Contributors include representatives from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) who will discuss their views on best practice legacy planning and implementation.
Denis Oswald, Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012, will provide a formal welcome to delegates in addition to the IOC’s Deputy Executive Director, Olympic Games Department, Christophe Dubi, who will discuss the IOC’s views on the importance of legacy planning and highlight its Olympic Games Global Impact programme (OGGI).
The IOC representatives are part of a high profile line-up of speakers, including Lord Sebastian Coe and Paul Deighton from the London 2012 Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) and David Higgins from the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA), together with other host cities and Local Organising Committees (LOCs) from around the world, such as Vancouver, Sydney, Barbados, Glasgow, Torino, Asia and South Africa.
Speaking about the importance of legacy to the IOC and the Olympic Movement, Denis Oswald said, “The legacy that the Olympic Games leaves to a host city and nation has become increasingly important to the International Olympic Committee, to the extent that we now ask bidding cities to outline their legacy plans at the very outset of their applying to host the Games. Moreover, today our role of overseeing and guiding Games organisers in their preparations pays particular attention to legacy aspects. The Olympic Games are a powerful vehicle and catalyst for social and economic development, with legacy being key to this mix.”
UK Sport’s International Director, John Scott said: “The presence of organisations such as the IOC, IPC and LOCOG demonstrates the pivotal importance now being placed on major event planning and implementation. UK Sport is pleased to be a partner in promoting such an important cause and we look forward very much to welcoming delegates, speakers and exhibitors from all over the world to London in January next year.”
Legacy Lives 2007 is presented by pmpLEGACY, in partnership with UK Sport, to help develop and debate best practice legacy planning and implementation. It will bring together 300 senior policy and decision makers from cities, LOCs, National Olympic Committees, major event rights holders and International Federations.
This international conference will promote knowledge transfer and skill exchange at a time when effective legacy planning has never been more important for cities and LOCs bidding or hosting major sporting events.
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