Press release from FEI

The second and final day of the FEI Sports Forum 2025 kicked off with a session on the profile and job description of the future FEI President. Janice Shardlow, Chair of the FEI Audit and Compliance Committee, and James Carr, Executive Director of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF), made presentations looking ahead to the 2026 FEI presidential election. During the ensuing discussion it was agreed that a job description for the future President would be prepared, and, along with any potential rules modifications, it would be presented for voting at the FEI General Assembly 2025. 

Presentations on the key modification proposals for the FEI Eventing Rules and the FEI Driving and Para Driving Rules, which are undergoing full revisions this year, were made during sessions 6 and 7. The Sports Forum 2025 ended with an update on the FEI Officials Working Group moderated by FEI Honorary Vice President and Working Group Chair, Mark Samuel. 

In her closing remarks, FEI Secretary General Sabrina Ibáñez reviewed the key points for each session. She thanked the panellists and moderators for the high level of presentations over the two days and thanked delegates for the quality of the debate. She also thanked the FEI HQ Team for organising another successful edition of the FEI Sports Forum.

Summaries from each of the day’s four sessions are available at the links below:

Session 5: Profile and Job description of the future FEI President

Session 6: FEI Eventing Rules full revision

Session 7: FEI Driving and Para Driving Rules full revision

Session 8: FEI Officials Working Group Update

Presentations

The PowerPoint presentations made at each session are available in pdf format in the FEI Sports Forum 2025 online hub (Session Documents section).