Partnership Announcement – WorldSBN.com and STWS

(Melbourne, VIC – 21 June, 2024) –STWS have formed a partnership with WorldSBN.com for Australia Sports Innovation Week (ASIW) 2024, the Southern Hemisphere’s largest and most respected sports innovation and technology experience which is returning to Melbourne in 2024.

“With WorldSBN.com becoming a collaborator partner for ASIW, it significantly extends reach for the experience to C-level, VPs, Directors and Managers across 64 countries worldwide from professional sports teams, major events and sport governing bodies,” said Andrew Walton, Managing Director at STWS, founders of the ASIW.

“Sport bonds people, providing a powerful platform for strengthening communities here and abroad. This partnership will have a beneficial impact to enhance the awareness of international companies to the Australian technology ecosystem.”

WorldSBN.com (World Sports Business Network), is a Global Sports and eSports industry professional networking community with leading executive level experts from sports business in management, operations, marketing, merchandising, sales, broadcasting, streaming, ticketing and content creation related to the pro-sports and eSports industry.

“The main objective of WorldSBN.com is to share expertise and experiences, get updates on the latest news about the industry, open doors for opportunities worldwide, and to do business in a win-win way,” said Luiz Felipe Giacomelli, Founder and CEO of WorldSBN.

“Partnering with STWS for ASIW, particularly with so many events of international scale and significance heading to Australia, ensures that we make available to our members quality access to knowledge and experiences through the power of sport.”

The Australian sports sector is estimated to generate $32.2 billion in annual sales, resulting in a contribution to GDP of approximately $14.4 billion and supports 128,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs, around 1.5% of the total FTE workforce in Australia.

The sports tech sector in Australia is now worth AUD$4.25 billion, equal in value to Australia’s Fintech sector.