9th Olympic Summit on 12 December - Information for the media The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has convened the 9th Olympic Summit for Saturday 12 December 2020. This meeting will be held remotely by videoconference through a secure electronic system. Discussions will focus on several topics of interest and concern to the Olympic Movement, including the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, the fight against doping, Olympic Agenda 2020, and virtual sports and gaming. The Olympic Summit brings together leading representatives of the Olympic Movement. It forms part of the ongoing dialogue and consultation on important issues and subjects of significance for the future of the Olympic Movement. Date and time: Saturday 12 December from 12 to 3 p.m. CET The IOC will issue a press release after the Olympic Summit providing information on the discussions. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS IOC President Thomas BACH (Chair) IOC Vice-Presidents Anita L. DEFRANTZ Zaiqing YU John COATES Ser Miang NG IOC Executive Board members Kirsty COVENTRY, Chair of the IOC Athletes’ Commission Nenad LALOVIC, President of an Olympic Summer Sports Federation International Federations Julio César MAGLIONE, President of FINA Morinari WATANABE, President of the FIG Gianni INFANTINO, President of FIFA Sebastian COE, President of World Athletics Gian-Franco KASPER, President of the FIS René FASEL, President of the IIHF Jan DIJKEMA, President of the ISU National Olympic Committees GOU Zhongwen, President of the Chinese Olympic Committee Susanne LYONS, President of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee Stanislav POZDNYAKOV, President of the Russian Olympic Committee Recognised Organisations Andrew PARSONS, President of the IPC Francesco RICCI BITTI, President of ASOIF Ivo FERRIANI, President of the AIOWF Robin MITCHELL, Acting President of ANOC Raffaele CHIULLI, President of GAISF Guests Witold BANKA, President of WADA David LAPPARTIENT, President of the UCI and Chair of the Esports and Gaming Liaison Group ### The International Olympic Committee is a not-for-profit, civil, non-governmental, international organisation made up of volunteers which is committed to building a better world through sport. It redistributes more than 90 per cent of its income to the wider sporting movement, which means that every day the equivalent of USD 3.4 million goes to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world. ### For more information, please contact the IOC Media Relations Team: Tel: +41 21 621 6000, email: [email protected], or visit our web site at www.olympic.org. Broadcast quality footage The IOC Newsroom: http://iocnewsroom.com/ Videos YouTube: www.youtube.com/iocmedia Photos For an extensive selection of photos available shortly after each event, please follow us on Flickr. To request archive photos and footage, please contact our Images team at: [email protected]. |