The report is based on the presentations, information pills speeches and keynote addresses given yesterday and today. Lord Colin Moynihan is now reading some ideas from Jacques Rogge’s, IOC President, address from yesterday and it looks like he’ll continue to summarize the presentations of yesterday, or at lest that he was made responsible to […]

Byron Peacock, a friend of mine and master’s student at the Graduate Institute of International and Development studies in Geneva gave me this in reaction to Mr Verbruggen intervention and speech earlier this morning. I am inserting here, without any changes, his comment and question. I have to say though, that due to Mr. Verburuggen’s […]

Two keynote addresses and three presentations scheduled, click one of which being introduced the last minute.  The session starts with Hein Verbruggen, pharmacy President of the General Association of International Sports Federations and former Chairman of the Coordination of the Coordination Commission of the Beijing Olympic Games. He started speaking about legacy part of the […]

The session’s presentations are brought together but an interest into and relevancy to promotion of education and healthy life-styles through sport.  Frankie Fredericks, surgeon Chairman of the IOCs Athletes’ Commission, had the keynote address. He shared a lot of his personal experiences stressing the importance of sport as a “school for friendship, solidarity, fair-play”. VANOC […]

Lamine Diack, health system President of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) shared his personal experience with sport in his keynote address.  General Lassana Palenfo, IOC Member, Member of the IOC International Relations Commission, gives the first presentation, worried that the minutes he has are not enough for a large topic like the one […]