Illustrative concept portrait of a female runner at a stadium
AN AISECS INITIATIVE · TWO NATIONS, SHARED AMBITION

PlayForwardAustralia — India

Building the future through sport.

Connecting people, ideas and expertise to turn shared sporting ambition into meaningful collaboration.

FROM THE FIELD OF PLAY. TO A WORLD OF POSSIBILITY.SCROLL TO EXPLORE
PEOPLE↗PARTICIPATION↗INNOVATION↗GAMES LEGACY↗ENTERPRISE↗LASTING IMPACT

Different nations.
One field of possibility.

Sport is a powerful meeting point. PlayForward brings Australian and Indian sporting organisations, researchers, communities and innovators together around practical, mutually beneficial collaboration.

Meet PlayForward
PLAY / CONNECT / MOVE FORWARD
Human ambition.
New possibilities.
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Human at heart.
Forward by design.

Better collaboration starts with people. Technology can help us ask better questions, connect expertise and build a clearer path from idea to action.

  • People-first, inclusive collaboration
  • Responsible AI-assisted planning — proposed
  • Evidence, consent and human oversight
Shape your collaboration idea

Independent

An AISECS initiative. Not a government framework and not endorsed by any government or Games body.

Verified sources

Every factual claim links to its official source, with a verification date set by a reviewer.

Human-reviewed AI

AI may help draft, but nothing it produces is published without a person checking it.

Reviewed updates

No reviewed updates yet. Updates appear here only after a person has checked the source.

All updates

Verified events

  1. December 2026Australia-funded Sports Industry SummitMumbai · Australian Government (as stated in the Roadmap)Source
  2. December 2026First Big Bash League match in IndiaChennai · As stated in the RoadmapSource
  3. 7 December 2026 – 10 December 2026Australia–India Sports Industry Summit 2026 (exporter mission)Delhi and Mumbai · Austrade and ASTNSource
All events and Games milestones

Five focus areas, explained.

How our six pillars line up with the Roadmap.

Full map and statuses
Roadmap areas mapped to PlayForward pillars. Each mark is one Roadmap action; its colour shows PlayForward’s own reviewed involvement.
Roadmap area01People & leadership02Community & participation03Innovation, science & tech04Games legacy: 2030 → 203205Enterprise & investment06Evidence & integrity
A Capacity building————
B Sports science and technology research————
C Major sporting events————
D Sports industry and investment platform—————
E Women in sports partnership————
K Khelo India grassroots links————

Women in sport, Para sport, grassroots and the Games.

Three steps from idea to conversation.

  1. 01

    Find your area

    Read the Roadmap area that matches your idea.

  2. 02

    Check the pillar

    See the PlayForward pillar and what it covers.

  3. 03

    Tell us about it

    Send an enquiry. We aim to reply within 48 hours.

A person reads every enquiry. Nothing is shared with anyone else without your consent.