The 1st International Olympic Research Conference will get underway from Monday at the Gandhinagar-based Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) campus.
Dr. Mansukh Madaviya, India’s Sports Minister, Gujarat’s Minister of Sports and Youth Services Harsh Sanghvi, Paris 2024 executive director of planning and coordination Lambis Konstantinidis, will be among the speakers on the opening day, featuring keynote sessions on “2036 Vision: Pathway to become an Olympic host”, “Global Best Practices and Comparative Analysis in Olympic City Selection and Urban Legacy”, “Financing the Future: Innovative Economic Models for hosting Olympics in India—Insights into sustainable funding and investment”, “Greening the Games: Integrating sustainability into the Indian Olympic plan strategies”, “the Road to 2036: Promoting Gender equity and inclusion across disciplines”.
The Day 1 will begin with the opening ceremony at 10:00 am. The Day 2 will be themed around ”Economic Strategies and Technological Innovation” while the third and fourth days will feature “Sustainanility and Environmental Responsibility” and “Governancce, Equity, and Inclusion” as its prime themes.
“We are organising the 1st International Olympic Research Conference from January 27-30, which will discuss financing and innovative economic models for hosting the Olympics in India. It has been seen that countries and cities that hosted Olympics in the past have seen huge debts. This is because the games tend to burden the public exchequer,” said Utsav Chaware, director, Bharat Centre of Olympic Research and Education (BCORE), which is collaborating with government agencies, sports bodies for organising sports events including Olympics.
“Secondly, there will also be discussions on how sustainable sports infrastructure can be built from large events like the Olympics. The utility of large sporting venues becomes questionable after large events conclude. Many turn into white elephants requiring huge maintenance. So there will be discussions on creating sporting venues that are sustainable in terms of economy,” he added.
The day four, which is the final day of the event, will conclude with the closing ceremony at 04:00pm with the dignitaries and special guests set to take part in the “Tour of World Heritage City Ahmedabad and Statue of Unity” on Day 5.
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