sports content creators from across the globe, and discuss the latest trends in fan engagement, storytelling and monetisation.
The event is hand-made for sports media, commercial and content executives looking to deliver outsized audience and commercial growth from sports content experiences. So whether you’re from a team, broadcaster, technology provider, stadium, betting operator, scores app, fantasy game or sponsor, if your goal is to engage and monetize more sports fans, this is the event you can’t miss.
The Opta Forum NYC kicks off just ahead of the FIFA Club World Cup and marks the one-year countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Get set for a full-day of ideas and inspiration from the most creative and innovative minds in global soccer media and content. It will help you ignite a new wave of soccer fandom in the US, that endures far beyond the tournament – and is packed with insights for other U.S. sporting codes too.
The 2025 Opta Forum is a focused gathering of senior sports media and content executives in New York on 3 June 2025. It brings together some of the brightest minds in U.S. and global sports broadcasting, sponsorship, media, teams, rightsholders, agencies, scores apps, fantasy games and sports betting.
Please register for an invitation to the in-person event below.
Recordings of the sessions will also be available after the event – if you cannot attend, please also fill out the form to be notified when they are available.
