The Badminton World Federation (BWF) and the World Federation of the Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) are organizing the first Badminton Sporting Goods Brands Meeting on May 18 at the Jinling Grand Hotel in Kunshan, in Jiangsu province, China. It has been arranged to coincide with the Thomas Cup for men and the Uber Cup for women, to be held jointly in Kunshan, which started this past Sunday. The full-day WFSGI meeting will consist of two parts: An internal sporting goods brands discussion coordinated by the WFSGI, including members and non-members, followed by an exchange between the BWF and the sporting goods industry.