Agenda of the 60th ordinary ISU congress

[gsk8]

The agenda for the 60th Ordinary ISU Congress, which will be held in Tenerife, Spain from June 10–12, 2026, has now been published by the ISU.

The Congress will include elections for ISU President, Vice Presidents, Council members, Technical Committee positions, and other office holders, along with discussions and voting on a wide range of proposals affecting figure skating, speed skating, short track, and synchronized skating.

The document also outlines the order of meetings, branch sessions, workshops, financial matters, constitutional amendments, and various technical rule change proposals that national federations and ISU bodies have submitted for consideration.

https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.azurefd.net/isudamcontainer/CMS/Corporate-Site/Governance/Transparency/ISU-Communications/ISU-Communication-2790-60th-Ordinary-ISU-Congress-2026-Agenda-1778506624-7812.pdf

 

[Andrea82]

The list of candidates for the elections taking place at Congress has been published too

President: Jae Youl KIM (KOR) unopposed

Vice-President - Figure Skating:

• Fabio BIANCHETTI (ITA)
• György ELEK (HUN)
• Benoit LAVOIE (CAN) * Incumbent
• Ubavka NOVAKOVIC-KUTINOU (GRE & BIH)

Council Member – Figure Skating
* 5 to be elected

• Fabio BIANCHETTI (ITA)
• Robin COUSINS (GBR)
• György ELEK (HUN) *Incumbent
• Benoit LAVOIE (CAN)
• Tina LUNDGREN (USA)
• Susan LYNCH (AUS)
• Tatsuro MATSUMURA (JPN) * Incumbent
• David MOLINA (FRA)
• Susanna RAHKAMO (FIN) * Incumbent
• Jimmy STRYHN MEYER (LUX)
• Oleksandr VOLKOV (UKR)

Not standing again: Patricia St Peter (USA), Maria Teresa Samaranch (Spain)

Technical Committee – Single and Pair Figure Skating

Chairperson: Leena LAAKSONEN (FIN) unopposed.
Incumbent Bianchetti not standing again

Members:
* 4 to be elected

• Julia ANDREEVA (RUS)
• Leah BATES (AUS)
• Daniel DELFA (ESP)
• Cornel GHEORGHE (ROU)
• Feng HUANG (CHN)
• Kerstin KIMMINUS (GER)
• Leena LAAKSONEN (FIN) * Incumbent. Will withdraw as she will get the Chair
• Paolo Luigi PIZZOCARI (ITA)
• Albert ZAYDMAN (ISR)

Not standing again: Emily Billow (Sweden), Susan Lynch (Australia), Yukiko Okabe (Japan)

Technical Committee – Ice Dance Figure Skating

Chairperson:

• Michela CESARO (ITA)
• Shawn RETTSTATT (USA) * Incumbent.

Members:
* 3 to be elected

• Csaba BÁLINT (HUN)
• Marie BOWNESS (CAN)
• Michela CESARO (ITA)
• Marcin KOZUBEK (POL)
• David MOLINA (FRA) * Incumbent.
• Shawn RETTSTATT (USA)
• Alla SHEKHOVTSOVA (RUS)

Not standing again: Hilary Selby (Great Britain), Ingrid Charlotte Wolter (Germany)

Technical Committee – Synchronized Figure Skating

Chairperson:

• Jennifer BETTS (CAN)
• Nina BISCHOFF (SUI)
• Karin SHERR (USA)

Interim chair and current committee member Lois Long (USA) is not standing again

Members:
* 3 to be elected

• Jennifer BETTS (CAN)
• Nina BISCHOFF (SUI) * Incumbent.
• Uliana CHIRKOVA (RUS)
• Ida HELLSTRÖM (FIN)* Incumbent.
• Karin SHERR (USA)

Not standing again: Petra Tyrbo (Sweden)

Candidates for other functions (Disciplinary committee, speed skating, short track,...) here: https://isu-d8g8b4b7ece7aphs.a03.az...lection---Candidates-list-1778434936-4153.pdf

 

[AuroraCherry]

Will there still be an agenda with all the proposals released? As far as i remember, it was always released around May whenever the congress was held in June, or did they skip it this year because now the ISU will have the final say on all decisions in the Council instead of letting the federations vote?

 

[gsk8]

Here is the Agenda:

Wednesday 10 June & Thursday 11 June

1. Opening of the Congress
2. In Memoriam
3. Congress oversight
4. Approval of the Agenda
5. Approval of the Minutes of the 59th ISU Congress 2024 in Las Vegas (US) and of the 1st ISU Extraordinary Congress 2025 in Lausanne (CH)
6. Appeals as to Membership (if any)
7. President’s Report and Director General’s Report
8. Financial Report Part 1
9. External auditor’s report
10. External auditor's appointment (6 months)
11. External auditor's appointment (3 years)
12. Financial Report Part 2
13. Approval of budget
14. Legal Advisor's Report
15. Disciplinary Commission' Report
16. Development Activity Report
17. Athletes' Commission Report
18. Medical and Anti-Doping Commission Report
19. Athlete Welfare Report and Round Table discussion
20. Technical Committee Reports
21. Decisions on Proposals of the Council and the ISU Members
22. Decision on granting of ISU honours

Friday 12 June

1. Appeals
2. Formal handover of Chair of Congress from ISU President to the Chair of the Elections Committee
3. Election of President
4. Election of two Vice Presidents
5. Election of ten members of the Council
6. Election of the chairpersons of the Technical Committees
7. Election of members of the Single and Pair Technical Committee, the Ice Dance Technical Committee, the Synchronized Skating Technical Committee, the Speed Skating Technical Committee and the Short Track Speed Skating Technical Committee
8. Election of the members of the Audit, Risk and Investment Committee
9. Election of the chairperson and the two members of the IU Board
10. Return of chair of Congress to the ISU President
11. Decision on any other matters
12. Various including any other matters
13. Closing of the Congress