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October 1 to 2 2009: 121st IOC Session - part 1
October 1:
Opening Ceremony in the Copenhagen Opera House with HM Queen Margrethe as guest.
October 2:
The IOC elects the 2016 Olympic Games host. The Candidate Cities are Chicago, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro and Madrid.
October 3 to 5 2009: 13th Olympic Congress
From October 3 to 5 the XIII Olympic Congress is under way. The participants at the XIII Olympic Congress will discuss the five sub themes that cover the main theme:
The Olympic Movement in Society.
The sub themes:
Theme 1: The athletes
- Relationship between the athletes, the clubs, federations and the NOC's
- Health protection in training and competition
- The social and professional life of athletes during and after elite competition
Theme 2: The Olympic Games
- How to keep the Games as a premier event?
- The Olympic values
- Universality and developing countries
Theme 3: The structure of the Olympic Movement
- The autonomy of the Olympic Movement
- Good governance and ethics
- The relationships between the Olympic Movement and its stakeholders
Theme 4: Olympism and Youth
- Moving towards an active society
- Is competitive sport still appealing?
- Youth sports events
Theme 5: The digital revolution
- A new management of sports rights
- How to increase the size of the sports audience?
- Communication with stakeholders in the digital age
October 7 to 9 2009: 121st IOC Session - part 2
The second part of the Session will see elections for the IOC
- Election of IOC President
- Election of IOC members
- Up to two new sports can be elected for the sports programme for the Olympic Games in 2016. The seven sports competing for the maximum of two spots on the Olympic programme, are: Baseball, softball, golf, karate, skating, rugby and squash.
- At the end of the 121st IOC Session and XIII Olympic Congress, there will be a grand Closing Reception - 'See you in Denmark' - on October 9 2009 in Tivoli Garden.
September 27 2009
Prior to the 121st IOC Session and XIII Olympic Congress, the Danish organisers host an Opening Reception in the Tivoli Garden, which is followed by a series of special sports events in Copenhagen in the days to come as a tribute to the 121st IOC Session and XIII Olympic Congress.