The series of seminars, held over three and a half days, aim to instruct the Delegations of all Applicant Cities in all the technical aspects required to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games.
These include elements such as security, accommodation, transport, technology, sustainable development and legacy.
A shortlist of the candidate cities will be announced in June 2008 and the announcement of the host city will take place on 2 October 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The seven candidate cities are: Baku (Azerbaijan), Chicago (USA), Doha (Qatar), Madrid (Spain), Prague (Czech Republic), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and Tokyo (Japan).
