Monday Memo - IOC Conference; ASOIF Council, PASO Executive Meet

(ATR) World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education heads to Amsterdam ... PASO Executive Committee meets in Miami ... Soccerex in Rio ... ASOIF in Lausanne ... All that and more ahead this week from ATR ...

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<<enter caption here>> on January 28, 2009 in Miami, Florida.
<<enter caption here>> on January 28, 2009 in Miami, Florida.

PASO Meetings

Around the Rings will be on the scene in Miami for this week’s business of the Pan American Sports Organization.

A meeting of the PASO Executive Committee runs Tuesday and Wednesday with a Best Practices Conference to follow Thursday.

IOC Conference on Sport, Culture and Education

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will work with the IOC on this week’s 8th World Conference on Sport, Culture and Education in Amsterdam.

Topics to be discussed include: "innovating approaches for sustainable education" and "the impact of the Youth Olympic Games and Olympic Games Cultural Olympiad" as well as drawing from young people who are at the heart of the Olympic Movement.

The conference runs Sunday to Tuesday at the Amsterdam Maritime Museum.

Soccerex

Annual football business showcase Soccerex runs Sunday to Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro.

Click here for the full program.

ASOIF Council

The ruling Council of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations meets Friday in Lausanne.

Written by Matthew Grayson

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