In preparation for the development of its candidature file for the inaugural Winter
Youth Olympic Games, which is due on 19 June, the Innsbruck 2012 Bid Committee
gathered 50 of Austria’s leading winter sport experts; national, regional and local
political leaders and a significant contingent of Olympians, young athletes, cultural
talent and digital innovators to help crystallize its vision for staging a sport-driven
celebration with the appeal to reach youth communities around the world.
"The International Olympic Committee has given us a clear set of objectives that
frame a vision for global outreach," said Innsbruck Mayor Hilde Zach, "and we
wanted to ensure that the best minds in winter sport and cultural celebration in
Austria had the opportunity to provide ideas and direction to color our concepts. It
was a very productive session that will clearly help us align with the IOC's
mandates."
"The sessions will contribute greatly to the strength of the vision we put forward,"
said Dr. Christoph Platzgummer, Deputy Mayor and President of the bid. "We
believe that with its impressive array of world-class venues, its depth of
experience in having hosted 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games and the 2005
Winter Universiade, it’s community of 25,000 university students and its geographic
location at the heart of Europe, Innsbruck offers the IOC a proven winter sport
platform that could deliver world-class impact through the first Winter Youth
Olympic Games—if we can match the city's resources with the right innovative
programmes. And that’s what we are striving to do."
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