28th IAKS congress | IAKS Worldwide

Why attend?

More than 40 speakers
IOC, IPC, TAFISA, United Nations, LOA Fonden,…

500 participants
40 nations
International information exchange

4 days 11 events
Presentations and discussions
(conference language: english with simultaneous translation into German)

Industry meeting
The IAKS Congress will take place together with FSB 2023 - the leading international trade fair for public space, sports and leisure facilities!

Innovation
Expert knowledge from renowned architectural firms such as FaulknerBrowns, HCMA, IDOM, MJMA, Populous,…

Tradition
Since 1969 the center for the exchange of new approaches and strategies.
More than 50 years of knowledge and insights for design, construction and management of sports and leisure facilities.

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Innovative thinking in its 28th edition.

Internationality. Tradition. Future Trends.

International panelists discuss latest trends in design and operation of sports and leisure facilities.

IAKS President Dr Stefan Kannewischer gives a warm welcome.

Learn from the case studies, focus sessions, presentations and workshops.

Building resilient communities through sport and leisure facilities is the focus in 2023.

Meet your peers at the IAKS booth.

Excellent opportunity for your networking.

Presentation of the IOC IPC IAKS 2021 Architecture Prizes.

The architecture prizes honour exemplary design.

Meet and greet during the IAKS Happy Hour.

Together with the trade fair duo FSB and aquanale the IAKS Congress is a hive.

This is what people say

„While it is certainly a long way from New Zealand the quality of the speakers, the content of their presentations, the organisation by yourselves and the sheer scale of the FSB made the trip extremely worthwhile and has given us much to ponder and consider going forward.“

Julian Todd
Sport New Zealand

„High level conference with good practical inspiration from the FSB.“

Theis Bavnhøj Hansen
Faaborg-Midtfyn Kommune

„Wonderfully organised and managed conference. I gained a great deal from it and enjoyed my time with the rest of those who attended.“

Mike Lawless
LA ARCHITECTS LIMITED

„From what I observed, the quality of the presentations and attendees was of the highest nature. I really appreciated the international forum that IAKS offers with the exchange of work, ideas and your beautiful publication. It allows us to learn from each other and realize how much we all share in common.“

Jim Kalvelage
MJMA

„I learned a huge amount which will stand our business in good stead as we evolve our plans“

Heath Harvey
Argent

„Overwhelmed by the quality of every aspect of this event.“

Conrad Boychuk
Canada

Dates

Start

24.10.2023

End

27.10.2023

Location

Congress Centre North of the Koelnmesse

Messeplatz 1
Entrance Nord

50679 Cologne

Germany

50.94750985, 6.9847281923487

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This year’s congress programme was rich and intense. The presentations have been recorded and are now available as webcasts free of charge for congress delegates and IAKS members. Did you miss a session or want to review the learnings? Please reach out to the IAKS office to ask for the login password.

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