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International Leadership Portfolio

Active positions across five international and continental sports organizations, contributing to governance, professional education, event management, certification systems, and long-term sports development.

FIFS
President
Federation International Football Skating
Global governing body for Football Skating — international development, regulation, and World Cup organization

The Federation International Football Skating (FIFS) is the international governing body for Football Skating — a sport combining technical skating speed with the strategy and teamwork of football. As President, Dr. Salman Pour leads strategic direction, global development planning, federation relations, competition oversight, technical governance, and World Cup organization. He served as President and Head Organizer of the 15th Senior and 1st Junior Football Skating World Cup 2024 in Trabzon, Türkiye — 24 national teams, 30+ federations, and major international media coverage.

Core Focus Areas
International governance and federation development
Football Skating World Cup planning and supervision
Coach, referee and technical official education
National federation coordination and global expansion
Youth and junior category development
UAE and GCC regional development vision
IPTC
President & Founder
International Professional Training Certification
Global platform for professional education, certification, licensing, and international seminar delivery

Founded and led by Dr. Salman Pour, IPTC is the educational and certification backbone behind his international projects — delivering structured training programs, certification pathways, professional seminars, and technical education frameworks for coaches, referees, instructors, athletes, clubs, federations, and institutions. IPTC was officially involved in organizing the Football Skating World Cup 2024 under FIFS appointment. Dr. Salman Pour has delivered more than 200 international seminars as Master Trainer through IPTC frameworks.

Core Focus Areas
International training and certification programs
Coach, referee and instructor education
Training-of-trainers methodology
Certification, licensing and recognition
World Cup and international camp support
UAE and GCC education and certification expansion
AFPU
President
Asia Freerunning Parkour Union
Continental leadership for parkour and freerunning across Asia — governance, judge education, competition structures

As President of AFPU, Dr. Salman Pour supports the growth and organization of parkour and freerunning activities across Asia — development, technical education, competition structure, judge preparation, continental cooperation, and professional program organization. Based in the UAE, Dr. Salman Pour sees the Emirates as an important future hub for parkour, extreme sports, youth development, training programs, and international events.

Core Focus Areas
Parkour and freerunning development across Asia
Judge education and certification programs
Technical standards and competition structures
Youth engagement and athlete pathways
UAE and GCC parkour development vision
IPF
Secretary General
International Parkour Federation
Global parkour governance, institutional coordination, and international strategic planning

As Secretary General of the International Parkour Federation, Dr. Salman Pour supports executive-level coordination, governance development, international communication, recognition processes, event supervision, and strategic planning — connecting his continental AFPU leadership with broader global parkour development.

Core Focus Areas
Executive coordination and governance development
International communication and recognition
Event supervision and technical standards
Strategic planning and institutional cooperation
MKX
Co-Founder & CEO
MKX Sports / MKX Skate
UAE-based professional skating education, youth development, and sports business platform

MKX Sports / MKX Skate is a UAE-based sports development platform co-founded by Dr. Mehdi Salman Pour and Ms. Khulood Al Junaibi (Co-Founder and CFO). As CEO, Dr. Salman Pour leads strategic direction, training methodology, technical standards, coach development, and international growth — connected to IPTC certification frameworks.

Core Focus Areas
Structured skating education — beginner to advanced
IPTC-certified coaching and instructor development
School, academy and community programs
Skating events, camps and talent pathways
UAE and GCC sports development platform