www.olympic.org - Site Officiel du Mouvement Olympique

Taking the pulse of the Olympic Movement, analyzing its strengths and weaknesses, evaluating the opportunities and the risks it faces: these are the challenges which IOC President Jacques Rogge laid down by convening the next Olympic Congress, which will be held in Copenhagen in October 2009. Since the previous Congress, the Centennial Olympic Congress held in Paris in 1994, the world has changed. While the main concern at the previous Congress was to ensure the integration of all the constituents of the Olympic Movement, the challenge will be quite different in 2009. A guiding concept links all five themes chosen for this Olympic gathering: the role of the Olympic Movement in society and in all regions of the world.

• Why hold an Olympic Congress ?
• Who are the participants ?
• What were the themes of past Olympic congresses ?

The 2009 Congress Commission is composed of the EB members and other members. The Commission coordinates the entire project and is responsible for:

• - establishing the general framework of the Congress
• - determining the themes and sub-themes of the Congress
• - validating the content of the Congress publications, as proposed by the  editorial committee
• - approving the list of speakers at the Congress
• - drafting the recommendations
• - producing the draft of the final document

• IOC Executive Board
• 2009 Congress Commission members
• Editorial Committee and Secretariat