Overview

The World Indoor Climbing Summit (WICS) aims to gather members of the climbing community from all over the world, to attend and take part in presentations and open discussions related to the future of indoor climbing. The event features both a conference and a small exhibition area, where climbing gym owners can network and connect with potential suppliers.

The first edition of WICS took place in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 7 – 9, 2018. Close to 300 climbing gym owners and other experts from the industry attended the event’s panel discussions, and networking events. The second edition was held on June 19 – 21, 2019.

Check out the full conference schedule and list of speakers from 2019 for more information.

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“I thought WICS was great! It was amazing to come to Bulgaria, Sofia was an amazing city to host everything.”

Ward Byrum, Director of Route Setting at Earth Treks

“… there’s a lot of new faces that I have met at this conference that I haven’t at the other in that way I think is really refreshing”

Hillary Harris, Owner at Evo Rock

“…there are gym owners and builders and operators and not so much the people that don’t make decisions, so it’s the higher level clientele.”

Dana Schenhoffer, Account Manager at Head Rush Technologies

“(WICS) gave me a very open world perspective to the climbing industry, something that I didn’t have before.”

Charlotte Bosley, VP of Retail and Brand at Earth Treks / Planet Granite

“… the format of having roundtables on stage was really valuable”

Jeffery Bowling, Marketing, IT and Business Development Manager at Touchstone Climbing & Fitness

“Being able to meet and compare successes and challenges with operators in other countries has been probably the best part of the summit.”

Chris McFarland, Operations Director at Momentum

“I think anyone who wants to open a climbing gym would benefit a lot from being here.”

Chris Sharma, Professional Climber

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