The Sport Summit

An important message from our Sport Summit Founder, Lesley Plumley, regarding the 2026 Sport Summit.

🚨 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

We’re excited to welcome Kerry Dankers, OLY Dankers to the stage at the 2026 Sport Summit! 🎤

From representing Canada as a 2006 Olympian and competing internationally with the National Speed Skating Team to now leading the future of biathlon as Chief Executive Officer of Biathlon Canada, Kerry brings a unique perspective shaped by experience both on and off the field of play. 🇨🇦

With a career spanning high-performance sport, Olympic operations, business leadership, and sport administration, Kerry knows what it takes to lead, evolve, and create impact across Canada’s sport system.

Join us October 19–21 as Kerry shares her journey and insights with leaders, athletes, coaches, and changemakers from across the sport industry.

🎟️ Get your tickets and be part of the conversation!

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Growth doesn't end when you reach the top.

The best athletes, coaches, and leaders continue learning, adapting, and challenging themselves every day.

Success isn't a destination, it's a mindset.

How do you continue pushing yourself forward?

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Every tournament is about more than competition.

Sport brings visitors.
Sport supports local businesses.
Sport creates jobs.
Sport boosts regional economies.

Communities win when sport thrives.

Meet Julian Smith 🎿🇨🇦

We’re excited to welcome Julian Smith to the Sport Summit 2026 speaker lineup!

A former Canadian national team cross-country skier, Julian represented Canada internationally for 12 years, competing at the World Junior Championships, U23 World Championships, World Cup, and Senior World Championships.

Today, Julian continues to make an impact well beyond competition. As one of Nordiq Canada’s Athlete Directors and a member of the AthletesCAN Board of Directors, he advocates for athletes and works to advance equity, diversity, inclusion, positivity, and athlete-centred leadership across the Canadian sport system.

Based in Thunder Bay, Julian is also passionate about strengthening communities through local outreach and his volunteer work with The Urban Abbey.

From elite competition to athlete advocacy and sport leadership, Julian brings an authentic athlete voice and a powerful perspective on building a more inclusive, positive, and athlete-centred future for sport.

🎟️ Join us at Sport Summit 2026: October 19–21.

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🎤 SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT: MICAELA WIDMER

We’re thrilled to welcome Micaela Widmer to the Sport Summit 2026 stage! 🇨🇦

A high-performance sport leader, coach, former international skeleton athlete, and partnership strategist, Micaela brings a unique perspective on leadership, athlete development, community, and the power of sport to create meaningful change.

From competing internationally for both Canada and Switzerland, to leading the development of Canada’s National Skeleton Program, Micaela has worked across every level of the sport, from an athlete’s first race to the 2026 Winter Olympics.

🌎 As Co-Chair of the IBSF Development Committee, she is helping shape the future of skeleton internationally.

💪 As Head Coach at the 2025 Invictus Games, she helped more than 200 adaptive athletes face their fears and compete in skeleton.

🤝 And beyond sport, as Senior Manager of Partnerships at the Children’s Aid Foundation of Canada, she brings her passion for people, partnerships, and social impact into the charitable sector.

Micaela believes sport is about far more than what happens on the field, track, ice or track — it’s a catalyst for developing people, building communities, and creating positive social change.

We can’t wait to have her in the room.

📅 October 19–21, 2026
📍 Sport Summit 2026

🎟️ Join us and be part of the conversation.

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Confidence doesn't come from luck.

It comes from preparation, repetition, and putting in the work long before the spotlight arrives.

When preparation meets opportunity, great things happen.

How are you preparing for your next big challenge?

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Women's sport isn't emerging, it's accelerating!

Record crowds.
Record sponsorship.
Record audiences.

The future of sport is being built through greater investment and opportunity.

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