The impact of COVID in sport
14TH OLYMPIC FORUM – 5, 6 & 7 OCT.
The fourteenth edition of the Olympic Forum will address the impact of COVID in the sports field. What effects has it had on holding large events? And in professional sports practice? And in popular practice? What have we learned from what we have lived through this more than a year and a half of the pandemic?
Olympic Forum will be broadcasted through the Youtube channel:Fundació Barcelona Olímpica – Museu Olímpic
Schedule
6pm |
Wellcome |
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6.30pm |
Presentation RECORDED CONFERENCE How have the CIO and the international federations resolved the holding of the Tokyo Olympics during the pandemic months? The celebration of major sporting events has also been altered by the appearance of COVID. How have the International Olympic Committee and the international federations resolved to hold major events during these pandemic months? Juan Antonio Samaranch Salisachs, IOC Membre |
7pm |
Presentation What has the field of sport learned from everything we have experienced during these months of pandemic? What will sports events, training, sports organization, etc. look like from now on? Alejandro Blanco, Spanish Olympic Committee President |
7.30 pm |
Closing session |
Wednesday October 6th
4pm |
Round table COVID management (past, present and future) COVID has also had an impact on the organization of facilities and entities as well as on federated competition. What have we learned? What are we applying now? What has come to stay? Oriol Marcé, Deputy Director General of Sports Activities and Infrastructures. Secretaria General de l’Esport i de l’Activitat Física Susana Closa, Barcelona Sport Area Manager Isabel Pérez, Secretary General of the Union of Sports Federations of Catalonia (UFEC) José Hidalgo, President of the Spanish Sports Association (ADESP) |
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5.45pm |
Round table Impact of COVID at the town level Cities have had to adapt their infrastructures to sports practice in times of pandemic. Popular sport has also been affected. How have different cities solved it? Can we compare models? City of Valencia - Pilar Bernabé, Sports councilor of the Valencia City Council City of Barcelona - David Escudé, Sports councilor of the Barcelona City Council |
7pm |
Closing session |
Thursday October 7th
4pm |
Round table The professional environment surrounding the paralympic sport has also had to vary its routines. How has COVID affected training? How have they had to prepare for the uncertainty caused by the appearance of a global pandemic? Jordi Morales, Paralympic table tennis Player, Tokyo 2020 Paralimpic medallist Ricardo Martín, Ricardo Martín, Spanish Paralympic Committee, Sports Director(CPE) Ricardo Martín, Spanish Paralympic Committee, Sports Director(CPE) RECORDED CONFERENCE Sylvana Mestre, Play and Train CEO |
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5.45pm |
Round table Specialists in the field of olympic sport The professional environment surrounding the olympic sport has also had to vary its routines. How has COVID affected training? How have they prepared for the uncertainty of a global pandemic? Mayuko Fujiki, Artistic Swimming Spanish National Team coach Dr. Daniel Brotons, Sport and Health Unit of the Consell Català de l'Esport Head Marta Galimany, Tokyo 2020 Olympic athlete Pere Manuel, President of COPLEFC |
7pm |
Joan Manuel Surroca, journalist |
7.30pm |
Closing Ceremony |
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History of the Forums
The Olympic Forum are conferences that have taken place biannually since 1995. They consist of a series of sessions reflecting upon a current theme relating to sport, with the aim of finding solutions.
Aimed at: sporting organizations, federations and sports clubs, councils, local governments, researchers, private and public sports companies, entrepreneurs, athletes, agents, among others.
- I Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 1995) "Fórum Olímpico"
- II Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 1997) "Deporte Olímpico"
- III Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 1999) "Deporte y Mujer"
- IV Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 2001) "Deporte Adaptado"
- V Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 2003) "Dopaje en el deporte"
- VI Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 2005) "Deporte Escolar"
- VII Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 2007) "Deporte y Medio Ambiente"
- VIII Fórum Olímpico (noviembre 2009) "Deporte e inmigración"
- IX Fórum Olímpico (octubre 2011) "Deporte i Salud"
- X Fòrum Olímpic (17 y 18 de octubre 2013) "Deporte y Economia: Modelos de Futuro"
- XI Fórum Olímpico (15 y 16 de octubre 2015) "Nuevas Tecnologías y Deporte"
- XII Fórum Olímpico (26 y 27 de octubre 2017) "25 Aniversario Barcelona '92"