Experts from around the world will gather in Beijing next week
to develop proposals for the wider integration of education and
culture in the Olympic Movement when the World Forum on Education
and Culture opens.
The Forum is organized by the International Olympic Committee
(IOC), in collaboration with the Beijing 2008 Organizing Committee,
and in partnership with UNESCO. IOC President Jacques Rogge will
deliver a keynote speech at the opening ceremony.
In plenary sessions and parallel sessions, the Forum will
elaborate on the cultural and educational perspective of the
Olympic Games by defining opportunities and tools to implement
these ideas, the IOC said in a press release.
The Forum, which runs from Oct. 22-24, will also pay great
attention to the roles of Universities and Olympic Academies, and
how to network in Olympic studies.
Among the speakers are IOC members with broad experience in
these fields, such as Sergey Bubka, Frank Fredericks and Robert
Ctvrtlik.
(Xinhua News Agency October 17, 2006)
