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1 7 th WORLD CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND THE ENVIRONMENT From Plan to Action Beijing, China - 25 to 27 October 2007 (Organised by the IOC and BOCOG in partnership with UNEP) Final 1

2 Programme Thursday 25 October :45 19:30 OPENING CEREMONY Convention Hall 1 2 nd Floor Master of Ceremony: Mr Wang Wei, Executive Vice President & Secretary General of BOCOG Mr Wang Qishan, Mayor of Beijing Mr Pál Schmitt, Chairman of the IOC Sport and Environment Commission Mr Zhou Shengxian, Minister of China State Environment Protection Administration Mr Shafqat Kakakhel, UN Assistant Secretary General / UNEP Deputy Executive Director - Presentation of the Montreal Protocol Public Awareness Award Mr Adolf Ogi, Special Adviser to UN Secretary General on Sport for Development & Peace Mr Liu Qi, BOCOG President Dr Jacques Rogge, IOC President 19:30 Official Dinner Final 2

3 Friday 26 October 2007 Morning 08:30 10:30 PLENARY (1) Environmental Sustainability in the Olympic Games: From Concept to Practice Chairman: Pál Schmitt Opening presentation Hein Verbruggen, Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad Olympic Games: environment, legacy and sustainable development Gilbert Felli, IOC Olympic Games Executive Director The final TOROC Sustainability report Valentino Castellani, TOROC President BOCOG: Fulfilling bid commitments Zhao Fengtong, Vice Major of Beijing VANOC Sustainability Management and Reporting System (SMRS) Ann Duffy, Corporate Sustainability Officer LOCOG: Implementing sustainability David Stubbs, LOCOG Head of Environment and Sustainable Development 10:30 10:45 Coffee Break Final 3

4 Friday 26 October 2007 Morning 10:45 12:15 PARALLEL A Expertise & best practice from International Federations Moderator: Sunil Sabharwal, Member of the IOC Commission for Sport and Environment Complementing IOC-UNEP activities by MOUs with IFs and other organisations Eric Falt, Director of the UNEP Division of Communication and Public information Case Study: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Green Project Fekrou Kidane, IAAF consultant Case Study: International Ski Federation (FIS) Erwin Lauterwasser, FIS Environment consultant FIFA Green Goal Successes Christian Hochfeld, Deputy Director, Oeko Institute PARALLEL B Conference Centre - Convention Hall 17, 2 nd Floor Sport and sustainable development: contradictions or complementarities? Moderator: Zoumaro Gnofame, Member of the IOC Commission for Sport and Environment Sport at the service of youth and sustainable development in South America Carlos Nuzman, President, Organizacion Deportiva Sudamericana Community sports and the environment in developing countries Moss Mashishi, President of the South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee Sport and tourism: synergies for sustainable development Young-Shim Dho, Special Advisor on Tourism and Sports to the UNWTO Secretary-General Sport, environment and development in Oceania Robin Mitchell, Secretary General, Oceania National Olympic Committees (ONOC) 12:15 14:00 Lunch Final 4

5 Friday 26 October 2007 Afternoon 14:00 15:30 PARALLEL C Joining forces for a common objective Moderator: Robin Mitchell, IOC Member One planet Olympics: from principles to practise Dermot O Gorman, Director WWF-China Programme Office Greenpeace s experience in working with sports event organisers Lo Sze Ping, Campaign & Communications Director, Greenpeace China Global Village of Beijing, China (GVB) Liao Xiaoyi, Board Chairman and President of Global Village of Beijing Dissemination of the Green Olympic Concept, mobilizing the public to participate in Green action Zhao Yixin, Chairman of Beijing Environmental Protection Foundation PARALLEL D Conference Centre - Convention Hall 17, 2 nd Floor Expertise and best practice from National Olympic Committees Moderator: Tu Mingde, Assistant to the President of BOCOG Olympic Solidarity sport and environment programme and results Nicole Girard-Savoy, Programme Manager, Olympic Solidarity Value of regional IOC sport and environment seminars for National Olympic Committees Tore Brevik, Member of the IOC Commission for Sport and Environment Case study: National Olympic Committee of Japan Kazuo Sano, Vice-Chairman of the Japanese Olympic Committee Sport and Environment Commission Case study: National Olympic Committee of Spain Miranda Kiuri, Member of the Spanish Olympic Committee Sport and Environment Committee 15:30 15:45 Coffee Break Final 5

6 Friday 26 October 2007 Afternoon 15:45 17:45 PLENARY (2) The Olympics and corporate environmental responsibility Chairman: Pál Schmitt Building a greener Games: infrastructure needs in sport Steve Bertamini, GE Chairman and CEO for Northeast Asia and China Green Olympics in China David G. Brooks, Vice President and General Manager, Beijing 2008 Coca-Cola (China) Beverages Moving towards a harmonious world with the delivery of clean energy Cao Zhi an, Executive Vice President of State Grid Corporation of China Supply chain management: social & environmental trends William Anderson, Vice President and Head of Social & Environmental Affairs, Asia Pacific, Adidas group Business and the Green Games: harmonious partnership Wang Hongmei, General Manager, Department of Development Strategy, China Mobile Communications Corporation 17:45 End of Day 1 Final 6

7 Saturday 27 October 2007 Morning 09:00 10:30 PARALLEL E Bidding Green Moderator: Liao Sautung, BOCOG Environmental Advisor Environmental considerations in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Hyun Jung Lee, Main Presenter for the 2014 Incheon Asian Games Greening Commonwealth Games Michael S. Fennell, President, Commonwealth Games Federation Environmental factors in the FIFA World Cup 2010 Danny Jordaan, President, 2010 FIFA World Cup Organising Committee South Africa Implementing the Sochi 2014 green bid promises Dmitry Mosin, Strategic Director Sochi 2014 PARALLEL F Conference Centre - Convention Hall 17, 2 nd Floor A positive legacy for Beijing s local community Moderator: Simon Balderstone, IOC Environmental Advisor Green Olympics promoting Beijing s sustainability Chen Tian, Chief Engineer of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Bureau Guaranteeing the safety of water for Green Olympics Cheng Jing, Vice Director of Beijing Water Authority Environmental protection efforts of BOCOG Yu Xiaoxuan, Deputy Director of the Construction and Environment Department of BOCOG UNEP Beijing Games Environmental Assessment Paolo Revellino, United Nations Environment Programme 10:30-10:45 Coffee Break Final 7

8 Saturday 27 October 2007 Morning 10:45 12:15 PARALLEL G Corporate social responsibility in manufacturing sport equipment Moderator: Liu Jun, Deputy Director of the Marketing Department of BOCOG Environment in corporate social responsibility André Gorgemans, Former Secretary General, World Federation of Sporting Goods Industry (WFSGI) & IOC Consultant Sport and sustainable compliance Auret van Heerden, President and CEO, Fair Labor Association Effective ways to implement environmental conservation in corporate activities Masato Mizuno, President, Mizuno Corporation The Li Ning perspective on manufacturing sporting goods in China Guo Jianxin, Chief Operating Officer, Li Ning PARALLEL H Conference Centre - Convention Hall 17, 2 nd Floor Implementing environmental best practice and sustainability in sport Moderator: George Kazantzopoulos, Member of the IOC Commission for Sport and Environment Sport and the Billion Tree Campaign Theodore Oben, UNEP Head of Children, Youth Sport & Environment Unit Sport for Sustainable Living: using the Games to inspire awareness & action on sustainable living choices Brenda Metropolit, Director of Sustainability, Environment Canada Carbon Offset and Sports Events Florin Vladu, Programme Officer, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) The case for sport and nature camps Tatsuo Okada, Executive Director, Global Sports Alliance (GSA) 12:15 14:00 Lunch Final 8

9 Saturday 27 October 2007 Afternoon 14:00 15:30 CLOSING PLENARY (3) Athletes and sport at the service of the environment Chairman: Pál Schmitt Opening remarks Pál Schmitt, Former President, World Olympians Association (WOA) Communicating the sport and environment message Yaping Deng, Olympian Athletes, sport and environment Roland Baar, Olympian Sport: Champion of the Earth T.A. Ganda Sithole, Director, IOC Department of International Cooperation and Development 15:30 15:45 Coffee Break Final 9

10 Saturday 27 October 2007 Afternoon 15:45 16:30 CLOSING CEREMONY Master of Ceremony: T.A. Ganda Sithole, IOC Director of International Cooperation and Development Presentation of Beijing Declaration: Mr Pál Schmitt Mr Liu Jingmin, Vice-president of BOCOG Mr Pál Schmitt, Chairman of the Sport and Environment Commission 16:40 Press Conference Final 10

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