06 MAY 2020
In light of the postponement of the Games of the XXXII Olympiad and the current measures being implemented in Switzerland and around the world to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC Executive Board (EB) will discuss holding the 136th IOC Session remotely through a secure electronic system on Friday 17 July 2020, from 12 to 4 p.m. CEST; and the plan is for it to be live streamed. The agenda and organisation of the IOC Session, including a secure electronic voting system, will be discussed by the EB in due course.
The next EB meeting is scheduled to be held remotely on Thursday, 14 May 2020, from 12 to 4 p.m., and will be followed by an online press conference. An invitation will follow.
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