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The First International Colloquium of Olympic Studies and Research Centre

26th July 2012, 8.30am - 5.30pm
Loughborough University

The Centre for Olympic Studies and Research (COS&R) at Loughborough University and the British Olympic Foundation are pleased to host the first Colloquium of OSCS. This is a two day event, please see the agenda for the selected day below.

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Agenda for Day Two

08.30 – 10.30 Centre Presentations - Theme: Developments in Olympic Governance and Policy

1. Developments in Public Support Regarding Dutch Olympic Ambitions
Drs. Paul Hover, Dr. Agnes Elling, Fleur van Rens MSc. , Mulier Institute,
2. Governing Olympic Sport Organisations, a matter of policies and stakeholders involvement
Thierry Zintz, UC Louvain
3. Three research foci of COS&R: the Olympics in the Arab and Muslim Worlds; Olympic image recognition, social representation and young people; and Leadership and Management in Elite Sport
Dr. Mahfoud Amara, Dr. Guillaume Bodet, & Dr. David Fletcher, Centre for Olympic Studies and Research, Loughborough University
4. The role of old and new media in the construction of the Olympics
Dr. Emilio Fernández Peña, Centre d’Estudis Olimpics, Universitat |Autònoma de Barcelona

10.30 Coffee and tea break

11.00--11.30 Gareth Smith, Director of Podium ‘PODIUM and the Relationship between Educational Institutions and the 2012 Games’

11.30-13.00 Plenary Discussion of Additional Research Themes
Discussion of Olympic Research Themes - Legacy, Athlete Welfare, Universality and Multiculturalism
Chair Jim Parry
This session is dedicated to the discussion of themes identified by stakeholders as being of core significance to the Olympic movement in addition to those raised in individual papers

13.00-14.00 Lunch

14.00 – 15.30 Centre Presentations - Theme: Olympic Histories

5. The 1968 Oral History Project
Thomas M. Hunt and Jan Todd, the Institute for Olympic Studies at the Stark Center, University of Texas, Austin
6. Olympic Museums and the Practical Uses of Research
Luis Henrique ROLIM SILVA, Head of Research - Qatar Olympic & Sports Museum
7. Olympic History and Olympic Education at the Olympic Studies Centre at the German Sport University Cologne
Stephan Wassong, Jürgen Buschmann, Jörg Krieger, Ansgar Molzberger, German Sport University Cologne

15.30 Coffee and tea break

16.00 - 17.30 Future Actions
Chaired by Prof. Stephen Wassong (German Sport University)

Delegates can register to attend by visiting the Colloquium of OSCS website.