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The International Olympic Committee introduces the
Olympism in Action Forum
5-6 October
Buenos Aires, Argentina
1. About the Olympism in Action Forum
2. The Youth Olympic Games (YOG)
3. What is Olympism/ the Olympic Movement?
4. What is United By?
5. Olympism in Action Forum Programme
6. Speakers List
7. Backgrounders on themes discussed at the Forum
a. Refugees and Sport
b. Integrity in Sport
c. The Fight Against Doping
d. The Future of the Games
e. Safeguarding from Harassment and Abuse in Sport
f. Gender Equality
g. Sustainability
h. Sport and Human Rights
i. Athlete Support
8. Social Media Guide
9. On-site Media Contacts
10. Floorplan
11. Press Announcements
a. Leandro Erlich Installation ‘Ball Game’
b. World’s First Global Active Cities
c. Olympism Made Visible
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ABOUT THE OLYMPISM IN ACTION FORUM
The role of sport in our world is more relevant today than ever before. By bringing together
thousands of athletes and inspiring billions of viewers, the Olympic Games and the spirit of
Olympism unite people around the world and promote peace in our society. To further the
momentum of using sport for good, the International Olympic Committee is launching the
first ever Olympism in Action Forum (OiAF).
The Olympism in Action Forum will take place on 5 and 6 October, just before the Youth
Olympic Games, an elite sporting event that convenes future generations of athletes from
206 National Olympic Committees to compete in a sports programme based on that of the
Olympic Games. The juxtaposition of these two events will shine a spotlight on the fresh
thinking and new trends in sport, promoting Olympism on a global stage.
Four years on from the reforms adopted in the Olympic Agenda 2020 which signalled the
start of a new chapter in the future of the Olympic Movement, the OiAF, one of the very
recommendations of Olympic Agenda 2020, will bring together stakeholders from across the
Olympic Movement and society to open new dialogues, discuss global challenges, and
share innovative experiences and inspiring stories to further mobilise sport to create a better
world.
Conversations during the Forum will transpire through plenary debates, collaborative
workshops, live interviews and constructive and interactive dialogues with a diverse group of
speakers and guests.
The Forum is expected to draw 1,600 participants including athletes, International
Federations, National Olympic Committees, business partners, UN agencies, NGOs,
governments, private and public-sector leaders, academics, the media, and artists.
Advancing the role of sport in society is a team effort, strengthened by an open exchange of
diverse and innovative perspectives. Let’s come together and use sport to effect positive
change around the world.
IOC President Thomas Bach: “The Olympism in Action Forum is one of the results of
Olympic Agenda 2020 where we said we want to open our windows and doors. We want to
listen to society and to understand how the world sees us, rather than us telling the world
how they should see us. Following the Forum, we will assess all of the contributions, learn
from them and implement a number of hopefully innovative ideas.”
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THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES (YOG)
WHAT?
The Youth Olympic Games are an elite sporting event for young people from all over the
world. The YOG is an event distinct from other youth sports events, as it also integrates a
unique Culture and Education Programme (CEP), based around five main themes:
Olympism, Social Responsibility, Skills Development, Expression and Well-being and
Healthy Lifestyles.
The sports programme is based on that of the Olympic Games, with 28 sports featured on
the summer programme and seven on the winter programme. In addition, the programme
also includes exciting new disciplines and formats, such as 3-on-3 basketball, ice hockey
skills challenge and mixed gender and mixed National Olympic Committee (NOC) events.
Away from the field of play and through a variety of fun and interactive activities, workshops
and team-building exercises, the CEP gives the participating athletes the opportunity to learn
about the Olympic values, explore other cultures and develop the skills to grow as true
ambassadors of their sport.
WHO?
The Youth Olympic Games aim to bring together talented young athletes aged from 15 to 18
from around the world. At YOG Buenos Aires 2018, all 206 National Olympic Committees
(NOCs) will participate.
The Summer Youth Olympic Games feature over 3,500 athletes and are held over a 12-day
period, while the Winter Youth Olympic Games feature over 1,100 athletes and last 10 days.
Non-athlete participants, namely the Young Reporters, Young Change Makers,
Ambassadors and Athlete Role Models, are also an integral part of the Youth Olympic
Games experience.
WHEN?
Just like the Olympic Games, the Youth Olympic Games are held every four years. The first
summer edition was held in Singapore from 14 to 26 August 2010, and the first winter edition
was held in Innsbruck, Austria, from 13 to 22 January 2012.
The second Summer Youth Olympic Games were held in Nanjing, China, in August 2014
and the second Winter Youth Olympic Games took place in Lillehammer, Norway, in
February 2016. The third Summer Youth Olympic Games will be held in Buenos Aires in
Argentina in 2018, immediately following the Olympism in Action Forum. All Forum
participants are invited to the YOG Opening Ceremonies on 6 October 2018.
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WHAT IS OLYMPISM / THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT?
Olympism is more than the Games, more than the Olympians.
It is a philosophy of life that brings together sport with culture and education for the benefit of
humanity.
The spirit of Olympism lives well beyond the Olympic Games. It is defined by a set of values
that inspire and connect people around the globe to build a better world through sport, 365
days a year.
It is the coaches, volunteers, ground staff, early morning risers, parents that drive the team
to practice, athletes, teachers, community workers and everything in-between. The people
that make sport happen every day for themselves, their families, friends and communities.
It is the power of the Olympic values - Excellence, Friendship and Respect - in every part of
life to deliver a better world now and for generations to come.
To learn about some of the individuals who are united by these values and putting Olympism
into action everyday, visit Olympic.org/olympism-in-action/united-by-olympism
We are all United By Olympism.
WHAT IS UNITED BY?
Sport has the power to unite regardless of age, gender, religion, nationality, ability. It unites
us through passion, teamwork, commitment, loss and victory. It unites by creating a shared
well-being of body and mind. We are United By sport.
United By celebrates the power of Olympism to have a lasting positive impact on people’s
well-being – physically, mentally and socially – every day. It shows the values of Olympism
and the global community it creates, building lifelong friendships and fostering mutual
respect amongst all.
We are United By qualities that transcend borders, qualities that make us human.
Terms that we believe we are all United By include:
Excellence Friendship Respect Progress
Peace Purpose Diversity Inspiration
Legacy Tolerance Movement Passion
Equality Courage Goals Hope
Determination Action Perseverance Love
Fair-play Family Sportsmanship
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OLYMPISM IN ACTION FORUM PROGRAMME
To access any photos taken during the event, please visit flickr.com/photos/IOCmedia
To access any footage taken during the event, please visit IOCnewsroom.com
Please note that this programme is not final, and a final one will be provided on the day.
As well, attendance at the high demand ‘working zone’ sessions will be on a first come first
serve basis due to space limitations.
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Programme
*All titles, times, formats and speakers are subject to change
11 September 2018
Friday 5 October 2018
7:30 – 9:00 Registration & Breakfast
9:00 – 9:25 REMARKS: Opening Session
9:25 – 9:40 INTERVIEW: The Power of the Olympic Truce
9:40 – 10:20 PANEL: Women in Sport
10:20 – 11:00 PANEL: Combatting Doping in Sport: A Battle Worth Fighting
11:00 – 11:30 Networking Coffee Break
11:30 – 12:50 Working Zone 1A: Protecting Athletes: Working Zone 1B: Protecting Athletes:
4 sessions in Considerations on Doping & Fair Play Education & Deterrence
parallel Working Zone 2: Sports Betting & Match-Fixing
Working Zone 3: Prevention of Harassment & Abuse in Sport
Working Zone 4: Social Inclusion & Cohesive Societies
12:50 – 14:00 Networking Lunch
14:00 – 15:20 Working Zone 5: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
4 sessions in Working Zone 6A: Economics, Legacy & Working Zone 6B: Spotlight on Paris
parallel the New Norm: Debate 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic
Games
Working Zone 7: Sustainability Through Sport
Working Zone 8: Generating Social Change Through Sport
15:20 – 15:45 Networking Coffee Break
15:45 – 16:35 PANEL: Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
16:35 – 16:50 SPARK TALK: Fighting for the Right to Play Sport
16:50 – 17:35 PANEL: Integrity of Institutions: Combatting Corruption in Sport
17:45 – 18:45 Awards Ceremony
19:00 – 21:00 Cultural Evening
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Saturday 6 October 2018
9:00 – 10:30 Working Zone 9A: Sport as a Human Working Zone 9B: Sport & Human
4 sessions in Right Rights
parallel Working Zone 10: Education & Skill-Building Through Sport
Working Zone 11: Fan of the Future
Working Zone 12A: New Frontiers: Working Zone 12B: New Frontiers:
Esports Urbanisation of Sports
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
11:00 – 11:20 INTERVIEW: YOG 2018: Spotlight on Buenos Aires
11:20 – 11:35 SPARK TALK: Using the Power of Basketball to Educate & Empower Youth
11:35 – 12:15 PANEL: What is the Future of Sport?
12:15 – 12:30 SPARK TALK: Judo for the World
12:30 – 12:55 PANEL: Journey from Refugee to Olympian: Spotlight on Rio 2016 Refugee Olympic
Team
12:55 – 13:10 SPARK TALK: Education and Empowerment Through Skateboarding
13:10 – 13:30 INTERVIEW: Olympian to Socially Conscious Entrepreneur: A New Career Path?
13:30 – 13:45 REMARKS: Forum Outcomes
14:00 – 15:00 Networking Lunch
20:00 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
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Friday 5 october 2018
7:30 – 9:00 Registration & Breakfast
Registration: Registration Area (Level 0)
Breakfast: Foyer & Marketplace
9:00 – 9:25 Opening Session
Plenary Hall
This discussion will address topics including the values of Olympism, the
role of these values at the national and global levels, why sport is still a
valuable tool for national development after hundreds of years, and how we
can ensure sport is being used as a tool for good in the world.
• Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee,
Olympic Champion, Fencing, 1976
• Mauricio Macri, President of Argentina
In conversation with: Jennifer Dahlgren, Hammer Throw Olympian (Athens
2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012, Río 2016), Argentina
9:25 – 9:40 The Power of the Olympic Truce
Plenary Hall
Dating back to 776 BC and the Ancient Olympic Games, the Olympic Truce
was announced before the Olympic Games. A call to a cessation of any
hostilities, it was intended to ensure that the host city of the Olympic Games
was able to organise the event in peace and ensure the safe passage of
athletes and spectators taking part in the Games. The Olympic Truce was
revived by the United Nations Organisation in 1993. Even under the most
tense and volatile of circumstances, the Olympic Truce reaffirms that the
Olympic values of peace, solidarity and respect are as important across the
world today as they were over 3,000 years ago, when the ancient Olympic
Games first took place in Greece. Taking the most recent inspiring example
of the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, this session will highlight
how sport and the values of Olympism have the power to unite a fractured
world.
Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations & Chair,
International Olympic Committee Ethics Commission
In conversation with: Sonali Prasad, Print and Data Journalist, Olympic
Information Services Photo Project, India
9:40 – 10:20 Women in Sport
Plenary Hall
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While the world has taken great steps in the last 100 years to advance
gender equality, it is critical to continue and expand upon this forward
momentum to build a world characterised by universal equal rights for
women and men. Promoting gender equality in all industries, from business
and politics to entertainment and sport, is hugely relevant in today’s world;
however, much remains to be done to ensure that women and girls are
given equal opportunity to succeed, provided fair and equal pay, and
protected from discrimination, harassment, and abuse. This session will
discuss the challenges women in sport face, and it will explore how sport
can be used as a tool for empowering women and girls and for moving the
needle towards gender parity.
Moderator: Evelyn Watta, Vice President, International Sports Press
Association & News Producer, Olympic Channel, Kenya
• Princess Reema bint Bandar Al Saud, Vice President of Development
and Planning & President of Mass Participation, General Sports
Authority, Saudi Arabia
• Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak, Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, EY &
Founder, EY Women Athletes Business Network (WABN), United States
• Marisol Casado, IOC Member, President of the International Triathlon
Union & IOC Gender Equality Review Working Group Chair, Spain
• Brian Lewis, President, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
(TTOC) & Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees
(CANOC), Trinidad & Tobago
• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General &
Executive Director, UN Women
10:20 – 11:00 Combatting Doping in Sport: A Battle Worth Fighting
Plenary Hall
The responsibility that the Olympic Movement and sport organizations
worldwide have in ensuring sport and sporting events are fair and clean is
more relevant than ever before. How can we ensure that the testing being
done is independent and without any conflicts of interest? How can we
break the “rule of silence” and encourage people to come forward and
report violations? What is the right balance between protecting the civil
rights and privacy of athletes versus anti-doping measures? This panel
discussion with a diverse group of athletes and officials will address the
most critical issues related to doping, which affect not only the Olympic
Movement, but global sports at large.
Moderator: Adnan Nawaz, News Anchor, TRT World, Turkey
• Benjamin Cohen, Director General, International Testing Agency,
Switzerland
• Kirsty Coventry, Five-time Olympian & Chair, IOC Athletes'
Commission, Zimbabwe
• David Millar, Former Pro Cyclist & Founder, CHPT3, United Kingdom
5• Yuliya Stepanova, Anti-Doping Whistleblower & Elite Athlete & Vitaly
Stepanov, Anti-Doping Whistleblower & Former Employee, Russian
Anti-Doping Agency (livestreamed)
• Günter Younger, Director, Intelligence and Investigations, World Anti-
Doping Agency, Canada
11:00 – 11:30 Networking Coffee Break
Foyer & Marketplace
11:30 – 12:50 Working Zone 1A: Working Zone 1B:
4 sessions in
parallel
Protecting Athletes: Protecting Athletes:
Considerations on Education & Deterrence
Working Zone Excellence
Doping & Fair Play
Working Zone Excellence
In a world where science and
What constitutes doping and fair technology innovate at
play may not always be as black and unprecedented levels, notably in the
white as it seems. Doping raises methods of detecting prohibited
many questions, which can drugs, it appears that it would be
oftentimes differ depending on the difficult for any athlete to conceal
context. For example, all athletes do doping. However, experts believe it
things to optimize their physical is becoming more challenging to
performance: they might wear fight doping. From stricter sanctions
special clothing, they might undergo to education, there are many
surgery to recover from an injury, directions to explore regarding more
they might use treatments to efficient deterrence and prevention
acclimatize to higher altitudes, and methods. Focusing resources on the
they might use drugs to increase deterrence and prevention of doping,
muscle mass, among other things. as opposed to solely focusing on
All of the aforementioned actions, post-factum efforts, could prove
except for using drugs to increase more effective and efficient.
muscle mass, are usually seen as Featuring a variety of athlete
acceptable. This session will feature perspectives, this session will
a lively debate between two leading explore which deterrence methods
academics to stimulate new thinking have worked, where efforts need to
around a commonly discussed be further expanded.
issue.
Facilitator: Adnan Nawaz, News
Facilitator: Adnan Nawaz, News Anchor, TRT World, Turkey
Anchor, TRT World, Turkey
• Muffy Davis, 7-time Paralympic
• Michael McNamee, Professor of Medallist & Governing Board
Applied Ethics, College of Member, International
Engineering, Swansea University, Paralympic Committee, United
United Kingdom States
• Andy Miah, Chair in Science • Kady Kanouté Tounkara, Zone
Communication & Future Media, 2 Chair, Association of National
6School of Environment & Life Olympic Committees of Africa,
Sciences, University of Salford, Mali
United Kingdom • Nicky Van Rossem, Project
Officer, Belgian Olympic &
Interfederal Committee, Belgium
Working Zone 2: Sports Betting & Match-Fixing
Working Zone Friendship
Betting-related match-fixing has manifested itself as a recurrent, complex
problem worldwide, transcending national boundaries, sporting disciplines,
and levels of competition and involving a wide range of actors including
referees, officials, coaches and athletes. The evolution of new technologies,
the “hyper-globalisation” of the betting market, and ineffective regulation
have been the main drivers of this surge. The negative impact of betting-
related match-fixing on the integrity of sports, as well as betting’s links to
gambling addiction and organised crime, have fuelled arguments against
the legalisation of sports betting, an ongoing issue. This session will
examine the sport-betting frameworks that exist and the work of regulatory
and law enforcement entities to prevent match-fixing and organised crime
linked to sports.
Facilitator: David Harrison, Senior Investigative Reporter, Al Jazeera
International, United Kingdom
• Claudio Marinelli, Project Manager, INTERPOL, Integrity in Sport Team
• Gabriela Matus Bonilla, Industrial Designer & IOC Young Change
Maker, Guatemala
• Sylvia Schenk, Chair of Working Group Sport, Transparency
International, Germany
• Karl Stoss, IOC Member & Advisory Board Member, OM Unit PMC,
Austria
• Richard Watson, Executive Director, The Gambling Commission, United
Kingdom
Working Zone 3: Prevention of Harassment
& Abuse in Sport
Working Zone Respect
Research and testimony demonstrate that harassment and abuse occur in
sport, compounded by a lack of athlete safeguarding policies and
procedures. The IOC Consensus Statement (2016) identifies five main forms
of harassment and abuse: psychological abuse, sexual abuse, sexual
harassment, neglect and physical abuse. Harassment and abuse may impair
athletes’ performance, be associated with doping, increase athletes'
willingness to cheat, lead to athlete drop-out, undermine the trust that
athletes place in sport administrators, and/or result in a variety of
presentations in survivors including psychosomatic illnesses, disordered
7eating, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, self-harm and even suicide.
To prevent harassment and abuse, to effect organisational, institutional and
secular-cultural change, and to perpetuate a culture which respects the
rights of all, it is essential that we learn from each other and share best
practices.
Facilitator: HRH Prince Feisal Al Hussein, IOC Member; IOC Women in
Sport Commission Vice-Chair, IOC Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in
Sport Working Group Chair, Jordan
• Maria Bobenrieth, Executive Director, Women Win, The Netherlands
• Colin Harris, Former Professional Footballer & Academic, University of
Brighton, United Kingdom
• Diane Huffman, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic
Committee & Confederation of Sports, Norway
• Karen Leach, Child Protection Advocate, Ireland
• Morinari Watanabe, International Gymnastics Federation President,
Japan
Working Zone 4: Social Inclusion & Cohesive Societies
Working Zone Solidarity
Today, the world is impacted by divisions, and migrants, refugees, people of
differing cultures and faiths, and other marginalised populations are too
often left out. Dialogue and respect for different perspectives are essential in
the age of globalisation, and sport provides a useful tool for promoting
social inclusion. Furthermore, sport’s ability to contribute to sustainable
development can be leveraged to work towards decreasing poverty,
therefore promoting social inclusion on an economic level as well. This
working zone aims to explore how sport can bridge the divisions that
currently exist in societies around the world, with the goal of promoting
inclusion and creating cohesive communities.
Facilitator: David Eades, Chief Presenter, BBC & Conference Host and
Moderator United Kingdom
• Sharnelle Cader, Change Agent, World YMCA, South Africa
• Luke Dowdney, Founder & CEO, Fight for Peace, Brazil
• Neşe Gündoğan, Secretary-General, Turkish Olympic Committee (TOC),
Turkey
• Raouf Mazou, Country Representative, Kenya, United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• Rabbi Carlos A. Tapiero, Deputy Executive Director, Maccabi World
Union, Israel
12:50 – 14:00 Networking Lunch
Foyer & Marketplace
814:00 – 15:20 Working Zone 5: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
4 sessions in Working Zone Excellence
parallel
By 2050, more than two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to be
living in cities. While urban living brings benefits and opportunities for
people, it poses a specific set of risks and challenges that can negatively
affect public health. Cities must re-think the way they approach urban
planning and growth in order to enable their citizens to be more active and
healthy. This interactive session will explore concrete ways in which the
sport and health sectors can collaborate to combat noncommunicable
diseases (NCDs) more generally. It will also take an in-depth look at
solutions designed for urban populations. City officials, multilateral
institutions, NGOs, and sport organisations will share their experiences in
implementing policies and programmes in complex ecosystems.
Facilitator: Bill Morris LVO, International Events Consultant & Ex-Director of
Culture, Ceremonies, Education and Live Sites, London 2012, United
Kingdom
• Eleonora Bauer, Director of the Buenos Aires Ciudad Activa Project,
Buenos Aires City Government, Argentina
• Fiona Bull, Programme Manager, Surveillance & Population Based
Prevention, Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (PND), World
Health Organisation
• Espen Granberg Johnsen, Mayor of City Council, Lillehammer
Municipality, Norway
• Maurice Smith, Clinical Director, Living Well, NHS Liverpool Clinical
Commissioning Group, United Kingdom
Working Zone 6A: Working Zone 6B:
Economics, Legacy & the Spotlight on Paris 2024
New Norm: Debate and Los Angeles 2028
Working Zone Friendship
Olympic Games
Working Zone Friendship
Hosting major sporting events is
frequently used by city and national Hosting major sporting events is
governments as a catalyst for frequently used by local
positive change, whether it be governments as a catalyst for
increasing tourism, expanding positive change, whether it be
transportation infrastructure, or increasing tourism, expanding
raising a city’s global stature. transportation infrastructure, or
However, what is initially planned by raising a city’s global stature.
organizers as positive legacy Organizers of upcoming Olympic
initiatives takes time to be realised Games will share their candid
and is sometimes in stark contrast to thoughts and experiences in their
the post-event expectations. The work to ensure the Olympic Games
organisers of the Olympic Games
9have faced challenges such as are a force for good in the host
oversized venues or venues that are cities.
underutilised for some years before
finding a viable future. Considering Facilitator: Sonali Shah,
these challenges of the past, the Broadcaster & Journalist, United
International Olympic Committee has Kingdom
developed a set of 118 new reforms,
which comprise “The New Norm.” • Tony Estanguet, IOC Member &
These reforms aim to completely President, Paris 2024, France
transform how the Olympic Games • Casey Wasserman, Chairman,
are delivered (from candidature Los Angeles 2028, United States
phase to Games organization) and
how they can create an impactful,
positive legacy. In this working zone,
leading economists and experts will
discuss challenges of bidding for
and hosting the games and debate
what needs to be done to ensure the
Games are organised in a more
economically beneficial and flexible
way.
Facilitator: Sonali Shah,
Broadcaster & Journalist, United
Kingdom
• Fraser Bullock, COO & CFO,
Salt Lake City 2002, United
States
• Holger Preuss, Professor,
Johannes Gutenberg-University,
Germany
• Andrew Zimbalist, Chairperson
and Robert A. Woods Professor
of Economics, Smith College,
United States
Working Zone 7: Sustainability Through Sport
Working Zone Respect
From skiing and surfing to mountaineering and sailing, the number of sports
that exist in natural environments is endless. This is why the protection of
those environments is a vital priority for athletes, sport federations, the
private sector, NGOs, and major sporting events. Driven by the power of
sport to convene, move and inspire, the Olympic Movement and the sports
world at large are continually working to not only ensure sustainable
practices are embedded in the operations of organisations and the planning
of events, but to also promote the protection of these environments in which
10many sports are practiced. This workshop will feature concrete examples of
individuals and organisations who have effectively leveraged sport as a tool
for environmental protection and sustainability.
Facilitator: David Eades, Chief Presenter, BBC & Conference Host and
Moderator United Kingdom
• Giulia Carbone, Deputy Director, Business & Biodiversity Programme,
International Union for Conservation of Nature, Switzerland
• Alex Deibold, Professional Snowboarder & 2014 Olympic Bronze
Medallist, United States
• Leo Heileman, Regional Director and Representative of the Office for
Latin America and the Caribbean, UN Environment
• David Katoatau, Weightlifting Olympian, Kiribati
• Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi, Global Technology & Sustainability Director,
Olympic & Sports Solutions, The Dow Chemical Company, Switzerland
• Jean-Christophe Rolland, President, World Rowing Federation,
Switzerland
Working Zone 8: Generating Social Change
Through Sport
Working Zone Solidarity
The power of sport to transform communities, alter mind-sets and break
down barriers has long been known, but framing this power into a
sustainable solution has been a relatively recent phenomenon that has given
rise to a new brand of young social entrepreneurs who feel a growing sense
of responsibility as a global citizen to effect change. The overarching goal of
this session is to provide frameworks, tools and implementable solutions to
addressing systemic social challenges through the power of sport,
community and innovation. The session will be a highly interactive,
immersive experience. Participants will be tasked with designing either a
product or service that addresses a social problem or need within a specific
target audience set and location. At the end of the session, participants will
walk away with not only a concrete implementable venture or concept, but a
series of tools for designing solutions to a variety of problems.
Facilitator: Arnaud Mourot, Co-Director, Ashoka Europe, France
• Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 & Founder,
Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
• Valéry de Falbaire, Podiatrist & Young Sport Ambassador, Mauritius
• Samantha Miyanda, Young Change Maker, Zambia
• Juan Sánchez, IOC YCM+ & Strategic Lead, Dilema.org, Colombia
• Raúl Lucero, Ashoka Fellow, Argentina
• Mariana Rufolo, Ashoka Fellow, Argentina
15:20 – 15:45 Networking Coffee Break
11Foyer & Marketplace
15:45 – 16:35
Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
Plenary Hall
There are many reasons why hosting the Olympic Games is attractive to a
city or country. The expectations that the event will have a positive impact,
both tangible and intangible, on local communities is alive and well. From
developing an underserved part of a city and expanding much-needed
infrastructure to boosting the local economy and increasing tourism, hosting
such a large-scale event can bring about great opportunities. However, cost
overruns, questions over resource use and perceived corruption among
other challenges have left some populations hesitant about their city’s bid to
host the Olympic Games. This session will seek to examine the arguments
for and against hosting the Olympic Games, and shine a light on the real
experiences, both challenging and inspiring, faced by organisers from past
and upcoming Games.
Moderator: Sonali Shah, Broadcaster & Journalist, United Kingdom
• Mariana Behr, Former Head of Engagement and Education, Rio 2016,
Brazil
• Lord Paul Deighton, Former CEO, London 2012, United Kingdom
• Chris Dempsey, Co-Founder, No Boston Olympics, United States
• John Furlong, OC,OBC, President and CEO, Vancouver 2010, Canada
• Shu’an Yang, Vice President, Beijing 2022, China
16:35 – 16:50 Spark Talk: Fighting for the Right to Play Sport
Plenary Hall
One athlete’s story of bravery and perseverance, which remains an
inspiration to others who wish to break down barriers and fight for a more
equitable world through sport.
• Maria Toorpakai Wazir, Professional Squash Player & Founder, Maria
Toorpakai Foundation, Pakistan
16:50 – 17:35 Integrity of Institutions: Combatting Corruption in Sport
Plenary Hall
Through building awareness of corruption, encouraging a global dialogue on
the topic, and promoting transparency in all sectors, we can advance the
anti-corruption agenda and move towards stronger institutions at a time
when general mistrust surrounds large organisations and multinational
companies. This session will explore the success stories and best practices
for protecting institutional integrity in sport, while also addressing the work
and reforms that still need to be done.
12Moderator: Razia Iqbal, Presenter, BBC News, United Kingdom
• Mogens Jensen, Rapporteur on Sports Governance of the
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Member of the
Parliament of Denmark, The Socialdemocratic Party, Denmark
• Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
• Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public
Affairs, UNODC
• Alexandra Orlando, Marketing Director, Canadian Olympian (Rhythmic
Gymnastics), Pan American Sports Organization, Canada
• Francesco Ricci Bitti, President, Association of Summer Olympic
International Federations (ASOIF), Italy
17:45 – 18:45 Awards Ceremony
Plenary Hall
19:00 – 21:00 Cultural Evening
Foyer/Marketplace
When the Awards Ceremony comes to a close, participants will exit the
plenary hall for an exciting evening of refreshments, entertainment, and
sport’s demos, which will take place within the main Foyer and Marketplace.
Participants will find art installations from local and global artists, musical
performances, fun sport demos, casual local food & drinks stations, and so
much more. Participants will have time to network, build relationships, and
discuss how to build a better world through sport.
13Saturday 6 October 2018
9:00 – 10:30 Working Zone 9A: Working Zone 9B: Sport &
4 sessions in
Sport as a Human Human Rights
Working Zone Excellence
parallel Right
Working Zone Excellence
Mega-sporting events such as the
This year, the world celebrates Olympic Games have great potential
the 70th Anniversary of the to inspire and positively impact
Universal Declaration of Human people’s lives. However, past
Rights, a monumental experience has shown that improper
document which established management of such events can
the laws and principles related have serious, negative impacts on
to the equality of all individuals people and in communities,
and their inalienable right to generating human rights risks. For
dignity. Sport is one of the best example, construction of new sport
ambassadors to promote infrastructure can lead to
human rights and inclusion of harassment based on race, religion
all. Through sport, people learn or gender, unsafe working
values that cross gender, creed, conditions for labourers or even
nationality, age, economic forced eviction of the local
position or even physical communities. How can organisers
condition. This session will deliver dynamic events without
highlight the special relationship infringing on the rights of
between sport and human marginalised groups? This
rights and explore how sport workshop will bring different
and its values can be used to stakeholders together to discuss the
promote human rights for all. responsibilities and priorities of
sport in safeguarding human rights.
Facilitator: Razia Iqbal,
Presenter, BBC News, United Facilitator: Razia Iqbal, Presenter,
Kingdom BBC News, United Kingdom
• Maria Bray, Child • Marie Barsacq, Director of
Protection & Psychosocial Impact and Legacy, Paris 2024,
Support Senior Advisor, France
Terre des hommes, • Ingmar De Vos, IOC Member &
Switzerland President, Fédération Equestre
• David Grevemberg CBE, Internationale (FEI), Switzerland
Chief Executive, • Giovanni Di Cola, Special
Commonwealth Games Adviser to the Deputy Director
Federation, United Kingdom General for Field Operations and
• Juan Pablo Salazar, Partnerships, International
Governing Board Member, Labour Office, ILO
International Paralympic • Mamadou D. Ndiaye, IOC
Committee, Colombia Member, Senegal
14• Minky Worden, Director of
Global Initiatives, Human Rights
Watch, United States
Working Zone 10: Education & Skill-Building
Through Sport
Working Zone Friendship
Sports provide not only health benefits to those who practice it, but
they also provide opportunities to learn and develop many life skills
that are useful for young people’s futures. Organisations and
individuals around the world are working at the intersection of
education and sport to benefit young people and global communities.
This workshop will not only explore the power of sport as a tool for
enhancing educational outcomes and imparting life skills but will also
provide examples of organisations and individuals using this
intersection to make a difference.
Facilitator: Mariana Behr, Former Head of Engagement and
Education, Rio 2016, Brazil
• Vita Balsyte, Director of Olympic Education, National Olympic
Committee of Lithuania, Lithuania
• David Blough, Executive Director, PLAY International, France
• Miki Matheson, Education Committee Member, International
Paralympic Committee & Project Manager, Nippon Foundation
Paralympic Support Center, Japan
• Alexander Schischlik, Chief, Youth and Sport Section, UNESCO
Working Zone 11: Fan of the Future
Working Zone Respect
Sports are timeless, yet with each generation, innovation and changing
social dynamics have altered and enhanced how fans experience
them. Today, sports fans no longer just watch and cheer – they
analyse, critique and connect with their teams in real time. With
widespread technological advances, including those in the areas of
connectivity, portability, livestreaming, mobile and social video, sports
fans are consuming media in different, evolving ways. Fanbases are
becoming diverse, more active, more influential, and are demanding
better and unique stadium experiences. Are teams, leagues, sponsors
and right holders ready to adapt to these wide-ranging changes?
Facilitator: Donna de Varona, Olympic Champion, Emmy Award
Winning Broadcaster & Member of the IOC Women in Sport
Commission, United States
• David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Intel Sports, United States
15• Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, President & Chief Executive Officer,
Discovery Networks International, United Kingdom
• Andres Polo, Vice President, Global Innovation Marketing, Visa
Inc., United States
• Dan Reed, Head of Global Sports Partnerships, Facebook, United
States
• Gary Zenkel, President, NBC Olympics and Operations and
Strategy, NBC Sports Group, United States
Working Zone 12A: New Working Zone 12B: New
Frontiers: Esports Frontiers: Urbanisation
Working Zone Solidarity
of Sports
Working Zone Solidarity
Esports continues to grow
rapidly in popularity with reports As the global population becomes
indicating over 400 million more urban, competition for
people watching by 2019. With available physical space and
the rise of this new generation of facilities has increased. This,
athletes, this Working Zone will coupled with new trends in sport
explore the daily life of participation, and innovations at
professional esports players to the intersections of technologies,
highlight what similarities and fashion, music, art and popular
differences they have with culture, has led to the rise of new
Olympians. Representatives from sports and the evolution of existing
both worlds will discuss their ones: using less space, fewer
training, the importance of resources and equipment to
physical and mental fitness, how practice, and thus broadening
they prepare for competition as opportunities for who can access
well as the challenges and sport and physical activity. This
opportunities in the life of an elite workshop will explore new sporting
competitor. trends and innovations, as well as
how some mainstream sports,
Facilitator: TL Taylor, Professor, have adapted to the urban spaces,
Massachusetts Institute of and how new sports can be used
Technology (MIT), United States to attract younger people into the
Olympic Movement.
• Joshua Begehr, Chief Sport
Officer, eSportsReputation Facilitator: Holly Thorpe, Associate
GmbH, Germany Professor of Sociology of Sport
• Jacob “Jake” Lyon, and Physical Culture, University of
Professional Overwatch Waikato, New Zealand
Player, United States
• Noah Whinston, CEO, • Charlotte Durif, Sport
Immortals, United States Climbing Champion, France
• Nyjah Huston, Professional • Michael Linklater, 6-year 3x3
Skateboarder, United States World Tour Pro & 3x3 Canadian
National Team Captain, Canada
16• Sarah Walker, IOC Member • Logan Martin, BMX Freestyle
& Cycling BMX Olympian, World Champion, Australia
New Zealand • Hiroko Morohashi, Chairman
• YOG athlete (TBD) of the Advisory Board, Xebio
Holdings, Japan
10:30 – 11:00 Networking Coffee Break
Foyer & Marketplace
11:00 – 11:20 YOG 2018: Spotlight on Buenos Aires
Plenary Hall
In 2013, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected Buenos
Aires – a model cultural city – to be the host of the 2018 Summer
Youth Olympic Games: an elite international multi-sport event for the
world's best young athletes. Buenos Aires 2018 promises to be unique
in many ways. It will mark the first time that a Summer Youth Olympic
event is held in South America, as well as the first time that an Olympic
event has had an equal number of male and female athletes. How can
the Youth Olympic Games be a catalyst for local leaders to engage
and benefit youth? How will the event be leveraged to promote culture,
education, urban development and more? In this session, Mayor of
Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, will reflect on what the Youth
Olympic Games mean to the city of Buenos Aires, its citizens, and
especially its youth.
• Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, Mayor, Buenos Aires City
Government, Argentina
In conversation with: Fernanda Russo, Shooter, Silver Medallist in
Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games & Young Change-Maker,
Argentine Delegation, Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games,
Argentina
11:20 – 11:35 Spark Talk: Using the Power of Basketball to
Educate & Empower Youth
Plenary Hall
Grassroots organisations around the world are using sport to make a
difference in their respective communities and beyond. Shooting
Touch, an international sport-for-development organisation based in
the United States and Rwanda, is using the power of basketball to
deliver global health education, intervention, and empowerment to at-
risk youth, women, and their families.
• Lindsey Kittredge, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Shooting
Touch, United States
• Sandrine "Dudu" Uwiduhaye, Head Coach, Shooting Touch,
Rwanda
1711:35 – 12:15 What is the Future of Sport?
Plenary Hall
Advances in technology, coupled with changes in demographics and
cultural trends, will significantly transform the world of sport over the
next decades. From the increased access to sports which were
previously cost-prohibitive for many to the rise of thrill-seeking, self-
expressive “extreme” or “alternative” sports such as kite surfing and
sport climbing, the future will impact all facets of sport – athletes, fans,
leagues, federations – and will even give rise to new sports. The future
will also redefine and challenge the traditional concept of a “sport” and
what it means to be an “athlete”. For instance, can esports be
considered a sport? Is the world of traditional sport adequately
prepared to adapt to these changes?
Moderator: Adnan Nawaz, News Anchor, TRT World, Turkey
• John Bonini, Vice President of Client Computing Group & General
Manager of Esports and Gaming, Intel, United States
• Leticia Bufoni, Professional Skateboarder, Brazil
• Diamil Faye, President, Jappo Sports & Entertainment, Senegal
• Susanne Schödel, Secretary-General, FAI World Air Sports
Federation, Switzerland
12:15 – 12:30 Spark Talk: Judo for the World
Plenary Hall
The International Judo Federation (IJF) is a dynamic sport federation
dedicated to building a better society through sport. An initiative of IJF
called Judo for the World, which is comprised of Judo for Peace, Judo
for Children, and Judo for Schools, supports populations in conflict
areas, post-conflict areas, and regions with social issues through
educational and outreach programming. This session will feature the
great work that Judo for the World is doing across the globe, from Iran
and Turkey to China and Argentina.
Introduction by: Marius Vizer, President, International Judo
Federation, Austria
• Ruben Houkes, Olympic Bronze Medallist & Judo for Children
Commission Member, International Judo Federation, Netherlands
• Nicolas Messner, Director, IJF Media & Judo for Peace, France
12:30 – 12:55
Journey from Refugee to Olympian: Spotlight on Rio
2016 Refugee Olympic Team
Plenary Hall
18With an unprecedented 68.5 million people living as refugees across
the globe and even more populations in conflict, the world is facing a
challenge that must be addressed. Sport can contribute to addressing
this issue that has been difficult for institutions and governments to
solve. For children and youth uprooted by war or persecution, sport
provides an opportunity to be included and protected – a chance to
heal, develop and grow. Sport can also be a positive catalyst for
empowering refugee communities, strengthening social cohesion and
forging closer ties with host communities. In 2016, the International
Olympic Committee (IOC) created the first team of Refugee Olympic
Athletes that participated in the Games as a symbol of hope for
refugees worldwide. During this session, two of those ten athletes will
share their personal journeys and the opportunities that sport has
provided them.
Moderator: Jim Bell, President, NBC Olympics Production &
Programming, NBC Sports Group, United States
• Yiech Pur Biel, Track & Field Olympian, Refugee Olympic Team &
Board Member, Olympic Refuge Foundation, South Sudan
• Yusra Mardini, Swimmer, Refugee Olympic Team & Goodwill
Ambassador, UNHCR, Syria
12:55 – 13:10 Spark Talk: Education and Empowerment Through
Skateboarding
Plenary Hall
Grassroots organisations around the world are using sport to make a
difference in their respective communities and beyond. Skateistan, an
award-winning, international development initiative based in
Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa, is empowering children and
youth through skateboarding and education.
• Oliver Percovich, Founder & Executive-Director, Skateistan,
Germany
• Kouv Chan “Tin” Sangva, Program Officer, Skateistan, Cambodia
13:10 – 13:30 Olympian to Socially Conscious Entrepreneur:
A New Career Path?
Plenary Hall
Elite athletes have an outstanding potential to become successful
innovators and entrepreneurs. In their sporting careers, they acquire
invaluable skills of leadership, persistence, teamwork and a relentless
pursuit of excellence that can be leveraged as they transition from
active competition. This session will explore the available post-career
entrepreneurial opportunities and how the Olympic Movement can
19empower and support Olympians to become entrepreneurs once they
have retired from elite competition. Professor Muhammad Yunus
(Nobel Peace Laureate 2006) and an accomplished Olympian will
provide insights into what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how
Olympians can use the idea of social business to solve society’s
greatest problems.
• Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2006 & Founder,
Grameen Bank, Bangladesh
In conversation with: Angela Ruggiero, CEO and Co-Founder, Sports
Innovation Lab & 4-time Olympian in Ice Hockey, United States
13:30 – 13:45 Forum Outcomes & Closing Remarks
Plenary Hall
Special announcements and final remarks by President Thomas Bach
will bring the Forum to a close.
14:00 – 15:00 Networking Lunch
Foyer & Marketplace
An informal, buffet-style lunch will allow participants to connect with
one another, build relationships, explore the marketplace, and more.
20:00 Youth Olympic Games Opening Ceremony
Obelisco Monument, Av. 9 de Julio between Sarmiento and Av de Mayo - City of
Buenos Aires
All participants are invited to celebrate the ground-breaking, first-ever
street-party style Opening Ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games on
Saturday, 6 October at 20:00. With free access to the public, hundreds
of thousands of spectators are expected to line the main avenue in the
Argentinian capital, Avenida 9 de Julio. You will be part of an amazing
show with great talents and technology in action, with the City of
Buenos Aires as the scenery – we look forward to seeing you there!
20SPEAKERS LIST
The list of speakers attending the Olympism in Action Forum are listed below, as well as the
topic they will be discussing.
• Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee, Olympic Champion,
Fencing, 1976
• David Aufhauser, Managing Director, Intel Sports
o Topic: Future of the Games
• Vita Balsyte, Director of Olympic Education, National Olympic Committee of Lithuania
o Topic: Education & Skill-Building Through Sport
• Ban Ki-moon, Eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations & Chair, International
Olympic Committee Ethics Commission
o Topic: The Power of the Olympic Truce
• Marie Barsacq, Director of Impact and Legacy, Paris 2024
o Topic: Sport & Human Rights
• Eleanora Bauer, Director of the Buenos Aires Ciudad Activa Project, Buenos Aires City
Government
o Topic: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
• Joshua Begehr, Chief Sport Officer, eSports Reputation GmbH
o Topic: New Frontiers: Esports
• Mariana Behr, Former Head of Engagement and Education, Rio 2016
o Topic: Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
o Topic: Education & Skill-Building Through Sport
• Jim Bell, President, NBC Olympics Production and Programming, NBC Sports Group
o Topic: Journey from Refugee to Olympian: Spotlight on Rio 2016 Refugee
Olympic Team
• Yiech Pur Biel, Track & Field Olympian, Refugee Olympic Team & Board Member,
Olympic Refuge Foundation
o Topic: Journey from Refugee to Olympian: Spotlight on Rio 2016 Refugee
Olympic Team
• David Blough, Executive Director, PLAY International
o Topic: Education & Skill Building Through Sport
• Maria Bobenrieth, Executive Director, Women Win
o Topic: Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in Sport
• Maria Bray, Child Protection & Psychosocial Support Senior Advisor, Terre des hommes
o Topic: Sport as a Human Right
• Beth A. Brooke-Marciniak, Global Vice Chair - Public Policy, EY & Founder, EY Women
6Athletes Business Network (WABN)
o Topic: Women in Sport
• Dr Fiona Bull, Programme Manager, Surveillance Population Based Prevention,
Prevention of Noncommunicable Diseases (PND), World Health Organisation
o Topic: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
• Fraser Bullock, COO & CFO, Salt Lake City 2002
o Topic: Economics, Legacy & The New Norm: Debate
• Sharnelle Cader, Change Agent, World YMCA
o Topic: Social Inclusion & Cohesive Societies
• Giulia Carbone, Deputy Director, Business Biodiversity Programme, International Union
for Conservation of Nature
o Topic: Sustainability Through Sport
• Marisol Casado, IOC Member, President of the International Triathlon Union & IOC
Gender Equality Review Working Group Chair
o Topic: Women in Sport
• Pedro Cavazzoni, CEO, Brazilian Snow Sports Federation
• Kirsty Leigh Coventry, Five-time Olympian & Chair, IOC Athletes’ Commission
o Topic: Combatting Doping in Sport: A Battle Worth Fighting
• Jennifer Dahlgren, Hammer Throw Olympian (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008, London 2012,
Rio 2016)
o Topics: Values of Olympism and the Future of the Games
• Muffy Davis, 7-time Paralympic Medallist & Governing Board Member, International
Paralympic Committee
o Topic: Protecting Athletes: Education & Deterrence
• Valéry de Falbaire, Podiatrist Young Sport Ambassador
o Topic: Generating Social Change Through Sport
• Donna de Varona, Olympic Champion, Emmy Award Winning Broadcaster & Member of
the IOC Women in Sport Commission
o Topic: Fan of the Future
• Chris Dempsey, Co-Founder, No Boston Olympics
o Topic: Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
• Alex Deibold, Professional Snowboarder & 2014 Olympic Bronze Medallist
o Topic: Sustainability Through Sport
• Lord Paul Deighton, Former CEO, London 2012
o Topic: Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
• Giovanni di Cola, Special Adviser to the Deputy Director General for Field Operations
7and Partnerships, International Labour Office, ILO
o Topic: Sport and Human Rights
• Luke Dowdney, Founder & CEO, Fight for Peace
o Topic: Social Inclusion & Cohesive Societies
• Charlotte Durif, Sport Climbing World Champion
o Topic: Urbanisation of Sports
• David Eades, Chief Presenter, BBC & Conference Host and Moderator
o Topic: Social Inclusion and Cohesive Societies
• Tony Estanguet, President, Paris 2024 & IOC Member
o Topic: Spotlight on Paris 2024 and Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games
• Diamil Faye, President, Jappo Sports & Entertainment
o Topic: Future of Sport
• John Furlong OC, OBC, President and CEO, Vancouver 2010
o Topic: Hosting the Olympic Games: City Perspectives
• Espen Granberg Johnsen, Mayor of City Council, Lillehammer Municipality
o Topic: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
• David Grevemberg CBE, Chief Executive, Commonwealth Games Federation
o Topic: Sport as a Human Right
• Neşe Gündoğan, Secretary General, Turkish Olympic Committee
o Topic: Social Inclusion and Cohesive Societies
• Dr Colin Harris, Former Professional Footballer & Academic, University of Brighton
o Topic: Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in port
• David Harrison, Senior Investigative Reporter, Al Jazeera International
o Topic: Sports Betting & Match Fixing
• Hiroko Morohashi, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Xebio Holdings
o Topic: New Frontiers: Urbanisation of Sport
• Benjamin Cohen, Director General, International Testing Agency
o Topic: Combatting Doping in Sport: A Battle Worth Fighting
• Leo Heileman, Regional Director and Representative of the Office for Latin America and
the Caribbean, UN Environment
o Topic: Sustainability Through Sport
• Ruben Houkes, Olympic Bronze Medallist & Judo for Children Commission Member,
International Judo Federation
o Topic: Judo for the World
• Diane Huffman, Senior Advisor, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee &
Confederation of Sports
8o Topic: Prevention of Harassment & Abuse in Sport
• Razia Iqbal, Presenter, BBC News
o Topic: Combatting Corruption in Sport
• Mogens Jensen, Rapporteur on Sports Governance of the Parliamentary Assembly of
the Council of Europe (PACE), Member of the Parliament of Denmark, The Social
Democratic Party, Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Parliament
of Denmark, The Social Democratic Party
o Topic: Combatting Corruption in Sport
• Kady Kanouté Tounkara, Zone 2 Chair, ANOCA
o Topic: Protecting Athletes: Education & Deterrence
• Lindsey Kittredge, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Shooting Touch
o Topic: Using the Power of Basketball to Educate & Empower Youth
• Mari Kiviniemi, Deputy Secretary-General, OECD
o Topic: Combatting Corruption in Sport
• Karen Leach, Child Protection Advocate
o Topic: Prevention of Harassment and Abuse in Sport
• Jean-Luc Lemahieu, Director, Division for Policy Analysis and Public Affairs, UNODC
o Topic: Combatting Corruption in Sport
• Brian Lewis, President, Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (TTOC) & Caribbean
Association of National Olympic Committees (CANOC)
o Topic: Women in Sport
• Michael Linklater, Six-year 3x3 World Tour Pro & 3x3 Canadian National Team Captain
• Raúl Lucero, Ashoka Fellow
o Topic: Urbanisation of Sports
• Jacob “Jake” Lyon, Professional Overwatch Player
o Topic: Esports
• Raouf Mazou, Country Representative, Kenya, United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR)
o Topic: Social Inclusion and Cohesive Societies
• Michael McNamee, Professor of Applied Ethics, College of Engineering, Swansea
University
o Topic: Protecting Athletes: Considerations on Doping & Fair Play
• Yusra Mardini, Swimmer, Refugee Olympic Team & Goodwill Ambassador, UNHCR
o Topic: Journey from Refugee to Olympian: Sportlight on Rio 2016 Refugee
Olympic Team
• Claudio Marinelli, Project Manager, INTERPOL, Integrity in Sport Team
9o Topic: Sports Betting & Match Fixing
• Miki Matheson, Education Committee Member, International Paralympic Committee &
Project Manager, Nippon Foundation Paralympic Support Centre, Japan
o Topic: Education & Skill Building Through Sport
• Gabriela Matus Bonilla, Industrial Designer & IOC Young Change-Maker
o Topic: Sports Betting and Match Fixing
• Nicolas Messner, Director, IJF Media, Judo for Peace
o Topic: Judo for the World
• Professor Andy Miah, Chair in Science Communication & Future Media, School of
Environment & Life Sciences, University of Salford
o Topic: Protecting Athletes: Considerations on Doping & Fair Play
• David Millar, Former Pro Cyclist & Founder, CHPT3
o Topic: Combatting Doping in Sport: A Battle Worth Fighting
• Samantha Miyanda, Young Change-Maker, International Olympic Committee
o Topic: Generating Social Change Through Sport
• Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive
Director
o Topic: Women in Sport
• Bill Morris, International Events Consultant & Ex-Director of Culture, Ceremonies,
Education and Live Sites, London 2012
o Topic: Active Cities & Healthy Societies
• Arnaud Mourot, Co-Director, Ashoka Europe
o Topic: Generating Social Change Through Sport
• Adnan Nawaz, News Anchor, TRT World
o Topic: Combatting Doping
• Mamadou D. Ndiaye, IOC Member
o Topic: Sport & Huamn Rights
• Alexandra Orlando, Marketing Director, Canadian Olympian (Rhythmic Gymnastics),
Pan-American Sports Organisation
o Topic: Combatting Corruption in pSort
• Oliver Percovich, Founder & Executive Director, Skateistan
o Topic: Education and Empowerment Through Skateboarding
• Jean-Briac (JB) Perrette, President & Chief Executive Officer, Discovery Networks
International
o Topic: Fan of the Future
• Dr Nicoletta Piccolrovazzi, Global Technology & Sustainability Director, Olympic Sports
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