The International Olympic Committee has decided that the final list of candidate cities for the 2012 Summer Games will be announced at SportAccord – the International Sports Convention, which takes place on 15-20th May 2004 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
The actual announcement will take place at lunch time of the 18th May at the Palais De Beaulieu (where Sportaccord is being hosted).
SportAccord is a unique event – it brings representatives from the 99 International Sports Federations affiliated to GAISF (General Association of International Sports Federations), ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations), AIOWF (Association of the International Olympic Winter Sports Federations), and the IOC (International Olympic Committee) Executive Board – together with sponsors, sports lawyers, broadcasters, architects and other specialists to discuss the key issues facing the sports world and industry.
SportAccord is managed for the Federations by Sport Services Group Ltd. Following the success of last year’s inaugural event, SportAccord 2004 includes open conference sessions, workshops, seminars and networking opportunities, all scheduled around the Associations’ meetings.
The open conference sessions take place on 18th and 19th May and will be based around issues that are relevant and timely to both the Federations and the commercial sector. Experts have been approached to develop a programme that will cover broadcasting, sponsorship and marketing, event management , infrastructure and law.
Mark Semmence – Director of Sports Services Group Ltd – commented: ‘We are delighted that the 2012 announcement is going to be announced at SportAccord. SportAccord is now becoming established as a very important event in the calendar due to the relevance of the issues it covers and the quality of the speakers. Therefore we think it’s appropriate that such an important announcement is made at the conference.’
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