The International Skating Union -ISU- will hold its 60th Ordinary Congress from 10 to 12 June in Tenerife, a gathering marked by the renewal of its main governing bodies and by decisions that will define the next institutional stage for global skating. The event will bring together the organisation’s member federations for three days of debate, voting and strategic review.
The Congress comes at a key moment for the ISU, following the adoption of the Vision 2030 roadmap and the reforms addressed in recent years to modernise governance, expand the international development of its disciplines and strengthen its integrity mechanisms. The importance of the gathering also lies in its timing: the Ordinary Congress is held every two years, but the Tenerife edition will be electoral and will open a new mandate for the international federation’s leadership structure.
An electoral Congress to renew the ISU’s governing bodies
The main focus will be on the elections on Friday, 12 June. Delegates will vote for the ISU presidency, two vice-presidencies and ten members of the ISU Council, as well as the chairs and members of the technical committees for single and pair skating, ice dance, synchronised skating, speed skating and short track. The current president, Jae Youl Kim, is standing for re-election as the sole candidate for the presidency, after taking office in 2022.
The renewal will also extend to the internal oversight and control bodies. The Congress will elect members of the Audit, Risk and Investment Committee, the Disciplinary Commission and the Integrity Unit Board, which are central to accountability, discipline and the protection of integrity within the federation system. The agenda therefore confirms that the meeting will not be limited to visible leadership positions, but will cover the organisation’s full governance architecture.
Vision 2030 and the modernisation of international skating
The Congress will also serve to review the cycle that began with Kim’s election in Phuket in 2022, the approval of ISU Vision 2030 in Las Vegas in 2024 and the Extraordinary Congress held in Lausanne in 2025. That roadmap is built around the GO ISU pillars: Growth, Opportunity, Innovation, Safeguarding and Unity, with the aim of adapting international skating to a changing sporting, audiovisual and commercial landscape.
Areas of work include constitutional modernisation, the evolution of event presentation, new production and broadcasting formats, digital strategy, the expansion of media rights, commercial opportunities, the use of artificial intelligence-based technologies to support judging and officiating, safeguarding and athlete welfare policies, and development programmes for member federations.
Finances, athlete welfare and the technical agenda
The first two days will focus on statutory and management matters. The agenda includes reports from the president and director general, financial review, the appointment of the external auditor, budget approval, the legal adviser’s report, the review of the Disciplinary Commission, development activities, the Athletes’ Commission report, the Medical and Anti-Doping Commission, and a dedicated round table on athlete welfare.
The programme will also include reports from the technical committees and votes on proposals submitted by the Council and member federations. These decisions will affect the regulatory framework for all disciplines under the ISU umbrella, from figure skating to speed skating, short track and synchronised skating, at a stage in which the federation is seeking to combine global growth, regulatory stability and a stronger connection with athletes, fans, commercial partners and media.
Tenerife, a new stage after Las Vegas and Lausanne
The Tenerife gathering forms part of a broader institutional sequence. The Las Vegas Congress in 2024 approved the Vision 2030 strategy, while the Extraordinary Congress in Lausanne in 2025 addressed statutory and governance reforms. The 60th Ordinary Congress will carry that process into a full electoral renewal, with member federations as central actors in the next phase.
On Friday, 12 June, the formal handover of the chair of the Congress to the chair of the Elections Committee will take place before voting begins. That day will define the presidency, vice-presidencies, Council, technical committees and the ISU’s main oversight bodies for the new mandate.
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